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Dominic Lieven takes in empires from Mughal to British and asks: what made them the dominant form of government for centuries?
An elegant, occasionally black and white, critique of the elite UK university that nurtured a generation of anti-European Tories
The Omani author’s new novel traces her country’s rapid modernisation but she insists that it offers a parallel reality rather than a factual guide
A persuasive study dusts off the maps in going back millennia to unravel Britain’s relationship with Europe
An enjoyable investigation into imitation, imposture and the impossible search for our ‘real selves’
Miranda Seymour’s sympathetic biography balances the torrid aspects of the writer’s life with insight into her literary influences
A sweeping new history on the endurance of empire highlights our offerings, which include a look at the torrid side of writer Jean Rhys, an elegant critique of the Oxford Tories that reshaped Britain, an interview with Jokha Alharthi about her new novel — plus a round-up of the best new thrillers and much more
Jeet Thayil’s selection of poems written in English is a dazzling collection vast in ambition and scope
Fast-paced tales of intrigue from Leningrad to Lisbon. Plus echoes of George Smiley — and an illustrated edition of le Carré himself
What separates autocrats from outright dictators? Two books consider the path to power, from Erdoğan’s rise in Turkey to strongmen leaders around the world
An economist’s primer on the UK Treasury over the past 25 years highlights how the office has struggled to change with the times
Matthew Teller’s history disputes simplistic division of the Old City into four areas — and laments present-day tensions
The series on Sky/Now careers from screwball comedy to high-stakes thriller to childhood drama
A sensitive and affecting novel about a day in the lives of two women facing heart-rending choices
In his guide to eight UK buildings, Barnabas Calder finds beauty in a style whose negative image was cemented in the 1960s
Scientists are trying to understand the cause of neurological effects and whether symptoms will be long-lasting
Ukraine’s first democratically elected president, who liberated his country from Soviet dominion
Join the book club – from New York to Naples
Set during France’s Ancien Régime, this engaging novel harnesses our sympathies in a picaresque search for truth
Miriam Toews’s eighth novel tackles birth, life and loss through the eyes of a daughter, mother and grandmother
These short stories tread similar rewarding territory as her thrilling Booker-shortlisted novel ‘Great Circle’
Addressing social class at work and navigating politics to get things done — here are this month’s top titles
This careful retelling of two millennia of history celebrates the country’s economic and cultural success but ignores its dark sides
This very readable account of an institution in flux is entertaining but light on revelations
How China built influence in the US — and the professor who coined ‘G-Zero’ on the response to our present global crises
Agency replaces submissiveness when women are recast as protagonists, rather than victims or peripheral characters
Finally translated into English, this 1962 story of aliens seeking to save mankind blends high and popular literature in provocative ways
The novelist continues her quirky, semi-autobiographical story of student life in this amusing sequel to ‘The Idiot’
As Putin appeals to the distant past to justify his invasion of Ukraine, militant nostalgia is on the march around the world
Set during the hot summer of 1989, Benjamin Myers’ atmospheric novel follows two troubled souls on a mission to create ever more elaborate crop circles
A moving account of the 80-year quest to restore a Jewish writer’s name to a bestselling Viennese cooking guide
Yascha Mounk’s ‘The Great Experiment’ looks at how faltering heterogeneous societies can thrive
Did rabid libertarianism cause the shift towards nativist populism? Two books cite different hypotheses for the fracturing of Republicanism
A compelling geopolitical travelogue explores Beijing’s growing influence in Central Asia
Alongside dystopian visions from writers today comes a clutch of classics from master of prescience John Wyndham
An examination of precognitions and the fascination with them in 1960s Britain proves an entertaining study of the mind and the human quest for control
In his new book, former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd urges a policy of ‘managed strategic competition’
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