Umma’s Table by Yeon-sik Hong review – Seoul food to make you purr

South Korea’s reputation for comic art continues to blossom in this feline tale of feasts and filial duty

Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar by Oliver Craske – review

A life of the Indian maestro reveals both his vast influence and complicated morals

Laing combines passion and curiosity in a collection of art-based essays and profiles that reflect the uncertainty of our age

A mundane life is once again thrown into turmoil in the US writer’s best novel in some time

The subjugation of women throughout history, how to accept death without despair and a selection of letters about mothers

The western novel is seen through fresh eyes in this tale of two orphans struggling to survive

This debut novel about a girl’s relationship with her teacher is compulsively readable

A fictionalised account of the short life of Shakepeare’s son, Hamnet, is a work of profound understanding

A thought-provoking challenge to conventional rightwing thinking

The Observer’s critics offer creative alternatives to cancelled or postponed arts events

In difficult times, a mysterious robot, a ‘Green Book’ campervan tour, hard lessons in survival, an accidental detective and more

Seventysomething Bina has taken to her bed in a quirky novel that captures the mind’s twists and turns with crow-black humour

A gift for homeschoolers, Owusu dazzles as the poet from Julius Caesar, drawing young viewers into the creative process

Unfettered by time and space ... this beguiling journal opens a window on to a long and well-remembered life

Partly based on the Stephen Lawrence case, this is an ambitious, darkly comic investigation into corruption and revenge