Before “Praise You” skyrocketed Norman Quentin Cook, otherwise known as Fatboy Slim, to total stardom with his album You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby, there was his 1996 debut, Better Living Through Chemistry, which turns 30 this September. The album became the English musician’s first release to chart outside of the United Kingdom, with notable songs including “Everybody Needs a 303,” his debut single, and “Going Out of My Head,” which gained major recognition in the United States. With 12 tracks, Cook unapologetically introduced the world to his unique synth-heavy sound. It’s all a mix of house and electronic beats synonymous with the 90s underground-club scene—and if you listen long enough, you might feel like you’re there. (spotify.com) —Gabriella Maestri

The perennial clover that adorns each piece of the Van Cleef & Arpels Alhambra collection just got a brand-new, rose-colored look. The unmistakable four-leaf symbol of luck has been set in iterations of onyx, turquoise, and guilloché gold since its launch in 1968. Now it arrives set in translucent pink enamel. The five pieces—a pendant, bracelet, two necklaces, and earrings—are made by artisans who enroll in a three-year program, employing 15 different enameling techniques to craft each gold-set charm. Don’t dive into your fall neutrals just yet; this maison is lingering in la vie en rose. (vancleefarpels.com) —Maggie Turner

Elaine May cut her teeth as an improvisational comedian alongside Mike Nichols before finding her wickedly sharp, wry writer’s voice and knack for directing in her debut film, A New Leaf (1971). May (Henrietta) co-stars with Walter Matthau (Henry) in this equal parts cynical and tender screwball comedy. When Henry runs his trust fund dry, he determines the only solution to his financial woes is to find a wealthy heiress with no living family to woo, wed, and murder. After meeting at a society reception, Henry sets out to marry Henrietta, an endearingly clumsy, overly apologetic botanist with ambitions of discovering a new species of fern. She is quickly lovestruck by Henry’s assertive, if emotionally withdrawn, demeanor. What follows is a tongue-in-cheek commentary on marriage, misogyny, and independence, a wedding ceremony rung in with a toilet flush, and delightfully paced dialogue evidence of May’s genius. (apple.com) —Eve Eismann

For years, William D. Cohan has chronicled the sins of the rich and powerful for AIR MAIL, from Nantucket to Westchester, Skull and Bones to Bohemian Grove, the Yellowstone Club to White Party. Back in 2019, Cohan wrote a fascinating piece for us on a man named Leon Black, the founder of the wildly successful investment firm Apollo—and a close associate of Jeffrey Epstein’s. Cohan’s new book, Money to Burn, traces Black’s meteoric rise to the highest echelons of Wall Street, and how it all slipped through his fingers just as quickly. ($40, penguinrandomhouse.com) —Paulina Prosnitz

I’d describe my interior-design taste as similar to that of Bunny Williams—traditional, colorful, lived-in—but there are days I fantasize about having a more modern and minimalist apartment. Said sleek home would be outfitted by Symbol. The family-owned, New York City–based brand creates furniture that is beautifully functional, and has roots in music. The exclusive collaboration with USM Modular Furniture provides a capsule of products uniquely focused on vinyl and audio storage without compromising aesthetically. It’s a must-have for music lovers—especially those with taste. (symbolaudio.com) —Gracie Wiener

There are excellent books about literary editors—A. Scott Berg on Maxwell Perkins and Amy Reading on Katharine S. White come to mind—but less attention has been paid to the role that book agents play in shaping what is published today. In Middlemen, Laura B. McGrath dissects this breed in precise and fascinating detail, recounting not just the mythologized examples of Sterling Lord championing Jack Kerouac’s On the Road or Candida Donadio discovering Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 but exploring how much editors now rely on agents to winnow the good from the dreck and to discover promising debut novelists with no track record (and thus no failures to judge them against). Most first-time authors never publish a second book, so publishing still remains a crapshoot. The growth in foreign-rights sales and the surge in self-publishing have shaped what editors seek, but McGrath argues persuasively that agents, ever adaptable, remain very much in the middle of the literary landscape. Let’s see how long it takes for one to rep a book written only by A.I. … ($29.95, princeton.edu) —Jim Kelly