The Book Review

What We're Reading

Gilbert Cruz talks to Book Review staff members about the books they’ve been enjoying lately.

Revisiting 'Wisconsin Death Trip,' 50 Years Later

The Times's critic Dwight Garner looks back on Michael Lesy's cult classic of documentary literature, which was first published in 1973.

Public Libraries, and Profiling Paul Harding

Erica Ackerberg and Elisabeth Egan talk about community libraries, and MJ Franklin talks about the novelist Paul Harding.

A Look Ahead at the Season's Big Books

Gilbert Cruz and Tina Jordan discuss the upcoming books they're most excited to read in the next few months.

The 10 Best Books of 2022

On a special new episode of the podcast, taped live, editors and critics from the Books desk discuss this year’s outstanding fiction and nonfiction.

Taffy Brodesser-Akner Discusses “Fleishman Is in Trouble”

N.K. Jemisin on Multiverses, Revolution and the ‘Soul’ of Cities

Ezra Klein talks to the science fiction and fantasy novelist N.K. Jemisin about her latest book, “The World We Make.”

Siddhartha Mukherjee Talks About ‘The Gene’

The oncologist and Pulitzer-winning science writer discusses his 2016 book about the history of genetics, and the novelist Kate Atkinson talks about her spy novel “Transcription.”

Revisiting Baldwin vs. Buckley

Nicholas Buccola talks about “The Fire Is Upon Us,” and Lydia Millet discusses “The Children’s Bible.”

The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone

Joe Hagan discusses “Sticky Fingers,” his 2017 biography of Wenner, and a panel of Times critics talks about their 2019 list of outstanding memoirs.

Jennifer Egan and the Goon Squad

The novelist talks about her Pulitzer-winning book, which includes one chapter written as a PowerPoint presentation, and Stephen Fry discusses Greek mythology.

John Lithgow on “Drama” and Maggie O'Farrell on “Hamnet”

The Emmy Award-winning actor John Lithgow discusses his memoir “Drama” and an actor’s education, and the British writer Maggie O’Farrell talks about her novel “Hamnet.”

Roaring Through Paris With ‘Kiki Man Ray’

Mark Braude talks about his new biography of the singer, model, writer and muse.

Chaos Among Spies After the Berlin Wall Crumbles

Dan Fesperman talks about his new thriller, “Winter Work,” and Isaac Fitzgerald discusses his memoir, “Dirtbag, Massachusetts.”

‘Son of Elsewhere’ Recounts Life as a Young Immigrant

Elamin Abdelmahmoud talks about his new memoir, and Sally Denton discusses “The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land.”

A Novel About Brilliant Young Game Designers

Gabrielle Zevin talks about “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow,” and Morgan Talty discusses “Night of the Living Rez.”

Jackie, Before Marrying Jack

Elisabeth Egan talks about Louis Bayard’s “Jackie & Me,” and Matthew Schneier discusses Paula Byrne’s biography of Barbara Pym.

One Island, Two Men and Lots of Big Questions

Karen Jennings talks about her new novel, “An Island,” and Phil Klay discusses “Uncertain Ground.”

Brian Morton on ‘Tasha: A Son’s Memoir’

Morton discusses his first work of nonfiction, and Rachel Careau talks about translating “Chéri” and “The End of Chéri,” by Colette.

Hernan Diaz on ‘Trust’ and Money in Fiction

Diaz talks about his second novel, and Paul Fischer discusses “The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures.”

Liana Finck Reimagines the Story of Genesis

Finck talks about “Let There Be Light,” and Jonathan Van Ness discusses “Love That Story.”

Fiction About Lives in Ukraine

The critic Jennifer Wilson discusses new books by Yevgenia Belorusets and Andrey Kurkov, and Ben McGrath talks about “Riverman.”

A Personal Tour of Modern Irish History

Fintan O’Toole talks about “We Don’t Know Ourselves,” and Julie Otsuka discusses “The Swimmers.”

How People First Arrived in the Americas

Jennifer Raff talks about “Origin,” and Ira Rutkow discusses “Empire of the Scalpel.”

The Invention of the Index

Dennis Duncan discusses “Index, a History of the,” and Brendan Slocumb talks about “The Violin Conspiracy.”