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☆ Talking About the 10 Best Books of 2023
  + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
It’s that time of year: After months of reading, arguing and (sometimes) happily agreeing, the Book Review’s editors have come up with their picks for the 10 Best Books of 2023. On this week’s podcast, Gilbert Cruz reveals the chosen titles — five fiction, five nonfiction — and talks with some of the editors who participated in the process. Here are the books discussed on this week’s episode:“The Bee Sting,” by Paul Murray“Chain-Gang All-Stars,” by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah“Eastbound,” by Maylis de Kerangal“The Fraud,” by Zadie Smith“North Woods,” by Daniel Mason“The Best Minds,” by Jonathan Rosen“Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs,” by Kerry Howley“Fire Weather,” by John Vaillant“Master Slave Husband Wife,” by Ilyon Woo“Some People Need Killing,” by Patricia EvangelistaWe would love to hear your thoughts about this episode, and about the Book Review’s podcast in general. You can send them to books@nytimes.com.
Persons: Gilbert Cruz, Sting, ”, Paul Murray “, Nana Kwame Adjei, Maylis, Zadie Smith, Daniel Mason “, Jonathan Rosen, Kerry Howley, John Vaillant “, Ilyon Woo, Patricia Evangelista Locations: Woods
☆ The Year Is Half Over. Here Are the Books You Might Have Missed.
  + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
This week on the podcast, Gilbert Cruz is joined by fellow editors from the Book Review to revisit some of the most popular and most acclaimed books of 2023 to date. First up, Tina Jordan and Elisabeth Egan discuss the year’s biggest books, from “Spare” to “Birnam Wood.” Then Joumana Khatib, MJ Franklin and Sadie Stein recommend their personal favorites of the year so far. Books discussed on this week’s episode:“Spare,” by Prince Harry“I Have Some Questions for You,” by Rebecca Makkai“Pineapple Street,” by Jenny Jackson“Romantic Comedy,” by Curtis Sittenfeld“You Could Make This Place Beautiful,” by Maggie Smith“The Wager,” by David Grann“Master, Slave, Husband, Wife,” by Ilyon Woo“King: A Life,” by Jonathan Eig“Birnam Wood,” by Eleanor Catton“Hello Beautiful,” by Ann Napolitano“Enter Ghost,” by Isabella Hammad“Y/N,” by Esther Yi“The Sullivanians,” by Alexander Stille“My Search for Warren Harding,” by Robert Plunket“In Memoriam,” by Alice Winn“Don’t Look at Me Like That,” by Diana AthillWe would love to hear your thoughts about this episode, and about the Book Review’s podcast in general. You can send them to books@nytimes.com.
Persons: Gilbert Cruz, Tina Jordan, Elisabeth Egan, Birnam, Joumana Khatib, MJ Franklin, Sadie Stein, “, Prince Harry “, Rebecca Makkai, Jenny Jackson, Curtis Sittenfeld, Maggie Smith “, ”, David Grann, Ilyon Woo, Jonathan Eig, Eleanor Catton “, Ann Napolitano, Isabella Hammad “ Y, Esther Yi “, Alexander Stille, Warren Harding, Robert Plunket “, Alice Winn “, Diana Athill Locations: ”
☆ ‘Master Slave Husband Wife’ Review: To Freedom Together
  + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Priscilla M. Jensen | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
We throw a lot of dramatic vocabulary around these days. “Transgressiveness” has become more culture-war triteness than shock. An unexpected coincidence is “ironic.” Anyone who buttons up a uniform risks being called a hero, and death, if you go by the headlines, is about 100% tragic. One unfortunate effect of such triviality is how easy it becomes to miss stories of real human achievement and undeniable heroism. In the strikingly titled “Master Slave Husband Wife,” writer and historian Ilyon Woo recounts the almost-forgotten story of the “self-emancipation” of Georgia slaves William and Ellen Craft, in a narrative of such courage and resourcefulness it seems too dashing to be true.
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