Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss Frank Bruni’s study of grievance, a humorist’s investigation into subtle distinctions, and a biography of Harry Truman
From Anthem to Elegy
Six gifted young poets signed up to fight in World War I. In their disillusionment, Michael Korda sees a cautionary tale for our time
Arts and Drafts
Five years after leaving New York magazine, Adam Moss discusses the state of media today, how he fills his days, and his new book about art
Cool-Head Larry
In an interview, Larry David covers all things baldness—transplants, Russian leaders, beards—and reveals the one thing he enjoys about having no hair
On the Scent
Tracking down the essential oils that become perfumes took one fragrance aficionado to far-flung places, from Bulgarian rose fields to Somalian mountains
High Life, Low Life
In his new book, the photographer Dafydd Jones captures a bygone New York, an era of new and old money, La Grenouille and Le Cirque
Playing Hardball
Separating the man from the myth of Pete Rose, one of baseball’s most fabled—and controversial—stars
Murder, They Wrote
The settings for this month’s best mystery books range from the Las Vegas underworld to cosseted suburban London
Renaissance Women
A new book spotlights four forgotten female writers who were contemporaries of Shakespeare’s but cut out of history
From the Metropol Hotel to Hollywood
In an interview, Amor Towles discusses adapting A Gentleman in Moscow for the screen and the inspiration behind his newest book, Table for Two
Around the World with Steve McCurry
Refugee camps in Pakistan, civil wars in Cambodia, religious ceremonies in India … A new book collects more than 100 images by the American photojournalist
A Publisher of One’s Own
For 25 years, Persephone Books has been turning the works of forgotten female writers into unexpected best-sellers
Finding Gaudí
How the playful details of Antoni Gaudí’s architecture turned one critic into an admirer