Gilbert Cruz

It's very sort of descriptively written, like there are smells and sights that pop off the page. And again, it's slim. And that's important when you're reading a lot of books over the course of a year.

It's very sort of descriptively written, like there are smells and sights that pop off the page. And again, it's slim. And that's important when you're reading a lot of books over the course of a year.

Sure. So nonfiction is a mix of biography, history. We have stuff like Reagan by Max Boot. It's about Ronald Reagan. Everyone Who's Gone is Here by Jonathan Blitzer. The Wide, Wide Sea by Hampton Sides, which I will talk about in a minute because I really loved it. I Heard Her Call My Name by Lucy Sant. And then Cold Crematorium by Yosef Debrezeni.

Sure. So nonfiction is a mix of biography, history. We have stuff like Reagan by Max Boot. It's about Ronald Reagan. Everyone Who's Gone is Here by Jonathan Blitzer. The Wide, Wide Sea by Hampton Sides, which I will talk about in a minute because I really loved it. I Heard Her Call My Name by Lucy Sant. And then Cold Crematorium by Yosef Debrezeni.

The Wide, Wide Sea. So The Wide, Wide Sea is about Captain Cook, Captain James Cook. It's about his third and final voyage. He was sent in the year 1776, a year that we're all very familiar with, to the South Pacific to return a Polynesian man to his home island in the South Pacific. He was also sent to try to find... the Northwest Passage, which is something that many explorers were looking for.

The Wide, Wide Sea. So The Wide, Wide Sea is about Captain Cook, Captain James Cook. It's about his third and final voyage. He was sent in the year 1776, a year that we're all very familiar with, to the South Pacific to return a Polynesian man to his home island in the South Pacific. He was also sent to try to find... the Northwest Passage, which is something that many explorers were looking for.

It was not accessible at the time. And then something bad happened to him. He died. That is bad. That is bad. And I love this book so much because I just love tail set on the high seas. I love books about what it's like to be on a, you know, a big boat with big sails, drinking grog, possibly getting scurvy and not knowing what you're going to encounter the next day.

It was not accessible at the time. And then something bad happened to him. He died. That is bad. That is bad. And I love this book so much because I just love tail set on the high seas. I love books about what it's like to be on a, you know, a big boat with big sails, drinking grog, possibly getting scurvy and not knowing what you're going to encounter the next day.

Well, the secret is that one does not. One relies on many other people. We decided to take advantage of the fact that we have access to thousands of authors who write reviews for us all the time and sort of lean on their expertise. These are all people that are extremely well-read. So we sent a survey out to 1,200 or so people. A lot of them were authors.

Well, the secret is that one does not. One relies on many other people. We decided to take advantage of the fact that we have access to thousands of authors who write reviews for us all the time and sort of lean on their expertise. These are all people that are extremely well-read. So we sent a survey out to 1,200 or so people. A lot of them were authors.

You know, Stephen King, Bonnie Garmis, Curtis Sittenfeld, R.L. Stine. Then we had editors in the publishing industry, people that own bookstores, librarians. famous people who read a lot of books, like Sarah Jessica Parker. We asked them what their 10 best books published in English since January 1st, 2000 were. We didn't define best for them at all.

You know, Stephen King, Bonnie Garmis, Curtis Sittenfeld, R.L. Stine. Then we had editors in the publishing industry, people that own bookstores, librarians. famous people who read a lot of books, like Sarah Jessica Parker. We asked them what their 10 best books published in English since January 1st, 2000 were. We didn't define best for them at all.

We got back their responses, we added them all up, and we published a list of 100, which is a lot of books, to be fair.

We got back their responses, we added them all up, and we published a list of 100, which is a lot of books, to be fair.

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. My Brilliant Friend is a book in translation. It's translated by Anne Goldstein, and it's the first in a four-book series that we now refer to as the Neapolitan Quartet. The first book is about two young girls growing up in post-war Italy in the 1950s.

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. My Brilliant Friend is a book in translation. It's translated by Anne Goldstein, and it's the first in a four-book series that we now refer to as the Neapolitan Quartet. The first book is about two young girls growing up in post-war Italy in the 1950s.

Well, so, I don't know if you can cast your mind back to the time when, like, Ferrante fever was sweeping the literary world.

Well, so, I don't know if you can cast your mind back to the time when, like, Ferrante fever was sweeping the literary world.

These books were coming out and people were obsessed with them. And I think something that is undeniable about these books for people who love them is that they capture... female friendship in a way that is truly unique in 21st century literature.

These books were coming out and people were obsessed with them. And I think something that is undeniable about these books for people who love them is that they capture... female friendship in a way that is truly unique in 21st century literature.