Mister, Mister by Guy Gunaratne review – a terror suspect’s story
From childhood in London to radicalist notoriety to global wanderings, this fragmentary memoir of a ‘Pound Shop prophet’ is thrillingly ambitious
Blood of the Virgin by Sammy Harkham review – to live and cry in LA
The cartoonist’s singular book, 14 years in the making, imbues the tale of a harried 1970s B-movie editor with panoramic scope
Ways of Life: Jim Ede and the Kettle’s Yard Artists by Laura Freeman review – an intimate biography of a life in art
This fabulously detailed biography is a fitting testament to the great collector’s cunning, determination and impeccable taste
Fancy Bear Goes Phishing by Scott Shapiro review – a gripping study of five extraordinary hacks
A professor of law who’s a computer geek carves an undaunted path through the conceptual and technical undergrowth in this illuminating tour of cyberspace’s dark side
In brief: The Fire; Taking Flight; All the Lovers in the Night – review
Two novels in translation: a powerful portrayal of a failing marriage and a sensitive study of loneliness – plus a fact-packed natural history of flight
The Ghost Theatre by Mat Osman review – teenage wastrels with ambition to burn
The Suede bassist’s second novel, a grimy tale of two young urchins in 17th-century London, is a florid but riveting read
All the Houses I’ve Ever Lived In by Kieran Yates review – a house is not a home
The journalist uses her own history of accommodation to illuminate the trials of social housing, renting and buying in this thoughtful, timely study of the current crisis
Breathe review – Sadiq Khan’s climate emergency manifesto is a breath of fresh air
Sparked by his own struggle with asthma, the London mayor’s memoir-cum-climate action guide is a refreshing antidote to the politics of cynicism and division
Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang – a wickedly funny publishing thriller
In the follow-up to her bestseller, Babel, Kuang delivers a hugely entertaining account of a brazen literary heist
Foreign Bodies by Simon Schama review – pandemics and prejudice
The historian brings his considerable literary talents to this study of how blame, often mixed with antisemitism, has attended disease and vaccination through the ages
Killers of the Flower Moon review – Scorsese’s remarkable epic about the bloody birth of modern America
Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone star in this macabre western about serial murders among the Osage tribe in 1920s Oklahoma, which reflects the erasure of Native Americans from the US
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin review – fluffy sex comedy with a dark underbelly
The wit sparkles in this quirky tale of sex, dogs and eccentricity, set in small-town New York
The Zone of Interest review – Jonathan Glazer adapts Martin Amis’s chilling Holocaust drama
Focusing on the everyday domesticity of the Auschwitz commandant’s family might only reflect the horror indirectly, but the film pulls the banality of evil into pin-sharp focus
Brokeback Mountain review – perfectly pitched staging of the heartbreaking love story
The desolately poignant tale is brought into stark relief in Jonathan Butterell’s production through Eddi Reader’s beautiful vocals and a compelling cast
Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris review – a natural-born storyteller
The author’s family provides the focus for this funny essay collection told with impeccable comic timing