Hopes and Prospects by Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky's longstanding criticism of US policy would be more persuasive if he dared to acknowledge America's achievements, writes Rafael Behr
After You: Letters of Love, and Loss, to a Husband and Father by Natascha McElhone
Two years ago, actress Natascha McElhone's husband died of a heart attack. Her honest, intelligent account of bereavement is a moving testament, says Elizabeth Day
Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link
Acute observation and gothic sensibilities fight it out in Kelly Link's coming-of-age stories, writes Tom Lee
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
Take Dad's caustic wit out of the picture, and Halpern's material is lazy and second-hand, says Luke Jennings
Edward Heath: The Authorised Biography by Philip Ziegler
The biggest puzzle about Ted Heath is how such an unattractive man ever became prime minister, says Geoffrey Wheatcroft
In the Flesh by Adam O’Riordan
In Adam O'Riordan's assured debut, a host of subjects – from private moments to everyday objects – are invested with sensuous beauty, writes Kate Kellaway
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Andrew Pulver: Rampaging hormones and overwrought teen yearning … but the third Twilight movie is a well-constructed revenge plot thriller
Imagine and Disappearing Dad
Writer Diana Athill isn't raging against death. She's inviting it in for tea and biscuits, writes Sarah Dempster
Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane
Andrew Graham-Dixon's biography of Caravaggio seems determined to gloss over the artist's reputation for whoring and brawling, writes Peter Conrad
Forgetting Zoe by Ray Robinson
An unsettling story about a child kidnapping leaves just enough to the imagination, says Alison Flood
Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco
Adam Mars-Jones enjoys a portrait of a culture that's been through history's mincer but is left cold by the conventional mystery tale at its heart
The Flavour Thesaurus by Niki Segnit
An exquisite guide to combining flavours proves that food science needn't be a dry subject, says William Skidelsky
A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov
Lermontov's 19th-century adventures of a melancholic army officer resonate still in contemporary Russian concerns, writes Anna Winter
Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis
Bret Easton Ellis has returned to the LA jungle of Less Than Zero for his new novel, writes Alison Kelly, but have the leopards changed their spots?
Ship of Fools by Fintan O’Toole
A masterly unpicking of the deceit, stupidity and greed that has brought Ireland down, says Kathy Foley