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Gilbert Cruz’s book recommendations in 2026

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What to Read This Halloween, According to Two Best-Selling Writers

The Book Review · 2026-10-23

Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice · discussed · at 20:20

Min Jin Lee Wants Us to Rethink Education

The Book Review · 2026-10-09

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee · discussed · at 0:36
American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee · discussed · at 0:53
Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee · discussed · at 12:30

Decades Later, Stephen King Is Finishing What He and Peter Straub Started

The Book Review · 2026-10-02

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark · discussed · at 0:36
It by Stephen King · discussed · at 0:51
The Talisman by Stephen King · discussed · at 1:06
Black House by Stephen King · discussed · at 1:36
Other Worlds Than These by Stephen King · discussed · at 1:53
Dune by Frank Herbert · discussed · at 29:39
Ghost Story by Peter Straub · recommended · at 34:02

The Best Books of the 21st Century: Taffy Brodesser-Akner on ‘The Corrections’

The Book Review · 2026-09-11

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen · discussed · at 1:03
Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner · discussed · at 39:29

It’s Time for a Big Ol’ Fall Book Preview

The Book Review · 2026-09-04

The Disappearers by Marlon James · recommended · at 3:05
American Scoundrel by Kai Bird · recommended · at 7:42
The Vanishing Family by Robert Kolker · recommended · at 12:38
Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee · recommended · at 18:24
Other Worlds Than These by Stephen King · discussed · at 24:35
The Rush by Nathaniel Philbrick · recommended · at 31:13
On the Calculation of Volume (Book V) by Solvej Balle · recommended · at 37:49
Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson · recommended · at 43:02
Ply by Hernan Diaz · recommended · at 44:28
Trust by Hernan Diaz · recommended · at 44:41
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger · discussed · at 45:53
Life Out of Order by Audrey Niffenegger · recommended · at 46:15
A Court of Splintered Harmony by Sarah J. Maas · discussed · at 47:24
Take My Word for It by LeVar Burton · recommended · at 47:45
Promise Me, America by Joe Biden · discussed · at 48:03

This Reporter Can Tell Us What Nuclear Apocalypse Looks Like (Encore)

The Book Review · 2026-08-14

Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen · recommended · at 0:01

Let’s Talk About the 50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century

The Book Review · 2026-08-05

Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow · recommended · at 10:08
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie · discussed · at 10:27
Crooked House by Agatha Christie · discussed · at 11:00
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn · discussed · at 16:04
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn · discussed · at 18:03
Broken Harbor by Tana French · discussed · at 20:31
Mystic river by Dennis Lehane · discussed · at 23:57
All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby · discussed · at 25:51
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore · discussed · at 27:53
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson · discussed · at 32:25
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy · discussed · at 32:37
Butter by Asako Yuzuki · discussed · at 43:28

Let’s Talk About the Best Books of the Year (So Far)

The Book Review · 2026-07-24

Whistler by Ann Patchett · recommended · at 1:46
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett · discussed · at 3:10
State of wonder by Ann Patchett · discussed · at 3:16
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett · discussed · at 3:30
Transcription by Ben Lerner · recommended · at 7:50
Modern Lovers by Emma Straub · discussed · at 16:34
London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe · recommended · at 28:15
Days of Love and Rage by Anand Gopal · recommended · at 30:27
American Han by Lisa Lee · recommended · at 33:14
A Sudden Flicker of Light by David Thomson · recommended · at 36:11

Sophie Elmhirst on the True Story of a Shipwrecked Couple

The Book Review · 2026-07-17

A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst · recommended · at 0:34

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

The Book Review · 2026-07-11

The Odyssey by Homer · discussed · at 0:26
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller · discussed · at 1:15
The Iliad by Homer · discussed · at 1:15

Jill Lepore on What to Read This Fourth of July

The Book Review · 2026-07-03

We the People by Jill Lepore · discussed · at 0:41
Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy · discussed · at 21:10
Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead · recommended · at 45:28
London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe · recommended · at 46:14

The Best Books of the 21st Century: Ryan Holiday on ‘The Road’

The Book Review · 2026-06-12

The Road by Cormac McCarthy · discussed · at 1:07

The Ezra Klein Show: Michael Pollan’s Journey to the Borderlands of Consciousness

The Book Review · 2026-05-22

A World Appears by Michael Pollan · discussed · at 2:06

Matt Haig on ‘The Midnight Library,’ Mental Illness and Winnie-the-Pooh

The Book Review · 2026-05-15

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig · discussed · at 0:15
The Midnight Train by Matt Haig · discussed · at 0:41

Patricia Cornwell on Her Dark Childhood and Best-Selling Novels

The Book Review · 2026-05-08

Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell · discussed · at 43:35

‘The Book Review’ Podcast Turns 20

The Book Review · 2026-05-01

Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert · discussed · at 5:19
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins · discussed · at 8:06
The Road by Cormac McCarthy · discussed · at 10:45
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson · discussed · at 12:49
My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgård · discussed · at 15:17
My Brilliant Friend by Chiara Lagani · discussed · at 19:39
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel · discussed · at 23:45
Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James · discussed · at 28:35
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn · discussed · at 31:12
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens · discussed · at 40:06
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins · discussed · at 43:46
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner · discussed · at 46:58
Blood, Bones, & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton · discussed · at 47:28

The Time Loop Book Series You Should Be Reading

The Book Review · 2026-04-17

In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust · discussed · at 10:55
Ulysses by James Joyce · discussed · at 10:55

Patrick Radden Keefe on the Mystery at the Center of ‘London Falling’

The Book Review · 2026-04-10

London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe · discussed · at 0:54
Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon · discussed · at 21:06

23 Books We Are Looking Forward to This Spring

The Book Review · 2026-04-03

Ghost Town by Tom Perrotta · recommended · at 4:42
This Land Is Your Land by Beverly Gage · recommended · at 9:27
The Witch by Marie NDiaye · recommended · at 13:51
London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe · recommended · at 16:06
The Midnight Train by Matt Haig · recommended · at 21:41
The Land and Its Peoples by David Sedaris · recommended · at 25:37
On Witness and Respair by Jesmyn Ward · recommended · at 28:05
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout · recommended · at 28:44
True Crime by Patricia Cornwell · recommended · at 30:42
Against Breaking by Ada Limón · recommended · at 32:29

Andy Weir on Writing the Hit Book Behind the Movie ‘Project Hail Mary’

The Book Review · 2026-03-20

The Martian by Andy Weir · discussed · at 0:35
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir · discussed · at 0:54
Artemis by Andy Weir · discussed · at 6:11
Dune by Frank Herbert · discussed · at 34:57

Louise Erdrich on Her New Story Collection and the Mystery of Writing

The Book Review · 2026-03-13

Python's Kiss by Louise Erdrich · discussed · at 14:30
The Rings of Saturn by Winfried Georg Sebald · discussed · at 29:23

The Avett Brothers’ Bassist on Writing a John Quincy Adams Book

The Book Review · 2026-03-06

Rise of American Democracy by Sean Wilentz · discussed · at 14:23

Director Clint Bentley on Adapting ‘Train Dreams’ for the Big Screen

The Book Review · 2026-02-24

Train dreams by Denis Johnson · discussed · at 0:55
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson · discussed · at 1:51

Guillermo del Toro on Writing and Directing the Oscar-Nominated ‘Frankenstein’

The Book Review · 2026-02-20

Frankenstein by Mary W. Shelley · discussed · at 0:56
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury · discussed · at 32:41

Julia Quinn on Her 'Bridgerton' Books and the Smash Netflix Series

The Book Review · 2026-02-13

The Duke and I by Julia Quinn · discussed · at 5:34

Chuck Klosterman Has So Much to Say About Football

The Book Review · 2026-01-23

Football by Chuck Klosterman · discussed · at 0:46

The Books We're Excited About in Early 2026

The Book Review · 2026-01-16

Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy · recommended · at 16:52
Cave Mountain by Benjamin Hale · recommended · at 35:36
Now I Surrender to You and That Is All by Álvaro Enrigue · recommended · at 39:39

'The Correspondent' Author Virginia Evans On Her Breakout Year

The Book Review · 2026-01-09

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans · discussed · at 0:20

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