Antisocial by Andrew Marantz review – America’s online extremists
A compelling account of how far-right firestarters helped ‘the world’s most gifted media troll’ to become the US president
Independence Square by AD Miller review – thriller in post-Soviet Ukraine
From Kiev to London by way of Greeneland … the Booker-shortlisted author’s protagonist searches for answers
The Crying Book by Heather Christle review – why do we weep?
A personal examination of tears – what causes them, why we cry – which takes in biological science, relationship break-up, poetry and Donald Trump
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 review – South Korean #MeToo bestseller
This novel by Cho Nam-joo chronicles the life of a woman desperate to escape stifling gender roles
Capital and Ideology by Thomas Piketty review – if inequality is illegitimate, why not reduce it?
The celebrated French economist is back with an ambitious and optimistic work of social science, which argues that inequality always relies on ideology
Poetry book of the month: Wing by Matthew Francis – review
This shimmering collection dissects the natural world with a wondering, meticulous eye
Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann review – plague, war and practical jokes
The talented Austro-German has created a dazzling, picaresque romp but he squanders the potential of his best character
The Call of the Wild review – old-fashioned shaggy-dog story with bite
Disney’s adaptation of the classic Jack London adventure, starring Harrison Ford and a pack of CGI critters, is enjoyably corny
The Volunteer by Jack Fairweather review – the hero who sent himself to Auschwitz
Humanity’s limits are laid bare in the gripping story of a Polish soldier who chronicled Hitler’s genocide from within
Antisocial: How Online Extremists Broke America by Andrew Marantz – review
A New Yorker journalist infiltrates the toxic world of alt-right ‘news’ peddlers
In brief: The Crying Book; Right After the Weather; The Lost Properties of Love – reviews
A personal story of tears, a novel of mid-life epiphanies and a memoir of grief and loss all enthral
The Sisters Grimm by Menna van Praag review – girl powers
A fantasy in which four half-sisters battle against dark forces is let down by cliche and structural flaws
A Bit of a Stretch review – an indictment of Britain’s prison system
White-collar criminal Chris Atkins’s account of his jail time exposes the dire state of our jails and justice policy
Actress by Anne Enright review – boundless emotional intelligence
Anne Enright’s novel about a daughter unpicking her famous mother’s life is hugely diverting
Emma review – Austen’s sweet satire gets a multiplex makeover
Autumn de Wilde’s adaptation ramps up the comedy, but Anya Taylor-Joy remains wonderfully edgy as the meddling heroine