Staff Picks
Don’t miss a coffee-table book devoted to big animals; a corrective to a Fox News conspiracy theory about WikiLeaks; and a chronicle of Vienna’s culture
Before Gwyneth Paltrow, There Was Lydia E. Pinkham
For a time, the face of a popular yet ineffective health tonic was the most recognizable woman in America. Her marketing set the stage for today’s $4.4 trillion wellness industry
Murder, They Wrote
Mystery books past and present honor Queen Elizabeth II and the kingdom she leaves behind
Staff Picks
Don’t miss a look back at the 1920s’ most transfixing murder, the final installment of a three-part history of Napoleon, and a robust argument for prison reform
Mind Games
The New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv, whose debut book is out now, discusses mental illness in its many forms
Memories of Mantel
Hilary Mantel’s longtime editor remembers the singular talent and warm generosity of the writer who brought us the Thomas Cromwell trilogy
Survivor, D.C. Edition
The new genre of books taking over Washington? Memoirs by Trump-administration survivors who tried to do their work in the midst of insanity
Night at the Opera
The little-known story of two British spinsters who saved dozens of Jewish musicians during World War II—and the Viennese star composer who helped them do it
Staff Picks
Don’t miss a buoyant account of the sunken Titanic, the origin story of Manhattan’s favorite T. rex, and a search for the real “Torso Killer”
The Goldman Years
In her memoir, a former Goldman Sachs financial analyst reckons with her two decades of short-selling stocks and enduring finance bros’ sexism
Dennis Cooper Gets Personal
In an interview, the novelist discusses autofiction, the teenage boyfriend who inspired his George Miles Cycle, and his latest book
Staff Picks
This week, don’t miss a candid memoir by the founder of Rolling Stone, design insight from a leading architect, and an ode to New York’s reservoirs
