Sadie Stein
Editor at The New York Times Book Review
Sadie Stein (Editor at The New York Times Book Review) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Playworld (novel), Books as holiday gifts, A Marriage at Sea.
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Other remarks
Stein recommended Emerson's journals for fathers, saying they show parental love has not changed.
“and of course, knowing what happens, it's hard to read, but it just shows how parental love has not changed”
The Daily: Sunday Special: Gifting Books for the Holidays (Nov 30, 2025) · Listen from 34:17
Stein recommended Diaghilev's Empire as a gossipy history of the Ballets Russes enjoyable even to non-ballet fans.
“And it's really gossipy and it's really fun. And you don't need to like ballet to enjoy it”
The Daily: Sunday Special: Gifting Books for the Holidays (Nov 30, 2025) · Listen from 30:04
Stein said Janice Hallett's epistolary mysteries demand and reward full attention in print.
“She does these kind of modern epistolary books, and I really think you have to read them as books”
The Daily: Sunday Special: Gifting Books for the Holidays (Nov 30, 2025) · Listen from 26:58
Playworld (novel)
Stein acknowledged Playworld's relationship between a teen and an older woman is upsetting but said it is handled sensitively enough to recommend.
“I think it's handled sensitively enough and interestingly enough that I would recommend it”
The Daily: Sunday Special: Gifting Books for the Holidays (Nov 30, 2025) · Listen from 15:57
Stein said Playworld offers an interesting look at changing mores around youth and sexuality four decades ago.
“I think it's an interesting way to look at the changing mores of youth and childhood and sexuality some 40 years ago”
The Daily: Sunday Special: Gifting Books for the Holidays (Nov 30, 2025) · Listen from 13:49
Books as holiday gifts
Stein advised constantly collecting odd, niche books at thrift stores and sales to keep a ready gift shelf.
“you have to be ever ready to snatch up something odd, which appeals to a niche interest or a specific geographical area”
The Daily: Sunday Special: Gifting Books for the Holidays (Nov 30, 2025) · Listen from 22:40
A Marriage at Sea
Stein said Elmhirst's book works as a nonfiction novel that fleshes out the shipwrecked couple's emotional lives.
“She's really writing a nonfiction novel based on the facts on the ground, but also fleshing out these characters”
The Daily: Sunday Special: Gifting Books for the Holidays (Nov 30, 2025) · Listen from 18:50
Perfection (Latronico novel)
Stein argued that Perfection, though a rewrite of Perec's Things, is distinctly of the present moment.
“A novel which, although a rewrite of the 60s novel, could only have been written this year”
The Daily: Sunday Special: Gifting Books for the Holidays (Nov 30, 2025) · Listen from 8:09
Appearances
Sunday Special: Gifting Books for the HolidaysThe Daily · Nov 30, 2025 · 50 min
Gilbert Cruz and Book Review editors Joumana Khatib and Sadie Stein recommend favorite books of 2025 and holiday book gifts for specific giftees, then play a book-survey game.
Often appears with
- Gilbert Cruz · 1 shared episode
- Joumana Khatib · 1 shared episode