The Book Review Podcast

The podcast that takes you inside the literary world.
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A Look Ahead at Autumn’s Big Books
The season’s most anticipated titles include new fiction from Sally Rooney, Richard Powers, Jean Hanff Korelitz and more, plus celebrity memoirs by Al Pacino, Cher and Ina Garten.
Robert Caro on 50 Years of ‘The Power Broker’
The Pulitzer-winning biographer revisits his seminal 1974 life of the New York City bureaucrat Robert Moses.
Kate Atkinson on the Return of Her Detective Hero
“Death at the Sign of the Rook” is the sixth novel in Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie mystery series. What keeps her coming back?
Isabel Wilkerson Looks Back at ‘The Warmth of Other Suns’
The fifth in a series of conversations with authors appearing on our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list.
Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘My Brilliant Friend’
The first novel in Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan quartet was just voted the best book of the 21st century. We like it, too.
Jennifer Egan Looks Back at ‘A Visit From the Goon Squad’
The fourth in a series of conversations with authors appearing on our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list.
Liz Moore on ‘The God of the Woods’
The author discusses her best-selling new novel about family secrets and a missing camper.
The End-of-Summer Reading Roundup
Fall is on the horizon. Here are the books that have been keeping us company lately.
George Saunders Reflects on His Novel ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’
The third in a series of conversations with authors appearing on our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list.
Sarah Jessica Parker on Her Life in Publishing
Since 2016, the renowned actress has also worked in publishing, bringing her name and love of books to imprints at two companies. In this episode, she discusses what that work has meant to her.