My Life With the Taliban by Abdul Salam Zaeef – review

Crying Pakistani spies, a US advisor's endorsement, but suspiciously little about Osama bin Laden in the memoirs of one of the Taliban's founding members

The Best Views from the Boundary – Test Match Special’s Greatest Interviews

These transcripts of the 30 'best' Test Match Special interviews run the gamut from the farceur Ben Travers, who saw WG Grace play, to Lily Allen

Whatever it Takes: The Real Story of Gordon Brown and New Labour by Steve Richards

A vivid study of the former prime minister invites readers to challenge their own prejudices, says Nick Cohen

Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations by Avi Shlaim

Avi Shlaim's collection of essays offer a running rebuttal of Israel's version of the Middle East conflict, writes Rafael Behr

My Name is Mina by David Almond

A prequel to the award-winning Skellig tells the tale of a bright but lonely girl making sense of the world around her, says Geraldine Brennan

A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain by Owen Hatherley

Labour's appalling architectural legacy is laid bare in a savage critique argued with wit and bitterness, says Rowan Moore

What Ever Happened to Modernism? by Gabriel Josipovici

If you're looking for a solution to the current debate over modernism in Gabriel Josipovici's book, look elsewhere, writes James Purdon

The Empty Family by Colm Tóibín

Colm Tóibín's wonderfully restrained stories are populated by lost and lonely characters coming to terms with regret, says Thomas Jones

Nemesis by Philip Roth

This tale of a polio outbreak in wartime New Jersey is vintage Philip Roth, says Edward Docx

1984

Dukes, LancasterGeorge Orwell's prophetic masterpiece is well suited to this animated reimagining as a form of live graphic novel, writes Alfred Hickling

The Vikki LaMotta Story: Jake, Raging Bull, Playboy, Sinatra and The Mob

The descent of boxing legend Jake 'Raging Bull' LaMotta leaves Ricky Hatton's fall in the shade

Even Silence Has an End by Ingrid Betancourt

Ingrid Betancourt spent six years as a prisoner of Farc in the Colombian jungle. Her memoir is not for the faint-hearted, says Janine di Giovanni

3,096 Days by Natascha Kampusch

Natascha Kampusch's autobiography is testament to the power of the imagination in the face of a most terrifying predicament, writes Vanessa Thorpe