Guitar Hero
B. B. King has been called “the world’s greatest blues singer.” A new book argues that his guitar riffs are just as influential
Suspect Protection Program
History’s largest-ever counterterrorism investigation enlisted efforts from the U.S., the U.K., and Pakistan. Why was its main suspect allowed to run free?
Flora Collins
The Brooklyn-based writer whose debut novel combines Freud, Jordan Peele’s Us, and her own upbringing
The Gang’s All Here
The first collection of Bruce Weber’s golden-retriever shots celebrates the dogs who never leave the photographer’s side, otherwise known as “the gang”
Cloud Atlas
A new book explores the 10 regions, from Australia to Ethiopia to outer space, that tell us where the world is headed next
The Real Pulp Fiction
Hard Case Crime reissues the best in hard-boiled crime novels—and has turned Stephen King into a contributor
High Rollers
A new coffee-table book pays homage to the hottest roller disco of 1980s West Hollywood: Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace
Full Frontal Louis
In his 1964 best-seller, The Rector of Justin, Louis Auchincloss shrank from taking on sexual predation in New England prep schools. Four decades later, he made up for it
Kids Those Days
During W.W. II, Albert Camus befriended an unlikely Resistance network: a group of children. Their plight helped inspire his masterpiece
The Trumper’s Dilemma
What’s a Trump aide to do after a lost election? A new book reveals the roads taken by Jared Kushner and Rudy Giuliani—and their disastrous effects
Not Your Classic Hollywood Ending
The Game of Thrones finale is as controversial today as it was the night it first aired, in 2019. Now we know why
Welcome to Dunder Mifflin
Ricky Gervais, Greg Daniels, Jenna Fischer, Steve Carell, John Krasinski, and others tell the unlikely story of how the U.S. Office came to be
All Hail the King
A new book looks back at the singular life and illustrious career of American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole
Blurred Lines
Kurt Vonnegut’s notes and early drafts provide the missing link between his fictional characters and his own personal life
