The Book Review

By The New York TimesArts Books

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July 19, 2019 Colson Whitehead Talks About 'The Nickel Boys'
The Pulitzer Prize winner discusses his new novel, and Jon Gertner talks about “The Ice at the End of the World.”
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53 min
July 12, 2019 George F. Will on Conservatism’s Homelessness
Will discusses “The Conservative Sensibility,” and David Maraniss talks about “A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father.”
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58 min
July 05, 2019 Picking the Best Memoirs Since 1969
The Times’s book critics talk about choosing the best 50 memoirs of the past 50 years, and Daniel Okrent discusses “The Guarded Gate.”
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52 min
June 28, 2019 Taffy Brodesser-Akner Talks About Her First Novel
Brodesser-Akner discusses “Fleishman in Trouble,” and Katherine Eban talks about “Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom.”
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1 hr 3 min
June 21, 2019 Jill Lepore on the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing
Lepore discusses several new books about the Apollo 11 mission, and Julie Satow talks about the history of the Plaza Hotel.
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1 hr 4 min
June 14, 2019 The World's Far Corners and Deepest Depths
Robert Macfarlane talks about "Underland," and Julia Phillips discusses "Disappearing Earth."
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58 min
June 07, 2019 Rethinking the Epidemic of Domestic Violence
Rachel Louise Snyder talks about “No Visible Bruises,” and Josh Levin discusses “The Queen.”
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1 hr
May 31, 2019 Thrillers for Summer
Vanessa Friedman talks about this season’s notable thrillers, and Liesl Schillinger discusses new books about travel.
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55 min
May 24, 2019 A Trilogy About the American Revolution Begins
Rick Atkinson talks about “The British Are Coming,” and Brenda Wineapple discusses “The Impeachers.”
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1 hr 12 min
May 17, 2019 Harper Lee's Unwritten True-Crime Book
Casey Cep discusses "Furious Hours," and Eliza Griswold talks about "Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America."
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55 min

About The Book Review

From the publisher's feed

The world's top authors and critics join host Gilbert Cruz and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world.