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The actor brilliantly channels his hero in a memoir of making a film of ‘The Happy Prince’
The prime minister’s flaws are treated kindly in Tom Bower’s new biography exploring the impact of a miserable childhood
Her Nobel Prize has prompted an outpouring of love from the online poetry community
Fernando Cervantes’ book details the cruel and complicated story of the Spanish conquest of the Americas
A genre-spanning second novel from the Norwegian musician-writer defies easy categorisation
This pacy history of a legendary brand is a love letter to an era of gears and gasoline now accelerating towards its twilight
The book industry finds itself profiting from national downfall, but it is time to move on from the Trump soap opera
The truth about Mohammed bin Salman, a new biography of Boris Johnson, Rupert Everett on Oscar Wilde, revisiting the Conquistadores, Don DeLillo’s new novel ‘The Silence’ — and our round-up of the best new children’s books
The prince came to power with the bold promise of transforming Saudi Arabia. Two fine books examine MBS’s breathtaking gamble
The perils of a digital world we do not understand are brought home in the writer’s latest work about an unexplained tech disaster
Dan Brown’s picture book debut, Liz Pichon’s ‘Shoe Wars’ and an admirably clear guide to the life and ideas of Einstein
The mountaineer packs anecdotes and curiosities into his quixotic guide to the ‘roof of the world’
An online erotic library created by women, for women, is coming to a keyboard near you
In her book ‘Hiding in Plain Sight’, the host of ‘Gaslit Nation’ warns that the road to autocracy in the US is paved with complacency
A passionate believer in freedom and true intellectual, he transformed economic journalism in the UK and beyond
Not all publishers are benefiting from the legions of newly minted binge-readers
The power of humour at work and the reimagining of the workplace — here are this month’s top titles
New planting inspirations, from garden wellness to rewilding balconies
Beguiling biography of a textile man who shaped the Russian avant-garde during dark historical dramas
Swedish academy praised ‘unmistakable poetic voice’ of former US poet laureate
The interstices of fact and fiction are explored in an intriguing collection of riffs on the transience of our world
Peril and paranoia dominate the latest yarns from Charles Cumming, Ben Creed, Mara Timon and a new version of ‘The Godfather’
The historian’s elegant collection explores war, how it changes us — and why we need to talk about it
Two new books from Noreena Hertz and James Suzman examine our changing relationship with what has always been more than just a job
Two old friends measure up their life choices on a night out in Dublin
The economist offers useful rules to help understand the data behind the headlines
A sharp collection of stories examines how quickly we judge ourselves and others
From ghostly mysteries to meeting Byron: teen protagonists take round-the-world voyages of discovery
Ngugi wa Thiong’o turns a Kenyan epic into a feminist saga of fearless heroines
This authorised biography is a flattering but essential portrait of one of the great playwrights of our age
Richard J Evans’s book demolishes the myth of Hitler’s postwar life in South America and other Nazi theories
Roberto Saviano’s sequel to ‘The Piranhas’ returns to the ultraviolent gangs of modern-day Naples
At Soho bookstore Second Shelf, female writers are the stars
Two enlightening new books describe the long shadow China casts over its southern neighbours
A critique of Labour’s election defeat seeks to give life to the manifesto without the man
Two Irish brothers face a decision with their dying father in a very funny story underscored with pathos
The pandemic once again has us questioning the wisdom of urban living. But four new books help explain its appeal
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