Book Review

This week, Anita Raghavan discusses her new book, “The Billionaire’s Apprentice”; Jon Mooallem talks about “Wild Ones” and endangered species; Adam LeBor on the difficulty of writing thrillers; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Andrew Delbanco discusses two new books about the state of higher education; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Andrew O’Hehir talks about “The Fall of Arthur,” by J. R. R. Tolkien; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Daniel Bergner talks about the science of female desire; Philipp Meyer discusses his second novel, “The Son”; Margalit Fox on her new book, “The Riddle of the Labyrinth”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Anthony Marra discusses his novel, “A Constellation of Vital Phenomena”; Lauren Sandler talks about “One and Only: The Freedom of Having an Only Child, and the Joy of Being One”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Peter Lattman talks about the new memoir by the tennis star Jimmy Connors; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Alexandra Jacobs discusses Patricia Volk’s “Shocked”; Anthony Gottlieb on Ruth R. Wisse’s “No Joke: Making Jewish Humor”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Elliott Holt discusses her novel “You Are One of Them”; Rick Atkinson discusses his “The Guns at Last Light”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Helene Wecker discusses her novel “The Golem and the Jinni”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; David Carr talks about David Sedaris’s “Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Harold Evans discusses two new books about the events leading up to World War I; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Pamela Paul talks about the spring children’s books section; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Claire Messud discusses her new novel, “The Woman Upstairs”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Ramona Ausubel talks about her new short-story collection, “A Guide to Being Born”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Tom Perrotta talks about the letters of Willa Cather; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Alexandra Starr discusses T. D. Allman’s “Finding Florida”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. John Williams is the host, filling in for Pamela Paul.

This week, Meg Wolitzer talks about her new novel, “The Interestings”; Rachel Shteir discusses three new books about Chicago; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

This week, Sam Tanenhaus signs off as host, handing over the reins to Pamela Paul, the new editor of the Book Review, and hearing from past contributors.

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.