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Literary Blockbuster

In an interview, Keanu Reeves discusses teaming up with novelist China Miéville to write The Book of Elsewhere, a science-fiction epic

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a riveting exploration of refrigeration and 50 years of Seamus Heaney’s letters

The Other Royal Family

A new, unauthorized biography of the Beckhams mocks their gaucheness and condemns their collusion with the media—but it can’t deny their power

Murder, They Wrote

This month’s best mystery books, films, and podcasts

Let the Games Begin

A century ago, hundreds of American athletes descended upon Paris for the Summer Olympics. Booze, baguettes, brawls—and an epic Opening Ceremony—ensued

In a Hollywood Far, Far Away

In the Red

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a biography of Ayn Rand, a murder mystery set in the Deep South, and a collection of Ernest Hemingway’s letters

Hopeless Romantics

The Making of a Movement

In the 1960s and 1970s, women’s liberation transformed America. Voices from that time tell how it came to be

Notes from Underground

Poster City

A new book collects a century of posters and advertisements that shaped New York City’s rise as the cultural capital of the world

One-Man Show

Cooked in the Books

When it comes to literary hit jobs, no public figures—from the Beckhams all the way to Mother Teresa—are safe from merciless biographers

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a modern twist on King Arthur’s court, a look at the women who shaped the ancient world, and a history of World War I’s Eastern Front

It’s Complicated

A former PBS producer who was sexually harassed by her then boss, Charlie Rose, reflects on what #MeToo got wrong about women in the workplace

Ozempic Meets Its Match

From Emmeline Clein’s Dead Weight to Emma Specter’s More, Please, fat-phobia and eating disorders are getting the literary treatment in this year’s Zeitgeisty nonfiction releases

Better by Design

From postwar European churches to post-revolution Cuba, two new books chart the rise of midcentury modernism

Hollywood Diaries

La Ville Lumière, According to Honoré de Balzac

Rally the Troops

A Ukrainian journalist’s firsthand account of Russia’s invasion of his country

Bedroom Politics

Seaside Splendors

A new book spotlights the Amalfi Coast’s most picturesque homes

The Madness of Madoff