Time After Time by Chris Atkins review – a former inmate explores the reasons for reoffending

These stories of ex-offenders who returned to prison are varied and affecting, but the writer’s sometimes simple solutions to a complex issue can make him sound complacent

The Maniac by Benjamín Labatut review – genius and madness in the shadow of the atomic bomb

The Chilean author’s assured fictionalised portrait of the visionary Hungarian scientist who contributed to the Manhattan Project and laid the foundations of modern computing is darkly intelligent and feverishly propulsive

I’ve Been Thinking by Daniel C Dennett review – an engaging, vexing memoir with a humility bypass

The veteran US philosopher renowned for his theories of consciousness is an intriguing figure but too prone to ‘professorial preening’

The Fall review: Michael Wolff spills the goss on Murdoch, Trump and Fox

The Fire and Fury author returns with a typically readable account of the declining years of a rightwing media behemoth

Ian Fleming: The Complete Man by Nicholas Shakespeare review – the other international man of mystery

An elegant and painstakingly researched biography of the 007 author attempts to strip away the novels to reveal the intriguing figure beneath

Wednesday’s Child by Yiyun Li review – motherhood as loss

These bruising, beautiful short stories explore the pain of lost children, along with parenthood’s more usual sacrifices – youth, romantic love and a sense of self

Enough review: Cassidy Hutchinson on Trump and the damage done

White House aide who became the lead January 6 witness offers a persuasive, dispiriting tale of political degradation

The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man by Paul Newman audiobook review – unfiltered Hollywood

Jeff Daniels reads this memoir-cum-oral history of the late actor, painting a picture of a flawed, melancholic, chaotic and brilliant screen icon

Lauren Groff: ‘Virginia Woolf’s Flush is delightfully bananas’

The US author on the book she should never have read as a child; the thrill of Emily Dickinson, and falling in love with Vasily Grossman

Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang review – food, sex and morality in the end times

A private chef for the ultra-rich confronts the inequality of survival, in a sensual novel of ideas that asks difficult questions

The Abuse of Power by Theresa May review – rewriting history

The former prime minister’s serious study of burning injustices is marred by blindspots about her own conduct

Opinions by Roxane Gay review – the art of argument

A second collection from the author of Bad Feminist is, at its best, effortlessly convincing

The Exorcist review – Friedkin’s head-swivelling horror is still diabolically inspired

The 50th anniversary extended director’s cut of the 1973 tale of teenage possession still shocks

The Dictionary of Lost Words review – stage adaptation of bestseller finds power in the silences

Pip Williams’ 2020 novel was all about words – but on stage, it could do with a few less

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar review – Wes Anderson’s star-stuffed Roald Dahl yarn

At just 37 minutes, Ralph Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ben Kingsley, Dev Patel and Richard Ayoade never get beyond the two-dimensional