Colored Television by Danzy Senna review – race as performance

A novelist from Brooklyn tries to make it in LA in this artful tale of ambition and identity

The Elements of Marie Curie by Dava Sobel review – lessons in chemistry

An artful account of a scientific genius and her female disciples leaves Marie Curie’s inner life an enigma

Juice by Tim Winton review – life after the apocalypse

Set centuries from now, this gripping tale of retribution against the corporations who fuelled climate breakdown has echoes of Cormac McCarthy

The Crime Is Mine review – François Ozon’s 1930s crime comedy is a moreish crowdpleaser

Ozon and a stellar cast serve up an entertaining, if shallow caper that shades a little too close to #MeToo

The Scapegoat by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review – James I’s beloved bedfellow

A biography of the Duke of Buckingham brings the royal favourite, and his ‘entrancingly strange’ world, to life

Edith Holler by Edward Carey review – an unsettling fairytale

This story of a girl who has never left the theatre where she lives is an enjoyably atmospheric curiosity

Sonny Boy: A Memoir by Al Pacino review – from fish out of water to Hollywood star

The method actor traces his path to success, spending as much time on the films that flopped as the greatest hits

My Hero Academia: You’re Next review – old-style superhero battle anime with hint of the surreal

The fourth film spin-off from the daffy Japanese X-Men knock-off beams its dream-like action into a flying fortress where victims are turned into superfolk

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new chapter books

From young werewolves’ adventures with vampires to hard-up funeral crashers and the late Jeremy Strong’s wonderful final tale

What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci review – one bite too many?

The Hollywood star’s fourth food book starts well enough but quickly descends into bland anecdote, leaving his endearing charm and wit to season an empty plate

Dusk by Robbie Arnott review – big cat hunters become the hunted in beautiful Tasmanian western

Deeply felt book reimagines myths with fascinating results in story of twins Iris and Floyd

A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez review – domestic goddess of grotesque tales

The Argentinian author confirms her gift for making addictive stories full of life from ugly subject matter in this distinctive collection

The Use of Photography by Annie Ernaux and Marc Marie review – snapshots of intimacy

A joint memoir by the Nobel winner and her former lover uses pictures taken during their time together to reflect on the transient nature of passion – and of life

From Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough review – a book built on grief

Tragedy and addiction vie for your attention in this jaw-dropping memoir by the late Lisa Marie Presley, completed by her daughter from taped interviews

The Drowned by John Banville review – death and drizzle in 50s Ireland

Tight-lipped humour thrums through the latest in the Booker winner’s Strafford and Quirke crime series, which centres on a university professor and his missing wife