This week, Kevin Powers discusses his novel “The Yellow Birds”; Matt Taibbi talks about Seth Rosenfeld’s “Subversives”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Parul Sehgal is the host.

This week, Junot Díaz talks about “This Is How You Lose Her”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Alex Witchel discusses her memoir “All Gone”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Junot Díaz talks about “This Is How You Lose Her”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Alex Witchel discusses her memoir “All Gone”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Jennifer Szalai and Parul Sehgal discuss several new books about women’s issues; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Tom Reiss talks about “The Black Count”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Jennifer Szalai and Parul Sehgal discuss several new books about women’s issues; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Tom Reiss talks about “The Black Count”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Jennifer Egan discusses Michael Chabon’s “Telegraph Avenue”; Parul Sehgal on the flood of important fiction this fall; Daniel Smith talks about his book “Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Jennifer Egan discusses Michael Chabon’s “Telegraph Avenue”; Parul Sehgal on the flood of important fiction this fall; Daniel Smith talks about his book “Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Christopher Buckley talks about Christopher Hitchens’s “Mortality”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Barry Gewen discusses George Orwell’s diaries; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Christopher Buckley talks about Christopher Hitchens’s “Mortality”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Barry Gewen discusses George Orwell’s diaries; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Nathan Harden discusses his new book, “Sex and God at Yale”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Pamela Paul guides us through this week’s special back-to-school issue; and Parul Sehgal has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.