Six Pack

A killer deep dive, two designers' stories, and more nonfiction

MAKE IT OURS

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Robin Givhan, an immersive biography of Virgil Abloh, the prince of pop design whose work at Off-White and Louis Vuitton (where he was the brand's first Black artistic director) shaped menswear—and fashion writ large. (Crown)

HOLLYWOOD HIGH

The Breakfast Club, American Graffiti, Twilight, Kids— longtime VF contributor Bruce Handy offers a wildly entertaining chronicle of the films that have portrayed and defined American teenage-dom. (Avid Reader)

MURDERLAND

In this noir-ish reportage on the serial killers produced by the Pacific Northwest (along with the implications of its environmental wreckage), Caroline Fraser gives David Lynch a run for his money. (Penguin Press)

COOLER THAN COOL

C.M. Kushins's literary biography of Elmore Leonard—writer's writer and "Dickens of Detroit"—tells the crime author's personal history, but also includes excerpts from an unfinished and early-stage memoir. (Mariner)

THE DRY SEASON

What began as a three-month hiatus from dating became, for serial relationship haver Melissa Febos, 12 months of intentional celibacy and a profound yearlong foray into pleasure, friendship, creativity, and self-exploration. (Knopf)

WALK LIKE A GIRL

The vaunted designer Prabal Gurung looks back on life so far: childhood in Katmandu, working on the Bill Blass design team, starting his own brand, and finding fans in such women as Michelle Obama, Kamala Harris, and Kate Middleton. (Viking)

KEZIAH WEIR