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The Worst Years of Their Lives David Nasaw’s latest punctures the nostalgia around the World War II generation, shedding light on the trauma and neglect experienced by veterans

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Modern Times A new coffee-table book gathers the work of 300 designers—among them Florence Knoll, Lina Bo Bardi, and Charles Eames—whose creations shaped midcentury style around the world


Fran Lebowitz Lays Down the Law In an interview, the author and wit casts her judgment on Labubus, leaf blowers, and needless expressions of love

AIR MAIL’s 10 Best Books of 2025 The story of the man who created Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; a bio of William F. Buckley Jr.; a revealing look inside Facebook; a slice of New York history that laid the groundwork for Zohran Mamdani; and more holiday nonfiction reading for every taste!

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Raiders of the Lost Arcade Dick and Jeannette Seaver befriended Samuel Beckett in Paris, marched with Allen Ginsberg in Chicago, and introduced readers to radical books of all stripes

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The Sarkozy Redemption Tour The former French president has turned his 20 days in prison—Soggy baguettes! Plastic pillows!—into a 200-page best-selling memoir

“Area Loser Wants Job” The longest-serving editor of The Onion on how a group of “unemployable” twentysomethings created America’s foremost satirical publication


Dancing with the Devil A new book tells the incredible story of Patricia Lochridge, a female war correspondent who allegedly danced with Hermann Göring

Love Child Caravaggio’s Victorious Cupid is the centerpiece of a new exhibition in London, marking the first time the 17th-century painting has gone on public view in the U.K.

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Do Not Disturb Forget Dry January. Our self-care guide sources supplies for an impossibly hydrated and high-thread-count season

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Remembering Robert Redford At a time when our country feels like it’s on fire, it’s hard to imagine a world without the actor—and his friend Paul Newman

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