The Invisible Man review – Elisabeth Moss brings murky thriller to life
A reliably committed lead performance ignites a mostly enjoyable, often timely, take on the HG Wells story that falls apart in the final act
The best recent thrillers – review roundup
Boy meets girl in the woods, a wedding turns bloody, and two cold cases come dramatically back to life
The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts review – original and compelling
This fascinating account of Siberia’s horrific legacy is told with great verve
Untold Night and Day by Bae Suah review – a dreamlike quest
The South Korean writer weaves a metaphysical detective story with immense skill
Apeirogon by Colum McCann review – a beautifully observed masterpiece
Based on the true-life friendship of two men whose daughters were killed in the Middle East, this novel buoys the heart
The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel review – Cromwell’s end
The long-awaited final part of the Booker-winning trilogy is a masterpiece that will keep yielding its riches
Pinocchio review – wooden-puppet fairytale goes back to the sweet-sour original
Director and co-writer Matteo Garrone embraces the grotesqueness and sentimentality of Collodi’s 1883 story
In brief: As If By Chance; Swimming in the Dark; Plume – reviews
A memoir by the Young Vic’s artistic director, a love affair in 1980s Poland, and the trials of a hard-drinking London hack
Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok review – accusations, twists and revelations
Jean Kwok draws on her family history in a pacy novel about a woman’s hunt for her missing sister
A Bite of the Apple by Lennie Goodings – essential literary memoir
The Virago publisher is eloquent and inspiring on writing – but her memoir lacks grit and gossip
Vexed by James Mumford review – provocative plea for political nuance
An academic’s argument for policy that bridges the left-right divide
First Cow review – Kelly Reichardt’s superbly chewy tale of milk cakes in the old west
The Meek’s Cutoff director returns with a distinctive story about a pair of drifters trying to make money by stealing milk from a newly-arrived cow
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Novelist Sadie Jones recommends the best books to elicit empathy by stealth
Nightingale by Marina Kemp review – a deft debut
Marguerite Duras is a nurse running from her past in this moving tale of village secrets and romance in the south of France
Glass Town by Isabel Greenberg review – inside the Brontës’ dreamworld
The imaginary realms of the Brontë sisters offer an escape from Victorian constraints in a graphic novel that blurs fiction and memoir