Lisa Murkowski’s new book details centrist senator’s clash with Trump, dismay at supreme court
Pro-choice Alaskan was one of the few Republicans to vote to convict Trump at president’s second impeachment trial
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
Pebbles on the beach; adventures in evolution; a search for sea nomads; furious gods; a history of LGBTQ+ activism and more
Lessons for Young Artists by David Gentleman review – secrets from the studio
The much-loved painter, designer of stamps and creator of anti-war posters shares tips from a 90-year career
Beastly Britain by Karen R Jones review – how animals shaped British identity
A revelatory cultural history of our relationship with native wildlife, from newts doing handstands to Mrs Tiggy-Winkle
Our New Gods by Thomas Vowles review – debut queer thriller dares to wade into the muck of modern desire
Compelling and challenging, seductive and sickening, this screenwriter’s first novel grows increasingly unhinged as its pitiable protagonist risks it all for a crush
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood audiobook review – a puzzle waiting to be decoded
Romance, sci-fi and family drama are thrillingly combined in this Booker-winning novel, shared between three narrators
I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness by Irene Solà review – makes most fiction feel timid
This Catalonian tale of a botched pact with the devil has the demonic excess of a Hieronymus Bosch painting
Three Revolutions by Simon Hall review – how Russia, China and Cuba changed forever
A historian explores eyewitness accounts of the most dramatic political unpheavals of the 20th century
Clueless review – Alicia Silverstone and Brittany Murphy are class acts in 90s Jane Austen parallel
Amy Heckerling’s high school romcoming-of-age classic, composed entirely of quotable funny lines, remains a sophisticated pleasure 30 years on
It Used to Be Witches by Ryan Gilbey review – an idiosyncratic guide to queer cinema
This engaging and experimental book explores the complex politics of LGBTQ+ representation in film
The Original by Nell Stevens review – queering the Victorians
This flamboyant tale of fakers and forgery, straddling the turn of the 20th century, is a smart and witty investigation into love and authenticity
Among Friends by Hal Ebbott review – how to blow up your life
All seems perfect for these rich and successful New Yorkers – until a bond is violently shattered in this sharp and pleasurable debut
Witness in a Time of Turmoil by Ian Mayes review – behind the scenes at the Guardian
A lively history of the paper from 1986 to 1995 covers global upheaval, internal conflict and a bold but brilliant redesign
Reconstruction review – teens re-enact crimes for state-driven pantomime in communist Romania
Lucian Pintilie’s grimly ironic 1968 film is based on real events, in which delinquents are forced to act out their brawl in front of government cameras
Endling by Maria Reva review – a Ukrainian caper upended by war
Jaw-dropping formal invention turns this witty heist tale of endangered snails and ‘mail-order’ brides into an urgent dispatch about writing during conflict