Talking About the 10 Best Books of 2021

The Book Review

The New York Times

Books, Arts

4.2 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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On a special episode of the podcast, taped live, editors from The New York Times Book Review discuss this year’s outstanding fiction and nonfiction.

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0:00.0	This week, our episode features our annual 10 Best Books list, which was recorded live
0:13.3	the Zoom earlier this week.
0:15.3	We'll be back with our regular podcast next Friday, December 10th.
0:25.8	Good morning everyone and good afternoon to those joining us from Europe and points
0:29.7	further east and good very early in the morning to our West Coast friends.
0:34.0	I'm Pamela Paul, Editor of the New York Times Book Review.
0:37.3	Welcome to our announcement of the 10 Best Books of 2021.
0:41.5	We're so happy to have you here with us today.
0:44.0	And a reminder that we are recording for the Book Review Podcast.
0:47.5	If you're not already a podcast subscriber, you can find us wherever you get your podcasts.
0:53.6	This is our second year holding the 10 Best Books announcement event in a virtual format.
0:58.5	And while we miss seeing people in person, one of the great joys of doing it virtually
1:02.8	is that it opens the event up to more people.
1:05.7	And it's a chance for us to bring together book people from all around the world.
1:10.1	So we're thrilled to have you here.
1:12.2	I also want to give a big thank you for being a time subscriber.
1:17.1	Your subscriptions make our work here possible.
1:20.1	Choosing the 10 Best Books each year is actually a year long process.
1:24.1	Believe it or not, my colleagues and I have already started work on the 2022 list.
1:29.3	So thank you for supporting our journalism.
1:32.5	Speaking of my colleagues, I am thrilled to welcome some of my colleagues from the Book Review
1:37.1	who are joining us here today.
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