In this episode of the New York Times Book Review podcast, the hosts dive into the year's top 10 fiction and nonfiction titles. The fiction panel explores *James*, a fresh take on *Huckleberry Finn*, *You Dreamed of Empires*, which offers a surreal perspective on the encounter between Cortes and Moctezuma, *Good Material*, a poignant story about a breakup, and *All Fours*, an eye-opening novel about a woman's midlife crisis. Meanwhile, the nonfiction panel shines a light on *The Wide, Wide Sea*, detailing James Cook's third voyage, *Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here*, which examines the U.S. involvement in the Central American immigration crisis, *Reagan*, a biography penned by a former conservative, and *I Heard Her Call My Name*, a memoir about gender transition. The podcast also touches on other noteworthy titles like *Godwin*, *The Coin*, and *When the Clock Broke*.
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