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Peak Television A new book goes inside the making of David Lynch’s surrealist drama, which allegedly counted Queen Elizabeth and Mikhail Gorbachev among its fans

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Horse Power With an introduction by Tracey Emin and works by Nan Goldin, Martin Parr, and Man Ray, a new coffee-table book examines centuries of art’s most enduring muse


Editor’s Picks This week, don’t miss a portrait of F.D.R. on the eve of World War II; Italy through the eyes of The New York Times’s Rome bureau chief; and James Sallis’s final noir

Spy, 40 Years On In 1980s New York, Donald Trump had the press in the palm of his hand. Only one satirical yet scrupulously reported magazine had the temerity to note the length of his fingers …

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The Earl of Grievance Charles Spencer’s new memoir takes aim at King Charles—but it also raises awkward questions about his own relationship with Diana

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Invisible Men Marlon James’s first literary novel since A Brief History of Seven Killings traces the aftermath of a violent act of homophobia in 1980s Jamaica

Schmuck You Hollywood agent Ari Emanuel’s new memoir, Roll the Calls, chronicles his relentless empire-building but is conspicuously lacking in self-reflection


Murder, They Wrote A new Martini Club adventure! The wisecracking Detective Miller returns! This month, our mystery columnist makes the case for the crime-fiction series

Lost and Found After a 57-year hiatus from the New York stage, George Balanchine’s most notorious ballet, Pithoprakta, makes its return

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Air Supply

Take a Hike A good weekend should involve a change of scenery, a questionable amount of walking, and absolutely no urgency. AIR SUPPLY’s fall edit is for dressing accordingly

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Follow the Ruby Red Slippers! The crazy tale of a career criminal’s theft of the shoes worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz—and the madcap, decades-long fight to get them back

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