This week, Judith Newman discusses the real world behind “Downton Abbey”; Liesl Schillinger talks about Elizabeth Taylor’s feminist credentials; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Jeanette Winterson discusses the legacy of Henry Miller’s “Tropic of Cancer”; Charles McGrath on the deeply personal poetry of publisher Jonathan Galassi; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Charles Isherwood discusses a new book about playwright Ben Jonson; Julie Bosman with notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Patricia Cohen discusses her new book about the science of middle age; Alexander Star talks about Friedrich Nietzsche’s impact on American readers; Julie Bosman with notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Geoffrey Kabaservice discusses his new book about the history of moderate Republicanism; Theda Skocpol on the Tea Party; Julie Bosman with notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Gary Bass talks about Philip Taubman’s book “ThePartnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb”; Louisa Thomas discusses “Some of My Lives,” a memoir by Rosamond Bernier; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, a conversation with John Horgan about “The Folly of Fools” by Robert Trivers; Christopher Beha on a number of new books about our relationship to animals; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, composer John Adams on Richard Rhodes’s book, “Hedy’s Folly”, about the life and inventions of Hedy Lamarr; Liesl Schillinger discusses “Death Comes to Pemberley”, P.D. James’s sequel to “Pride and Prejudice”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, the Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2011; Gerald Marzorati on “Love Goes to Buildings on Fire”, Will Hermes’ book about the New York music scene in the 1970s; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; the Times’s Susan Chira discusses “No Higher Honor”, the new memoir by Condoleeza Rice; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, the editors of the Book Review on the 100 Notable Books of 2011; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Andrew Graham-Dixon talks about his new biography, “Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.