Books books books! Our top picks from 2024

This is it. Today we present you a massive special episode full of wisdom, which answers your final pressing questions. Listeners wrote in from around the world — from Perth to Virginia to Prague — asking about music, cooking, careers, home, fashion and how to live a good life. L ...  Show more

It’s a time-honored tradition: for the third year in a row, FT Weekend editor-at-large Matt Vella joins Lilah to reflect on this past year, and muse on the coming one. We’ve asked listeners to send their predictions and wishes for 2025, and today we’re talking through them! Will ...  Show more

Don't let anyone tell you differently — end of year list time is a wonderful time, indeed. And, as we do every December, we are ready to discuss the 10 best books of the year. Host Gilbert Cruz gathers the editors of the New York Times Book Review to discuss the most exciting ...

As 2024 comes to a close, critics, reporters and editors at The New York Times are reflecting on the year in arts and culture, including books.

The deputy editor of Culture and Lifestyle, Melissa Kirsch, speaks with the editor of The New York Times Book Review, Gilbert C ...

Send us Fan MailIn episode 157 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah share their favorite books of the year so far. As well as sharing their top 5 best books, they share some fun bookish superlatives, 2024 reading statistics, and what they want their reading life to look like for t ...  Show more

On this Weeks episode Mikayla, Reggie and Kennedy talk about all the things they are excited for in the book community for 2024. They chat about the books they are most excited about that are coming out in 2024. The books they are trying to cross of their tbr and the things they ...  Show more