Militant Modernism

Review: Militant Modernism by Owen HatherleyThis may be the only book you'll read dedicated to the Southampton city council architects department, says PD Smith

Movement of the people

Review: The Winter Vault by Anne Michaels Sylvia Brownrigg assesses the long-awaited followup to Fugitive Pieces

Chéri

A desperately creaky and stately adaptation of the Colette novels, says Peter Bradshaw

The daily grind

Review: 365 Nights by Charla MullerKathy Lette finds that sex every day of the year can become a little tiring

Bonding with the eyebrow

Review: My Word is My Bond by Roger MooreThis endearing memoir shows why he remains many people's favourite James Bond, writes Alex Larman

An open book

Review: Forever in My Heart by Jade GoodyOliver Marre is taken a back by a glimpse at the simple heart behind the media storm

Classics corner: Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

Classics corner: Pinocchio by Carlo CollodiGeoffrey Brocks's new translation of Pinocchio is a delight and should rescue the puppet from its saccharine Disney rendition, writes Joy Lo Dico

Bloomsbury Ballerina

Review: Bloomsbury Ballerina: Lydia Lopokova, Imperial Dancer and Mrs John Maynard Keynes by Judith MackrellYet Lopokova imparted warmth, discipline and vigour to the cerebral Keynes, says Vera Rule

Islands of the mind

Review: Map of the Invisible World by Tash AwIndonesia in the 1960s provides a haunting backdrop for separated siblings. By Maya Jaggi

Swimming in a Sea of Death

Review: Swimming in a Sea of Death: A Son's Memoir by David RieffWhen a parent dies there is always something left unsaid or undone, says Ian Pindar

Lust, lies and leisure

Review: The Reserve by Russell BanksAn enjoyably practical take on bourgeois relationships in the style of Updike or Yates, writes Martin Hemming