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Episode 507
This weekend marks the official start of autumn, so what better time to take a peek at the fall books we’re most excited to read? On this week’s epis…
1 year, 11 months ago
Robert Caro on 50 Years of 'The Power Broker'
Episode 506
Robert Caro’s 1974 biography “The Power Broker” is a book befitting its subject, Robert Moses — the unelected parochial technocrat who used a series …
1 year, 11 months ago
Kate Atkinson on the Return of Jackson Brodie
Episode 505
The British writer Kate Atkinson has had a rich and varied career since her debut novel, “Behind the Scenes at the Museum,” won the Whitbread Book of…
1 year, 11 months ago
21st Century Books Special Edition: Isabel Wilkerson on 'The Warmth of Other Suns'
Episode 497
As part of its recent "100 Best Books of the 21st Century" project, The New York Times Book Review is interviewing some of the authors whose books ap…
2 years ago
Book Club: 'My Brilliant Friend,' by Elena Ferrante
Episode 504
This July, The New York Times Book Review published a list of The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. The top choice was “My Brilliant Friend,” by El…
2 years ago
21st Century Books Special Edition: Jennifer Egan on 'A Visit from the Goon Squad'
Episode 496
As part of its recent 100 Best Books of the 21st Century project, The New York Times Book Review is interviewing some of the authors whose books appe…
2 years ago
Liz Moore on Her Summer Camp Mystery "The God of the Woods"
Episode 503
A summer camp in the Adirondacks. A rich girl gone missing, 14 years after her older brother also disappeared. A prominent local family harboring dar…
2 years ago
What We're Reading This Summer
Episode 502
It’s August, which means that Labor Day and back-to-school are just around the corner. The vacation that seemed so leisurely a month ago suddenly fee…
2 years ago
21st Century Books Special Edition: George Saunders on 'Lincoln in the Bardo'
Episode 495
As part of its recent "100 Best Books of the 21st Century" project, The New York Times Book Review is interviewing some of the authors whose books ap…
2 years ago
Sarah Jessica Parker on Her Life in Publishing
Episode 501
Sarah Jessica Parker has been a familiar presence on TV, movie screens and Broadway stages for five decades. But since 2016 she has also been a force…
2 years ago