Podcast: The Book Review
Author: The New York Times
Category: Arts, Books
Updated: October 4, 2026
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, Spotify and Amazon Music. 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.
Episodes (600)

Sophie Elmhirst on the True Story of a Shipwrecked Couple
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This Author Says You Shouldn’t Be Intimidated by ‘The Odyssey’
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Jill Lepore on What to Read This Fourth of July
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The Best Books of the 21st Century: Ryan Holiday on ‘The Road’
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A Summer Book Recommendation Bonanza
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Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Transcription,' by Ben Lerner
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The Ezra Klein Show: Michael Pollan’s Journey to the Borderlands of Consciousness
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Matt Haig on ‘The Midnight Library,’ Mental Illness and Winnie-the-Pooh
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Patricia Cornwell on Her Dark Childhood and Best-Selling Novels
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‘The Book Review’ Podcast Turns 20
EnglishBook Club: Let's Talk About 'The Renovation,' by Kenan Orhan
Book Club: Let's Talk About 'The Renovation,' by Kenan Orhan
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The Time Loop Book Series You Should Be Reading
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