The Enigma of Clarence Thomas by Corey Robin review – a superb study

An original assessment of a controversial figure – Donald Trump’s favourite judge – who believes only money can free black America

Another Mother review: Jamaica memoir skips island’s darker history

A story of a nanny who came to Princeton from Pisgah would have benefited from engagement with unpleasant realities

A fascinating look at how neuroimaging can teach us about dreams, free will, marketing and more

A full-on defence of panpsychism – a newly popular but difficult theory of consciousness – and its place in the material world

A restless young woman growing up in Germany with Ghanaian parents feels caught between two worlds

Life among those Americans for whom gentrification is still a long way off

The Mexican author’s first book to be translated into English takes the form of a diary whose loose structure belies its artful unravelling

This acute look at decisions and destiny follows three friends from the lottery of the Vietnam draft to the end of Obama’s presidency

Wealthy deceased people become short-stay ‘tourists’ in young, living bodies in this dystopic thought experiment

Mary Delany found fame for her flower ‘mosaiks’ in her 70s, but this followed decades of turbulence

From cave art to gilets jaunes protesters … the meanings of yellow, a colour both dazzling and disliked

From graveyards to cinemas, bookshops to ‘poppy palaces’ … perilous walks through the Afghan capital offer a unique on-the-ground view of the city

This account of the cultural dimension of capitalism v communism offers a reminder that literature can unsettle the powerful

Intimate storytelling brings alive the Guyanese-born Canadian author’s eloquent memoir of identity

This monumental labour of love traces mankind’s ruinous fall for wealth