The Book Review
The world's top authors and critics join host Gilbert Cruz and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world.
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Series Episodes
Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Switzy'
Emma Cline’s latest novel is about a man with dementia who has decided to end his life on his own terms.
56 mins
30 October Finished
What to Read This Halloween, According to Two Best-Selling Writers
Leigh Bardugo and Paul Tremblay share the books that scared them as kids, the stories that still unnerve them and their recommendations for readers new to horror.
51 mins
23 October Finished
A Book Review Critics’ Roundtable
explicitJennifer Szalai, Alexandra Jacobs and Dwight Garner discuss their approach to reading and offer stacks and stacks of book recommendations.
41 mins
16 October Finished
Min Jin Lee Wants Us to Rethink Education
After almost a decade away, the author of “Pachinko” is back with her latest tale about the Korean diaspora, “American Hagwon.”
56 mins
9 October Finished
Decades Later, Stephen King Is Finishing What He and Peter Straub Started
The author speaks about his new book, “Other Worlds Than These,” which completes a trilogy he began with his friend and co-writer in 1984.
36 mins
2 October Finished
