Book Review

This week, Nicholas Confessore discusses Charles Murray’s provocative new book about white America; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Francine Prose talks about “At Last” by Edward St. Aubyn; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Judith Newman discusses the real world behind “Downton Abbey”; Liesl Schillinger talks about Elizabeth Taylor’s feminist credentials; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Jeanette Winterson discusses the legacy of Henry Miller’s “Tropic of Cancer”; Charles McGrath on the deeply personal poetry of publisher Jonathan Galassi; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Charles Isherwood discusses a new book about playwright Ben Jonson; Julie Bosman with notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Patricia Cohen discusses her new book about the science of middle age; Alexander Star talks about Friedrich Nietzsche’s impact on American readers; Julie Bosman with notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Geoffrey Kabaservice discusses his new book about the history of moderate Republicanism; Theda Skocpol on the Tea Party; Julie Bosman with notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Gary Bass talks about Philip Taubman’s book “ThePartnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb”; Louisa Thomas discusses “Some of My Lives,” a memoir by Rosamond Bernier; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, a conversation with John Horgan about “The Folly of Fools” by Robert Trivers; Christopher Beha on a number of new books about our relationship to animals; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, composer John Adams on Richard Rhodes’s book, “Hedy’s Folly”, about the life and inventions of Hedy Lamarr; Liesl Schillinger discusses “Death Comes to Pemberley”, P.D. James’s sequel to “Pride and Prejudice”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, the Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2011; Gerald Marzorati on “Love Goes to Buildings on Fire”, Will Hermes’ book about the New York music scene in the 1970s; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; the Times’s Susan Chira discusses “No Higher Honor”, the new memoir by Condoleeza Rice; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, the editors of the Book Review on the 100 Notable Books of 2011; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Andrew Graham-Dixon talks about his new biography, “Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Deborah Soloman on a new biography of Vincent Van Gogh; Ginia Bellafante on the latest selection of the Big City Book Club; the Times’s national legal correspondent, John Schwartz explains his preference for audiobooks; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, historian David Greenberg assesses Ann Beattie’s new novel, “Mrs. Nixon: A Life”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Alexander Star takes an anthropological view of Afghanistan; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news.

This week, historian David Greenberg assesses Ann Beattie’s new novel, “Mrs. Nixon: A Life”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Alexander Star takes an anthropological view of Afghanistan; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news.

This week, John Lewis Gaddis discusses the life and career of diplomat George F. Kennan; Pamela Paul talks to children’s books legend, Chris Van Allsburg about his new book, “The Chronicles of Harris Burdick”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, John Lewis Gaddis discusses the life and career of diplomat George F. Kennan; Pamela Paul talks to children’s books legend, Chris Van Allsburg about his new book, “The Chronicles of Harris Burdick”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Kathryn Schulz and Sam Anderson discuss the new novel “IQ84” by Haruki Murakami; Harvey Araton describes the glory days of the New York Knicks in his book, “When the Garden Was Eden”; and we bid a fond farewell to the Book Review’s best-seller columnist, Jennifer Schuessler. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Kathryn Schulz and Sam Anderson discuss the new novel “IQ84” by Haruki Murakami; Harvey Araton describes the glory days of the New York Knicks in his book, “When the Garden Was Eden”; and we bid a fond farewell to the Book Review’s best-seller columnist, Jennifer Schuessler. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Frank Rich talks about the life of film critic Pauline Kael; Richard Brookhiser discusses his new biography of James Madison; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

This week, Frank Rich talks about the life of film critic Pauline Kael; Richard Brookhiser discusses his new biography of James Madison; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.