The Great Gatsby review – a literary classic becomes a Broadway dud
F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel makes an underwhelming transfer to the stage in a bombastic yet misfiring new production
The Pyramid of Needs by Ernest Price review – a wickedly funny take on wellness
This excellent debut novel follows a weary son who clashes over his gender transition with his elderly mother, a supplement devotee hellbent on becoming an influencer
Real Americans by Rachel Khong – the lottery of life
This multigenerational tale travels from China to New York in search of the true meaning of good fortune
The Tale of a Wall by Nasser Abu Srour review – a Palestinian prisoner writes
Jailed since the first intifada, Abu Srour charts a deeply personal journey through the conflict that has defined his life
The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes review – follow your own path
A woman searching for solitude runs into her sisters in this brilliant, brainy tale
All That Glitters by Orlando Whitfield review – from Banksy to banged up
The exhilarating story of an art fraudster’s downfall, by his former friend and partner
You Are Here by David Nicholls review – a well-mapped romance
A midlife couple take a hike through the Lake District in this witty and likable crowd-pleaser
Diaries by Franz Kafka review – caught in the act
His uncensored journals disclose a messier, more sexual, complex figure – and reveal much about the process of writing
Against Landlords by Nick Bano review – valuable ideas for how to solve Britain’s housing crisis
In this flawed but powerful book, a housing lawyer argues that an abundance of private landlords, not a dearth of homes, is to blame for the miseries of ‘generation rent’
That They May Face the Rising Sun review – poignant rural meditation on life and friendship
In this adaptation of the John McGahern novel, about a middle-aged man who has returned, with his wife, to the countryside of his childhood, makeshift friendships are forged and life’s grand rhythms observed
Spy x Family Code: White review – ingenious espionage antics with special-power family
Popular manga characters receive their first film adaptation as they seek out a villainous colonel and an elusive dessert, brought off with great style by director Takashi Katagiri
Choice by Neel Mukherjee review – twisty tales of morals
A publisher and his authors debate the balance of power between reader and writer in a novel comprising three long, loosely linked tales
Moederland: Nine Daughters of South Africa review – my ancestors’ role in the horror of apartheid
Cato Pedder, great-granddaughter of South African PM and white supremacist Jan Smuts, uses her family’s legacy to unearth stories of women that shaped, and were shaped by, a troubled nation
Ten Years to Save the West by Liz Truss review – economical with the truth about her own downfall
The former PM’s whingeing, unintentionally hilarious and scapegoating rant about the economy-crashing disaster of her time in No 10 is best read as a cautionary tale of hubristic zeal
Self-Esteem and the End of the World by Luke Healy review – male anxiety hilariously meets global crisis
A painfully funny cartoon about a neurotic graphic artist deftly explores the themes of self-obsession and ecological disaster