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In his paean to another age, David Denby studies four icons who defined American culture in the second half of the 20th century.

The classicist Mary Beard examines the excesses and tedium of imperial rule, sorting fact from gossip and tall tales.

Two journalists explore the artificial intelligence company OpenAI and present complementary portraits of its notorious co-founder.

“Empire of the Elite,” by Michael M. Grynbaum, is a story of (mostly) insider-outsiders who helmed the glossiest American magazines in their heyday.

Ikbal and Idries Shah delighted London society with their romantic tales of the East. The only problem? They made them up.

In “Empresses of Seventh Avenue,” the fashion writer Nancy MacDonell tells the story of the New York women who created modern style.

A new book by the historian Ian Kumekawa tracks the varied career of a gigantic boat in an era of profound economic change.

Conceived before the pandemic, Andy Field’s ode to sharing space in person glosses over the ways our everyday habits seem to have changed for good.

In “Endangered Eating,” the food historian Sarah Lohman explores the onetime staples disappearing from our tables.

In “Endgame,” Harry and Meghan’s sympathetic biographer, Omid Scobie, takes on the in-laws — and takes no prisoners.