Better Fish to Fry
A look inside Toyosu, Tokyo’s largest fish market, where buyers congregate before dawn to bid on pricey bluefin tuna
Making Trouble
In an interview, former Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust discusses growing up in the American South, the ending of affirmative action, and her new memoir, Necessary Trouble
When Rome Stood Still
Pandemic-era photographs of deserted streets and empty monuments reveal a magical side to a city so often associated with the throngs of people it attracts
Bears in Mind
While researching the last remaining bear species, a journalist homed in on studies about the animals’ impressive cognitive abilities
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a tale of losing big on a CBD scheme; a re-issued Jazz Age novel; and a comedy about a former debutante
Joel Meyerowitz’s Life in Photography
One of the pioneers of color photography looks back on his six-decade career in a new book
Murder, They Wrote
The best mystery books to read this month
Lessons in Controversy
During his years as publisher of The New Republic, Martin Peretz held sway over Washington. In a memoir, he attempts to make sense of the fall from grace that followed
Hit the Books
For the 2024 Summer Olympics, Parisian police have banned booksellers from setting up shop along the Seine River. The stall owners are fighting back
The Indie Revolution
In the British book world, risk-averse legacy publishers are losing all the top literary prizes to small, experimental publishing houses
Logging On
To write about three troubled girls’ deaths, a journalist looked at their online lives. Through her research, she found the limits of digital sleuthing
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a look at a 1960s artistic epicenter, the saga of two men rowing across the Atlantic, and a fresh take on the 1968 presidential election
When Amusement Reigned
The pavilions and garden follies of pre-revolutionary France are collected in a charming new coffee-table book
Facing the Music
A look back at the early days of the recording industry, before the advent of microphones and volume control
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a sprawling anthology of the true-crime genre, a look at Teddy Roosevelt’s longest friendship, and a compact history of music
The Cult Around the Corner
For nearly 30 years, a fringe psychologist exerted total control over the lives of his followers. His not-so-secret headquarters? A town house on Manhattan’s Upper West Side
The Secret History
Jackie O spent the years after her husband’s assassination trying to keep out of the public eye. Years later, her job as a book editor encouraged her to see the value in revealing private people’s secrets
