The Floating World by Ben Eastham review – a compelling debut of art’s relation to money and power

Following the death of his wife, a critic-teacher takes a job with an art-washing multinational, in a cinematic novel that is full of ideas

The Book That Changed My Life review – these joyful tales of the power of reading are TV magic

Wonderful, exuberant stories spill out in these honest tales of lives genuinely transformed by literature – while Queen Camilla has an off-with-their-heads moment

Winter of the Crow review – Lesley Manville magnificently on edge in intriguing cold war thriller

Manville’s academic psychologist finds herself trapped in a tower block wasteland in 1980s Warsaw. Bizarre and surreal details add to the sinister vibe

Wuthering Heights: The House of the Damned review – Brontë horror do-over is part Dracula, part Jeeves and Wooster

Emily Brontë’s classic is reimagined with extra stranglings, slashings and pitchfork impalings but plays it straight

Ply by Hernan Diaz review – Pulitzer winner’s dry vision of far-future America

There are shades of JG Ballard in this tale of survival in a decaying metropolis, but big ideas and lengthy exposition crowd out the human drama

The Steps by Sylvester Stallone review – the inside story of Rocky

The star takes us back to 70s New York to recount his breakthrough, and it’s a great yarn – but it’s laced with anger

Generation Maybe by Camilla Cavendish review – what’s really behind the fertility gap?

An evidenced-based account of the difficult choices facing couples across the world – from America to Iran

Peck & Peck by Bonnie Garmus review – the zany follow-up to Lessons in Chemistry

This offbeat tale of machinations at an eccentric poetry magazine in 80s New York is laugh-out-loud funny – and a paean to the power of poetry

The Weight of Angels by John Boyne review – what if Oscar Wilde had lived?

The great Irish writer died, a broken man, at only 46. Imagining a second act for him is a great idea – but the results are sentimental and unconvincing

Peasants by Maryam Aslany review – why an ancient way of life may hold the key to our future

Modernity means cities – or so we’re told. This bold new study of those who make their living from the land argues otherwise

Wildwood review – Laika’s pleasingly old fashioned stop-motion magic-forest odyssey

The makers of Coraline return with their distinctive animation style in a magical tale of a secret world of strange beasts, talking animals and evil governesses

End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland review – Murakami’s marvel brilliantly brought to life

With a dual narrative set in Tokyo and a world of dreams, Philippe Decouflé’s epic production is as bewitching as its balletic unicorns

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle; As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers; The Eye of Goliath by Diego Muzzio; Our Cut of Salt by Deena Helm

The Queerest of Folk by Russell T Davies review – the groundbreaking screenwriter tells it like it is

From Coronation Street to It’s a Sin, Davies’ memoir of a career in TV is also a rallying cry for creativity

The Starving Bride by Catherine Chidgey review – a girl wastes away in a gothic near-future

The New Zealand author’s ninth novel is gorgeously written, but feels tame and almost quaint against the real world of GLP-1 drugs and looksmaxxing