Podcast Episodes

10 Novels We're Looking Forward To This Fall

Every 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, th…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Wild Dark Shore,' by Charlotte McConaghy

Charlotte McConaghy’s latest novel, “Wild Dark Shore,” opens with an enigma: A mysterious, half-drowned woman washes ashore.

The stranger’s name is Ro…

7 months, 1 week ago

The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century: 'Pachinko' (Rerun)

Summer is slipping away and we are on break this week. But we have a fantastic rerun for you — our conversation with Min Jin Lee from last summer, wh…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

This Reporter Can Tell Us What Nuclear Apocalypse Looks Like

Imagine, if you will, that for unknown reasons North Korea has just launched a nuclear bomb at the United States. What happens next?

The journalist An…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

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 literatu…

8 months ago

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. Th…

8 months, 1 week ago

The Best Books of the Year (So Far)

We’re halfway through 2025, and we at the Book Review have already written about hundreds of books. Some of those titles are good. Some are very good…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

The True Story of a Married Couple Stranded at Sea

Some time ago, the British journalist Sophie Elmhirst was reporting a story about people who try to escape the land and to live on the water. “I foun…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Mrs. Dalloway" at 100

“Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself”: So reads one of the great opening lines in British literature, the first sentence of Virginia…

9 months, 1 week ago

A.O. Scott on the Joy of Close Reading Poetry

On this week's episode, A.O. Scott joins host Gilbert Cruz to talk about the value of close reading poetry. And New York Times Book Review poetry edi…

9 months, 2 weeks ago