Say More review: Jen Psaki on Biden, Trump and how to make your point
White House press secretary turned MSNBC host offers advice, a little dish and barbed critiques of Republican predecessors
Three Burials by Anders Lustgarten review – a madcap satire on the refugee crisis
A nurse battles to give a dead Somali refugee a dignified burial as the English police set out to retrieve his body and cover up their crime
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup
The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard; A View from the Stars by Cixin Liu; Flowers from the Void by Gianni Washington; The Dark Side of the Sky by Francesco Dimitri; The Hungry Dark by Jen Williams; To the Stars and Back by various writers
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin audiobook review – from the civil rights frontline
Law & Order’s Jesse L Martin narrates two powerful essays examining the Black experience in the US, the first in a series marking the author’s centenary year
Cypria by Alex Christofi review – island records
From ancient myth to modern militarism, a brilliant exploration of Cyprus’s long history of cultural resilience
Safe Haven by Shankari Chandran review – a damning indictment of Australia’s refugee policy
The Miles Franklin winner has somehow created a novel that feels warm and generous even when provoking feelings of discomfort and shame
The Struggle for Taiwan by Sulmaan Wasif Khan review – dire straits
How superpower rivalry and diplomatic failures have turned the island into the world’s riskiest flashpoint
Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru review – art monsters
From the galleries and squats of 90s London to Covid-era New York, a tale of fame and fallout
The Image of You review – schlocky erotic thriller is ripe with naffness
Identical twins mistaken for each other, a desperately obvious crime, the production values of a 70s TV mystery … this is cheap and tedious but not without a certain knowing charm
The Road to Freedom by Joseph Stiglitz review – against Hayek
The former world bank economist argues that neoliberalism paves the way for populism
The Searchers by Andy Beckett review – the legacy of the radical left
What do the careers of Diane Abbott, Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn, Ken Livingstone and John McDonnell tell us about political success?
Evenings and Weekends by Oisín McKenna review – a love letter to London under pressure
The precarity and dreams of thirtysomething Londoners are adroitly explored in this tender portrait of contemporary queer life
Like Love by Maggie Nelson review – music, passion and friendship
Vibrant essays from the author of The Argonauts touch on art, inspiration, and many of the central dilemmas of our times
Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly review – a harrowing first-person account of a knife attack
The British-Indian writer relives his horrific 2022 stabbing in shocking detail – and opens up about how heading back to the scene of the crime helped him
Near-Life Experience by Rowland Bagnall review – the time traveller’s life
The British poet’s second collection is an exacting examination of the past, the present and an uncertain future