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Mitchell Johnson’s Sketchbook

There’s Something About Serena

What is it about Serena Williams that brings the world’s best tennis players to their knees?

In Hollywood, He’s in the Driver’s Seat

The stunt genius of the Fast & Furious franchise reveals secrets to creating unforgettable car chases

Drama Queen

Over a decade-long career at HBO, Miranda Cowley Heller worked on The Sopranos and The Wire. Her debut novel is as fun as the best TV shows

Cinderella’s New Groove

Oscar-winning writer Emerald Fennell brings her distinctive voice to the beloved fairy-tale princess

Inside Trump’s Chaotic and Crazy Final Days

Michael Wolff, best-selling author of Fire and Fury, discusses his riveting new book, Landslide

Bret Easton Ellis’s Rules of Attraction

The shock jock of American letters is back with a serialized audiobook that eschews the culture wars for something closer to home

Short List

Books to read this week, including a memoir from Rachel Johnson, sister of Boris; an inside look at the Secret Service; the true story of a Montauk shipwreck; and a colorful history of spas

Love at First Letter

Inside the bizarre world of dating, sex, and marriage in America’s prisons

Murder, They Wrote

Danielle Kosann’s Sketchbook

Digital Liberation

The Internet can be a dangerous place for women. But it has also powered a revolutionary global movement for women’s rights

Shape-Shifting

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Jamie Lee Curtis’s Notes on (Summer) Camp

She’s got a new Audible series … and thoughts on what is scary

Did a Doomed Love Inspire the Eiffel Tower?

It’s a symbol of romance, but the designer was motivated by other emotions

Treasure Island

Building Castles in the Air

Photographs highlight the revolutionary work of today’s leading women architects

Match Made in Hell, Part II

What would you do if the man you were sleeping with turned out to be a psychopath on the U.K.’s most-wanted list?

He Screams, She Screams

Post-Babylon Berlin

Marie Antoinette’s Spirit Animals

Family Drama Writ Large (and Glamorous)

Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love gets a fresh spin, this time starring Dominic West and Lily James

Once upon a Time …, Cont’d.