Four Fish by Paul Greenberg
A study of overfishing and the rapid rise of industrial sea-farming is enlightening without being preachy, writes Luke Jennings
Moment of Glory: The Year Tiger Lost His Swing and Underdogs Ruled the Majors by John Feinstein
An insightful account of the 2003 season explains why golf has such a hold over the imaginations and emotions of huge numbers of Americans, says David Goldblatt
The Burning Wire by Jeffery Deaver
Sparks fly as detective Lincoln Rhyme faces a terrorist threat to Manhattan's electricity grid
Peter Pan
Williamson Park, LancasterFinally, a chance in this outdoor production to see Peter Pan's pirate battle staged aboard real boats, writes Alfred Hickling
The Phantom of the Open by Scott Murray and Simon Farnaby
The tale of Maurice Flitcroft, who masqueraded as a professional golfer to gatecrash qualifying for the 1976 Open, is wonderful
The Third Man by Peter Mandelson
Mandelson's memoirs reveal a Machiavelli who usually succeeded only in doing himself in, finds Andrew Rawnsley
Driving Home by Jonathan Raban
Jonathan Raban steers his way through 20 years in the USA in a fascinating colleciton of essays, writes Tim Adams
The Berlin-Baghdad Express: The Ottoman Empire and Germany’s Bid for World Power, 1898-1918 by Sean McMeekin
The roots of conflict in the Middle East go back to the 'half-mad imperial enterprise' of Germany's last Kaiser Wilhelm II, finds George Walden
Psychiatric Tales by Darryl Cunningham
Rachel Cooke finds this dark journey into the mind an unsettling but rewarding experience
Debut fiction: Mr Peanut by Adam Ross; Who Is Mr Satoshi? by Jonathan Lee; Tinkers by Paul Harding
Three meditations on secrets, lies and memory
The Idea of Justice by Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen's critique of global deprivation will inspire anyone following the struggle for human-centred politics, writes Alice O'Keeffe
The Passage by Justin Cronin
Justin Cronin’s postapocalyptic vampire fantasy raked in millions before publication. It lives up the hype, writes Alice Fisher
Confucius by Meher McArthur
A layman's guide to the great Chinese sage is workmanlike but timely, says Sun Shuyun
A Short History of Celebrity by Fred Inglis
Fred Inglis argues that even most nauseating manifestations of modern celebrities are shaped in the past, says Lara Feigel
The Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick
David Kirkpatrick has written the definitive account of the social networking giant, says James Harkin