Anthony Horowitz
On the most intriguing—and enduring—fiction
Postcard from the Alps
With fall comes winter planning: a new cookbook features photographs of Europe’s snowy peaks, and food to match
A Room of Their Own
A 1920s note from Vita to Virginia is an exercise in reassuring a lover
Deborah Berke
On the books that unite literature and architecture
The Last Queen of France
Marie Antoinette’s biographer on her secret plot to stop the Revolution, and what history got wrong about the monarch
They Publish the Perished
Thanks to New York Review Books Classics, masterpieces such as Stoner, Speedboat, and Poison Penmanship are back in print and finding new fans
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
André Bishop
On the first books he loved
Joseph Altuzarra
Recommends three coming-of-age novels
Crown Jewels
A new book unites fashion and classical dance, from tulle to tutus
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
