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

周日特辑:本世纪最好的 100 本书(迄今为止)

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2024-07-21

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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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  • Its Sabrina.

  • Were taking a break from our usual weekend routine to bring you something special today.

  • Its summer, its beach reading time.

  • Maybe you need a book to take a break from the news.

  • Anyway, our wonderful colleagues at the New York Times Book Review recently compiled a list of the 100 best books of the 21st century so far.

  • To be clear, this is not a list of bestsellers or just literary award winners.

  • I mean, theres some of those.

  • But to make their list, they surveyed more than 500 novelists, poets, critics, editors and readers.

  • Its a very cool project and its a super interesting list.

  • Its gotten a huge response.

  • And so today were sending you the episode of their podcast.

  • Its an episode about this list and whats on it.

  • You should also know that beyond this episode, the New York Times Book reviews podcast comes out regularly.

  • They have fascinating conversations all the time, including with some of the phenomenal writers on this recent list.