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Martin Cruz Smith

The crime novelist persevered through Parkinson’s disease for decades to create his richly imagined Arkady Renko series—including the final installment, Hotel Ukraine

War of Words

Lessons in Activism

Eastwood Bound

Clint Eastwood has dominated Hollywood for longer than most anyone else—all while containing countless contradictions

A Hungarian in Paris

A new coffee-table book collects Brassaï’s photographs of the City of Light, his adopted home and muse for more than 50 years

Moving Mountains

The first American woman to summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen explains how she did it—and why

Lisa’s Mystery Picks

This week, don’t miss a whodunit set on Catalina Island, an Audrey Hepburn–meets–Agatha Christie murder mystery, and a new Tom Thorne police procedural

Elliott Erwitt’s Last Hurrah

A new coffee-table book celebrates the photographer’s eye for life’s absurdities

Poison Pen

The Riddle Behind the Enigma Code

Britain’s Commando comics tell a sugarcoated version of W.W. II—especially when it comes to the Enigma machine’s role in the Allied victory

Deadly Pleasures to Read and Watch

A thriller inspired by a true-crime documentary about a suburban-housewife pyramid scheme turned deadly, and more

Match Point-and-Shoot

From Italian cities to French coasts to Scottish hills, a new coffee-table book collects photographs of the world’s most beautiful tennis courts

Affairs of the Heart

The Princess Diaries

Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age

From Montgomery Clift to Marlene Dietrich, a new book pulls back the curtain on the queer people behind many of history’s classic films

Tadao Ando’s Lessons in Light

From Paris to Osaka to St. Louis, a new coffee-table book collects the Japanese architect’s bright, delicate designs, photographed by Richard Pare

007 Diaries

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a transfixing chronicle of the nuclear age, a look back at Cambridge’s queer history, and a portrait of everyday life in war-torn Ukraine

Shark Tales

In time for the 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, a new book reveals how Robert Shaw’s haunting monologue came to be

When We Were Young

My Best Friendship with Kate Spade

The designer’s co-founder reveals how a broke student from Kansas named Katy Brosnahan became handbag maven “Kate Spade”

Portrait of a Country on Fire

A new book of photographs by Mitch Epstein captures the devastating impact of industry on the American landscape—and the fragile pockets of nature that remain

Lisa’s Mystery Picks

This week, don’t miss an Agatha Christie–meets–P. G. Wodehouse murder mystery, a police procedural by the creator of Broadchurch, and a whodunit set in a Maine retiree town

The Call of the Wild West