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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Patricia Cornwell on Her Dark Childhood and Best-Selling Novels

“Angel Down,” a grisly novel about World War I told in a single, almost 300-page-long sent... more

08 May 2026

59 MINS

59:30

08 May 2026


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‘The Book Review’ Podcast Turns 20

Since its first episode in April 2006, the “Book Review” podcast has played host to hundre... more

01 May 2026

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:19

01 May 2026


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Book Club: Let's Talk About 'The Renovation,' by Kenan Orhan

Dilara, the heroine of Kenan Orhan’s debut novel, is a Turkish exile living in Italy and u... more

24 Apr 2026

42 MINS

42:40

24 Apr 2026