In brief: Magpie Lane; I Want You to Know We’re Still Here; The Language of Birds – reviews

A child goes missing from an Oxford college, a daughter uncovers a family secret about the Holocaust and the Lord Lucan scandal gets a vibrant rewrite

What’s Left of Me Is Yours by Stephanie Scott review – breakup thriller

A Japanese man is paid to seduce a married woman

Set the Night on Fire by Mike Davis and Jon Wiener – review

A history of 60s Los Angeles traces the city’s turbulent era of rebellion, police brutality and rise of the counterculture

Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild by Lucy Jones; Wanderland by Jini Reddy – review

Two books examining the importance of nature on our wellbeing feel all the more vital under lockdown

In Deep review: Trump v intelligence – and Obama v the people

Pulitzer-winner David Rohde dismisses the Deep State theory – but also shows government does pursue entrenched interests

Clothes… and Other Things That Matter by Alexandra Shulman – review

The former Vogue editor is predictably good on handbags, bikinis and little black dresses. But don’t expect any juicy tittle-tattle

You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce review – a fairytale with a twist

What’s more frightening – supernatural or human horror? A creepy debut charts two different versions of a romantic novelist’s life

Circles and Squares by Caroline Maclean review – the Hampstead modernists

From Bauhaus to bohemian love … the intricate lives and art of interwar modernists are captured in this hugely enjoyable and well-plotted book

Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin review – timely visions of a virtual reality

Strangers connect in this artful exploration of solitude and empathy in a globalised world

The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

The Last Protector by Andrew Taylor; Bent by Joe Thomas; Wild Dog by Serge Joncour; The Dead Line by Holly Watt; and Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughan

The Address Book by Deirdre Mask review – what’s in a street name?

Some households don’t have one, many don’t want one … a fascinating insight into how addresses affect ordinary people around the world

Come Again by Robert Webb review – entertaining debut novel

Think a mashup of The Time Traveler’s Wife, a David Nicholls weepie and a crime caper ...

Hinton by Mark Blacklock review – voyages into the fourth dimension

Based on the scandalous story of a 19th-century mathematician, this exploration of science and personality is a singular achievement

Pandemic! by Slavoj Žižek review – the philosopher provides his solution

As old orthodoxies melt into air, the world needs a very new form of communism, argues this instant response to the crisis

Enter the Aardvark by Jessica Anthony review – achingly funny farce

The illicit affairs of a Republican congressman and a 19th-century taxidermist are mirrored across the centuries in an ingenious political satire