The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan review – less love triangle, more sex pentangle
The Irish writer’s follow up to Exciting Times is amusing and sympathetic about romantic fickleness – if not as spiky as her hit debut
Depp v Heard: The Unreal Story by Nick Wallis review – fear and loathing in Hollywood
The journalist who exposed the Post Office scandal depicts the actors’ filthy fallout as a showreel for our narcissistic age
In brief: Dam Buster, The Cameraman, The Perfect Golden Circle – reviews
A portrait of Barnes Wallis, inventor of the bouncing bomb, a fascist family take a trip through 1930s Europe, and crop circle enthusiasts seek catharsis in the summer of 1989
Chrysalis by Anna Metcalfe review – the desire to inspire
A damaged woman turns herself into a wellness influencer in a savvy debut novel relayed from three perspectives
The Wager by David Grann review – a rollicking and nuanced history of the high seas
The American journalist takes to the seas of the 18th century with a story of mutiny, murder and empire
Bruno Schulz: An Artist, A Murder, and the Hijacking of History review – an extraordinary mind and a cruel death
Benjamin Balint’s biography of ‘writer’s writer’ Bruno Schulz conjures the fascinating life and afterlife of a genre-defying author and artist
Homegrown review: Timothy McVeigh and the rise of the Trumpist threat
Jeffrey Toobin has written a brilliant, chilling book on the Oklahoma City bombing and the rise of Republican extremism
Winnie & Nelson by Jonny Steinberg; The Plot to Save South Africa by Justice Malala – review
A beautiful and sad portrait of the Mandelas’ marriage of opposites is an insightful study of two huge characters, while a gripping and important book reveals how the ANC leader rescued his riven country from civil war
Chrysalis by Anna Metcalfe review – the influencer’s tale
In this ambitious debut about loneliness and online selfhood, a woman transforms herself as she builds up her strength
Manhood review: Josh Hawley, moraliser, neo-Confederate and Tucker Carlson of the US Senate
The Missouri Republican senator thinks something is amiss with American men. Something is definitely up with him
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin; More Perfect by Temi Oh; Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway; Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward; Our Hideous Progeny by CE McGill
Wish I Was Here by M John Harrison review – a masterly ‘anti-memoir’
The author and critic reflects on a life in writing in this highly original work of autobiography
Search History by Amy Taylor review – sharp and pacy cautionary tale for the extremely online
We’ve all wanted to know a little more about a partner’s ex. But as the protagonist of this compulsive debut discovers, you click at your own risk
A Life of One’s Own by Joanna Biggs review – on the shoulders of giants
The lives of female authors provide inspiration for a woman who finds herself starting over after divorce
Windmill Hill by Lucy Atkins review – haunted by the past
A tale of scandal in the English countryside from the author of Magpie Lane is rich in charm and surprises