Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie – review
Father and son team Alexander and Eric Linklater, 41 and nine, give very different opinions of Salman Rushdie's story for his own son, Milan
22 Days in May: The Birth of the Lib Dem–Conservative Coalition by David Laws – review
David Laws's account of the coalition's birth will appeal most to political trainspotters, says Jonathan Powell
Picture books for young children – reviews
Jeannie Baker's dual-language Mirror celebrates what matters most at Christmas, while Lauren Child's Slightly Invisible is the author at her playful best, says Kate Kellaway
Fiction for teenagers – reviews
Malorie Blackman's family drama is a heartwarming Christmas read, while Rebecca Maizel's vampire tale is both witty and scary, writes Geraldine Brennan
Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet by Jennifer Homans – review
Sharp, passionate and insightful, Jennifer Homans offers little hope for ballet surviving as an art form, writes Luke Jennings
Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination from Virginia Woolf to John Piper by Alexandra Harris – review
Far from repudiating tradition, English modernist artists were deeply influenced by landscape and history, as Alexandra Harris's magnificent study shows. By Daisy Hay
Decoded by Jay-Z – review
Jay-Z's memoir is scrappy but it succeeds in demonstrating that he should never be underestimated, says Caspar Llewellyn Smith
Just My Type by Simon Garfield and Manuale Tipographico by Giambattista Bodoni – review
Jonathan Glancey comes face to face with the old masters of typography
The Great Escape – review
Your children will remember this gentle but imaginative adventure inspired by The Borrowers for years, writes Lyn Gardner
Radio review: David Walliams on Philip Larkin
There was high praise for Larkin's clarity and intensity of emotion in this unhurried gem of a programme, writes Elisabeth Mahoney
True Storey by Peter Storey – review
Peter Storey's autobiography splits open the life of a football hatchet man, says Barney Ronay
Writers pick their favourite translations…
Novelists and translators on the translated books that have impressed them most
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert – review
Lydia Davis's new translation of Madame Bovary captures for the first time in English the powerfully filmic aspect of Flaubert's narrative, says Nick Fraser
The Fear: The Last Days of Robert Mugabe by Peter Godwin – review
Peter Godwin's account of Zimbabwe's suffering under Mugabe is a terrifying morality play, says Stephen Chan
An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin – review
Steve Martin's novel has all the ingredients for wicked satire but ultimately fails to deliver, says Elizabeth Day