Short List
Books to read this week, including a memoir from Rachel Johnson, sister of Boris; an inside look at the Secret Service; the true story of a Montauk shipwreck; and a colorful history of spas
Love at First Letter
Inside the bizarre world of dating, sex, and marriage in America’s prisons
Building Castles in the Air
Photographs highlight the revolutionary work of today’s leading women architects
Digital Liberation
The Internet can be a dangerous place for women. But it has also powered a revolutionary global movement for women’s rights
Match Made in Hell, Part II
What would you do if the man you were sleeping with turned out to be a psychopath on the U.K.’s most-wanted list?
O’Keeffe O’Clock
New York City street scenes meet oversize flowers and the American West in a sweeping survey of Georgia O’Keeffe’s epic work
The Wave of the Future Is Female
Tracing the male-dominated history of surfing to its women-wave-rider roots
The Mother of All Battles
What was behind Ethel Rosenberg’s fateful decision to stand by her traitor husband?
Hemingway’s Ghost
The writer’s granddaughter is cashing in on her last name, endorsing new authors’ books for a fee
Apples to Oranges
Charming watercolors catalogue a century of American fruits and nuts
The In-Between
Nearly three minutes elapsed between the time an explosion destroyed the Challenger space shuttle’s fuel tank and the death of its crew members. What happened?
Short List
Books to read this week, including an investigation into Juul’s sketchy marketing, a look at history’s most photogenic presidents, and an Everest memoir
Annette Gordon-Reed
The historian and author of On Juneteenth recommends the best books to read about the state where it all went down: Texas
Bad Romance
Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women brought readers inside the bedrooms of a trio of American women. Female sexuality is also the theme of her new novel, Animal
