Staff Picks
This week, don’t miss a history of Christians in the Middle East; the Howard brothers’ tell-all; and a memoir from the man who edited Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton
The Godfather of The Godfather
How Mario Puzo turned his gambling addiction and fruitful imagination into the best Mob story of all time
Dior Dreaming
Accompanying an exhibition on Christian Dior at New York’s Brooklyn Museum, an elegant volume spans the many iterations of the French fashion house
When Trump Trumps Logic
Books on Donald Trump’s narcissism, by Michael Wolff, and financial misdeeds, by David Cay Johnston, sound a familiar alarm. Will people listen?
Faulty-Hearts Club
How Baby Fae, the 1980s infant who survived for several days with a baboon heart, paved the way for innovative new approaches to organ donation
He’s More than Logan Roy
In his new memoir, Brian Cox recounts his journey from growing up poor in Scotland to ruling Succession
Around the World with Oscar Wilde
Following in Wilde’s footsteps, from his birthplace of Dublin to the Peloponnese, the American Midwest, and the prison he spent the better part of two years in
Amor Towles
The A Gentleman in Moscow author shares the American classics he read while preparing to write his latest novel, The Lincoln Highway
Petty Clash
The left-leaning Paul Samuelson and right-leaning Milton Friedman went to their graves disagreeing with each other over economics
A Walk on the Wild Side
Eight questions with Susan Orlean, the writer portrayed by Meryl Streep in Adaptation, whose new book explores our interactions with animals
Swans Along Fifth Avenue
A new book feeds our continuing fascination with Truman Capote—and the society beauties he loved and hated
We’ll Always Have Paris
Photographs highlight the city’s boutiques, studios, and ateliers that have withstood the test of time
Follow Your Nose
The hunt for the world’s most expensive ingredient has led to surprising new places—but Big Truffle doesn’t want the word to get out
David Sedaris’s Diary
America’s comedian in England reveals more than 10 years’ worth of his inner thoughts
Bourdain Confidential
The longtime Parts Unknown producer remembers his off-screen moments with Anthony Bourdain
