Book Club: 'James,' by Percival Everett (Rerun)
The broad outlines of "James" will be immediately familiar to anyone with even a basic knowledge of American literature: A boy named Huckleberry Finn and an enslaved man named Jim are fleeing down the...
29 Nov 202445min
Book Club: Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude"
It begins with one of the most iconic lines in literature: “Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to...
22 Nov 202441min
Patrick Radden Keefe on Taking "Say Nothing" From Book to Show
As part of The New York Times Book Review's project on the 100 Best Books published since the year 2000, Nick Hornby called "Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland" one of ...
15 Nov 202444min
What It's Like to Write a New John le Carré Novel
The works of John le Carré, who died in 2020, are among the most beloved thrillers of all time. For some, books like "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," "A Perfect Spy" and "The Spy Who Came in From the C...
8 Nov 202438min
Sally Rooney's "Intermezzo": Our Book Club Conversation
Sally Rooney is a writer people talk about. Since her first novel, “Conversations With Friends,” was published in 2017, Rooney has been hailed as a defining voice of the millennial generation because ...
1 Nov 202438min
Two Horror Authors on the Scary Books You Should Be Reading
Halloween is just around the corner, so we turned to two great horror authors — Joe Hill and Stephen Graham Jones — for their recommendations of books to read this season.Books discussed:"Mean Spirite...
26 Okt 202452min
The Ezra Klein Show: Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie's "Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder," has been nominated in the nonfiction category as part of this year's National Book Awards, which will take place in mid-November. This ...
18 Okt 20241h
Stanley Tucci on His Year in Eating and a Look at the National Book Awards
The actor-director-producer Stanley Tucci is also, famously, an avid eater, who has explored his enthusiasm for food through his travel show “Searching for Italy” and through two books: “Taste,” in 20...
11 Okt 202446min
