Favorite Books

A beautiful book about grown-ups' work with a modern point of view.

How the funniest and most jawdropping magazine covers happened.

Judging books by their covers.

Great books featuring children of different races and ethnicities.

This season's most anticipated new books, including The Mothers and Swing Time.

We're still laughing.

Modern Lovers, The Girls and three other fantastic books we cannot put down.

When Breath Becomes Air, a memoir by my brother-in-law Paul Kalanithi, about facing death and finding meaning.