Mine-Haha, or On the Bodily Education of Young Girls by Frank Wedekind
Translated into English for the first time, Frank Wedekind's 1903 novella is perverse and disconcerting, says Sophia Martelli
Songs of Blood and Sword by Fatima Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari are blamed for the killing of Mir Murtaza in this explosive memoir, discovers Roderick Matthews
Young Romantics: The Shelleys, Byron and Other Tangled Lives by Daisy Hay
Shelley, Byron and their circle are brought to life anew in this rich biography, writes Rachel Cooke
The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
Czechoslovakia between the wars provides the starting point for Mawer's finest work so far, says James Purdon
Alex’s Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos
David Bodanis grapples with inventive new ways of making the world add up
Blood Harvest by SJ Bolton
This adept thriller writer's third novel, set in a remote corner of the Pennines, is her creepiest yet, says Alison Flood
Beneath the Lion’s Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
A fictional family acts as a microcosm of Ethiopia in its years of turmoil, says Aida Edemariam
Yemen: Dancing on the Heads of Snakes by Victoria Clark
Brian Whitaker on an authoritative survey of a troubled country
Bolt
Radio 7's serialisation of the Dick Francis thriller is an event to savour, says Camilla Redmond
Brontë
Watermill, BagnorIn Brontë, traditional bio-drama is eschewed in favour of something theatrically wilder: the sisters and characters from their novels share the stage in a seamless melding of inner lives and outer reality, writes Lyn Gardner
Madwomen in the Attic
What was really wrong with all those unstable women in classic novels, asks Camilla Redmond
Words of Wisden are now more relevant than ever
The attraction of cricket's annual is not just in the statistics
Final Demands by Frederic Raphael
Raphael's glittering prizewinner approaches a state of grace, says James Purdon
Grace Kelly: Style Icon
The V&A's exhibition pays homage to the style of the actress who swapped Hollywood movies for royal duties in Monaco, but fails to capture her sex appeal, writes Peter Conrad
Map of the Invisible World by Tash Aw
Tash Aw's novel, set in south-east Asia in the 1960s, is written with great pace and affection for his subjects, writes Sholto Byrnes