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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Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘What We Can Know’

Ian McEwan’s latest novel, “What We Can Know,” is many things at once: It’s a science fict... more

27 Dec 2025

51 MINS

51:31

27 Dec 2025


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What Did 2025 Mean for Books?

From political tell-alls to the continued triumph of romantasy novels, it’s been an eventf... more

19 Dec 2025

47 MINS

47:29

19 Dec 2025


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Our Book Critics on Their 2025 in Reading

Here we are in mid-December, which means that along with all of the other year-end lists w... more

12 Dec 2025

36 MINS

36:23

12 Dec 2025


#1

The 10 Best Books of 2025

All year long, the staff of The New York Times Book Review conducts a running discussion o... more

02 Dec 2025

1 HR 18 MINS

1:18:29

02 Dec 2025