The Book Review

Julian Lucas talks about the role of curses in contemporary African literature, and Abby Ellin discusses "Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Married." Subscribe today at n...

11 Jan 20191h 10min

Andrew Delbanco discusses “The War Before the War,” and Rob Dunn talks about “Never Home Alone.” Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via yo...

4 Jan 201957min

Yascha Mounk discusses Edward J. Watts's "Mortal Republic," and Jonathan Lethem talks about the surge of fictional psychotropic drugs in novels. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Pod...

28 Dec 20181h 1min

The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian discusses the former first lady’s story, and Helen Schulman talks about her novel “Come With Me.” Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and ...

21 Dec 20181h 3min

The Book Review’s poetry editor, Gregory Cowles, discusses Tracy K. Smith’s essay about political poetry and more from this week’s special issue; and Maria Russo discusses the best children's books of...

14 Dec 201858min

Alan Wolfe discusses “The Politics of Petulance,” and Nadja Spiegelman talks about two newly published books by Lucia Berlin, “Evening in Paradise” and “Welcome Home.” Subscribe today at nytimes.com/p...

7 Dec 201850min

On a special episode of the podcast, taped live, editors from The New York Times discuss the Book Review’s list of the year’s outstanding fiction and nonfiction. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcast...

30 Nov 201855min

Max Hastings discusses his new history of the war, and Sue Prideaux talks about the life of Friedrich Nietzsche. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also ...

21 Nov 201856min