Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell – review
Twenty years on, the secrets of Cornwell's aloof pathologist heroine are laid bare in this worthy addition to the Scarpetta canon, writes Alison Flood
You Better Not Cry by Augusten Burroughs – review
Running With Scissors author Augusten Burroughs mixes misery and mistletoe in his latest work to oddly cheering effect, writes Jessica Holland
Listen to This by Alex Ross – review
Alex Ross's follow-up to The Rest is Noise delights in blurring the lines between pop, classical and jazz, writes Peter Conrad
Zero-sum World: Politics, Power and Prosperity After the Crash by Gideon Rachman – review
Gideon Rachman has done us all a major service by debunking many of the myths surrounding globalisation, says John Kampfner
The Invisible Man – review
The Menier's production of The Invisible Man is all preposterous fun, but the evening really belongs to the other unseen hero, illusionist Paul Kieve, who can make inanimate objects skim through the air, writes Michael Billington
The Hunt for the Scroobious Pip – review
The Hunt for the Scroobious Pip reads like an absurdist version of Aesop – a conference of creatures debate the taxonomy of the Pip, which is neither flesh nor fowl, writes Alfred Hickling
How Roald Dahl Shaped Pop – review
A bright and lively listen because Dahl doesn't lend himself to dull soundbites, writes Elisabeth Mahoney
Keeping My Head by Justin Langer – review
In an Ashes special Rob Bagchi also reviews Richie Benaud: Over But Not Out and WG Grace Ate My Pedalo by Alan Tyers and Beach
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters by Barack Obama – review
Barack Obama's picture book is surprisingly good, says the children's laureate, Anthony Browne
The Millstone by Margaret Drabble – review
Margaret Drabble's tale of sexual liberation in the swinging 60s retains its power to provoke, says Catherine Bennett
Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi – review
Antonio Tabucchi's novel about a newspaper editor in 1930s Portugal is a passionate warning against political complacency, says Ophelia Field
Why Not Say What Happened? A Memoir by Ivana Lowell – review
It might be poorly written, but Ivana Lowell's account of life inside the Guinness clan is impossible to put down, says Rachel Cooke
The Autobiography of Mark Twain – review
Mark Twain's century-old memoir offers an authentic glimpse into a brilliant mind, says Tim Adams
The Andy Warhol Diaries edited by Pat Hackett — review
Two decades after his death, Andy Warhol's acerbic, self-absorbed diaries make today's celebrity Twitter offerings look lame indeed, says Nicola Barr