# The Book Review

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Official site: https://www.nytimes.com/column/book-review-podcast
Author: The New York Times
Episodes: 600

## Resource

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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## Episodes
- [Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘John of John’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/book-club-let-s-talk-about-john-of-john) — 2026-08-01T03:00:00+00:00
- [Let’s Talk About the Best Books of the Year (So Far)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/let-s-talk-about-the-best-books-of-the-year-so-far) — 2026-07-24T09:00:00+00:00
- [Sophie Elmhirst on the True Story of a Shipwrecked Couple](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/sophie-elmhirst-on-the-true-story-of-a-shipwrecked-couple) — 2026-07-17T09:00:00+00:00
- [This Author Says You Shouldn’t Be Intimidated by ‘The Odyssey’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/this-author-says-you-shouldn-t-be-intimidated-by-the-odyssey) — 2026-07-10T09:00:00+00:00
- [Jill Lepore on What to Read This Fourth of July](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/jill-lepore-on-what-to-read-this-fourth-of-july) — 2026-07-03T09:00:00+00:00
- [Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Yesteryear,' by Caro Claire Burke](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/book-club-let-s-talk-about-yesteryear-by-caro-claire-burke) — 2026-06-27T03:00:00+00:00
- [Art, Outrage and How the Culture Wars Began](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/art-outrage-and-how-the-culture-wars-began) — 2026-06-19T09:00:00+00:00
- [The Best Books of the 21st Century: Ryan Holiday on ‘The Road’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/the-best-books-of-the-21st-century-ryan-holiday-on-the-road) — 2026-06-12T09:00:00+00:00
- [A Summer Book Recommendation Bonanza](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/a-summer-book-recommendation-bonanza) — 2026-06-05T09:00:00+00:00
- [Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Transcription,' by Ben Lerner](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/book-club-let-s-talk-about-transcription-by-ben-lerner) — 2026-05-30T03:00:00+00:00
- [The Ezra Klein Show: Michael Pollan’s Journey to the Borderlands of Consciousness](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/the-ezra-klein-show-michael-pollan-s-journey-to-the-borderlands-of-consciousness) — 2026-05-22T09:00:00+00:00
- [Matt Haig on ‘The Midnight Library,’ Mental Illness and Winnie-the-Pooh](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/matt-haig-on-the-midnight-library-mental-illness-and-winnie-the-pooh) — 2026-05-15T09:00:00+00:00
- [Patricia Cornwell on Her Dark Childhood and Best-Selling Novels](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/patricia-cornwell-on-her-dark-childhood-and-best-selling-novels) — 2026-05-08T09:00:00+00:00
- [‘The Book Review’ Podcast Turns 20](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/the-book-review-podcast-turns-20) — 2026-05-01T09:00:00+00:00
- [Book Club: Let's Talk About 'The Renovation,' by Kenan Orhan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/book-club-let-s-talk-about-the-renovation-by-kenan-orhan) — 2026-04-24T19:17:30+00:00
- [The Time Loop Book Series You Should Be Reading](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/the-time-loop-book-series-you-should-be-reading) — 2026-04-17T09:00:00+00:00
- [Patrick Radden Keefe on the Mystery at the Center of ‘London Falling’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/patrick-radden-keefe-on-the-mystery-at-the-center-of-london-falling) — 2026-04-10T09:00:00+00:00
- [23 Books We Are Looking Forward to This Spring](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/23-books-we-are-looking-forward-to-this-spring) — 2026-04-03T09:00:00+00:00
- [Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Kin,' by Tayari Jones](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/book-club-let-s-talk-about-kin-by-tayari-jones) — 2026-03-27T19:34:20+00:00
- [Andy Weir on Writing the Hit Book Behind the Movie ‘Project Hail Mary’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/andy-weir-on-writing-the-hit-book-behind-the-movie-project-hail-mary) — 2026-03-20T09:00:00+00:00
- [Louise Erdrich on Her New Story Collection and the Mystery of Writing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/louise-erdrich-on-her-new-story-collection-and-the-mystery-of-writing) — 2026-03-13T16:00:00+00:00
- [The Avett Brothers’ Bassist on Writing a John Quincy Adams Book](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/the-avett-brothers-bassist-on-writing-a-john-quincy-adams-book) — 2026-03-06T16:59:05+00:00
- [Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Wuthering Heights,' by Emily Brontë](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/book-club-let-s-talk-about-wuthering-heights-by-emily-bront) — 2026-02-27T20:33:39+00:00
- [Director Clint Bentley on Adapting ‘Train Dreams’ for the Big Screen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/director-clint-bentley-on-adapting-train-dreams-for-the-big-screen) — 2026-02-24T17:00:00+00:00
- [Guillermo del Toro on Writing and Directing the Oscar-Nominated ‘Frankenstein’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/guillermo-del-toro-on-writing-and-directing-the-oscar-nominated-frankenstein) — 2026-02-20T23:00:00+00:00
- [Julia Quinn on Her 'Bridgerton' Books and the Smash Netflix Series](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/julia-quinn-on-her-bridgerton-books-and-the-smash-netflix-series) — 2026-02-13T16:26:00+00:00
- [How Nintendo Became the World's Most Fun Video Game Company](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/how-nintendo-became-the-world-s-most-fun-video-game-company) — 2026-02-06T20:55:17+00:00
- [Book Club: Let's Talk About 'The Hounding' by Xenobe Purvis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/book-club-let-s-talk-about-the-hounding-by-xenobe-purvis) — 2026-01-30T18:53:10+00:00
- [Chuck Klosterman Has So Much to Say About Football](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/chuck-klosterman-has-so-much-to-say-about-football) — 2026-01-23T17:47:25+00:00
- [The Books We're Excited About in Early 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/the-books-we-re-excited-about-in-early-2026) — 2026-01-16T19:33:12+00:00
- ['The Correspondent' Author Virginia Evans On Her Breakout Year](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/the-correspondent-author-virginia-evans-on-her-breakout-year) — 2026-01-09T17:27:56+00:00
- [Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘What We Can Know’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/book-club-let-s-talk-about-what-we-can-know) — 2025-12-27T04:00:00+00:00
- [What Did 2025 Mean for Books?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/what-did-2025-mean-for-books) — 2025-12-19T16:26:50+00:00
- [Our Book Critics on Their 2025 in Reading](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/our-book-critics-on-their-2025-in-reading) — 2025-12-12T16:18:29+00:00

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