The Souvenir Museum by Elizabeth McCracken review – delightful domestic stories

The American author’s latest collection takes a brighter turn as it delves into families ‘of all flavours’

In brief: The Hummingbird; 34 Patients; Kant’s Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write

A deliciously playful Italian family saga; a doctor’s telling insights into his work; and Claire Messud’s masterly story of her life

The Promise by Damon Galgut review – a curse down the decades

This bravura novel about the undoing of a bigoted South African family during apartheid deserves awards

This month’s best paperbacks: Alan Davies, Monique Roffey and a ‘near-perfect’ ghost story

Here are some outstanding new paperbacks for June, including Costa-winner The Mermaid of Black Conch, the comedian’s shocking memoir and a Belgian post-apocalyptic classic

New Yorkers by Craig Taylor review – the Big Apple cut to the core

The oral historian takes the winning formula of 2011’s Londoners over the Atlantic to reveal a city more fearful, but still full of dreamers

How to Kidnap the Rich by Rahul Raina review – ripping satire of Indian elites

You can see why HBO is adapting this debut novel, whose blockbuster plot is laced with cynical sharpness

Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn review – battle for the female body

The shocking mistreatment of women by the medical establishment is laid bare in a compelling social history

The Broken House by Horst Krüger review – the book that broke the silence

The rediscovery of Krüger’s fearless memoir, first published in 1966, reveals painful truths about the Nazis’ rise to power

Variations by Juliet Jacques review – a stirring collection of trans tales

The film-maker and Guardian columnist reimagines the history of transgender Britain in 11 stiletto-sharp short stories

Andrew McMillan: pandemonium review – steeped in suffering

The poet reflects on death, depression and guilt with a clear eye in this troubling and fascinating collection

Rememberings by Sinéad O’Connor review – the sound and the fury

The singer’s jaw‑dropping account of her troubled childhood and rocky fame is patchy but no less truthful for it

Amazon Unbound review: how Jeff Bezos engulfed and devoured us all

Brad Stone’s second book on the world’s richest person is another portrait of great power – and the great damage it does

The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio review – hidden lives and human rights

An undocumented immigrant captures the pain of her fellow migrants in a vital, courageous book that blurs the divide between fact and fiction

Long Players edited by Tom Gatti review – a richly textured musical survey

A collection of writers on their most cherished albums reveals who rates David Bowie higher than Leo Tolstoy and who fell in love with Joni Mitchell on a golf course

Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason review – tender, huge-hearted comedy

This moving novel about mental illness and sisterly love finds hilarity and wisdom in anguish, without ever diminishing pain