Book Review

This week, Jung Chang discusses “Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Sara Wheeler talks about “O My America!”; and John Williams has best-seller news. Parul Sehgal is the host, filling in for Pamela Paul.

This week, Donna Tartt talks about “The Goldfinch”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Helen Fielding discusses “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy”; Jill Lepore on “Book of Ages,” about Benjamin Franklin’s sister Jane; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Jonathan Franzen discusses his “Kraus Project”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Alan Weisman talks about “Countdown”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Francine Prose and Anna Holmes talk about the most erotic books they’ve ever read; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Alison Wolf discusses “The XX Factor”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

An adaptation of Mr. Eggers’s new novel, from The New York Times Magazine.

This week, Ian Buruma discusses “Year Zero: A History of 1945”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Diane Ravitch talks about “Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools”; Gary J. Bass on “The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, A. Scott Berg discusses his new biography of Woodrow Wilson; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Carla Kaplan talks about “Miss Anne in Harlem”; Sasha Abramsky on “The American Way of Poverty”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Delia Ephron discusses her new essay collection; Eric Schlosser talks about “Command and Control,” his new book about nuclear weapons; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Sheri Fink discusses “Five Days at Memorial”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Katy Butler talks about “Knocking on Heaven’s Door”; Jennifer McDonald introduces the new feature Bookends; George Johnson discusses “The Cancer Chronicles”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Judith Newman discusses Teddy Getty Gaston’s memoir, “Alone Together”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Evan J. Mandery talks about “A Wild Justice,” his new book about the death penalty in the U.S.; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Annie Murphy Paul on “The Smartest Kids in the World” by Amanda Ripley, and Cris Beam discusses “To the End of June,” her book about America’s foster care system. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, James McBride talks about his novel “The Good Lord Bird”; Jeff Guinn discusses his new biography of Charles Manson; and Parul Sehgal has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Scott Anderson talks about “Lawrence in Arabia”; Brenda Wineapple discusses “Ecstatic Nation”; Leonard Marcus on the life and work of Randolph Caldecott; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Paul Rudnick talks about David Rakoff’s final book; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Juan Gabriel Vásquez discusses his new novel, “The Sound of Things Falling”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Lynne Olson discusses “Those Angry Days”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Mark Leibovich talks about “This Town”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.