The Book Review
Episodes
Chuck Klosterman Has So Much to Say About Football
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The journalist, novelist and cultural critic Chuck Klosterman is best known for writing about rock music and pop culture in astute essay collections l...
The Books We're Excited About in Early 2026
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A new year means new books are on the way! So many new books. On this week’s episode, host Gilbert Cruz talks with fellow Book Review editors Jouman...
'The Correspondent' Author Virginia Evans On Her Breakout Year
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Virginia Evans’s debut novel, “The Correspondent,” was published last April and became one of the publishing industry’s heartwarming champions...
Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘What We Can Know’
27 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ian McEwan’s latest novel, “What We Can Know,” is many things at once: It’s a science fiction imagining of a future world devastated by climat...
What Did 2025 Mean for Books?
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From political tell-alls to the continued triumph of romantasy novels, it’s been an eventful year in the publishing world. On this week’s episode,...
Our Book Critics on Their 2025 in Reading
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here we are in mid-December, which means that along with all of the other year-end lists we produce and avidly consume at this time each year, The New...
The 10 Best Books of 2025
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All year long, the staff of The New York Times Book Review conducts a running discussion over what belongs on its year-end Top 10 list. In this week’...
Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Hamnet'
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
History has not graced us with many details about Shakespeare as a person, but we do know that he and his wife had three children, including a son nam...
Welcome to Literary Award Season
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Literature isn’t a horse race. Taste is subjective, and artistic value can’t be measured in terms of “winners" and “losers.”That doesn’t m...
Nicholas Boggs on Writing a James Baldwin Biography
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nicholas Boggs’s “Baldwin: A Love Story,” is many things at once. It’s a comprehensive biography of James Baldwin. It’s a nimble excavation ...