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The Polish Canon

A Portrait of the Surrealists

Jared Harris

Shares the standouts on his bookshelf

Point to Point

News from the Front

Olivia Laing

On the books that cure her writer’s block

All Modern Women Are Jealous

Tangier Style

A new book, out in September, features photographs of the Moroccan coastal city’s picturesque homes and gardens

Fool’s Gold

The Longest Day

Sean Penn Picks a Pickled Pepper

A Better Billionaire

On writing The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg

Malcolm Mackay

On the crime fiction that never gets old

Top Shop

The author, whose new book is out this fall, selects his favorite Scottish bookshop

Lara’s Song

Inspectors About Town

The Literary Industrial Complex

Italy has more book festivals than it has books

Long Story Short

Jacqueline Woodson

Selects three of this year’s best novels

Smyth on Smith

Short List

Nasty Business

A Higher Power

A new biography offers a look into the diary of Israel’s founder

Wondering Eye

François Halard’s photography gets inside the homes and studios—and aesthetic experiences—of artists