Lassie: A New Adventure review – canine crusader is star of quaint family fun
Eponymous hero tackles a pooch-pinching operation by getting captured in this old-fashioned production
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new chapter books
Lauren Child brings a light touch to big issues, Elle McNicoll explores autism – and a secret society is at work in Paris’s sewers
Everything Must Go by Dorian Lynskey review – why is it always apocalypse now?
This entertaining study of our obsession with Armageddon and its energising impact on the arts shows that every generation believes it will witness the world’s end
Deep Water: The World in the Ocean by James Bradley review – a compelling sea view of civilisation
This provocative and engrossing history of marine life identifies its role in shaping us – and the future crisis we face
Enlightenment by Sarah Perry – a tale of cosmic beauty on the Essex marshes
The Essex Serpent author’s fourth novel, about a newspaper columnist who lives a double life, mixes themes of faith and physics to powerful effect
The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing review – an Eden project of her own
While a cast of literary heavyweights grace Laing’s account of her garden restoration, the real joys lie in her detailed description of the pruning and the planting and the soothing effect on her state of mind
England Is Mine by Nicolas Padamsee review – a searing indictment of factionalism
The lives of two east London teenagers become fatally entwined in an assured debut novel addressing themes of masculinity and marginalisation
My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes review – love and shenanigans in a new Walsh sister story
In the bestselling novelist’s latest, Anna Walsh moves back to Dublin and falls for an old flame in a comical tale of grit, growth and self-acceptance
Sister in Law review – how Harriet Wistrich fought the law and women won
The solicitor, campaigner and feminist reflects on her notable cases, from overturning Sally Challen’s murder conviction using the defence of coercive control, to the bid to stop the release of serial rapist John Worboys
In brief: Earth; Vassal State; The Penguin History of Modern Spain – review
John Boyne’s pacy novella about an Irish footballer caught up in a sex scandal; Angus Hanton’s exploration of our ‘special relationship’ with America; and a cliche-free portrait of Spain
Waiting for the Monsoon by Rod Nordland review – a war reporter finds a ‘second life’ in the shadow of death
The Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times foreign correspondent provides fascinating insights into surviving his job and his 2019 diagnosis with an aggressive form of brain cancer in this inspiring journal of self-discovery
England Is Mine by Nicolas Padamsee review – battle lines are drawn
Two teenage boys come of age in a divided and radicalised London in this politically charged debut
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
An ungrammatical egg; a demystifying approach to death; 10 new poets to read aloud; and a stunning gothic mystery
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy audiobook review – a thrillingly blunt take on new motherhood
Narrator Simone Collins leans into the dark humour of life at the domestic coalface, where moments of fierce love jostle with soul-sapping drudgery
Private Revolutions by Yuan Yang review – an intimate account of how China is changing
A social and economic revolution observed through the lives of four women in their 30s