What to Read: “Done right, his technique—daytime, no violence, performed like a magic trick, sometimes with guards in the room—never involves a dash to a getaway car. And done wrong, a parking spot is the least of his worries.” Michael Finkel in GQ: The Secrets of the World’s Greatest Art Thief.

+ What to Doc: I’m going to include the following caveats with this recommendation: You have to be really into tennis, really into John McEnroe, and really into weirdly obsessive documentarians. It will also help if you live in a state where recreational marijuana is legal. John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection.

+ What to Watch: “In a ‘winning is everything’ society, how do we handle failure? This series profiles athletes who have turned the agony of defeat into human triumph.” A Netflix original series: Losers.