This week, Peter Biskind and Henry Jaglom discuss “My Lunches With Orson”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Brett Martin talks about “Difficult Men,” his book about TV antiheroes; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Robert Kolker talks about “Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Chuck Klosterman discusses “I Wear the Black Hat”; Meghan O’Rourke on her essay about authors “recording their own deaths as they happen”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Robert Kolker talks about “Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Chuck Klosterman discusses “I Wear the Black Hat”; Meghan O’Rourke on her essay about authors “recording their own deaths as they happen”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Anita Raghavan discusses her new book, “The Billionaire’s Apprentice”; Jon Mooallem talks about “Wild Ones” and endangered species; Adam LeBor on the difficulty of writing thrillers; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Anita Raghavan discusses her new book, “The Billionaire’s Apprentice”; Jon Mooallem talks about “Wild Ones” and endangered species; Adam LeBor on the difficulty of writing thrillers; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Andrew Delbanco discusses two new books about the state of higher education; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Andrew O’Hehir talks about “The Fall of Arthur,” by J. R. R. Tolkien; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Andrew Delbanco discusses two new books about the state of higher education; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Andrew O’Hehir talks about “The Fall of Arthur,” by J. R. R. Tolkien; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Daniel Bergner talks about the science of female desire; Philipp Meyer discusses his second novel, “The Son”; Margalit Fox on her new book, “The Riddle of the Labyrinth”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Daniel Bergner talks about the science of female desire; Philipp Meyer discusses his second novel, “The Son”; Margalit Fox on her new book, “The Riddle of the Labyrinth”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Anthony Marra discusses his novel, “A Constellation of Vital Phenomena”; Lauren Sandler talks about “One and Only: The Freedom of Having an Only Child, and the Joy of Being One”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.