From a capricious White House to chilling parallels with a previous global conflict, three books analyse this moment of churn and change in international affairs
Two practical, passionate books examine the wonder, endangered present and possible future of our woodlands
Emma Thompson’s narration captures the tone of ‘A Hymn to Life’, while Francis Spufford’s ‘Nonesuch’ is one of the most absorbing novels in recent memory
In this intimate and unexpectedly cheering book, the artist opens up about life, cancer and her new love of painting
At the heart of Yáng Shuāng-zǐ’s rich, heady book is the uneasy bond between a Japanese author and her Taiwanese interpreter
The novelist spares no one in a sharp account of a town in Pakistan wracked by political change in the 1970s
From kefir to colonics, this pleasingly confessional book looks at how our yearning for betterment fuels a booming self-care industry
The bestselling author of ‘Capital’ returns with a dark allegory of intergenerational conflict
From a disrupted world order to Tracey Emin, LGBT+ lives and ‘wellness’ — plus wartime Berlin and John Lanchester’s novel of generational conflict
The US dollar’s future is explored in Barry Eichengreen’s well-informed history on purchasing power in the monetary market
‘The Log Books’ delves into a poignant archive of helpline calls, while ‘Tales of the Suburbs’ peeks behind those net curtains to revealing effect
An account gleaned from hundreds of letters creates a vivid, ground-level portrait of the Nazi capital as it descends into darkness
Sixty years after it was published, the pulp fiction classic is embedded in pop culture and the fashion imagination
Author and journalist George Pendle loves the bombast of the world’s largest library. He takes us behind the scenes
This International Women’s Day we celebrate female creativity – from Sarah Burton to Sylvia Plath
The poet is often stuck to the template of her tragic persona. A new novel celebrates the vast joys she found in life
As life replaces death in springtime, gardeners can’t help but ponder some existential questions
Where to get your literary fix on World Book Day
Seeking clarity on past loves through faith and art, an Irish teacher finds unexpected resolution in Albert Camus
Tales of a spooky Norfolk village, a shamanic Nigerian astrophysicist — plus the ethics of fiction as murderous revenge
Geneticist and entrepreneur Adrian Woolfson argues that genome engineering and AI will let us design organisms beyond nature’s limits
A new collection of traditional tales reimagined by contemporary writers makes women ‘the fulcrums, not the levers’ of their stories
How the Windsors deployed the soft power of clothing in an era of violent upheaval — and the designers who made it happen
A typist with ambition collides with fascists and an accidental time machine in this intriguing fantasy set in wartime London
A city known for sun and spectacle has a serious cultural anchor in Mitchell Kaplan’s beloved shop
‘Come Together’ at New York’s Morgan Library is a treasure-chest of art and objects from the last 3,000 years
Meet the 27-year-old actor starring in Kazuo Ishiguro’s A Pale View of Hills
Publishers are raiding the archives for titles ripe for a revival
Documentary skips through the 1970s as the musician forms Wings and searches for ordinary life amid notoriety and sheep
The former chief delivers a sharp insider’s guide to the boom and bust era of financial services that took the shine off the investment bank
Two books look at the mafia: one through the prism of an acclaimed Sicilian writer, one through a wide-angled, global lens
A wry portrait of intergenerational tensions curdles into a polemic about virtue signalling and liberal border policies
Hallucinatory episodes and grim reality sit side by side in the story of a daughter out to avenge her mother’s murder
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A welcome shot of serious thought about populism, a bold argument for citizen rule, Gordon Brown revisited — and a work by Cass Sunstein that all politicians should digest
How to run good meetings, the economy of self-improvement, and a new kind of intelligence
Blurring the boundaries of fiction and memoir, the Norwegian writer revisits the provocative territory of sex and family
