Inside Prison 1600
An exclusive excerpt from Melania Trump’s (completely unverified) private diary
Daydreams
A new collection of photographs by the actor and filmmaker, most of which have never before been published, takes you back to the 60s
Lauren Groff
Recommends the jewels among her preferred novels and short stories
Act Two
In 1963, Mike Nichols was a 31-year-old former comedian with no immediate prospects. Then he met Neil Simon. A new book recounts what happened next, in the words of the key players
Bowie’s Top 100
Before he died, David Bowie published a list of books that changed his life. A new volume parses through all 100 titles, including a little-remembered 1842 novel
How to Serve Man
In 1921, the Lenin-led Soviet Union faced one of the worst famines in history. A new book details its horrors and the American effort to combat cannibalism
When Hawthorne Met Melville
Reliving the walk in the Berkshires that changed literary history—and perhaps kindled a great romance
People-Mapping
A new book offers fascinating stats—from Viking raids to the countries living sans McDonald’s—through the lens of the world map
Jurassic Jeff
Goldblum defies his age with a new travel series, another jazz album, a young family, and all those films
The Secret Lives of Patricia Highsmith
Long-hidden diaries reveal the dark obsessions and deep hatreds she drew from to write The Talented Mr. Ripley and other noir masterpieces
Charlotte Gainsbourg Is Alive and Well and Living in New York
After a tragic loss, she abandoned Paris. And now, as she approaches 50, the daughter of Serge and Jane finally feels she is coming into her own identity
Natasha Stagg
The young author who has her finger on the pulse of the new New York
Murder, They Wrote
Three new mysteries
Jenny Slate
On the sharpest female voices, from the 1940s
to the present
