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Confessions of a Yakuza Boss

The Tokyo Vice author, whose new book, The Last Yakuza, is out now, details how he won—and kept—the trust of Japan’s Mafia

For the Love of Words

Murder, They Wrote

A pair of rollicking mystery books to get you in the holiday spirit. Plus, the best Christmas episodes of ITV’s beloved Midsomer Murders

Days of Wine and Ruses

AIR MAIL’s 12 Best Books of 2023

David Grann’s shipwreck tale, Sam Wasson’s Hollywood history, Mona Simpson’s latest novel, Tim Alberta’s foray inside the Evangelical Right: holiday reading for every type

AIR MAIL’s 12 Best Mystery Books of 2023

Richard Osman, John Banville, Janice Hallett, Val McDermid, and more …

His Last Bow

Much to his annoyance, Basil Rathbone became inseparable from his on-screen Sherlock Holmes. Now he’s back, reimagined as the debonair protagonist of a new novel

Riot Act

Where the Wild Things Are

A new book of images by more than 90 wildlife photographers raises awareness of the dangers faced by leopards right now

Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts

Story Time

Yesterday Once More

Forty years after Karen Carpenter’s death, a biography of the 1970s superstar explores the singer’s grit and tenacity

Striking It Rich

Sports agent to the stars Rich Paul attributes his success—his friendship with LeBron James, his relationship with Adele—to luck. Turns out it’s anything but

The Dramatist as Analyst

Where Christianity and Nationalism Collide

The Kingmaker

Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis sealed Colonel Tom Parker’s reputation as greedy and conniving. In truth, Presley’s manager was the opposite—someone who would do anything for his client and friend

The Comeback King

How a housewife from Edinburgh solved one of the great mysteries of English history—and cleared King Richard III’s name

What Machines Want

Murder, They Wrote

Long-cold cases get hot again in the season’s best mystery books—and oldie-but-goodie TV dramas

Hollywood Beginning

Sarah Blakley-Cartwright’s new novel captures the actor’s mindset so incisively that Chloë Sevigny and Busy Philipps are early fans

Emperor of the New Order

How a promising young director gave up a comfortable life in Hollywood—and gained true creative freedom for a new generation of filmmakers. An exclusive excerpt from The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story

Wave to the Camera

A new book of photos by the big kahuna of surfing photography, Jimmy Metyko, captures early-80s Southern California in all its Point Break glory

Finding Albert Ballin

How a German-Jewish businessman helped make possible the emigration of 1.5 million Jews from Eastern Europe—then largely disappeared from history

The Preppy Crack-Up