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Sophie Elmhirst on the True Story of a Shipwrecked Couple	The Book Review	31:32
This Author Says You Shouldn’t Be Intimidated by ‘The Odyssey’	The Book Review	43:38
Jill Lepore on What to Read This Fourth of July	The Book Review	52:14
Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Yesteryear,' by Caro Claire Burke	The Book Review	58:19
Art, Outrage and How the Culture Wars Began	The Book Review	34:56
The Best Books of the 21st Century: Ryan Holiday on ‘The Road’	The Book Review	36:43
A Summer Book Recommendation Bonanza	The Book Review	43:40
Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Transcription,' by Ben Lerner	The Book Review	47:21
The Ezra Klein Show: Michael Pollan’s Journey to the Borderlands of Consciousness	The Book Review	88:58
Matt Haig on ‘The Midnight Library,’ Mental Illness and Winnie-the-Pooh	The Book Review	42:07
Patricia Cornwell on Her Dark Childhood and Best-Selling Novels	The Book Review	59:30
‘The Book Review’ Podcast Turns 20	The Book Review	65:19
Book Club: Let's Talk About 'The Renovation,' by Kenan Orhan	The Book Review	42:40
The Time Loop Book Series You Should Be Reading	The Book Review	35:58
Patrick Radden Keefe on the Mystery at the Center of ‘London Falling’	The Book Review	34:41
23 Books We Are Looking Forward to This Spring	The Book Review	47:35
Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Kin,' by Tayari Jones	The Book Review	47:17
Andy Weir on Writing the Hit Book Behind the Movie ‘Project Hail Mary’	The Book Review	39:01
Louise Erdrich on Her New Story Collection and the Mystery of Writing	The Book Review	34:17
The Avett Brothers’ Bassist on Writing a John Quincy Adams Book	The Book Review	38:12
Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Wuthering Heights,' by Emily Brontë	The Book Review	54:11
Director Clint Bentley on Adapting ‘Train Dreams’ for the Big Screen	The Book Review	38:40
Guillermo del Toro on Writing and Directing the Oscar-Nominated ‘Frankenstein’	The Book Review	35:46
Julia Quinn on Her 'Bridgerton' Books and the Smash Netflix Series	The Book Review	42:56
How Nintendo Became the World's Most Fun Video Game Company	The Book Review	42:45
Book Club: Let's Talk About 'The Hounding' by Xenobe Purvis	The Book Review	49:39
Chuck Klosterman Has So Much to Say About Football	The Book Review	45:07
The Books We're Excited About in Early 2026	The Book Review	45:45
'The Correspondent' Author Virginia Evans On Her Breakout Year	The Book Review	40:06
Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘What We Can Know’	The Book Review	51:31
What Did 2025 Mean for Books?	The Book Review	47:14
Our Book Critics on Their 2025 in Reading	The Book Review	36:23
The 10 Best Books of 2025	The Book Review	78:29
Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Hamnet'	The Book Review	62:00
Welcome to Literary Award Season	The Book Review	46:32
Nicholas Boggs on Writing a James Baldwin Biography	The Book Review	36:28
The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, 50 Years Later	The Book Review	39:33
Book Club: Let's Talk About 'The Buffalo Hunter Hunter'	The Book Review	45:21
Joe Hill's Scary Book Recs and Victor LaValle on "The Haunting of Hill House" (Rerun)	The Book Review	47:30
Stephen King Isn't Always Scary (with Sean Fennessey)	The Book Review	53:10

Sophie Elmhirst on the True Story of a Shipwrecked Couple

The Book Review

31:32

This Author Says You Shouldn’t Be Intimidated by ‘The Odyssey’

The Book Review

43:38

Jill Lepore on What to Read This Fourth of July

The Book Review

52:14

Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Yesteryear,' by Caro Claire Burke

The Book Review

58:19