The Book Review
Hosted by Gilbert Cruz · The New York Times
4.1from 4,248 ratings
- 605
- Episodes
- 136
- Transcribed
- 4,248
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2014
- First episode
- 2B
- YouTube views
About The Book Review
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, Spotify and Amazon Music. 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.
- Publisher
- The New York Times
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 12 Dec 2014
- Latest episode
- 30 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
136 of 605 episodes have a transcript.
30 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Switzy'
23 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
A Book Review Critics’ Roundtable
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Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Switzy'
Published 30 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I think at first you're just really aware of this world in the airplane that he's in, which is, again, meticulously built. So we get all of this stuff about the quiet luxury. We should say, yeah, it's also not just a plane, but a private plane that his former colleague has lent to him. Exactly. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Leigh Bardugo
- Paul Tremblay
- Jennifer Szalai
- Alexandra Jacobs
- Dwight Garner
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 1,596,751,737
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.0 / 5
- 3,818 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 430 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 85 / 100
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- Quality
- 93
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 100
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Who hosts The Book Review?
Gilbert Cruz host the show. Published by The New York Times.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Book Review take guests?
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