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Gilbert Cruz’s book recommendations in 2024

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Our Book Critics On Their Year in Reading

The Book Review · 2024-12-13

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney · discussed · at 1:28
You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue · recommended · at 4:32
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte · discussed · at 20:17

The 10 Best Books of 2024

The Book Review · 2024-12-03

James by Percival L. Everett · discussed · at 2:30
You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue · discussed · at 8:24
Good Material by Dolly Alderton · discussed · at 14:56
All Fours by Miranda July · discussed · at 20:07
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar · discussed · at 29:09
The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides · discussed · at 38:26
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here by Jonathan Blitzer · discussed · at 48:01
Reagan by Max Boot · discussed · at 56:33
I Heard Her Call My Name by Lucy Sante · discussed · at 1:04:48
Cold Crematorium by József Debreczeni · discussed · at 1:10:40

Patrick Radden Keefe on Taking "Say Nothing" From Book to Show

The Book Review · 2024-11-15

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe · discussed · at 1:21
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe · recommended · at 3:20
The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro · discussed · at 8:31

What It's Like to Write a New John le Carré Novel

The Book Review · 2024-11-08

Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway · discussed · at 1:03
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré · discussed · at 1:23
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré · discussed · at 1:23

Two Horror Authors on the Scary Books You Should Be Reading

The Book Review · 2024-10-26

Come Closer by Sara Gran · discussed · at 9:09
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill · discussed · at 20:35

Stanley Tucci on His Year in Eating and a Look at the National Book Awards

The Book Review · 2024-10-11

My Friends by Hisham Matar · discussed · at 0:55
James by Percival L. Everett · discussed · at 3:28
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar · discussed · at 6:15
All Fours by Miranda July · discussed · at 9:15
Knife by Salman Rushdie · discussed · at 12:59
Soldiers and Kings by Jason De León · discussed · at 15:46
Circle of Hope by Eliza Griswold · discussed · at 16:30
Unshrinking by Kate Manne · discussed · at 18:16
What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci · discussed · at 20:10

Jean Hanff Korelitz on "The Sequel"

The Book Review · 2024-10-04

The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz · discussed · at 1:02
The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz · recommended · at 1:18

The Fall Books We're Looking Forward To

The Book Review · 2024-09-20

The Overstory by Richard Powers · discussed · at 6:10
Sonny Boy by Al Pacino · recommended · at 7:15
Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten · recommended · at 13:02
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte · discussed · at 24:08

Robert Caro on 50 Years of 'The Power Broker'

The Book Review · 2024-09-13

The years of Lyndon Johnson (Volumes 1-3) by Robert A. Caro · discussed · at 0:16
Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro · discussed · at 0:24
The passage of power by Robert A. Caro · discussed · at 0:29
The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro · discussed · at 0:35

Kate Atkinson on the Return of Jackson Brodie

The Book Review · 2024-09-06

Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson · recommended · at 0:40

21st Century Books Special Edition: Isabel Wilkerson on 'The Warmth of Other Suns'

The Book Review · 2024-08-26

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson · discussed · at 0:28
Black Boy by Richard Wright · discussed · at 1:10

Book Club: 'My Brilliant Friend,' by Elena Ferrante

The Book Review · 2024-08-23

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith · discussed · at 0:14
My Brilliant Friend by Chiara Lagani · book club pick · at 0:30

21st Century Books Special Edition: Jennifer Egan on 'A Visit from the Goon Squad'

The Book Review · 2024-08-19

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan · discussed · at 0:21
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan · discussed · at 0:28

Liz Moore on Her Summer Camp Mystery "The God of the Woods"

The Book Review · 2024-08-16

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore · discussed · at 0:15

What We're Reading This Summer

The Book Review · 2024-08-09

You Like It Darker by Stephen King · recommended · at 7:19
The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur by Lev Grossman · recommended · at 17:08
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore · discussed · at 24:33
All Fours by Miranda July · recommended · at 30:29

21st Century Books Special Edition: George Saunders on 'Lincoln in the Bardo'

The Book Review · 2024-08-05

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders · discussed · at 1:01
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead · discussed · at 5:41
The Overcoat by Николай Васильевич Гоголь · discussed · at 37:26
The Nose by Николай Васильевич Гоголь · discussed · at 37:26

Sarah Jessica Parker on Her Life in Publishing

The Book Review · 2024-08-02

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn · discussed · at 5:00
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen · discussed · at 28:17
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe · recommended · at 30:09

21st Century Books Special Edition: Min Jin Lee on 'Pachinko'

The Book Review · 2024-07-29

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee · discussed · at 0:31
Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee · discussed · at 3:16
Middlemarch by George Eliot · recommended · at 34:16

Book Club: Let's Talk About "The Talented Mr. Ripley," by Patricia Highsmith

The Book Review · 2024-07-26

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith · book club pick · at 0:21

21st Century Books Special Edition: Colson Whitehead on 'The Underground Railroad'

The Book Review · 2024-07-22

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead · discussed · at 0:37
John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead · discussed · at 8:37
The intuitionist by Colson Whitehead · discussed · at 8:57
The Known World by Edward P. Jones · discussed · at 31:25

What It's Like to Write a King Arthur Tale

The Book Review · 2024-07-19

The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur by Lev Grossman · discussed · at 0:29
The Magicians by Lev Grossman · discussed · at 0:35
The Magician King by Lev Grossman · discussed · at 2:28
Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory · discussed · at 2:28
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel · discussed · at 29:18
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke · discussed · at 30:28

The History of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Sticky Fingers by Joe Hagan · discussed · at 0:10
???? ? ???? ???? ????? ??? ? ??? by Erica L. Moffett · discussed · at 17:13

Revisiting Baldwin vs. Buckley

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones · discussed · at 31:37

From the Archives: Colson Whitehead and Jeffrey Toobin

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

The noble hustle by Colson Whitehead · discussed · at 1:42
Beloved by Toni Morrison · discussed · at 3:35
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead · recommended · at 19:44
American heiress by Jeffrey Toobin · recommended · at 39:55

Robert Caro on How He Does It

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Working by Robert A. Caro · discussed · at 2:25
Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro · discussed · at 15:54
The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro · discussed · at 18:47

The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Sticky Fingers by Joe Hagan · discussed · at 0:37
Wild by Cheryl Strayed · discussed · at 47:12
Just Kids by Patti Smith · discussed · at 47:18

Revisiting Baldwin vs. Buckley

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

The Fire Is upon Us by Nicholas Buccola · discussed · at 0:51
A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet · discussed · at 28:30
Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet · discussed · at 28:40
Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millet · discussed · at 38:48

Bringing Down Harvey Weinstein

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward · discussed · at 5:01
True Compass by Edward M. Kennedy · discussed · at 37:57

The Critics’ Picks: A Year in Reading

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Stay True by Hua Hsu · recommended · at 6:05
In Love by Amy Bloom · recommended · at 11:02
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan · recommended · at 16:46
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster · recommended · at 24:28
The Pigeon Tunnel by John le Carré · recommended · at 24:53

What We're Reading

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano · discussed · at 0:12

Our Critics' Year in Reading

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen · discussed · at 10:57
Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs by Kerry Howley · discussed · at 13:15

What We're Reading

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Spare by Prince Harry · recommended · at 19:38

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘America’s Bitter Pill’

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

America's bitter pill by Steven Brill · discussed · at 0:01
Outline by Rachel Cusk · discussed · at 0:29

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Last Flight of Poxl West’

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

The last flight of Poxl West by Daniel Torday · discussed · at 0:03
Frank by Barney Frank · discussed · at 17:59

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Jill Leovy’s ‘Ghettoside’

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Ghettoside by Jill Leovy · discussed · at 0:05
Silver screen fiend by Patton Oswalt · discussed · at 0:24
Ben-Gurion by Anita Shapira · discussed · at 0:39

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Guantánamo Diary’

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Guantanamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi · discussed · at 0:06
The Man Who Couldn't Stop by David Adam · discussed · at 0:29

Inside The New York Times Book Review: The War on Drugs

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

The Whites by Harry Brandt · discussed · at 16:45

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Elliot Ackerman’s ‘Green on Blue’

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Green on Blue by Elliot Ackerman · discussed · at 0:01
The Italians by John Hooper · discussed · at 0:24

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Leaving Before the Rains Come’

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Leaving before the rains come by Alexandra Fuller · discussed · at 0:06
The First Bad Man by Miranda July · discussed · at 0:30

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Erik Larson’s ‘Dead Wake’

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Dead Wake by Erik Larson · recommended · at 0:07
Shame by Shelby Steele · discussed · at 0:21
Please Stop Helping Us by Jason L. Riley · discussed · at 0:21

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Patrick Modiano’s ‘Suspended Sentences’

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Suspended sentences by Patrick Modiano · discussed · at 0:09
How To Be A Victorian by Ruth Goodman · discussed · at 0:27
And the Show Went On by Alan Riding · discussed · at 13:11

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Love and Lies’

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Love and Lies by Clancy Martin · discussed · at 0:05
The test by Anya Kamenetz · discussed · at 17:33

Inside The New York Times Book Review: A Rare View of North Korea

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Without You, There Is No Us by Suki Kim · discussed · at 0:11
The unspeakable by Meghan Daum · discussed · at 0:27

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Opposite of Spoiled’

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Heaven's Bankers by Harris Irfan · discussed · at 0:33

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Charles D’Ambrosio’s ‘Loitering’

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Loitering by Charles D'Ambrosio · discussed · at 1:00
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson · discussed · at 15:47
Empire of cotton by Sven Beckert · recommended · at 17:44

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Colson Whitehead and Jeffrey Toobin

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead · discussed · at 0:06
American heiress by Jeffrey Toobin · discussed · at 0:26
The noble hustle by Colson Whitehead · discussed · at 1:39

The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

The Book Review · 2024-07-12

My Brilliant Friend by Chiara Lagani · discussed · at 4:42
The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin · discussed · at 16:07
The Known World by Edward P. Jones · discussed · at 20:35
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen · discussed · at 20:35
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver · discussed · at 21:27
The Road by Cormac McCarthy · discussed · at 24:23
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel · discussed · at 24:42
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro · discussed · at 25:31
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn · discussed · at 33:47
On Writing by Stephen King · discussed · at 33:53
My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgård · discussed · at 34:28

Griffin Dunne on His Joyful and Tragic Family Memoir

The Book Review · 2024-06-21

The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne · recommended · at 0:48

10 Books to Check Out This Summer

The Book Review · 2024-06-14

Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay · recommended · at 5:18
The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur by Lev Grossman · recommended · at 11:41
The Secret History by Donna Tartt · recommended · at 19:38
The Future Was Now by Chris Nashawaty · recommended · at 22:17
The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves · recommended · at 26:14

Elin Hilderbrand on Her Final Nantucket Summer Book

The Book Review · 2024-06-07

Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand · discussed · at 1:24
Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand · discussed · at 6:33

Let's Talk About Percival Everett's 'James'

The Book Review · 2024-05-31

James by Percival L. Everett · discussed · at 0:56

Writing About NASA's Most Shocking Moment

The Book Review · 2024-05-17

James by Percival L. Everett · book club pick · at 0:31
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham · discussed · at 0:45
Challenger by Adam Higginbotham · discussed · at 1:30

Fantasy Superstar Leigh Bardugo on Her New Novel

The Book Review · 2024-05-10

James by Percival L. Everett · book club pick · at 0:42
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo · discussed · at 8:51

Book Club: Dolly Alderton's 'Good Material'

The Book Review · 2024-04-26

Good Material by Dolly Alderton · book club pick · at 0:32

100 Years of Simon & Schuster

The Book Review · 2024-04-12

Crossword Puzzle Book by booksbio · discussed · at 3:02

Looking Back at 50 Years of Stephen King

The Book Review · 2024-04-05

On Writing by Stephen King · discussed · at 5:11
Roadwork by Stephen King · discussed · at 12:21
The Tommyknockers by Stephen King · discussed · at 30:17

Books That Make Our Critics Laugh

The Book Review · 2024-03-29

Airships by Barry Hannah · discussed · at 12:14
Lightning Rods by Helen de Witt · discussed · at 15:21
Then we came to the end by Joshua Ferris · discussed · at 18:07
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis · discussed · at 19:16
A far cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark · discussed · at 23:27
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole · discussed · at 26:25

Talking to Tana French About Her New Series

The Book Review · 2024-03-22

The Hunter by Tana French · discussed · at 0:18
The Searcher by Tana French · discussed · at 0:29

Talking ‘Dune’: Book and Movies

The Book Review · 2024-03-15

Dune by Frank Herbert · discussed · at 7:54
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert · discussed · at 7:54
Children of Dune by Frank Herbert · discussed · at 7:54
God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert · discussed · at 7:54
Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert · discussed · at 7:54
Chapterhouse Dune by Frank Herbert · discussed · at 7:54
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel · discussed · at 10:24
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. · discussed · at 13:25

Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘Erasure,’ by Percival Everett

The Book Review · 2024-03-08

Erasure by Percival Everett · book club pick · at 0:26

Tommy Orange on His "There There" Sequel

The Book Review · 2024-03-01

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange · discussed · at 0:14
There There by Tommy Orange · discussed · at 0:21
The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector · discussed · at 27:03

Let's Talk About 'Demon Copperhead'

The Book Review · 2024-02-16

Erasure by Percival Everett · book club pick · at 42:00

4 Early-Year Book Recommendations

The Book Review · 2024-02-09

You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue · recommended · at 0:40
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino · recommended · at 0:59
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar · recommended · at 1:27
Super-Infinite by Katherine Rundell · recommended · at 2:17
Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett · recommended · at 12:23
The Other Side by Jennifer Higgie · recommended · at 20:01
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver · discussed · at 29:53

'Killers of the Flower Moon': Book and Movie Discussion

The Book Review · 2024-02-02

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann · discussed · at 0:14

Talking the Joys and Rules of Open Marriage

The Book Review · 2024-01-26

More: A Memoir of Open Marriage by Molly Roden Winter · discussed · at 0:29

Our Early 2024 Book Preview

The Book Review · 2024-01-19

Knife by Salman Rushdie · recommended · at 0:59
Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie · discussed · at 1:58
James by Percival L. Everett · recommended · at 4:03
The Book of Love by Kelly Link · recommended · at 6:26
White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link · discussed · at 6:50
The Devil In The White City by Erik Larson · discussed · at 12:27
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange · recommended · at 16:35
There There by Tommy Orange · discussed · at 16:39
Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez · recommended · at 17:31
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez · discussed · at 17:35
One Way Back by Christine Blasey Ford · recommended · at 23:31

Steven Soderbergh on His Year in Reading

The Book Review · 2024-01-12

How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell · discussed · at 13:17
Stanley Kubrick's The Shining: The making of Stanley Kubrick's The shining by J. W. Rinzler · discussed · at 21:10
Cocktails with George and Martha by Philip Gefter · discussed · at 22:28

Other mentions in 2024 (174: passing, ad reads, own books)