Everything Must Go by Dorian Lynskey review – apocalypse now
A history of our obsession with the end of days – and the culture it has inspired
The Hypocrite by Jo Hamya review – sun, sex, scenery and family guilt
A playwright brings unresolved memories to the stage in this clever study of art, dysfunction and generational difference
Reading Lessons by Carol Atherton review – breathing new life into old texts
How one teacher wrestles meaning and relevance from classics of English literature
Crime and thrillers of the month – review
An unreliable narrator keeps her husband and readers guessing; the welcome return of burned-out cop Jake Jackson; a multilayered family thriller; and a disturbing boarding school secret
You Are Here by David Nicholls review – love is in the fresh air
The One Day author’s new will-they-won’t-they tale, about two divorcees who find themselves walking the Lakes and Pennines, is a great comic novel – and superb on the landscape
Knife by Salman Rushdie review – a story of hatred defeated by love
A book its author ‘would much rather not have needed to write’ ranges far beyond his attempted murder and recovery
Mania by Lionel Shriver review – we need to talk about stupidity
The US author’s novel about a cancelled lecturer in a parallel dystopia that prizes ignorance is missing her usual verve
Travels Over Feeling: Arthur Russell, a Life review – down the rabbit hole with a musical maverick
He played cello for Allen Ginsberg, nearly joined Talking Heads and was sampled by Kanye West. Now the singular, genre-spanning Russell has the exhaustive study he deserves
Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story by Caroline Lucas review – the Green MP’s alternative vision
The Green party politician offers ways in which we might express an English identity that would lead to a more inclusive and progressive land
There’s Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib review – hoop dreams and home truths
In this powerful, digressive book, the award-winning writer and poet considers basketball’s greats, the struggles of Black men and the ‘emotional politics of place’
The Amendments by Niamh Mulvey review – a deft saga of Ireland’s evolution
A pregnancy leads to the unearthing of a mother and daughter’s secrets and struggles in this skilful debut novel
I’m F*cking Amazing by Anoushka Warden review – a filthily frank, funny and moving debut
The British playwright’s first novel is sweary and saucy but also tender and soulful once it reveals its true heart
In brief: The Illusionist; The Borrowed Hills; Second Self – review
A fascinating biography of a true British army maverick, an ambitious Cumbrian western and a nuanced novel about a classic modern dilemma
All You Need Is Love: The End of the Beatles by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines review – from best man to muckraker
In this ‘director’s cut’ of their 1983 book, which Paul McCartney burned, a former Beatles employee and a music writer appear preoccupied with stirring up scandal around the band’s split
How to Make a Bomb by Rupert Thomson review – a stark study of male rage
The destructive desires of an inoffensive family man drive this subversive satire of existentialism