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Nothing to See Here

The author of a new biography on the Dalai Lama demystifies the leader’s unassuming stoicism

The Roaring Writers

The Little Old Lady Who Enjoyed Murdering People

After Shakespeare, Agatha Christie is the world’s most widely published author

Short List

Bohemian Rhapsody

Photographs of Andy Warhol, Loulou de la Falaise, and Marisa Berenson capture the birth of 60s cool

It Takes One to Know One

The author of a biography of Dave Brubeck on the jazz pianist’s little-known friendship with bebop sensation Charlie Parker

Mark Morris

When one of the most influential choreographers alive today has a minute to himself, he reads

Wonder Woman

Old Head, Young Shoulders

Last Laugh

Short List

Blood, Toil, Tears, and Churchill

Alexandra Fuller

The African-born writer recommends books that depict the complex brutality of colonialism

To the Extreme

The Leaning Towers of Deutsche

The author of a new book exposes the widespread, historic corruption fueling the German bank’s downfall

Enemies’ Enemies

Cloudy with a Chance of Doom

License to Burn

Flipping the Hitchcock Script

The author of a new book on Joan Harrison re-writes the filmmaker’s prolific history to highlight the woman driving his success

Pozzi Scheme

Bob Balaban

“I pretend for a living. But in real life, I’m a reality junkie”: the actor recommends his favorite nonfiction books

Murder, They Wrote

Soviet Syndrome