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Dec 2024
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Our Book Critics On Their Year in Readin...

The New York Times
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Dwight Garner, Jennifer Szalai and Alexandra Jacobs — staff critics for The New York Times Book Review — join host Gilbert Cruz to look back on highlights from their year in books. 
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