You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here by Benji Waterhouse review – the doctor won’t see you now
A brilliantly funny but deadly serious account of NHS psychiatry in crisis
My First Book by Honor Levy review – extremely online
Frustration drives in an anxious Zoomer’s tour of the web
Amphibious Soul by Craig Foster – natural narcissist
A memoir from the human star of My Octopus Teacher shows unjustified confidence in interpreting nature’s messages
Long Island by Colm Tóibín review – happy ever after?
The Irish novelist is at the height of his powers with a sequel to Brooklyn, set twenty years later
Crime and thrillers of the month – review
A surprise final novel from the amazing mind of the late Mo Hayder; a race against time between a father and the FBI; and a knowing riff on the premise of Jurassic Park
All Fours by Miranda July review – a miraculous midlife road trip
The US film-maker and artist’s wide-ranging second novel is a funny, sad and revealing journey of maternal self-discovery
Human Rights: The Case for the Defence by Shami Chakrabarti review – freedoms fighter treads a fine line
The Labour peer and former Liberty director makes a clear, impassioned case for human rights law, but steers surprisingly clear of thorny political arguments
My Family and Other Rock Stars by Tiffany Murray review – Freddie Mercury, David Bowie and my mum
The British novelist’s first memoir is a sublime account of famed Welsh music studio Rockfield, where her indomitable mother ruled the kitchen in the 70s and rock’n’rollers were great fun – and infuriating
The Road to Freedom by Joseph E Stiglitz review – a vision of progressive capitalism seems too little, too late
The Nobel-winning US economist’s championing of government intervention to nullify neoliberal excesses is ardently expressed but unconvincing
The Hypocrite by Jo Hamya review – sharp generational shame game
A young female playwright publicly lampoons her novelist father in this astute tale of family differences
The Coast Road by Alan Murrin review – love and the limitations placed on women
The author’s accomplished debut boasts beautifully nuanced characterisation in its compassionate study of small-town life
No Going Back: Kristi Noem and other Trump veepstakes also-rans
The South Dakota governor’s book will be remembered as an utter disaster. Other VP hopefuls’ tomes are merely dispiriting
The Missing Thread; Table for Two; Cinema Speculation – reviews
A female-focused history of the classical world by ‘the next Mary Beard’; Amor Towles’s elegant collection of short stories; and Quentin Tarantino’s provocative film criticism
Metamorphoses by Karolina Watroba; A Cage Went in Search of a Bird; Diaries review – Franz Kafka as more than just a prophet of malaise
To mark the centenary of Franz Kafka’s death, three compelling books – including his unedited diaries – reveal the complexity of the author’s works and why ‘Kafkaesque’ is so reductive
Morning After the Revolution review: a bad faith attack on ‘woke’
Nellie Bowles seeks simply to stoke ‘communal outrage’, whether over protesters, the unhoused or trans people