Sunday Special: The 100 Best Books of the Century (So Far)

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🗓️ 21 July 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Earlier this month, the New York Times Book Review rolled out the results of an ambitious survey it conducted to determine the best books of the 21st century so far. On this special episode of the Book Review Podcast, host Gilbert Cruz chats with some fellow Book Review editors about the results of that survey and about the project itself. To read the full list, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html For more episodes, search “Book Review podcast” wherever you get your podcasts, and follow the show.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, it's Sabrina. We're taking a break from our usual weekend routine to bring you
0:05.8	something special today. It's summer, it's beach reading time. Maybe you need a book to take
0:11.5	a break from the news.
0:13.0	Anyway, our wonderful colleagues at the New York Times Book Review
0:16.0	recently compiled a list of the 100 best books of the 21st century so far.
0:22.0	To be clear, this is not a list of bestsellers or just
0:26.0	literary award winners. I mean, there's some of those, but to make their list they
0:31.1	surveyed more than 500 novelists, poets, critics, editors, and readers.
0:37.0	It's a very cool project, and it's a super interesting list.
0:41.0	It's gotten a huge response. And so today we're sending you the episode of their podcast.
0:48.3	It's an episode about this list and what's on it. You should also know that beyond this episode, the New York Times Book
0:55.6	Reviews podcast comes out regularly. They have fascinating conversations all the time, including
1:01.9	with some of the phenomenal writers on this recent list.
1:05.8	So sign up for their show wherever you listen to us.
1:09.7	Okay, here they are. They are. I'm Gilbert Cruz, editor of the New York Times Book Review and this is the Book Review
1:22.4	Podcast. On this week's episode, Times Book Review, and this is the Book Review podcast.
1:23.9	On this week's episode, I'm very excited to finally
1:26.6	talk about a project that we've been working on
1:28.7	for much of 2024, and which is finally out there in the world.
1:33.0	A hundred best books of the 21st century so far.
1:36.0	If you're listening to this show, if you're listening to a podcast about books,
1:40.0	I have to think you've already seen part or all of it.
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