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The world's top authors and critics join host Gilbert Cruz and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
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Is this show right for you?
Comfortable if you already follow TV news
- 83% of the episodes are B2.
- 176 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
- 12 episodes with a full transcript.
Episodes(600)
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B155 minBook Club: Let’s Talk About ‘Etna,’ by Paul YoonSep 26, 2026Subtitles
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B249 minIt’s Time for a Big Ol’ Fall Book PreviewSep 4, 2026Subtitles
B254 minBook Club: Let’s Talk About ‘London Falling’Aug 29, 2026Subtitles
B226 minWhy We Can’t Resist a Great BookstoreAug 21, 2026Subtitles
B245 minThis Reporter Can Tell Us What Nuclear Apocalypse Looks Like (Encore)Aug 14, 2026Subtitles
B251 minLet’s Talk About the 50 Best Thrillers of the 21st CenturyAug 5, 2026Subtitles
B255 minBook Club: Let’s Talk About ‘John of John’Aug 1, 2026Subtitles
B139 minLet’s Talk About the Best Books of the Year (So Far)Jul 24, 2026Subtitles
B231 minSophie Elmhirst on the True Story of a Shipwrecked CoupleJul 17, 2026Subtitles
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34 minArt, Outrage and How the Culture Wars BeganJun 19, 2026
36 min
43 minA Summer Book Recommendation BonanzaJun 5, 2026
47 min
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Is this show right for you?
B2 · Upper-intermediate
Comfortable if you already follow TV news
- 83% of the episodes are B2.
- 176 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
- 12 episodes with a full transcript.
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