Notes from an Apocalypse by Mark O’Connell – review

A timely study of the world’s growing sense of doom ranges from tourists in Chernobyl to Elon Musk’s plan to colonise Mars

Front Row at the Trump Show review: Jonathan Karl’s pre-pandemic warning

The ABC News White House correspondent first met the 45th president in tabloid New York. His book is a cautionary tale

Michael Caine’s distracting voiceover does nothing to improve this uninspired adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s children’s tale

From love affairs and hippiedom to life as a cultural ambassador – a comprehensive biography unpicks the great sitar player’s complex legacy

The story of an abusive relationship between a teacher and his pupil is intelligent, brave and painful to read

Freedom is a recurring theme in an ambitious collection edited by Sophie Hughes and Sarah Cleave

This penetrating examination of misogyny and family ties focuses on a dying gangster, and the women he made suffer

From nuclear waste to huge numbers of jellyfish … what signs will future generations find of today’s ecological crisis?

A biography of the Palestinian warrior-scholar explodes myths surrounding the Soviet–Afghan war and shows why he is an icon for Muslim extremists

A master at chronicling the lives of ordinary people uncovers universal truths in a novel about a computer repair man

From Primo de Rivera to General Franco … a lively account of corruption, political incompetence and social division in modern Spain

Whether you read for self-preservation or to finally work through your unread piles, here are some recommendations

The American artist has written a compelling memoir and meditation on human interaction relevant in the coronavirus era

A London pizzeria staffed by undocumented migrants is the setting for a moving exploration of how to be kind in an unkind world

Does ‘nudging’ work? And how useful is it to assume that people ‘are not naturally rational’? This is an urgent study of the political harm of bias