La Vie en Azur
A new book celebrates the sun-soaked and star-studded legacy of the French Riviera
A Numbers Game
We associate algebra, geometry, and calculus with practicality and logic. But the origins of math are as mysterious as any scripture
Second Act
At 46 years old, Joanna Quinn finally published the novel she’s been wanting to write for decades. Now it’s shaping up to be the book of the summer (and fall)
Staff Picks
Don’t miss a detailed account of Harvey Weinstein’s rise and fall; the inside story of the U.S.’s war against the Islamic State; and a history of Fire Island
Callil Confidential
For many years, Carmen Callil dominated London’s literary and feminist scenes. In a memoir, the outspoken Melbourne native travels back in time
The Dior Allure
A new book tells the history of the couture house through its storied Paris headquarters
Plot Twist
In his forthcoming novel, The Twist of a Knife, Anthony Horowitz has taken a metaphysical approach to revenge by killing the Sunday Times theater critic
Going Rogue
Eight questions with Patrick Radden Keefe, best known for his accounts of the Irish Troubles and the Sacklers, whose new book profiles all manner of crooks
Misery Loves Company
Ottessa Moshfegh’s bleak yet funny novels have earned her a cult following. Her new book takes things a step further
Talking Contradiction
Notes from the archive of the Jewish Nobel Prize laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer show that even he, a renowned pacifist, was torn when it came to Israel and its place in the world
Murder, They Wrote
This month’s crime novels take readers around the world, from Boston and Edinburgh to islands in the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean
Crooked Teeth and Dodgy Leaders
Though it came as a shock to many, Brexit was nothing more than the latest round in an argument as old as the British Isles themselves
Creature of the Night
The former director of the 90s’ hottest nightclubs reveals the work behind the parties
The Shot Heard Round Russia
The little-known story of how Catherine the Great conquered her fear of doctors to inoculate herself and her country against smallpox
