All Episodes

Kai Bird on AMERICAN SCOUNDREL

Charlotte McConaghy on WILD DARK SHORE

Chloe Benjamin on UNDER STORY

Jill Lepore on THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ARTIFICIAL STATE

Edwidge Danticat on DÈY

John Manuel Arias on CROCODILOPOLIS

Addie E. Citchens on DOMINION

Ed Park on THREE TENSES: A TRANSMISSION FROM THE NINETIES

Daisy Dixon on DEPRAVED: THE STORY OF DANGEROUS ART

Téa Obreht on SUNRISE

Chang-rae Lee on A TENDER AGE

David Szalay on FLESH

Colson Whitehead on COOL MACHINE

Stacey Yu on KITTEN

Alison Espach on THE WEDDING PEOPLE

Jenny Jackson on THE SHAMPOO EFFECT

Emilee Hackney on ALL THAT'S UNSEEN

Melissa Murray on THE U.S. CONSTITUTION: A COMPREHENSIVE AND ANNOTATED GUIDE FOR THE MODERN READER

Eddie S. Glaude Jr. on AMERICA, U.S.A.

Nelio Biedermann on LÁZÁR

Maria Reva on ENDLING

Julie Buntin on FAMOUS MEN

Ben Reeves on EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AND NOTHING HURT

Jonas Hassen Khemiri on THE SISTERS

Daniel Mason on COUNTRY PEOPLE

Poured Over Double Shot: Beverly Gage and Megan Kate Nelson

Laurie Halse Anderson on REBELLION 1776

Neil deGrasse Tyson on TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER

Amitav Ghosh on GHOST-EYE

Mary H.K. Choi on POOL HOUSE

Andrew Graham-Dixon on VERMEER

Dave Eggers on CONTRAPPOSTO

Stephen Starring Grant on MAILMAN

Ann Patchett on WHISTLER

Walter Mosley on GHALEN

Daniel Kraus on ANGEL DOWN

Vincent Yu on SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER

Ruth Ozeki on THE TYPING LADY

Maggie O'Farrell on LAND

Michelle Huneven on BUG HOLLOW

Ruta Sepetys on A FORTUNE OF SAND

Virginia Evans on THE CORRESPONDENT

Rebecca Solnit on THE BEGINNING COMES AFTER THE END

Matt Haig on THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN

Natalie Adler on WAITING ON A FRIEND

Paige Lewis on CANON

Isaac Fitzgerald on AMERICAN RAMBLER

'Pemi Aguda on ONE LEG ON EARTH

Dimitry Elias Léger on DEATH OF THE SOCCER GOD

Jon Krakauer on INTO THIN AIR

Patrick Cottrell on AFTERNOON HOURS OF A HERMIT

Tom Lin on BABYLON, SOUTH DAKOTA

Portia Elan on HOMEBOUND

Poured Over: Sarah Jessica Parker and Alexandra Oliva on The Radiant Dark at the LAT Festival of Books

Joe Abercrombie on THE DEVILS

Douglas Stuart on JOHN OF JOHN

Rick Steves on ON THE HIPPIE TRAIL

Marcus Kliewer on THE CARETAKER

Karen Tei Yamashita on QUESTIONS 27 & 28

Caroline Bicks on MONSTERS IN THE ARCHIVES

Evelyn Clarke on THE ENDING WRITES ITSELF

Xochitl Gonzalez on LAST NIGHT IN BROOKLYN

S.A. Cosby on KING OF ASHES

Maria Semple on GO GENTLE

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME

Ben Lerner on TRANSCRIPTION

Patrick Radden Keefe on LONDON FALLING

Emma Straub on AMERICAN FANTASY

Caro Claire Burke on YESTERYEAR

Kevin Fedarko on A WALK IN THE PARK

Jenny Lawson on HOW TO BE OKAY WHEN NOTHING IS OKAY

Yann Martel on SON OF NOBODY

Kristen Arnett on STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE

Amal El-Mohtar on SEASONS OF GLASS AND IRON

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney on LAKE EFFECT

Tom Junod on IN THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH I WAS TOLD WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN

Andy Weir on PROJECT HAIL MARY

Jung Yun on ALL THE WORLD CAN HOLD

Karan Mahajan on THE COMPLEX

T Kira Madden on WHIDBEY

Caitlin Breeze on THE FOX HUNT

Patricia Finn on THE GOLDEN BOY

Markus Zusak on THE BOOK THIEF

Ron Currie on THE SAVAGE, NOBLE DEATH OF BABS DIONNE

Tayari Jones on KIN

Cameron Sullivan on THE RED WINTER

Anna Quindlen on MORE THAN ENOUGH

Michael Pollan on A WORLD APPEARS

Jo Nesbø on WOLF HOUR

Nina McConigley on HOW TO COMMIT A POSTCOLONIAL MURDER

Namwali Serpell on ON MORRISON

Amity Gaige on HEARTWOOD

Poured Over Double Shot: Matthew F. Delmont and Wil Haygood

Chloe Michelle Howarth on HEAP EARTH UPON IT

Patmeena Sabit on GOOD PEOPLE

Heather Ann Thompson on FEAR AND FURY

Madeline Cash on LOST LAMBS

Adam Higginbotham on CHALLENGER

George Saunders on VIGIL

Stephen Fishbach on ESCAPE!

Jeanette Winterson on ONE ALADDIN TWO LAMPS

Daniyal Mueenuddin on THIS IS WHERE THE SERPENT LIVES

Gabriel Tallent on CRUX

Alia Hanna Habib on TAKE IT FROM ME

Rachel Eliza Griffiths on THE FLOWER BEARERS

Larissa Pham on DISCIPLINE

Seanan McGuire on THROUGH GATES OF GARNET AND GOLD

Isabel Ibañez on GRACELESS HEART

Matt Dinniman on DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL

Ross Montgomery on THE MURDER AT WORLD'S END

Emma Pattee on TILT

Ben Markovits on THE REST OF OUR LIVES

How We Read Now (featuring MJ Franklin and Joumana Khatib of The New York Times)

Jeff Chang on WATER MIRROR ECHO

Annie Leibovitz on WOMEN

Charles Duhigg on SUPERCOMMUNICATORS

Simon Winchester on THE BREATH OF THE GODS

Bill Bryson on A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING 2.0

Elizabeth McCracken on A LONG GAME

Garth Greenwell on SMALL RAIN

Samin Nosrat on GOOD THINGS

Jen Percy on GIRLS PLAY DEAD

Lily King on HEART THE LOVER

W. David Marx on BLANK SPACE

Susan Orlean on JOYRIDE

Bryan Washington on PALAVER

John Edgar Wideman on LANGUAGES OF HOME

Julian Brave NoiseCat on WE SURVIVED THE NIGHT

Quiara Alegría Hudes on THE WHITE HOT

Ann Packer on SOME BRIGHT NOWHERE

Tony Tulathimutte on REJECTION

Aja Gabel on LIGHTBREAKERS

Alix E. Harrow on THE EVERLASTING

Erin O. White on LIKE FAMILY

Oyinkan Braithwaite on CURSED DAUGHTERS

Joe Hill on KING SORROW

Mariana Enriquez on SOMEBODY IS WALKING ON YOUR GRAVE

Sean and Jason Mendelson on 75 Years of Peanuts

Cory Doctorow on ENSHITTIFICATION

Beth Macy on PAPER GIRL

Joy Harjo on GIRL WARRIOR

Lucy Steeds on THE ARTIST AND THE FEAST

Nic Stone on BOOM TOWN

Adam Johnson on THE WAYFINDER

Andrew Ross Sorkin on 1929

Thomas Schlesser on MONA'S EYES

Megha Majumdar on A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF

Elizabeth George on A SLOWLY DYING CAUSE

Mary Roach on REPLACEABLE YOU

Jade Chang on WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

Jen Hatmaker on AWAKE

Jason Diamond on KAPLAN'S PLOT

Mona Awad on WE LOVE YOU, BUNNY

Angela Flournoy on THE WILDERNESS

SenLinYu on ALCHEMISED

Patricia Lockwood on WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER YOU

Arundhati Roy on MOTHER MARY COMES TO ME

Kiran Desai on THE LONELINESS OF SONIA AND SUNNY

Elizabeth Gilbert on ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER

Agustina Bazterrica on THE UNWORTHY

M.L. Rio on HOT WAX

Catherine Chidgey on THE BOOK OF GUILT

Mick Herron on CLOWN TOWN

Maggie Smith and Saeed Jones on THE PEOPLE'S PROJECT

Dan Brown on THE SECRET OF SECRETS

Andrew Joseph White on YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN

Stephen Greenblatt on DARK RENAISSANCE

Eliana Ramage on TO THE MOON AND BACK

Patrick Ryan on BUCKEYE

Dana A. Williams on TONI AT RANDOM

Miriam Toews on A TRUCE THAT IS NOT PEACE

R.F. Kuang on KATABASIS

Alexis Okeowo on BLESSINGS AND DISASTERS

Poured Over Double Shot: Emily Adrian and Jo Hamya

Nicholas Boggs on BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY

Cleyvis Natera on THE GRAND PALOMA RESORT

Elaine Castillo on MODERATION

Jon Lee Anderson and Scott Anderson on TO LOSE A WAR and KING OF KINGS

Chloé Caldwell on TRYING

Kelly and Zach Weinersmith on A CITY ON MARS

Jason Mott on PEOPLE LIKE US

Aiden Thomas on CEMETERY BOYS

Stephanie Wambugu on LONELY CROWDS

Chris Nashawaty on THE FUTURE WAS NOW

Maris Kreizman on I WANT TO BURN THIS PLACE DOWN

Katie Yee on MAGGIE; OR, A MAN AND A WOMAN WALK INTO A BAR

Loretta Rothschild on FINDING GRACE

Hala Alyan on I'LL TELL YOU WHEN I'M HOME

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers on MISBEHAVING AT THE CROSSROADS

Gary Shteyngart on VERA, OR FAITH

Sophie Elmhirst on A MARRIAGE AT SEA

Poured Over Double Shot: Aisling Rawle and Emily Nussbaum

Dr. Jessica B. Harris on BRAIDED HERITAGE

John Ganz on WHEN THE CLOCK BROKE

Catherine Newman on SANDWICH

Rob Hart on THE MEDUSA PROTOCOL

Megan Abbott on EL DORADO DRIVE

Yael van der Wouden on THE SAFEKEEP

Tourmaline on MARSHA

Dennard Dayle on HOW TO DODGE A CANNONBALL

Jess Walter on SO FAR GONE

Molly Jong-Fast on HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER

Kyra Davis Lurie on THE GREAT MANN

Susan Morrison on LORNE

Rob Franklin on GREAT BLACK HOPE

Maggie Stiefvater on THE LISTENERS

Laura Pegram, Edwidge Danticat and Princess Joy L. Perry on SING THE TRUTH

Robert Macfarlane on IS A RIVER ALIVE?

Tayari Jones and A.M. Homes on 30 Years of the Women's Prize for Fiction

Alison Bechdel on SPENT

Sarah Kay on A LITTLE DAYLIGHT LEFT

Ron Chernow on MARK TWAIN

Ocean Vuong on THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS

Florence Knapp on THE NAMES

Jemimah Wei on THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER

Michael Luo on STRANGERS IN THE LAND

Shelby Van Pelt on REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES

Omar El Akkad On Writing

Denne Michele Norris on WHEN THE HARVEST COMES

Andrew Porter on THE IMAGINED LIFE

Suleika Jaouad on THE BOOK OF ALCHEMY

Camilla Barnes on THE USUAL DESIRE TO KILL

Kevin Nguyen on MY DOCUMENTS

Reginald Dwayne Betts on DOGGEREL

Kaliane Bradley on THE MINISTRY OF TIME

Katie Kitamura on AUDITION

Ferris Jabr on BECOMING EARTH

Maggie Smith on DEAR WRITER

Jennifer Haigh on RABBIT MOON

Nicole Cuffy on O SINNERS!

Dennis E. Staples on PASSING THROUGH A PRAIRIE COUNTRY

Brian Goldstone on THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US

Revisiting Hilary Mantel on THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT

Chris Bohjalian on THE JACKAL'S MISTRESS

Lauren Christensen on FIRSTBORN

Scaachi Koul on SUCKER PUNCH

Karen Russell on THE ANTIDOTE

Torrey Peters on STAG DANCE

Chloe Dalton on RAISING HARE

Karen Thompson Walker on THE STRANGE CASE OF JANE O.

Laila Lalami on THE DREAM HOTEL

Sarah Jones on DISPOSABLE

Sonya Walger on LION

Holly Brickley on DEEP CUTS

Matthew Goodman on PARIS UNDERCOVER

Ali Smith on GLIFF

Eric Puchner on DREAM STATE

Sarah Chihaya on BIBLIOPHOBIA

Eowyn Ivey on BLACK WOODS, BLUE SKY

Alejandro Heredia on LOCA

Jennifer Finney Boylan on CLEAVAGE

Geraldine Brooks on MEMORIAL DAYS

Allegra Goodman on ISOLA

Charmaine Wilkerson on GOOD DIRT

Adrienne Young on A SEA OF UNSPOKEN THINGS

Imani Perry on BLACK IN BLUES

Revisiting Colson Whitehead on THE NICKEL BOYS

Elizabeth Harris on HOW TO SLEEP AT NIGHT

Paraic O'Donnell on THE NAMING OF THE BIRDS

Aria Aber on GOOD GIRL

Nnedi Okorafor on DEATH OF THE AUTHOR

Alafair Burke on THE NOTE

Tananarive Due on THE REFORMATORY

Emma Knight on THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE COMMON OCTOPUS

A.O. Scott on Criticism and Voice

Adam Moss on THE WORK OF ART

Lili Anolik on DIDION & BABITZ

Brandon Sanderson on WIND AND TRUTH

Percival Everett and Cord Jefferson on JAMES

Nate DiMeo on THE MEMORY PALACE

Matty Matheson on SOUPS, SALADS, SANDWICHES

Karl Ove Knausgaard on THE THIRD REALM

Nayantara Roy on THE MAGNIFICENT RUINS

Charles Yu on INTERIOR CHINATOWN

Peter Ames Carlin on THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS R.E.M.

Robin Wall Kimmerer on THE SERVICEBERRY

Ruth Dickey of The National Book Foundation

Malcolm Gladwell on REVENGE OF THE TIPPING POINT

Glory Edim on GATHER ME

Susanna Clarke on THE WOOD AT MIDWINTER

Nikole Hannah-Jones and Xaviera Simmons on THE 1619 PROJECT: A VISUAL EXPERIENCE

Nick Harkaway on KARLA'S CHOICE

Sabaa Tahir on HEIR

Dava Sobel on THE ELEMENTS OF MARIE CURIE

Mark Haddon on DOGS AND MONSTERS

Susan Minot on DON'T BE A STRANGER

Ta-Nehisi Coates on THE MESSAGE

Dan Jones on HENRY V

Abraham Chang on 888 LOVE AND THE DIVINE BURDEN OF NUMBERS

Ina Garten on BE READY WHEN THE LUCK HAPPENS

Richard Osman on WE SOLVE MURDERS

Rumaan Alam on ENTITLEMENT and Danzy Senna on COLORED TELEVISION

Louise Erdrich on THE MIGHTY RED

Tammy Armstrong on PEARLY EVERLASTING

Richard Powers on PLAYGROUND

Wright Thompson on THE BARN

Sarah Smarsh on BONE OF THE BONE

Rebecca Nagle on BY THE FIRE WE CARRY

Timothy Snyder on On Freedom

Chelsea Bieker on MADWOMAN

Elizabeth Strout on TELL ME EVERYTHING

Attica Locke on GUIDE ME HOME

Rachel Kushner on CREATION LAKE

Elizabeth O'Connor on WHALE FALL

Coco Mellors on BLUE SISTERS

Poured Over Double Shot: Claire Dederer and Sonora Jha

Kate DiCamillo on THE PUPPETS OF SPELHORST

Edwidge Danticat on WE'RE ALONE

Abi Daré on AND SO I ROAR

Elif Shafak on THERE ARE RIVERS IN THE SKY

Kailee Pedersen on SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS

Jay Ellis on DID EVERYONE HAVE AN IMAGINARY FRIEND (OR JUST ME)?

Gilbert Cruz on The Best Books of the 21st Century

Regina Porter on THE RICH PEOPLE HAVE GONE AWAY

Bret Anthony Johnston on WE BURN DAYLIGHT

Dinaw Mengestu on SOMEONE LIKE US

Siân Hughes on PEARL

Jessica Anthony on THE MOST

Lev Grossman on THE BRIGHT SWORD

Juliet Grames on The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia

Sarah Manguso on Liars

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio on CATALINA

Kevin Barry on THE HEART IN WINTER

Liz Moore on THE GOD OF THE WOODS

Alisa Alering on SMOTHERMOSS

Tiya Miles on NIGHT FLYER

Taffy Brodesser-Akner on LONG ISLAND COMPROMISE

Riley Sager on MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

Timothy Egan on A FEVER IN THE HEARTLAND

Claire Messud on THIS STRANGE EVENTFUL HISTORY

Yume Kitasei on THE STARDUST GRAIL

Claire Lombardo on SAME AS IT EVER WAS

Julia Phillips on BEAR

Edmund White and Garth Greenwell on NOCTURNES FOR THE KING OF NAPLES

Robin Sloan on MOONBOUND

Rufi Thorpe on MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES

KB Brookins on PRETTY

Griffin Dunne on THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB

Nicola Yoon on ONE OF OUR KIND

Morgan Talty on FIRE EXIT

Essie Chambers on SWIFT RIVER

Sarah Perry on ENLIGHTENMENT

Nina St. Pierre on LOVE IS A BURNING THING

Kevin Kwan on LIES AND WEDDINGS

Garth Risk Hallberg on THE SECOND COMING

Hari Kunzru on BLUE RUIN

R.O. Kwon on EXHIBIT

Sebastian Junger on IN MY TIME OF DYING

Carvell Wallace on ANOTHER WORD FOR LOVE

Aimee Nezhukumatathil on BITE BY BITE

Miranda July on ALL FOURS

Zoë Schlanger on THE LIGHT EATERS

Rachel Khong on REAL AMERICANS

Colm Tóibín on LONG ISLAND

Genevieve Kingston on DID I EVER TELL YOU?

Salman Rushdie on KNIFE

Shannon Chakraborty on THE ADVENTURES OF AMINA AL-SIRAFI

Elaine U. Cho on OCEAN'S GODORI

Amy Tan on THE BACKYARD BIRD CHRONICLES

Crystal Hana Kim on THE STONE HOME

Amanda Montell on THE AGE OF MAGICAL OVERTHINKING

Sarah Hart on ONCE UPON A PRIME

Carys Davies on CLEAR

Maggie Nelson on LIKE LOVE

Anne Lamott on SOMEHOW

Xochitl Gonzalez on ANITA DE MONTE LAUGHS LAST

Julia Alvarez on THE CEMETERY OF UNTOLD STORIES

Leif Enger on I CHEERFULLY REFUSE

Lisa Ko on MEMORY PIECE

Vinson Cunningham on GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Hanif Abdurraqib on THERE'S ALWAYS THIS YEAR

Poured Over Double Shot: Tessa Hulls and Griffin Hansbury

Percival Everett on JAMES

Téa Obreht on THE MORNINGSIDE

Lottie Hazell on PIGLET

Sloane Crosley on GRIEF IS FOR PEOPLE

Tommy Orange and Roxane Gay on WANDERING STARS

Cristina Henríquez on THE GREAT DIVIDE

Brad Gooch on RADIANT

Tana French on THE HUNTER

Idra Novey on TAKE WHAT YOU NEED

Ilyon Woo on MASTER SLAVE HUSBAND WIFE

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on THE AMERICAN DAUGHTERS

Poured Over Double Shot: Katherine Arden and Yangsze Choo

Andrés N. Ordorica on HOW WE NAMED THE STARS

Phillip B. Williams on OURS

Bora Chung on YOUR UTOPIA

Lucy Sante on I HEARD HER CALL MY NAME

Kelly Link on THE BOOK OF LOVE

Kiley Reid on COME AND GET IT

Sheila Heti on ALPHABETICAL DIARIES

Kwame Alexander on THIS IS THE HONEY

Dolly Alderton on GOOD MATERIAL

Ruha Benjamin on IMAGINATION: A MANIFESTO

Kyle Chayka on FILTERWORLD: HOW ALGORITHMS FLATTENED CULTURE

Sabrina Imbler on HOW FAR THE LIGHT REACHES

Kaveh Akbar on MARTYR!

Poured Over Double Shot: Marie-Helene Bertino and Claire Oshetsky

Jericho Brown on HOW WE DO IT

Dan Kois on VINTAGE CONTEMPORARIES

Bonnie Jo Campbell on THE WATERS

Hisham Matar on MY FRIENDS

Kayla Min Andrews on THE FETISHIST by Katherine Min

Julie Myerson on NONFICTION: A NOVEL

Ashley Flowers & Alex Kiester on ALL GOOD PEOPLE HERE

Vanessa Chan on THE STORM WE MADE

Colson Whitehead on CROOK MANIFESTO

Gilbert Cruz, NYT Books Editor

Ned Blackhawk on THE REDISCOVERY OF AMERICA

Sowmya Krishnamurthy on FASHION KILLA

Lindsay Hunter and Roxane Gay

Emily Wilson on THE ILIAD

Merlin Sheldrake on ENTANGLED LIFE: THE ILLUSTRATED EDITION

Ed Park on SAME BED DIFFERENT DREAMS

Helen Garner on THE CHILDREN'S BACH and THIS HOUSE OF GRIEF

Jeff Tweedy on WORLD WITHIN A SONG

Tracy K. Smith on TO FREE THE CAPTIVES

Gabriel Bump on THE NEW NATURALS

Sigrid Nunez on THE VULNERABLES

Michael Cunningham on DAY

Melissa Broder on DEATH VALLEY

Stephanie Land on CLASS

Viet Thanh Nguyen on A MAN OF TWO FACES

Alix E. Harrow on STARLING HOUSE

Alice McDermott on ABSOLUTION

Amanda Peters on THE BERRY PICKERS

Poured Over Double Shot: K-Ming Chang and Anbara Salam

Jhumpa Lahiri on ROMAN STORIES

Jesmyn Ward on LET US DESCEND

Rick Riordan on THE CHALICE OF THE GODS

Poured Over Double Shot: Sy Montgomery with Matt Patterson and Margaret Renkl

Jacqueline Woodson on REMEMBER US

Poured Over Double Shot: Bryan Washington and Curtis Chin

Jean Kwok on THE LEFTOVER WOMAN

Justin Torres on BLACKOUTS

Pauls Toutonghi on THE REFUGEE OCEAN

Safiya Sinclair on HOW TO SAY BABYLON

Poured Over Double Shot: Jonathan Lethem and Benjamín Labatut

V.E. Schwab on THE FRAGILE THREADS OF POWER

Ayana Mathis on THE UNSETTLED

C Pam Zhang on LAND OF MILK AND HONEY

Lauren Groff on THE VASTER WILDS

Poured Over Double Shot: Daniel Mason and Paul Murray

Poured Over Double Shot: Nathan Hill and Ben Fountain

Andrew Leland on THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND

Poured Over Double Shot: Claudia Dey and Sheena Patel

Mona Awad on ROUGE

Emma Donoghue on LEARNED BY HEART

Maria Bamford on SURE, I'LL JOIN YOUR CULT: A MEMOIR OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND THE QUEST TO BELONG ANYWHERE

Zadie Smith on THE FRAUD

Joanna Moorhead on SURREAL SPACES: THE LIFE AND ART OF LEONORA CARRINGTON

Isabel Cañas on VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE

Poured Over Double Shot: Angie Kim and John Manuel Arias

Alice Carrière on EVERYTHING/NOTHING/SOMEONE

Jill Lepore on THE DEADLINE

Prachi Gupta on THEY CALLED US EXCEPTIONAL: AND OTHER LIES THAT RAISED US

Adrian McKinty on THE DETECTIVE UP LATE

Kai Bird on AMERICAN PROMETHEUS: THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER

Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché on PROPHET

Poured Over Double Shot: Esmeralda Santiago and Elizabeth Acevedo

James McBride on THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE

Poured Over Double Shot: Khashayar J. Khabushani and Jamel Brinkley

Susan Casey on THE UNDERWORLD: JOURNEYS TO THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN

Poured Over Double Shot: Ann Patchett and Jimin Han

Colin Walsh on KALA

Pierce Brown on LIGHT BRINGER

Richard Russo on SOMEBODY'S FOOL

Christine Pride and Jo Piazza on YOU WERE ALWAYS MINE

David Lipsky on THE PARROT AND THE IGLOO

Rachel Cargle on A RENAISSANCE OF OUR OWN

Michael Finkel on THE ART THIEF

Beth Nguyen on OWNER OF A LONELY HEART

Poured Over Double Shot: Caleb Azumah Nelson and Aaliyah Bilal

Patrick deWitt on THE LIBRARIANIST

Adrienne Brodeur on LITTLE MONSTERS

Poured Over Double Shot: Danielle Trussoni and Ivy Pochoda

Jason Mraz on MYSTICAL MAGICAL RHYTHMICAL RADICAL RIDE

Henry Hoke and Jackson Howard on OPEN THROAT

Caroline O'Donoghue on THE RACHEL INCIDENT

Elysha Chang and Sarah Jessica Parker on A QUITTER'S PARADISE

Jennifer Ackerman on WHAT AN OWL KNOWS

Lorrie Moore on I AM HOMELESS IF THIS IS NOT MY HOME

Poured Over Double Shot: Celia Bell and Claudia Cravens

Poured Over Double Shot: Keziah Weir and Katie Williams

Poured Over Double Shot: Tania James and Julia Fine

Poured Over Double Shot: Juno Dawson and Emma Törzs

Elif Batuman on EITHER/OR

Barbara Kingsolver on DEMON COPPERHEAD

Ramona Ausubel on THE LAST ANIMAL

Poured Over Double Shot: Héctor Tobar and Jonathan Eig

Poured Over Double Shot: Luis Alberto Urrea and Rita Chang-Eppig

Tom Hanks on THE MAKING OF ANOTHER MOTION PICTURE MASTERPIECE

R.F. Kuang on YELLOWFACE

Brandon Taylor on THE LATE AMERICANS

Katy Hessel on THE STORY OF ART WITHOUT MEN

Samantha Irby on QUIETLY HOSTILE

Emma Cline on THE GUEST

Mary Beth Keane on THE HALF MOON

Ramona Emerson on SHUTTER

Brinda Charry on THE EAST INDIAN

John Wray on GONE TO THE WOLVES

Abraham Verghese on THE COVENANT OF WATER

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS

Double Shot: Christina Sharpe and Ava Chin

David Grann on THE WAGER: A TALE OF SHIPWRECK, MUTINY AND MURDER

Dennis Lehane on SMALL MERCIES

Maggie Smith on YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL

Victor LaValle on LONE WOMEN

Nick Medina on SISTERS OF THE LOST NATION

Curtis Sittenfeld on ROMANTIC COMEDY

Charles Frazier on THE TRACKERS

Nicole Chung on A LIVING REMEDY

Gina Chung on SEA CHANGE

Jeannette Walls on HANG THE MOON

Jacqueline Holland on THE GOD OF ENDINGS

Rachel Heng on THE GREAT RECLAMATION

Katherine May on ENCHANTMENT: AWAKENING WONDER IN AN ANXIOUS AGE

Matthew Desmond on POVERTY, BY AMERICA

Poured Over Double Shot: Claire Jiménez and Elaine Hsieh Chou

Poured Over Double Shot: Alice Winn and Madelaine Lucas

Poured Over Double Shot: Jenny Jackson and Ann Napolitano

Jenny Odell on SAVING TIME: DISCOVERING A LIFE BEYOND THE CLOCK

Eleanor Catton on BIRNAM WOOD

Will Schwalbe on WE SHOULD NOT BE FRIENDS: THE STORY OF A FRIENDSHIP

Eloghosa Osunde on VAGABONDS!

Samantha Shannon on A DAY OF FALLEN NIGHT

Asale Angel-Ajani on A COUNTRY YOU CAN LEAVE

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ on A SPELL OF GOOD THINGS

Rebecca Makkai on I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU

Kevin Jared Hosein on HUNGRY GHOSTS

Isabel Wilkerson on CASTE: THE ORIGINS OF OUR DISCONTENTS

Rachel Joyce on MAUREEN: A HAROLD FRY NOVEL

Stephen Graham Jones on DON'T FEAR THE REAPER

Jessica George on MAAME

Poured Over Double Shot: Matthew Salesses and Kashana Cauley

Paul Harding on THIS OTHER EDEN

Aleksandar Hemon on THE WORLD AND ALL THAT IT HOLDS

Poured Over Double Shot: Colm Tóibín and Tom Crewe

Grady Hendrix on HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE

Poured Over Double Shot: Monica Heisey and Laura Zigman

Margo Price on STRAYS

Oindrila Mukherjee on THE DREAM BUILDERS

Leigh Bardugo on HELL BENT

Deepti Kapoor on AGE OF VICE

Poured Over Double Shot: Tracey Rose Peyton and Parini Shroff

Poured Over: All the Pretty Books and Beautiful Things

Maggie O'Farrell on THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT

Alison L. Strayer and Dan Simon on Nobel Laureate Annie Ernaux

Jane Smiley on A DANGEROUS BUSINESS

Lauren Graham on HAVE I TOLD YOU THIS ALREADY?: STORIES I DON'T WANT TO FORGET TO REMEMBER

Nick Hornby on DICKENS AND PRINCE: A PARTICULAR KIND OF GENIUS

Matthew Quick on WE ARE THE LIGHT

Adam Hochschild on AMERICAN MIDNIGHT: THE GREAT WAR, A VIOLENT PEACE, AND DEMOCRACY'S FORGOTTEN CRISIS

Erika T. Wurth on WHITE HORSE

Sue Lynn Tan on HEART OF THE SUN WARRIOR

Jerry Saltz on ART IS LIFE

Patti Smith on A BOOK OF DAYS

Kevin Wilson on NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO PANIC

Rabia Chaudry on FATTY FATTY BOOM BOOM: A MEMOIR OF FOOD, FAT, AND FAMILY

Madeline Miller on GALATEA

Anand Giridharadas on THE PERSUADERS: AT THE FRONT LINES OF THE FIGHT FOR HEARTS, MINDS, AND DEMOCRACY

N.K. Jemisin on THE WORLD WE MAKE

Louise Kennedy on TRESPASSES

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