My Good Bright Wolf: A Memoir by Sarah Moss review – an interrogation of an eating disorder
Two internal monologues vie for attention in The Fell author’s revelatory account of her struggles with anorexia and its roots in her childhood
Mother State by Helen Charman; What Are Children For? by Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman review – the body political
Two important new books find that the choices – and obstacles – facing mothers and would-be mothers have changed little in the past 50 years
The Golden Road by William Dalrymple review – the rational case for ancient India’s ingenuity
Putting the fantastical claims of Modi’s nationalists aside, the historian convincingly chronicles the many core ideas and innovations that originated in the Indian subcontinent
The Fertile Earth by Ruthvika Rao review – illuminating tale of love and morals
Longlisted for a fiction prize in the US, this superbly crafted debut novel explores family ties and forbidden friendships in post-independence India
Who Could Ever Love You by Mary Trump review – family burn book dishes on Donald
Ex-president’s niece’s latest memoir recounts her brutal home life yet she won’t abandon the Trump legacy
In brief: Small Bomb at Dimperley; The Revelation of Ireland 1995-2020; The Story of Art Without Men – review
A well-structured postwar romance; a fascinating Irish history; and saluting female artists painted into the margins
The Siege by Ben Macintyre review – enthralling account of the Iranian embassy hostage crisis
In the most gripping study to date of the real-life 1980 drama, the bestselling author of A Spy Among Friends unravels the complexity of an event that saw the SAS gatecrash live TV and made Mrs Thatcher a national heroine
The week in audio: Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club; The Coming Storm; Proms 2024
A winning double act provide revealing literary insights; Gabriel Gatehouse dives back into American conspiracy culture; and Florence + the Machine are top of the Proms
From a new Murakami to a memoir by Cher: the best books of the autumn
Cosy crime, eco-thrillers, political memoirs, YA fantasy: there’s something for everyone in our pick of the books to look out for in the months ahead
The Many Lives of James Lovelock by Jonathan Watts – man of many myths
A splendid, fearless biography of the ‘gullible genius’ who popularised Gaia theory
My Friends by Hisham Matar audiobook review – life in exile
Three Libyan friends navigate life in London, separated from their families, in a meditative book steeped in the author’s own experience
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera; Withered Hill by David Barnett; Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud; The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei; The Specimens by Hana Gammon
Annihilation by Michel Houellebecq review – the failure of politics
The chaos element of the populist right disrupts France’s weary liberal regime, in a novel of sadness and eerie serenity that marks a new direction
Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty review – interesting premise, disappointing result
The Big Little Lies author imagines what would happen if a mysterious woman on a flight began predicting the deaths of her fellow passengers
Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman – time to relax
A self-help sceptic offers tips for contentment that start with abandoning the quest for super-productivity