The Book Review
Episodes
Min Jin Lee Wants Us to Rethink Education
Min Jin Lee discusses her new novel, American Hagwon, which follows a Korean family navigating the 1997 and 2008 financial crises while migrating to the United States.
Decades Later, Stephen King Is Finishing What He and Peter Straub Started
Stephen King joins The Book Review to discuss his new novel, *Other Worlds Than These*, the final installment in the Talisman trilogy co-written with the late Peter Straub.
2026 September Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘Etna,’ by Paul Yoon
The Book Review team discusses Paul Yoon’s novel *Etna*, a war story narrated from the perspective of a trained military dog.
John Green Knows a True Hollywood Ending is Complicated
Dwight Garner praises Marlon James’s novel *The Disappearance*, calling it a masterpiece that explores Jamaican homophobia and trauma through a complex, multi-voiced narrative.
The Best Books of the 21st Century: Taffy Brodesser-Akner on ‘The Corrections’
Gilbert Cruz and Taffy Bressack discuss Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections, ranking it the fifth best book of the 21st century.
It’s Time for a Big Ol’ Fall Book Preview
Host Gilbert Cruz and guests Shana Khatib and MJ Franklin preview the major fall book releases, highlighting titles from September, October, and November.
Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘London Falling’
Host MJ Franklin and critics Jennifer Szalai and Sadie Stein discuss Patrick Radden Keefe’s narrative nonfiction book London Falling.
Why We Can’t Resist a Great Bookstore
Host MJ Franklin visits McNally Jackson bookstore and interviews owner Sarah McNally about the magic of independent shops and current trends like horror.
This Reporter Can Tell Us What Nuclear Apocalypse Looks Like (Encore)
Annie Jacobson discusses her book *Nuclear War: A Scenario*, detailing a minute-by-minute hypothetical thermonuclear attack on Washington that triggers global annihilation.