Gilbert Cruz, NYT Books Editor
\u201cI think it's actually good for discussion, because you want to see a range of variety of books on these top 10 lists.\u201d\xa0
It\u2019s been a great year for books! With best-of-the-year lists rolling out, Gilbert Cruz, Books Editor at the New York Times, sat down with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over, to discuss some favorites of the year, how the top lists are compiled, the joys of recommending books and more.\xa0\xa0\xa0
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Executive Producer Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\xa0
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Featured Books (Episode):\xa0
Lone Women by Victor LaValle\xa0
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton\xa0
North Woods by Daniel Mason\xa0
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride\xa0
Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah\xa0
The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel\xa0
Fire Weather by John Vaillant\xa0
Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo\xa0
The Wager by David Grann\xa0
Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park\xa0
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond\xa0
A Living Remedy by Nicole Chung\xa0
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray\xa0
The Fraud by Zadie Smith\xa0
The Unsettled by Ayana Mathis\xa0
A Man of Two Faces by Viet Thanh Nguyen\xa0
Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang\xa0
Loot by Tania James\xa0
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead\xa0
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus\xa0
This Other Eden by Paul Harding\xa0