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
It’s Time for a Big Ol’ Fall Book Preview
From horror to history to literary fiction, the Book Review editors discuss 31 titles that deserve a look.
49 mins
4 September Finished
Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘London Falling’
Keefe’s new book explores a teenager’s mysterious death on the River Thames.
54 mins
29 August Finished
Why We Can’t Resist a Great Bookstore
We visit a local New York City bookstore, dive into The Times’s new bookstore crawl series, and recommend some of our favorite books about bookstores and booksellers.
26 mins
21 August Finished
This Reporter Can Tell Us What Nuclear Apocalypse Looks Like (Encore)
We bring back an episode from our archives, in which Annie Jacobsen discusses her 2024 book “Nuclear War: A Scenario.”
45 mins
14 August Finished
Let’s Talk About the 50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century
explicitFrom “Gone Girl” to “Mystic River,” Gilbert Cruz, Tina Jordan and Sarah Lyall revisit the books that changed the genre, discuss overlooked favorites and recommend the thrillers that everyone should read next.
51 mins
5 August Finished
