Diary of an MP’s Wife by Sasha Swire review – candid account of a Tory clique
These acerbic political diaries illuminate the snobbery at the heart of the incestuous Cameron government
Disloyal: A Memoir by Michael Cohen review – disgraced Trump lawyer’s kiss and tell
An account of a decade at the president’s side
Where Law Ends review: why Mueller failed to hold Trump to account
Andrew Weissmann, a senior member of the special counsel’s team, has written an alarming and necessary book
Children’s books roundup – the best new picture books and novels
Consumerist cavemen, sibling rivalry, a dragon obsessed with buttons and the best new YA novels
Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi review – electrifyingly truthful
When does self-determination become selfishness? This intelligent Booker-shortlisted debut examines the legacy of a toxic mother
The Light Ages by Seb Falk review – banishing the idea of the ‘Dark Ages’
The strange and complex world of the 14th century, as seen through the eyes of a pioneering astronomer
Jack by Marilynne Robinson review – a Calvinist romance
Radiant and visionary, the fourth Gilead novel explores whether a minister’s prodigal son can be redeemed by love
Honeybee by Craig Silvey review – a tender but uncomfortable coming-of-age story
Silvey’s first novel since Jasper Jones is a compassionate tale about overcoming trauma to find family and self-acceptance, narrated by a trans child
The Bay of Silence review – dull and clunky man’s-eye-view thriller
Even the cast appear to be nodding off from boredom in this dated drama about postnatal psychosis and dark secrets
House of Music by Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason review – memoir of an extraordinary family
What’s the secret behind raising seven classical music prodigies? A mother’s account
Beyond the Red Wall by Deborah Mattinson and The Northern Question by Tom Hazeldine – review
Why did the Red Wall collapse? Voices from the heartlands on Labour and the north-south divide
Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh review – a dark fable about free will
Female privacy, emotion and choice are the ultimate rebellion in the follow-up to the Booker-longlisted The Water Cure
Sweet Dreams by Dylan Jones review – the story of the New Romantics
From Elizabethans to Hollywood vamps, Duran Duran to Spandau Ballet … how a teenage style cult became a 1980s pop phenomenon that speaks to today
Blood splatters, soul soda and a giant George Michael: inside Brent’s biennial
From a pandemic memorial to stackable cubes and an epic mural of the Wham! star, small and inviting exhibitions keep the focus local in this inaugural festival
Young adult books round-up – review
Ancient legends, fairytales and real-life injustice inform the latest crop of fiction for teenagers