Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a biography of Ayn Rand, a murder mystery set in the Deep South, and a collection of Ernest Hemingway’s letters
The Making of a Movement
In the 1960s and 1970s, women’s liberation transformed America. Voices from that time tell how it came to be
Poster City
A new book collects a century of posters and advertisements that shaped New York City’s rise as the cultural capital of the world
Cooked in the Books
When it comes to literary hit jobs, no public figures—from the Beckhams all the way to Mother Teresa—are safe from merciless biographers
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a modern twist on King Arthur’s court, a look at the women who shaped the ancient world, and a history of World War I’s Eastern Front
It’s Complicated
A former PBS producer who was sexually harassed by her then boss, Charlie Rose, reflects on what #MeToo got wrong about women in the workplace
Better by Design
From postwar European churches to post-revolution Cuba, two new books chart the rise of midcentury modernism
Ozempic Meets Its Match
From Emmeline Clein’s Dead Weight to Emma Specter’s More, Please, fat-phobia and eating disorders are getting the literary treatment in this year’s Zeitgeisty nonfiction releases
Rally the Troops
A Ukrainian journalist’s firsthand account of Russia’s invasion of his country
Seaside Splendors
A new book spotlights the Amalfi Coast’s most picturesque homes
A Very Deadly Year
Agatha Christie, Josephine Tey, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Georges Simenon all published murderous masterpieces in the same year. Why?
Going Deep
A paleontology professor details the long history of great white sharks—and reveals what it feels like looking one in the eyes
Born and Broken in the U.S.A.
The glory days of the heartland Bruce Springsteen evoked on Born in the U.S.A. 40 years ago feel like a distant memory in today’s America
The Rest Is Fiction
Phillip Toledano’s A.I.-generated photographs of 1940s and 1950s New York, collected in a new book, blur the line between truth and fantasy
