Anna (2022)

Amy Odell built this portrait of Anna Wintour from more than 250 sources who spoke on the record, plus earlier interviews and memoirs. Wintour gave the project her blessing but declined to be interviewed herself. That shows: the book is strong on how she runs Vogue and Condé Nast, and on the people who worked under her, but the woman behind the sunglasses stays guarded. Best for readers who want the machinery of magazine power rather than a confession.