This week, Donna Tartt talks about “The Goldfinch”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Helen Fielding discusses “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy”; Jill Lepore on “Book of Ages,” about Benjamin Franklin’s sister Jane; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Jonathan Franzen discusses his “Kraus Project”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Alan Weisman talks about “Countdown”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Jonathan Franzen discusses his “Kraus Project”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Alan Weisman talks about “Countdown”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Francine Prose and Anna Holmes talk about the most erotic books they’ve ever read; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Alison Wolf discusses “The XX Factor”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Francine Prose and Anna Holmes talk about the most erotic books they’ve ever read; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Alison Wolf discusses “The XX Factor”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Ian Buruma discusses “Year Zero: A History of 1945”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Diane Ravitch talks about “Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools”; Gary J. Bass on “The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

An adaptation of Mr. Eggers’s new novel, from The New York Times Magazine.

An adaptation of Mr. Eggers’s new novel, from The New York Times Magazine.

This week, Ian Buruma discusses “Year Zero: A History of 1945”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Diane Ravitch talks about “Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools”; Gary J. Bass on “The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, A. Scott Berg discusses his new biography of Woodrow Wilson; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Carla Kaplan talks about “Miss Anne in Harlem”; Sasha Abramsky on “The American Way of Poverty”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.