“Black people being murdered is unfortunately a constant in this country. Murdered with impunity. It’s something that’s constantly on my mind,” Adjei-Brenyah says. “So some of these stories respond to that very specifically.” Plus, Joseph Ellis

Lisa Brennan-Jobs on 'Small Fry'

Oct 26th, 2018 56m

In a special episode of the Book Review's podcast, taped in front of a live audience, Brennan-Jobs talks about her memoir, and Gary Shteyngart discusses "Lake Success."

Susan Orlean on a Great Library Fire

Oct 19th, 2018 59m

Orlean discusses “The Library Book,” and Reid Hoffman talks about “Blitzscaling.”

Barry Jenkins and Meg Wolitzer on Two of This Season's Novels on Screen

Oct 16th, 2018 52m

Jenkins talks about his adaptation of James Baldwin's "If Beale Street Could Talk," and Wolitzer discusses the adaptation of her novel "The Wife."

Michael Lewis and Tana French on Their Latest Books

Oct 12th, 2018 1h 4m

Lewis talks about "The Fifth Risk," and French discusses "The Witch Elm."

Kate Atkinson on 'Transcription'

Oct 5th, 2018 52m

Atkinson talks about her new novel, and Shane Bauer discusses "American Prison."

Kate Atkinson on 'Transcription'

Oct 5th, 2018 52m

Atkinson talks about her new novel, and Shane Bauer discusses "American Prison."

The End of the ‘Struggle’

Sep 28th, 2018 1h 3m

Daniel Mendelsohn discusses Karl Ove Knausgaard’s “My Struggle,” and Jill Lepore talks about “These Truths: A History of the United States.”

Esi Edugyan on Her Booker-Shortlisted 'Washington Black'

Sep 21st, 2018 1h 1m

Edugyan talks about her new novel, and Lisa Margonelli talks about “Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology.”

A Memoir From the Hard-Working ‘Heartland’

Sep 14th, 2018 1h 1m

Sarah Smarsh talks about her new book, and Allan Lichtman discusses "The Embattled Vote in America."

'The Most Secretly Interesting Place in America'

Sep 7th, 2018 1h 16m

Sam Anderson talks about “Boom Town,” his new book about Oklahoma City; and David Enrich and Andrew Ross Sorkin discuss finance in fiction, including in Gary Shteyngart’s new novel, “Lake Success.”

The Uses and Misuses of Identity

Aug 31st, 2018 1h 14m

Kwame Anthony Appiah talks about “The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity,” and Jonathan Haidt discusses “The Coddling of the American Mind.”

Interrogating the Change Makers

Aug 24th, 2018 55m

Anand Giridharadas talks about his new book on the world of a global elite, and Kim Brooks discusses “Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear.”

Rethinking the 'Tangled Tree' of Life

Aug 17th, 2018 1h 3m

David Quammen discusses his new book about the science of evolution, and Andrea Gabor talks about “After the Education Wars.”

Lydia Millet on 'Fight No More'

Aug 10th, 2018 58m

Millet discusses her new collection of stories, and Alexandra Jacobs talks about Jamie Bernstein’s “Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein.”

Beth Macy on 'Dopesick'

Aug 3rd, 2018 59m

Macy discusses her new book about the opioid crisis; Lovia Gyarkye talks about Chibundu Onuzo’s “Welcome to Lagos”; and Jennifer Schuessler discusses a controversy in the world of poetry.

Drawing History

Jul 27th, 2018 52m

Hillary Chute talks about new graphic books that address serious issues, and Nicole Lamy discusses her Match Book column, in which she helps readers find books they'll love.

True Crime Starring the Creator of Sherlock Holmes

Jul 20th, 2018 59m

Margalit Fox talks about “Conan Doyle for the Defense,” and Tina Jordan discusses this season’s thrillers.

Making a Killing

Jul 19th, 2018 22m

In this special bonus episode of the Book Review’s podcast, best-selling thriller writers Lee Child, Megan Abbott, Meg Gardiner, Lisa Gardner and Lisa Scottoline discuss the tricks of their best-selling trade.

From Transcribing for Obama to Writing Her Own Story

Jul 13th, 2018 1h 12m

Beck Dorey-Stein discusses “From the Corner of the Oval,” and Caroline Weber talks about “Proust’s Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-De-Siècle Paris.”

An Inside View of Putin

Jul 6th, 2018 1h 6m

Michael McFaul discusses "From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin’s Russia," and Ottessa Moshfegh talks about her new novel, "My Year of Rest and Relaxation."

The Latest in Cyberwarfare

Jun 29th, 2018 1h 6m

David E. Sanger talks about “The Perfect Weapon,” and Stacy Horn discusses “Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad & Criminal in 19th-Century New York.”

The Life of Atticus Finch

Jun 22nd, 2018 1h

Joseph Crespino talks about his biography of Harper Lee's fictional character, and Philip Dray talks about “The Fair Chase: The Epic Story of Hunting in America.”