Mother Knows Best
Gerald Tsai Jr. revolutionized Wall Street and put Fidelity on the map with the help of one unlikely adviser—his mother, Ruth, the first woman to trade on the floor of the Shanghai Stock Exchange
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This week, don’t miss a fresh look at Mary Todd Lincoln, the real story of Rome’s gladiators, and a narrative examination of the Murdaugh murders
Shred It!
A new coffee-table book traces the unlikely rise of British skateboarding, beginning in the 1980s, when the sport found its own rainy, grungy identity far from its Californian roots
Stable Work
What my dead-end internship at a mediocre Saratoga Springs restaurant taught me about horse racing—and the food-service industry
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This week, don’t miss a reckoning with the greatest atrocity of the Russo-Ukrainian war, a survey of gold’s role in history, and an investigation into the afterlife of Adolf Hitler’s death
To Italy with Love
A new coffee-table book offers a visual antidote to the country’s overtourism crisis, capturing its most untouched corners through the eyes of local photographers
Where Bob Dylan Met the Beatles
From the Savoy in London to an airport hotel in Queens, the little-known story of the rooms where the musical giants forged a surprisingly close bond
“The Netflix Strike”
How the streaming revolution upended Hollywood, sparked the 2023 W.G.A. strike, and made Netflix executive Ted Sarandos a key power broker
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This week, don’t miss an oral history of New York’s biggest films, an illustrated guide to its pickles, and a portrait of its transformation during World War II
The Secret Life of Kurt Vonnegut
A new coffee-table book reveals the satirist as a visual artist, collecting 150 whimsical doodles that his daughter Nanette, who also writes the introduction, kept private for decades
Lena Dunham Reveals All
In her new memoir, Famesick, the actor-writer-director revisits the awful men (Jack Antonoff, Adam Driver), the difficult women (her business partner, her mother), and the social-media flaying that almost destroyed her
Small Town Girl
Jayne Anne Phillips was a literary wunderkind who counted Sam Shepard and Jim Harrison among her fans. Her latest book revisits her childhood in rural Appalachia
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This week, don’t miss a vibrant history of colors and their definitions, a visual study of artists and their dogs, and a fresh translation of The Epic of Gilgamesh
Big Easy Reading
As New Orleans gears up for Jazz Fest, a tranquil alternative can be found in the city’s flourishing indie book shop scene
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This week, don’t miss a dual portrait of Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle, a study of Roman emperors through the eyes of everyday citizens, and a look into the collaboration behind Psycho
Roman Heartbreak
To the world, Audrey Hepburn was the image of Hollywood glamour and grace. But my mother’s personal life was a far more tragic tale
Cabin Fever
From the stone façades of East Sussex to the wood shingles of Rhode Island, three new coffee-table books capture the child-like wonder of cottage living
Fool’s Gold
Why my father risked everything for a malfunctioning, multi-million-dollar jeweled egg—only for it to destroy his business, his family, and his life
God is Not Not Great
Christopher Beha, former editor of Harper’s Magazine, talks struggling with atheism, his return to Catholicism, and how Trump is the Antichrist
