The Book Review

The Book Review

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The Book Review episodes

  • 'The Boy Who Loved Too Much'

    Jennifer Latson talks about “The Boy Who Loved Too Much”; Daniel Menaker discusses two new books about how to understand others and make ourselves understood.

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    44 min
  • China's World

    Howard W. French talks about “Everything Under the Heavens,” and Judith Newman discusses new books about how to grieve and how to die.

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    47 min
  • Al Franken on Life in the Senate

    Franken discusses his new political memoir; Thomas E. Ricks talks about “Churchill and Orwell”; and Dav Pilkey on the movie adaptation of “Captain Underpants” and more.

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    56 min
  • David Sedaris Talks About His Diaries

    Sedaris discusses "Theft by Finding," and Christopher Knowlton talks about "Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West."

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    44 min
  • Paris, London and New York in the Age of Revolution

    Mike Rapport discusses "The Unruly City," and Dan Egan talks about "The Death and Life of the Great Lakes."

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    41 min
  • Joshua Ferris on ‘The Dinner Party’

    Ferris talks about his new collection of stories, and Jonathan Taplin discusses “Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy.”

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    46 min
  • Elizabeth Warren on Fighting for the Middle Class

    Elizabeth Warren talks about “This Fight Is Our Fight,” and Doree Shafrir discusses her debut novel, “Startup.”

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    48 min
  • Gabourey Sidibe and Neil deGrasse Tyson

    Gabourey Sidibe talks about her memoir, "This Is Just My Face," and Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses "Astrophysics for People in a Hurry."

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    50 min
  • Sheryl Sandberg on Life After Tragedy

    Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant talk about “Option B,” and Annie Jacobsen discusses “Phenomena.”

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    57 min
  • 'Hamlet Globe to Globe'

    Dominic Dromgoole talks about “Hamlet Globe to Globe”; and Judith Newman discusses new books about sex and relationships.

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    45 min

About The Book Review

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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.

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