Caroline’s Bikini by Kirsty Gunn – review

A banker falls for his landlady in this formally bold but exasperating tale of unfulfilled love

Anti-Social Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy by Siva Vaidhyanathan – review

An excellent critique of the social media giant underlines the threat it poses to us all – and suggests how it can be tamed

A gossipy study of the Trump clan reveals little of note besides their obsession with keeping up appearances

Issac Bailey’s memoir is a triumph, a painful indictment of American inhumanity woven with threads of grace and love

Tim Winton unpicks masculinity in the outback, the failing welfare state is taken to task, while King Lear is recast as a media magnate

A lively and meticulously researched account of Italy’s political history, from postwar to present

These essays shed light on a man eternally at odds with the world

These interviews with accomplished women remain relevant more than 50 years later

With the brilliant Scandi noir The Bridge about to leave us, a true-crime inquiry showed how elusive satisfying endings are

An enjoyable biography of director David Lynch is rich in detail, but doesn’t get to the root of the man’s mystery

From Aristotle to the existentialists, the greatest minds have focused on what it means to live well

The author’s adaptation of his comic novel about an unplanned pregnancy is filled with nostalgic touches and noisy energy

A mermaid parade, a naughty gran, the coming of war and a reworked Eugene Onegin

Whether or not the German experimental band, beloved of the Fall and John Lydon, are the ultimate chin-stroking rock outfit, their albums will endure

What if women were told the truth? Meaghan O’Connell chronicles the blood, sweat and tears of having a baby