Bewilderment by Richard Powers review – environmental polemic
In this Booker-shortlisted story of a father and his neurodivergent son battling the harm we are doing our planet, fiction is swamped by didacticism
This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes review – a wickedly honest memoir
With her naughty stories and cutting remarks, the comic actor spares no blushes – but her account is poignant too
Young adult books round-up – review
The heart-rending final act of Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses saga, green-fingered teenagers and the spark for a new Netflix film work their magic
Miss Dior by Justine Picardie review – fashion meets the French Resistance
Christian Dior’s younger sister is a largely ghostly presence in this nonetheless enjoyable book about the courageous Nazi-fighting florist
Believe In Me by Lucy Neave review – an intimate, absorbing and vibrant generational saga
A mother and daughter attempt to shed their skins in Neave’s second novel, which is rich with imagery, metaphor and ephemeral beauty
Snow Country by Sebastian Faulks review – the collective trauma of a continent
The second novel in the author’s Austrian trilogy is a melancholic tale of lost love and reflection set between the wars
We Don’t Know Ourselves by Fintan O’Toole review – sweeping account of Ireland’s evolutions
The veteran journalist and author delves behind the myths of change and boom to give a rich, nuanced picture of Irish life as he and others lived it
In brief: Hot Stew; Hope Not Fear; The Earthspinner – review
Fiona Mozley’s bawdy Soho follow-up to Elmet, a Syrian refugee’s extraordinary memoir, and east meets west in Anuradha Roy’s latest
Magpie by Elizabeth Day review – domestic noir with a twist
A tense, stylish drama dives deep into the longing and sadness of infertility
Always Red by Len McCluskey review – bluster of a righteous brother
Candour and insight play second fiddle to a romanticised history of the left in the former Unite leader’s memoir
A Calling for Charlie Barnes by Joshua Ferris review – the man and the myth
A dreamer’s storytelling son reworks his father’s life in Ferris’s daring and very funny latest
The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye review – a cry for compassion
The author gives a stark, unapologetic account of how the difficulties faced by trans people are made worse by moral panic
Chief of Staff by Gavin Barwell review – Theresa May’s one true blue
The former prime minister’s right-hand man recalls her torrid time in Number 10 in a candid and insightful memoir steeped in Brexit, backstops and backstabbing
Wildland review: Evan Osnos on the America Trump exploited
The New Yorker writer delivers a sweeping and brilliant portrait of a people subjected to 50 years of rightwing aggression
Tenderness by Alison MacLeod review – the triumph of Lady Chatterley
The story of DH Lawrence’s novel, from its inspirations to the landmark obscenity trial, is traced with love and skill