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An Artist of the Changing World

In an interview, the Nobel Prize–winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro discusses his new screenplay, for Living, a British spin on a Japanese classic

AIR MAIL’s Best Coffee-Table Books of 2022

Dazzling volumes on Black cinema, Pattie Boyd’s Swinging London, and Elsa Schiaparelli’s surreal designs, plus photography collections from Janette Beckman, Saul Leiter, and Gordon Parks, and a cookbook or two

The Good Fight

Life Imitates Bruce Wagner

The true oral history of a fake oral history—and an audiobook that would make Pirandello proud

Sleep Talking

Leading Light

The Cleric Who Shook the Capital

Nothing Is Beatle-Proof

How a wild night out with the McCartneys influenced one of the most revered albums in the history of popular music

The Court of Kings

Ancient Britain from Up High

A new coffee-table book collects stunning photographs of Great Britain’s ancient sites, from Stonehenge to Cadbury Castle

A Night Celebrating Sam Wasson and Jeanine Basinger

Jeff Zucker, Waris Ahluwalia, Luke and Linda Janklow, and others gathered at the Waverly Inn to celebrate a new oral history of Hollywood

AIR MAIL’s 10 Best Books of 2022

Michael K. Williams’s memoir, a history of G.E., a biography of F.D.R., Elena Ferrante’s essay collection: holiday reading for every type

AIR MAIL’s Eight Best Mystery Books of 2022

Janice Hallett, Robert Galbraith, Don Winslow, and more …

Larger than Life

How the Bright Young Things Bloomed

Le Coucou Confidential

From a New York City maître d’, an inside look into what critics mean for restaurants—and how owners steel themselves for the dreaded reviews

The Surreal World of Elsa Schiaparelli

A new book, accompanying an exhibition in Paris, explores the sensational creations of the Italian designer

A Man of Parts

John le Carré was always obsessed with controlling his narrative. Following the publication of a tell-all by one of his mistresses, the spy novelist is once again seeking to set the record straight—this time, from the grave

A Night Celebrating Jim McMullan

Louise Grunwald, Ed Sorel, and André Bishop gathered at the Waverly Inn to celebrate the illustrator’s new book

Stretches of the Imagination

Staff Picks

Don’t miss profiles of 31 little-known New Yorkers; the story of how Sesame Street was adapted for Russian TV; and a cookbook from the Via Carota chefs

Murder, They Wrote

As the holiday season approaches, gifts for mystery book–lovers of every type