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Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a collection spotlighting Vietnamese voices, the story of a troubled American dynasty, and a Pulitzer Prize–winning funny guy’s new memoir

Dive In!

From Spain to India to Mexico, a new coffee-table book showcases the world’s most stunning swimming pools

The Mouths of Babes

Imagine Lucy from “Peanuts” with the politics of John Lennon and you’ve got “Mafalda,” a comic strip whose millions of fans included Gabriel García Márquez

Holding Court

Former tennis world No. 1 Rafael Nadal was as much a worrier in his sport as he was a warrior, his nervous habits extending from elaborate pre-point rituals to clocking issues with the courts he won Grand Slams on

With Friends Like These …

The Missing Sister

Before #FreeBritney, there was Aimee Semple McPherson—an influential radio evangelist who fell victim to an abusive conservatorship

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a provocative history of World War II atrocities, an investigation into pyramid schemes, and a foray into the ruins of Pompeii

Hollywood in Bloom

From Come September to Love in the Afternoon, a look at the film industry’s most memorable celebrations of spring

The Geography of Hope

The G-Man Writes Again

Former F.B.I. director James Comey on working for George W. Bush and Barack Obama; advice for the current director, Kash Patel; and the art of his second act: writing thrillers

The Pathological Ironist

Percival Everett, whose novel James won the Pulitzer Prize this month, talks Trump, Twain, and fighting darkness with humor

Getting Lit

Literary salons are making a comeback in London, where live readings—complete with D.J.’s—are eclipsing nightclubs

Doing as the Romans Do

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a new boxed set of Jane Austen’s novels, an account of the fabled 1917 sighting of the Virgin Mary in Portugal, and a portrait of the Roman poet Horace

Should Warhol Be Canned?

Eighties Mania!

From the eruption of Mount Saint Helens to the rise of Madonna, Indira Gandhi’s assassination, and shoulder pads, two new books capture the bold, anarchic spirit of the decade

The Man Behind the Mustache

Ron Chernow discusses adapting his Hamilton biography into the hit musical, how to cure writer’s block, and the complicated, thrilling subject of his latest book: Mark Twain

The Mean Girls Next Door

How Tina Fey turned a self-help manual for anxious mothers into the quintessential teen movie of the early aughts

The People’s Mother

From McDonald’s to Disneyland, mums’ races, and school drop-offs, no aspect of Princess Diana’s identity was more heavily scrutinized than her role as a mother to William and Harry

Hail, Caesars!

The Writer and the Spy

How a journalist and a god-fearing F.B.I. agent partnered up to tell the true story of going undercover in America’s most dangerous neo-Nazi group

Frank Fournier’s New York

A portfolio of the French photographer’s 1970s Technicolor pictures hearkens back to a city steeped in danger, decay, and unbridled creative freedom

Deadly Pleasures to Watch and Read

A new book and high-profile TV series paying tribute to Agatha Christie, and more