A swansong for a vanishing world and a moving account of the pressures and persecutions in Xi’s China
Duncan Mavin’s gripping account of the bank’s 2023 implosion exposes a crisis decades in the making
Echoing the author’s own upbringing, this latest novel is about coming to terms with the ghosts of the past
A powerful novel set in the Dust Bowl era of America that is packed with secrets, sinister falsehoods and a passionate care for the environment
Philosopher and writer Mark Rowlands shares what he’s learnt from a life spent with canines
Owen Hatherley on the refugees who revolutionised the country’s visual culture
Mathematician Adam Kucharski on the trust policymakers place in logic and why algorithms are not always the answer
Colum McCann crafts a resonant, poetic novel out of the fragility, risks and human loneliness of our internet age
Two books chart how Washington has come to depend on both its economic might and the dollar’s dominance in tackling rogue states and geopolitical rivals
Plus the latest Anthony Horowitz mystery; paranoia in revolutionary Kyiv; and a Hamptons holiday gone horribly wrong
Gushing praise often rewards connections over talent — but a good write-up can still help readers
The French author took longer to come out as working-class than as gay. His newly translated memoir confronts poverty and racism in the milieu he fled
The American poet, now 93, has carved out a place as one of her generation’s most admired writers
America’s dollar dominance as an instrument of global clout; Facebook under fire in an ex-insider’s memoir; Artem Chekh’s unflinching portrait of 1990s Ukraine; French author Didier Eribon on fleeing his working-class roots; new novels from Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah and Women’s Prize nominee Sanam Mahloudji; a biography of Vanessa Bell — plus Nilanjana Roy on the business of book blurbs and our pick of economics titles
The Nobel Prize-winner’s latest novel explores themes of personal and political exile in 1990s Zanzibar
Making time for a mini-reset in verse could help clarity and mental fitness. Be prepared to cry
The executive’s harrowing, tell-all memoir questions the integrity of the world’s biggest social network company
Wendy Hitchmough’s new biography makes the case for Bell’s importance in the Bloomsbury Group, but fails to bring her truly to life
A relentlessly entertaining exploration of Iranian-American immigrant life, longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction
Artem Chekh’s latest novel is a provocative and moving exploration of his country’s coming of age
The award-winning author takes us on a bibliophile’s tour of her hometown
Why advanced economies are struggling to build; how Britain can boost growth; plus books on inequality and poverty
Nick Harkaway on his father John le Carré’s legacy — and the debate over creative control as OO7 moves to Amazon
The prizewinning author of ‘Assembly’ on social class, her new novel ‘Universality’ — and why she might return to working in finance
Studying how our minds work is not about vague therapy jargon — it’s about paying attention
Jill Eicher’s timely book brings to life the battle between the US Treasury secretary and the British chancellor in the wake of the first world war
Cathy Scott-Clark’s thriller-like account packs in intrigue, an international manhunt — and a risky US-Russia prisoner swap
After decades of focusing on consumption the US needs to get back to building and inventing
A trailblazing architect’s world unravels when her ethical commitments are questioned
Sophy Roberts combines history and travelogue in a compulsive account of ambition and hubris in 19th-century Africa
Rachel Seiffert and Sacha Naspini both unpick the conflicting psychologies of opposition and collusion
A show in Chantilly will reveal the ‘Mona Lisa’ of illuminated manuscripts — a rarely exhibited 15th-century prayer book
This compelling life story, which follows its Hungarian protagonist from adolescence to obsolescence, goes to places few novelists dare
‘How to End a Story’ places the Australian pioneer of autofiction firmly among the great chroniclers of daily life
In a nation haunted by a repressive past and threats from North Korea, Lee Chang-dong’s tales fuse the personal with an inescapable politics
From ‘That Broke into Shining Crystals’, the London-born poet’s second collection
The return of investigators Horst Schenke and Tom Wilde, Charles Beaumont’s follow-up to ‘A Spy Alone’ — plus the latest from Stella Rimington
