Murmur by Will Eaves review – inside the mind of Alan Turing
First love and the nature of consciousness are examined in this extraordinary journey into the cryptanalyst’s dreamworld
A Higher Loyalty by James Comey review – Hillary’s emails, the election and a loathing for Trump
The FBI director sacked by Trump a year ago attempts to justify his pre-election decisions and paints a portrait of the president that could not be uglier
Wade in the Water review – lost voices of the American underground
A long overdue collection from US poet laureate Tracy K Smith weaves a spiritual hymn to the nation’s forgotten people
Our Place review – damning indictment of Britons’ ecological complacency
Mark Cocker delivers a blistering attack on the country’s collective failure to protect its landscape and wildlife
The One Who Wrote Destiny by Nikesh Shukla review – funny and fascinating
This tale about a British-Asian family tackles trauma and intergenerational relationships with wit and wisdom
Ponti by Sharlene Teo – review
A much-lauded debut novel featuring a faded movie star is a lesson in the limitations of a creative writing course
The People vs Tech by Jamie Bartlett review – once more into the digital apocalypse
The latest treatise on technology taking over our lives suggests democratic systems are incompatible with the digital age, but the theory lacks coherence
In brief: Meetings With Remarkable Manuscripts; House of Names; The Chameleon – reviews
Antiquarian delights in a study of manuscripts, Greek myth via Colm Tóibín, and a very high-concept historical novel
Seven Types of Atheism by John Gray review – fascinating study of disbelief
The British philosopher has produced a thought-provoking account of the tradition of atheism and the problems with it
The Road to Unfreedom by Timothy Snyder review – chilling and unignorable
This persuasive book looks at Putin’s favourite Russian political philosopher and the template he set for fake news
Book clinic: which male authors excel at writing female characters?
From Tolstoy to John Banville, our expert suggests the men who can write from a woman’s perspective
Packing My Library by Alberto Manguel review – a bibliophile’s demons
The urbane Argentinian grumpily boxes up his 35,000 books and writes a Jekyll and Hyde set of reflections on libraries and the power of reading
Self & I by Matthew De Abaitua review – my Withnail days with Will Self
When a graduate moved into the cottage where Self was living, he was instructed on everything from writing to eating oysters to the consumption of drugs
Census by Jesse Ball review – a moving portrayal of radical innocence
A father and his son with Down’s syndrome go on a road trip in this remarkable novel about the nature of empathy
A Higher Loyalty review: Comey is unsparing in his disgust at Trump
While A Higher Loyalty contains little by way of stunning revelation, James Comey is ruthless when recounting the events that led to his dismissal