Deborah Berke
On the books that unite literature and architecture
A Room of Their Own
A 1920s note from Vita to Virginia is an exercise in reassuring a lover
Postcard from the Alps
With fall comes winter planning: a new cookbook features photographs of Europe’s snowy peaks, and food to match
André Bishop
On the first books he loved
The Magic Touch
Harry Houdini built an elaborate web of deception in his quest for immortality. Nearly a century after his death, his biographer notes, the myths have corroded but his legend lives on
Chronicling Harlem
A new book collects the rare work of Leo Goldstein, the little-known photographer who cast his lens on life in postwar East Harlem
Eternity’s Gate
The love letter that made it out of Auschwitz intact
Joseph Altuzarra
Recommends three coming-of-age novels
All Quiet on the Cameron Front
In a new book, the former P.M. has little to show for the Brexit disaster he gave life to
Crown Jewels
A new book unites fashion and classical dance, from tulle to tutus
Two-Track Mind
In the lifetime Carrie Fisher spent in the public eye, she became known for her fierce wit and unsentimentality. Three years on from her death, her biographer unveils her vulnerable, virtuous side
Ann Patchett
Recommends three of this year’s best books
Murder, They Wrote
Three new mysteries
I Used to Be Charming
A never-before-published essay on the burns that almost cost the L.A. icon her life
Myth Buster
Maaza Mengiste writes the alternate history of Mussolini’s invasion of Ethiopia
