January 6 report review: 845 pages, countless crimes, one simple truth – Trump did it
The House committee has done its work. The result is a riveting read, utterly damning of the former president and his followers
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens audiobook review – a mouthwatering adaptation
Brian Cox, Nicola Coughlan and Daniel Kaluuya are among the all-star cast of this slick and sumptuous take on a classic
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
The story of the Earth; an A-Z for language lovers; pop-up Egyptian mummies; an enslaved man’s journey to freedom; and the best YA
Cloven Country by Jeremy Harte review – in search of England’s devil
Folklore and tall tales drive this demonic tour of England
My Life in Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler review – an exquisite science-memoir hybrid
Marine curiosities and the author’s own queer coming-of-age tale are intertwined in these evocative essays
The Pale Blue Eye review – baffled, beardy Christian Bale in gruesome murder yarn
Set in 1830, a mildly ridiculous plot sends a haunted Bale to investigate the gothic killing of a military cadet
The Things That We Lost by Jyoti Patel review – a family history unlocked
A British Asian teenager uncovers the secrets of his parents’ past in an assured, affecting debut with a dual narrative
Cells: Memories for My Mother by Gavin McCrea – confronting the past
Returning to Dublin after his mother is diagnosed with dementia, the Irish novelist faces the family he’d left behind
Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor review – India’s answer to The Godfather
This ambitious crime thriller is an epic story of political and moral corruption
James Gillray by Tim Clayton review – a nuanced portrait of a master of mischief
A tribute to a trailblazing 18th-century satirist meticulously recreates the world that shaped him
Sugar Street by Jonathan Dee review – how to disappear
Liberal guilt makes a man run for the hills in a short sharp novel from a Pulitzer finalist
Botticelli’s Secret by Joseph Luzzi review – a great mystery in the picture
Why did Botticelli endure centuries of obscurity? And what happened to those Dante illustrations? A fresh account of the Renaissance explores the answer
The Queen of Spades review – thrillingly addictive tale of gambling and sin
Thorold Dickinson’s 1949 Pushkin adaptation is a glorious melodrama about an ambitious Russian military officer and a countess who sold her soul to the devil in exchange for the secrets of a card game
Is Mother Dead by Vigdis Hjorth – a daughter’s lament
The author of the controversial Will and Testament reopens old wounds in this gripping account of family trauma
The best recent science fiction and fantasy – reviews roundup
Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky; The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard; Celestial by MD Lachlan; The Dark Between the Trees by Fiona Barnett; Dark Arts by Eric Stener Carlson