The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern review – a myth from and for the US

The Owl King, a sea of honey, and magical portals – this rich fantasy from The Night Circus author is full of symbols

Little Red Riding Hood review – sweet-toothed dances with Wolf

Northern Ballet’s retelling for young children gives the baddy a craving for sugar rather than flesh

The Dressing-Up Box and Other Stories by David Constantine – review

Subtlety marks every tale in this intelligent, unshowy and often moving collection

Pravda Ha Ha by Rory MacLean review – true travels to the end of Europe

An exploration into Putin’s Russia asks what happened to the dream of a united, liberal Europe

Novel Houses by Christina Hardyment review – famous fictional dwellings

From Howards End to Bag End, fictional houses can be as characterful as the people who live in them

Deeplight by Frances Hardinge review – a rich and strange island adventure

Loyalties and self-interest collide as two best friends unleash the secrets of the sea gods

Find Me by André Aciman review – an intriguing sequel to Call Me by Your Name

Chance encounters hint at great romance, and Oliver dreams of Elio, in a stylised yet frustratingly unrealistic novel of love

Island Stories by David Reynolds review – how British history is shaping Brexit

Dreams of empire, blitz spirit, a country in decline … this crisp and concise book shows that competing visions of the past are driving the Brexit project

Dickinson review – Emily Dickinson reborn as a Lizzo-loving feminist

A half-baked comedy series rewrites the life of the American poet as a defiant feminist who ignores chores and delivers clunky dialogue

Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley review – an atmospheric tale

Occultists are asked to contact a dead child in this chilling novel redolent of 70s folk-horror

Cambridge Analytica: Mindf*ck by Christopher Wylie; Targeted by Brittany Kaiser – reviews

Books by two of the company’s key players shed light on our current political malaise

Who Am I, Again? by Lenny Henry review – a cry of existential angst

Lenny Henry is heartfelt and contrite about pandering to bigotry as a young comic

This Is Pleasure by Mary Gaitskill review – pitch perfect response to #MeToo

The American writer’s extraordinary novella tells the story of one man’s fall from grace with real nerve

In brief: Be My Guest; Happiness, As Such; Land of the Living – review

A thought-provoking dinner party, a farcical novel from the late Natalia Ginzburg, and war nightmares in Norfolk

The Mizzy by Paul Farley review – soaring and stirring

This avian-themed collection is witty, insightful and fabulously bizarre