Alice in Wonderland review – dive down a sublime theatrical rabbit hole

Lewis Carroll’s fantastical classic is transposed into the world of stage magic in this gloriously hallucinatory show

The Wind in the Wilton’s review – Mr Toad and pals take on weaselly property developers

Piers Torday’s update of the children’s classic brings Kenneth Grahame’s animals to modern-day London

White Noise review – Don DeLillo adaptation is a blackly comic blast

DeLillo’s novel of campus larks and eco dread has long been ogled by Hollywood. Now it gets an elegant, droll treatment from Noah Baumbach, starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig

The Borrowers review – less a wild adventure more an escape from trauma

Mary Norton’s 1952 novel about tiny pillagers gets a sober stage remake that blends minor-key music with contemporary fears

The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup

An orphan held hostage in the forest and a woman waking up confused in a luxury Mexican retreat are among this month’s highlights

A Guest at the Feast by Colm Tóibín review – words never fail him

The clarity of the novelist’s descriptive ability shines through essays on topics ranging from his treatment for cancer to the joys of an empty Venice

Cop15 essential reading: seven books that explain the biodiversity crisis

Ahead of December’s conference our writers select titles that explain the issues at stake, from animal extinction to marine degradation and loss of habitat

Dickens & Prince by Nick Hornby review – a tale of two greats

Hornby draws parallels between the Victorian novelist and the musician in this heartfelt homage to these brilliant, driven individuals

All In by Lisa Nandy review – why Labour must give power to the people

The shadow levelling up secretary argues that communities should have more control in her persuasive manifesto for a better Britain

In brief: Courtiers; Anglo-Saxon Myths; Unmasking Our Leaders – review

Valentine Low on the power behind the throne, Brice Stratford tells stories of gods and monsters, and Michael Cockerell’s anecdote-filled memoir about his political reporting career

Flight by Lynn Steger Strong review – tensions at the Christmas table

A missing child brings an affluent New York family face-to-face with harsher realities at Yuletide

My Soul Twin by Nino Haratischvili review – a listless hack’s forbidden love

The Georgian-German author’s account of the relationship between siblings who share a father swerves into geopolitical drama to jolting effect

The Song of the Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee review – mysteries of the building blocks of life

The prizewinning author’s timely, precise study traces our attempts to understand the units that have such an impact on our health

Invasion by Luke Harding review – raw history from the Ukrainian frontline

The Guardian foreign correspondent’s account of the Ukraine war is elegantly written, deeply researched and essential reading

Gloves Off by Tyson Fury review – still boxing clever

The heavyweight champion’s follow-up to his 2019 autobiography telegraphs its punches but is affecting on his mental health troubles