10 Novels We're Looking Forward To This Fall
5 September - 33 minsEvery fall brings the promise of some of the year’s biggest books and this one is no different. On this week’s episode of the Book Review podcast, the host Gilbert Cruz and fellow editor Joumana Khatib talk about several of their most anticipated titles as well as a few upcoming big screen adaptations. (Come back next week for our fall nonfiction preview.)
Books mentioned in this episode:
“The Secret of Secrets,” by Dan Brown
“The Wayfinder,” by Adam Johnson
“Clown Town,” by Mick Herron
“The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny,” by Kiran Desai
“The Impossible Fortune,” by Richard Osman
“We Love You, Bunny,” by Mona Awad
“Shadow Ticket,” by Thomas Pynchon
“What We Can Know,” by Ian McEwan...
Series Episodes
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43 mins
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34 mins
15 August Finished
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Annie Jacobsen discusses her book “Nuclear War: A Scenario.”
45 mins
8 August Finished
It's Still Summer. Let's Talk Road Trip Books.
Summer is the season for road trips, and also for road trip stories. Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” may be the most famous example in American literature — but there are so many other great ones. This week the Book Review’s critics Dwight Garner, Alexandra Jacobs and Jennifer Szalai chat with host Gilbert Cruz about some of their favorites.
31 mins
1 August Finished
Book Club: Let's Talk About 'The Catch,' by Yrsa Daley-Ward
In this month’s installment of the Book Review Book Club, we’re discussing “The Catch,” the debut novel by the poet and memoirist Yrsa Daley-Ward. The book is a psychological thriller that follows semi-estranged twin sisters, Clara and Dempsey, who were babies when their mother was presumed to have drowned in the Thames.
52 mins
25 July Finished
