The best books have to succeed in all ways, on all levels. We don’t choose books merely because we consider them important or worthy. We don’t choose books because we necessarily agree with them, support a political or intellectual message forwarded by them, or personally like the authors. The book may be of the moment, but it’s also a book that we think transcends the moment and will stand the test of time. People ask us all the time, “What makes a book a best book?” For us a best book is a book that stands on the merits of its prose and its storytelling, whether it’s fiction or nonfiction, and succeeds on the terms that the author set out for it.

And I want to give all of you some context about how the list comes together. I know all of us who work on the Book Review are excited to finally share this list. We have our West Coast correspondent Gal Beckerman, Lauren Christensen, Gregory Cowles, Emily Eakin, Elisabeth Egan, MJ Franklin, Tina Jordan, Dave Kim and John Williams. Speaking of my colleagues, I am thrilled to welcome some of my colleagues from the Book Review who are joining us here today. So thank you for supporting our journalism. Believe it or not, my colleagues and I have already started work on the 2022 list. Choosing the 10 best books each year is actually a yearlong process. Your subscriptions make our work here possible. I also want to give a big thank you for being a Times subscriber. And it’s a chance for us to bring together book people from all around the world. And while we miss seeing people in person, one of the great joys of doing it virtually is that it opens the event up to more people. This is our second year holding the 10 Best Books announcement event in a virtual format. If you’re not already a podcast subscriber, you can find us wherever you get your podcasts. We’re so happy to have you here with us today.Īnd a reminder that we are recording for the Book Review Podcast. Welcome to our announcement of the 10 Best Books of 2021. I’m Pamela Paul, editor of The New York Times Book Review. And good “very early in the morning” to our West Coast friends. Good morning, everyone, and good afternoon to those joining us from Europe and points further east. We’ll be back with our regular podcast next Friday, December 10. This week, our episode features our annual 10 Best Books list, which was recorded live via Zoom earlier this week. Transcript Talking About the Best Books of 2021 Hosted by Pamela Paul 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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