Book Review

This week, Monte Reel talks about “Between Man and Beast”; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Ada Calhoun discusses Mike Piazza’s memoir; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Jonathan Sperber talks about his new biography of Karl Marx; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Parul Sehgal discusses Mohsin Hamid’s new novel, “How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. John Williams is the host, filling in for Sam Tanenhaus.

This week, Jamie Quatro talks about “I Want to Show You More”; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Carlene Bauer discusses “Frances and Bernard”; and Gregory Cowles has best-sellers news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Michael Moss talks about “Salt Sugar Fat”; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Jennifer Szalai discusses the fiction of Renata Adler; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Jeanine Basinger discusses marriage in the movies; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Charles McGrath talks about the letters of P. G. Wodehouse; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Emily Bazelon talks about “Sticks and Stones,” her new book about bullying; Phillip Lopate discusses the craft of essay writing; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Teddy Wayne talks about his novel “The Love Song of Jonny Valentine”; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Caryn James discusses “Gods Like Us,” Ty Burr’s new book about movie stardom; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, John Burt discusses “Lincoln’s Tragic Pragmatism”; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Jeffrey Frank talks about Richard Nixon and Dwight D. Eisenhower; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Karen Russell talks about “Vampires in the Lemon Grove”; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Adam Kirsch discusses two new biographies of Sylvia Plath; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Christoph Irmscher discusses the life of the scientist Louis Agassiz; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Timothy Naftali talks about Richard Nixon; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Joe Queenan talks about his reading habits; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; J. D. Biersdorfer discusses new apps about famous wars; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Lawrence Wright discusses Scientology; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Emily Bazelon talks about Sonia Sotomayor’s new memoir; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Bill Keller discusses three new books about nuclear weapons; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Susan Chira talks about Susanna Sonnenberg’s “She Matters”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, John Homans talks about “What’s a Dog For?”; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Allan Kozinn discusses Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Jami Attenberg discusses her novel “The Middlesteins”; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Maxwell Carter talks about “The Art Forger” by B. A. Shapiro; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.