The Fall of the House of Astor (Revisited)
A posthumous memoir from the son of New York society’s departed queen offers a self-serving perspective on an infamous scandal
The Secret Life of Jimmy Nelson
A new book collects the former advertising executive turned intrepid photographer’s shots of Indigenous peoples from Siberia to Nepal to Kenya
Fifty Shades of Romantasy
How a genre fusing romance and fantasy—replete with kinky elves—took over best-seller lists and women’s nightstands everywhere
Warning Signs
Publicly, Winthrop Bell was known as a standout Harvard professor. Secretly, the British spy was the first to raise the alarm about World War II
Director’s Cut
In the 1970s, Stanley Kubrick fought to block the publication of The Magic Eye, a book lightly critical of his films. Now, it’s finally getting published
