Book Review

This week, Hampton Sides discusses “In the Kingdom of Ice”; Beth Macy talks about “Factory Man”; and John Williams has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Darragh McKeon discusses “All That Is Solid Melts Into Air”; Parul Sehgal and Gregory Cowles talk about Haruki Murakami; Christopher Beha discusses “Arts & Entertainments”; and Mr. Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Rick Perlstein discusses “The Invisible Bridge”; Alexandra Alter has notes from the field; Jan Swafford talks about “Beethoven”; Amy Rowland discusses “The Transcriptionist”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Ben Macintyre discusses “A Spy Among Friends”; Alexandra Alter and Parul Sehgal talk about the week’s literary news; Donald L. Miller discusses “Supreme City”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Sylvia Jukes Morris talks about “Price of Fame”; John Williams and Parul Sehgal talk about the week’s literary news; David Lehman discusses the state of poetry in the age of Twitter; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Vicki Constantine Croke talks about “Elephant Company”; Alexandra Alter has notes from the field; David Dobbs discusses two new books about genes; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Peter Baker talks about Hillary Rodham Clinton’s “Hard Choices”; John Williams discusses the week’s literary news; Jeff Shesol talks about “Uncertain Justice” and “Scalia: A Court of One”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Andrew Hussey talks about “The French Intifada”; Parul Sehgal and John Williams on the week’s literary news; Alice Goffman discusses “On the Run”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Dan Barber talks about “The Third Plate”; John Williams on the week’s literary news; James Nestor discusses “Deep”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Nikil Saval talks about “Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace”; Parul Sehgal and John Williams on the week’s literary news; Lenore Skenazy discusses two new books about parenting; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, David Carr discusses Andrew Pettegree’s “The Invention of News”; Parul Sehgal and John Williams on the week’s literary news; Molly Worthen talks about new books by and about Jimmy Carter; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, James Shapiro talks about “Shakespeare in America”; Parul Sehgal and John Williams on the week’s literary news; Bob Mankoff discusses “How About Never — Is Never Good for You?”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Nicholas Lemann discusses “Sons of Wichita”; Parul Sehgal and John Williams on the week’s literary news; Louisa Lim talks about “The People’s Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, David Pilling discusses “Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival”; Parul Sehgal and John Williams on the week’s literary news; John Schwartz talks about the audiobooks of four new celebrity memoirs; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Jyoti Thottam discusses Ramachandra Guha’s “Gandhi Before India”; Anand Giridharadas talks about “The True American”; Parul Sehgal and John Williams on the week’s literary news; Sarah Harrison Smith discusses this week’s Children’s Books section; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Ayelet Waldman talks about her new novel, “Love and Treasure”; John Williams on the week’s literary news; Thomas Mallon and Dana Stevens discuss movies about writers; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, William D. Cohan talks about “The Price of Silence”; Parul Sehgal and John Williams discuss the week’s literary news; Amy Chozick discusses Elizabeth Warren’s “A Fighting Chance”; Ms. Sehgal on Barbara Ehrenreich’s “Living With a Wild God”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Robert D. Kaplan discusses “Asia’s Cauldron”; Parul Sehgal and John Williams discuss this year’s Pulitzer Prizes; William Easterly talks about “The Tyranny of Experts”; and Parul Sehgal has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Chris Hayes talks about Kevin Roose’s “Young Money”; Parul Sehgal and John Williams discuss the book business; Timothy Noah on Matt Taibbi’s “The Divide”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Akhil Sharma discusses his new novel, “Family Life”; Julie Bosman looks back at her four years on the publishing beat; Leslie Jamison talks about “The Empathy Exams”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.