Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a retelling of Western history through 14 thinkers, a deep dive into the places that define Manhattan, and an exploration of private space travel
Tall Tales
How super-tall, pencil-thin buildings are changing Manhattan’s classic skyline
Kathryn Bromwich
How a bout of long COVID during the height of the pandemic gave way to a London editor’s debut novel
The Diary of Hannah Goslar
In an excerpt from her memoir, Anne Frank’s closest childhood friend recalls the years leading up to their deportations, and their against-all-odds reunion
The Last Hurrah
A new book collects the 1980s party photographs of Dafydd Jones, chronicler of British high society at its most riotous, just as that world was coming to an end
The Name’s Bond … Woke Bond
In an interview, Charlie Higson discusses his new Bond novel and how he adapts the womanizing spy for our times
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss David Remnick’s collected profiles of musicians, a new biography of Martin Luther King Jr., and the story of two poets’ wartime friendship
A Summer Odyssey
Emma Cline has communed with the Manson family and channeled Harvey Weinstein. For her new novel, she infiltrates the Hamptons
The Not-So-Nice Saint
Nelson Mandela was South Africa’s savior. His private life was another story
The Final Countdown
In an interview, the historian Evan Thomas discusses how Russian spies, Harry Truman’s denial, and an immunity to writer’s block played into his new book, on the last days of W.W. II
The Beautiful and Damned
F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald’s drink-fueled behavior became notorious during their summers on the Riviera, where they were joined by Ernest Hemingway, the Marx Brothers, and Dorothy Parker
The French Twist
The key to mastering French style: look like you don’t care, even when you do
A Summer Odyssey
Emma Cline has communed with the Manson family and channeled Harvey Weinstein. For her new novel, she infiltrates the Hamptons
Ghostwriters with Benefits
Victoria Beckham’s former ghostwriter on the perilous mistake Prince Harry’s ghostwriter has made: liking his subject too much
Murder, They Wrote
This month’s best mystery books put the spotlight on veteran sleuths
All in the Family
The Romanovs author Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses his latest book, a sprawling “family history” of humanity from the Stone Age to the drone age