The Book Review

Anthony Kronman talks about “The Assault on American Excellence,” and Christopher Benfey discusses “If,” his new book about Rudyard Kipling. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcast...

23 Aug 201951min

Tolentino talks about “Trick Mirror,” and John Taliaferro discusses “Grinnell,” his biography of a pioneering conservationist. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify....

16 Aug 201954min

Wesley Morris, Parul Sehgal and Dwight Garner talk about Morrison’s career, and Sarah M. Broom talks about her debut memoir, “The Yellow House.” Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Po...

9 Aug 20191h 7min

Carl Hulse talks about “Confirmation Bias,” and De’Shawn Charles Winslow discusses “In West Mills.” Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via...

2 Aug 201957min

Ted Chiang talks about “Exhalation,” and Helen Phillips discusses “The Need.” Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast...

26 Jul 20191h 3min

The Pulitzer Prize winner discusses his new novel, and Jon Gertner talks about “The Ice at the End of the World.” Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also...

19 Jul 201952min

Will discusses “The Conservative Sensibility,” and David Maraniss talks about “A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father.” Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Sp...

12 Jul 201957min

The Times’s book critics talk about choosing the best 50 memoirs of the past 50 years, and Daniel Okrent discusses “The Guarded Gate.” Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and ...

5 Jul 201951min