Deborah Levy
Recommends the books whose authors were as fascinating as their work
Wells of the World
The author of a new book on H. G. Wells’s writings on re-discovering his life and work
Anthony Doerr
Shares the essential titles on his bookshelf
Do Not Open Before 2114
The author who shared everything in My Struggle keeps his new book under wraps for 94 years
Kane, Eve, and Cleopatra
The author of a new book on the Mankiewicz brothers reckons with an especially timely concern: Were her subjects predatory monsters?
Man of Letters
A new collection of Ralph Ellison’s correspondence sheds light on the life of the writer, including the
first books that influenced him
Food for Thought
This Land is Their Land offers a true account of the First Thanksgiving. Its author illustrates the violent history behind today’s myth
Murder, They Wrote
Three new mysteries
Horse Sense
A new book offers a playful antidote to uncertain times, from the British illustrator whose past collaborations with Richard Curtis and Nelson Mandela are a testament to the wide-ranging charm of his work
Jesse Eisenberg
Recommends four contemporary plays
Jackie’s Russian Collusion
A letter from Jacqueline Kennedy to Nikita Khrushchev was among the last she’d send from the White House
Rootless Metropolitan
A foreign correspondent retraces E. B. White’s 1949 love letter to the city he left, Here Is New York
Out of Office
A new look at Andrew Johnson’s impeachment reveals the buried truth behind the long-forgotten trial, and the eerie parallels to today’s proceedings
Jamie Lee Curtis
Recommends the books that reckon with life’s big questions
M.I.5’s Storyteller
Eric Roberts’s biographer unearths a short story written by the W.W. II spy
