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Three new books illustrate the wildly divergent portrayals of the practice of Islam, from fervent isolation to western assimilation
An exhaustive, engaging study of postwar British film and television. It is a feat of argument, description and affection
This chronicle of the melancholy, isolation and decadence of the Baltic states of Latvia and Estonia brings to life a forgotten land
This French-Moroccan novelist’s first in a planned trilogy is concerned with questions of womanhood, respectability and guilt
This hefty tome brings the spin-off selves of the Portuguese poet, essayist, translator and fantasist together gracefully
The novelist’s polemical first essay collection calls for a new matriarchal era and offers a witty, provocative and cunning display of her linguistic abilities
How can we avoid the twin traps of finishing books we don’t care for and ditching those that might have brought us joy?
The debate over Europe’s Muslims, a scientist’s journal of the pandemic, Britain’s love affair with TV, a casino crash and the greed of Wall Street, a history of the Baltic’s frontier states, novels by Leila Slimani and John Boyne — plus Barry Forshaw’s round-up of crime fiction
This scientist’s plague year journal gives fresh insight into the uneasy relationship between science and politics in the UK’s fight to constrain the pandemic
An uproariously funny novel that offers a timely foray into the absurdities and injustices of the contemporary culture wars
What happens when debt becomes an over-geared disaster — and there are no good guys
This bestselling German novel explores notions of freedom, identity and independence through the stories of five women
The actor-turned-presenter takes a tour of Europe with his bag stuffed with appropriate literature
A new work by the English playwright, poet and essayist ahead of his forthcoming book ‘We Travelled: Essays and Poems’
Fathers’ revenge, Icelandic noir, murder on the psych ward and a fond farewell to fictional detectives spice up the latest releases
An intimate, enquiring and inventive memoir unpacks the experiences of one family displaced by war
An elegiac tale of exile, desolation and the pull of the homeland, now translated into English for the first time
The Turkish-British author’s 12th novel weaves its magic through civil conflict, love, family and an arboreal narrator
Two commentators on the US political system offer detailed diagnoses on the troubled question of what it is to be a US citizen
Key members of Oxford’s scientific team reveal the exhaustive effort and care that went into the race to create a ‘vaccine for the world’
This debut novel charts the challenge of a rival outsider at a publishing house with wit and elements of sci-fi and horror
As Europe’s elder stateswoman steps down as German chancellor, what will be her legacy?
This insight into the overlooked world of the hunt for rare editions offers fascinating anecdotes and a hint of the steel needed to succeed
Enter a mystery woman’s mind; a melodrama at a house clear-out; a perfect array of Molly Keane; and inspiration from Marcus Rashford
This survey of the excesses of the garment industry puts a determinedly human face on the high cost of cheap clothing
Why intelligent — even sceptical — independent thinkers succumb to the allure of community and ‘inside’ information that some groups offer
Their money would be better spent saving this planet rather than gazing at it from afar
A multilingual Asian protagonist drifts through seemingly disparate vignettes in Kim’s powerful exploration of loneliness
The daring escape of the fugitive Renault-Nissan chief caps this authoritative exposé of frictions at the giant carmaker
The novel explores the tensions that result from situations that are read by different people to denote different things
This fantastical tale of a woman turning animalistic sinks its teeth into issues of caring and identity
The excesses of the office-leasing group and its charismatic co-founder Adam Neumann are well documented — but this analysis still finds fresh insight
From the power of trust to why women are still taken less seriously than men — here are this month’s top titles
A copy of Joseph Roth’s 1924 Rebellion changes hands across a century of life in a fast and fluid novel
Our definition of prosperity now needs to support, not harm, equality and the environment
On its 200th anniversary, the club asked how the ideas of Malthus and Ricardo apply to climate change and income today
John Shovlin advocates taking a historical perspective on geopolitical rivalries to better understand how they can be a conduit for peace and prosperity
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