# Our Book Critics on Their 2025 in Reading

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Podcast: [The Book Review](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412)
Published: 2025-12-12T16:18:29+00:00
Episode link: https://www.nytimes.com/column/book-review-podcast
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## Resource

On this episode, host Gilbert Cruz talks with New York Times Book Review critics Dwight Garner, Alexandra Jacobs and Jennifer Szalai about their standout fiction and nonfiction of the past 12 months.

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