Jump! by Jilly Cooper
Jilly Cooper returns with a horsy saga that just about limps over the finishing line, writes Olivia Laing
Zero History by William Gibson
The third book in William Gibson's high-tech trilogy is satsifying but the present he imagines needs sharper invention, writes James Purdon
Bob Dylan in America by Sean Wilentz
This Dylan fan and history professor has done his research, but his analysis of the singer fails to strike a chord, says Geoff Dyer
Wait for Me! Memoirs of the Youngest Mitford Sister, by Deborah Devonshire
Debo Mitford's story, written aged 90, is a worthy addition to the family oeuvre, says Rachel Cooke
Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl by Donald Sturrock
Kathryn Hughes on a careful new biography of the man who transformed children's literature
Mary Beard: ‘The best thing about the Blair book was the stuff about boozing’
Mary Beard gives her verdict on Tony Blair's memoir
Tony Benn: ‘What is really significant about Tony Blair was that he set up a new political party, New Labour’
Tony Benn gives his verdict on Tony Blair's memoir
Justin Cartwright: ‘Blair makes it clear that he found Brown dull and slow’
Justin Cartwright gives his verdict on Tony Blair's memoir
Richard Eyre: ‘Blair had a very considerable skill as a performer’
Richard Eyre gives his verdict on Tony Blair's memoir
Michael Howard: ‘Tony Blair was a brilliant politician. But, ultimately, he was a failed prime minister’
Michael Howard gives his verdict on Tony Blair's memoir
Christopher Hitchens: ‘The righteous will evidently never tire of the pelting and taunting of Tony Blair’
Christopher Hitchens gives his verdict on Tony Blair's memoir
Fiona Millar: ‘Blair’s perceptions about people and acute eye for the comic make it a good read’
Fiona Millar gives her verdict on Tony Blair's memoir
Andrew O’Hagan: ‘Blair is cursed with a strong sense of his own decency’
Andrew O'Hagan gives his verdict on Tony Blair's memoir
Peter Wilby: ‘Anybody who studies Blair is forced to the conclusion that what is really at the core of him is Christianity’
Peter Wilby gives his verdict on Tony Blair's memoir
Clare Short: ‘I was surprised by how messianic and hubristic it is right from the start. Early on, Blair was not like this’
Clare Short gives her verdict on Tony Blair's memoir