Two years ago the acclaimed travel writer suffered a catastrophic mental breakdown. He tells Katie Law about his delusional fantasies, being sectioned under the Mental Health Act and how he took the first steps to recovery
With its hushed intensity of emotion, this fable about robot love and loneliness confirms Ishiguro as a master prose stylist, says Ian Thomson
He’s a cult figure whose first book sold over five million copies. Then he got ill and his critics accused him of having lost the plot. But his highly-anticipated sequel, released today, is full of sensible, humane advice, and shows he is still very much on top, says Melanie McDonagh
The author of the brilliant autobiographical Melrose sequence returns with an ambitious novel of ideas about genetic heritability, climate change and the role of technology in neuroscience, but does he pull it off, asks Katie Law
For his March roundup, Robert Dex chooses a debut set in 1932s Glasgow, an unlikely Japanese secretary-turned-sleuth criss-crossing the globe in search of clues, and the return of Yorkshire detective Alan Banks for his 27th outing
The exciting line-up includes Richard Dawkins on how the Covid vaccine may help cancer research and Charlie Mackesy on discovering kindness in the community
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In her new book , the Somali-born critic of Islam appears more concerned with defending the criminalisation of migration than finding solutions to end the rise in sexual violence against women in the UK and Europe, says Maryam Namazie
Celebrating the 500th anniversary of the artist’s death, this new study sheds light on particular aspects of Raphael's work and has a wonderful surprise at the end, says David Ekserdjian
She’s an extravagantly talented writer who, perhaps more than anyone else, has taken possession of Twitter as a literary art form, says Claire Allfree
What does the term ‘masculinity’ really mean nowadays? The definition is changing all the time, mostly for the better, says The Book of Man founder
From short stories on sexuality to Lisa Taddeo’s much-hyped debut novel, literature is hotting up. Jessica Benjamin salutes the wave of filthy fiction
He could be impatient, selfish and cruel, and had a powerful appetite for sex. This new biography whisks us through the poet's short and restless life through the lens of his most famous poems
Why are people reading the outdated noughties dating self-help book all of a sudden?
He was fifty and famous; she was just fourteen. More than thirty years on, this memoir - part recovery, part payback - about Vanessa Springora’s relationship with Gabriel Matzneff, shows that revenge is still a dish best eaten cold
More storms, drought, flooding, wildfires and disease ... the Microsoft founder sets out how we can stop global warming in this forthright, meaty manifesto
In between the threesomes, middle class sex parties and a great deal of cunnilingus, Daisy Buchanan quietly captures the aching loneliness of feeling cast drift in your twenties
Mr 'Titspervert' Fitzherbert might not be allowed now, but Helen Fielding's inimitable creation remains as relevant and lovable as ever, says Jessie Thompson
The recording angel of the eternally youthful gay and club scenes may be 52 now, but he still has the power to force us to see the universe in a new light, says David Ekserdjian
The extraordinary life - and death - of the media mogul whose boundless ambition included becoming Prime Minister reads like a gripping novel which happens to be true
The claims made in this new book - that racism is everywhere - are nothing short of preposterous, argues Calvin Robinson
It was only when the author discovered her mother’s shocking experiences as an orphan in the Foundling Hospital that she came to terms with the woman she had always detested
Where this mighty volume really scores is in allowing us to get so much closer to his pictures than any of its predecessors ever have, says David Ekerdjian
This important, well-intentioned book about the difficulties of modern motherhood fizzes with good ideas, but may come over as insensitive to women staring over the so-called fertility ‘cliff edge’, says Madeleine Feeny
Temperatures ‘low enough to freeze human flesh’ swept through Britain in the terrible winter of 1962; this timely social history has many parallels with today, says Marcus Field
Many people feel strongly about it, but there is little consensus on what the British empire left us, says the author of this timely new analysis
She’s best known for her Booker-winning novel but Bernardine Evaristo is returning to her drama school roots. She talks to Patricia Nicol about the future of theatre, finding fame 40 years into her career and her mixed feelings on her new OBE
Books pulled last minute and staff threatening to strike because they disagree with JK Rowling - Katie Law reports on how publishing went woke
Learn how to beat burnout, batch cook or go pegan (that’s paleo-meets-vegan) with the new wave of diet books, says Katie Law
Race is not a universal category but shaped by many different cultures
Husband-and-wife team Ellery Lloyd’s debut novel is a slick thriller about the perils of putting oneself in the social spotlight