NightTable Reading

CORY A. BOOKER Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, and U.S. Senate candidate. The Metropolitan Revolution, by Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley. 'This book provides an innovative approach to politics—promoting pragmatism over partisanship and progress over our left/right divide. It lays out an excellent blueprint for expanding economic growth and a practical approach to healing our broken politics."

DAPHNE GDINNESS Artist and philanthropist, who supports the Isabella Blow Foundation. TheWagnerCompendium: A Guide toWagner'sLife and Music, by Barry Millington. "I've been listening to Gotterdammerung, by Wagner, which I've found absorbing. This book gives quite a thorough review of his life, which was as fascinating as his work."

"For pure fun, Gone Girl has solid crime writing and some real artistry. Twilight of the Elites-a book that could affect my worldview-explores why and how meritocracies go wrong."

DELIA EPHRON Screenwriter and author, whose memoir Sister Mother Husband Dog: Etc. is being published this month. Classic Book Jackets: The Design Legacy of George Salter,by Thomas Hansen. "George Salter practically invented book-jacket design. From the 1920s to 1960s, he designed for all the major literary stars— Camus, Dos Passos, Mann, Faulkner, and so on. His life and designs are riveting."

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