Tenement Kid by Bobby Gillespie – piquantly preposterous
Primal Scream’s frontman indulges himself wildly in this overblown memoir. But underneath all the cobblers lurks a fascinating story
Oldladyvoice by Elisa Victoria review – a wise, warped jewel of a novel
This effervescent story about a strange little girl in 1990s Spain paints a vivid, unsettling picture of the millennium’s end
Silverview by John le Carré review – one last time among the spies
Published posthumously, this novel of secret service loyalty and treachery is a fine addition to the le Carré canon
The Outsiders review – Coppola’s Brat Pack melodrama carries you away
Patrick Swayze and Rob Lowe star in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 movie that comes crashing back on screen
The Last Duel review – storytelling with gusto in Ridley Scott’s medieval epic
Jodie Comer comes up against odious men played by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Adam Driver in a reverse rape-revenge parable set in 14th-century France
Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth review – Nigeria unmasked
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka’s first novel in 50 years is a fearless satire about idealism running up against corruption and greed
Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet review – unstable identities
This wry look at 1960s counterculture focuses on an enfant terrible of the anti-psychiatry movement to explore the gaps between appearance and reality
The Show review – Alan Moore brings vaudevillian dazzle to Northampton noir
Moore has created a Chandlerian shoal of red herrings, drawing viewers into a dark and dense mystery set in the very centre of England
The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye review – a call for compassion
A former lawyer details the ways in which society is failing trans people, and makes a plea for empathy
The Man from the Future by Ananyo Bhattacharya review – the life of John von Neumann
An expert on everything from game theory to Byzantine history, the inspiration for Dr Strangelove was as brilliant as he was dangerous
Manifesto by Bernardine Evaristo review – a rallying cry
A memoir and manual of careers advice for creatives
Tunnels by Rutu Modan review – Raiders of the Lost Ark meets Hergé
This thrilling graphic novel about the hunt for a sacred relic in the divided lands of Israel and Palestine will be read for decades to come
Silverview by John le Carré review – the last complete masterwork?
The great spy novelist’s final full-length book is a precision-tooled cat and mouse chase from a bookshop in East Anglia to the old eastern bloc
State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny review – politics and patriotism
The former US secretary of state’s first novel settles a few scores in an efficiently suspenseful, thoughtful thriller
Mid-Century Britain by Elain Harwood; Sandfuture by Justin Beal review – re-evaluating postwar architecture
Two insightful books defend the architecture of the mid-20th century and the reputation of the man whose two most famous buildings were destroyed on TV