The Book Review podcast

The Book Review

The world's top authors and critics join host Gilbert Cruz and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

The world's top authors and critics join host Gilbert Cruz and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

 

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Julia Quinn on Her 'Bridgerton' Books and the Smash Netflix Series

Julia Quinn published "The Duke and I," the first book in the 'Bridgerton' series, in 2000... more

13 Feb 2026

42 MINS

42:56

13 Feb 2026


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How Nintendo Became the World's Most Fun Video Game Company

Keza MacDonald, the video games editor at The Guardian and author of the new book “Super N... more

06 Feb 2026

42 MINS

42:45

06 Feb 2026


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Book Club: Let's Talk About 'The Hounding' by Xenobe Purvis

Xenobe Purvis’s slim but powerful debut novel, “The Hounding,” opens with a jolt: “The gir... more

30 Jan 2026

49 MINS

49:39

30 Jan 2026