North Korea as You’ve Never Seen It
Stéphan Gladieu’s otherworldly photos take viewers where they’ve never been allowed to go—inside Pyongyang
Hurts So Good
Once he made it to the top, the rough-around-the-edges, all-American rock star John Mellencamp found out he was really on the bottom
The Anderson Tapes
The CNN anchor Anderson Cooper takes a candid look at the Vanderbilts, the historic American dynasty from which his mother, Gloria, hailed
Science Fiction
A new book reveals the misogyny and fabrications behind the discovery of DNA, one of the most misunderstood whodunits in science history
Holding Court
Hilary Mantel, author of the Thomas Cromwell trilogy and expert on all things royal, thinks the English monarchy will end with Prince William
Chip and Charge
Things are looking down for Chips Channon in the second volume of his diaries, but the outspoken socialite is as unfiltered—and unhinged—as ever
The Eye of the Needle
Young dressmakers deported to Auschwitz turned a fashion salon into a hub of resistance
A Tall Order
Photographs by Joe Woolhead chronicle the demise of the World Trade Center and the building of the new one
Not So Normal People
The characters in Sally Rooney’s latest novel are worlds apart from the Deuxmoi-obsessed millennials to whom it’s catered. We’ll all read it anyway
Working Girls
A former U.S. Army major general brings the untold stories of the women who changed the course of World War II to light
Short List
What to read this week, from a history of British musical theater to an account of the World Trade Center’s rebuilding and an inside look at the deep sea
The Way of the Jackal
Before Edward Fox made the Jackal a household character, Frederick Forsyth wrote the book. Fifty years on, The Day of the Jackal still thrills
The Wonderful Wizard of Dyson
Eight questions with the inventor James Dyson, who has a new memoir, on electric cars and the thinking behind the $399 hair dryer
The Art of Subtlety
To attract readers but stump libel lawyers, 20th-century magazine writers alluded to sordid gossip instead of printing it
Inside Afghanistan
At the core of the current Afghanistan disaster is the West’s misunderstanding of a country and its people. These books offer a good place to start
Family Feuds
The story of famed U.K. department store John Lewis rivals that of the Murdoch clan in its similarities with Succession
