I'm Gilbert Cruz, editor of the New York Times Book Review, and this is the Book Review

Podcast. This week week I'm joined by Jumanakatee, an

editor here at the Book Review and Anna de Benko, our newsroom head of audience.

The three of us last gathered to talk about summer books and now that we're right on the

edge of true autumn and because we all had such a great time I wanted to have them back on to

look ahead at the next several months in reading.

Welcome back, Anna.

Hi Gilbert.

Shimana, you're an old pro. Hi. Nice to be back, Gilbert. You're an old pro.

Hi.

Nice to be back Gilbert.

Thanks.

Anna last time you were on the podcast, we talked about the fact that someone had hidden a book on

one of your shelves.

Did you figure out what that book was?

So I had, I was shocked.

I did some digging.

I interviewed some sources, and I figured out what it was because a friend told me what it was.

Okay.

It was Brittany Spears, the woman and me, on a very high shelf.

So my neighbor who is the culprit had someone very tall help her place the book.

I never ever would have found it and now it's too high for me to take down.

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