The Acid Queen by Susannah Cahalan review – Timothy Leary’s right hand woman
A key a protagonist of the psychedelic counterculture, Rosemary Woodruff lived a life every bit as fascinating as her husband’s
The Salt Path review – Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs hike from ruin to renewal
Marianne Elliott directs this affecting drama, based on Raynor Winn’s memoir, which builds steadily as the couple journey towards redemption
Lost Boys by James Bloodworth review – journey into the manosphere
A journalist goes undercover to investigate a reactionary movement that is becoming increasingly mainstream
Homework by Geoff Dyer review – coming of age in 70s England
Dyer conjures conker fights, saturday jobs and teenage rampages as he charts his journey from a two-up two-down in Gloucestershire to Oxford
Ripeness by Sarah Moss – a beautifully written novel of place and identity
An English woman’s tale of migration, alternating between mid-60s Italy and present-day Ireland, considers family heritage and the treatment of refugees
Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius review – even the author herself would be a fan of this spot-on tribute
This prestigious documentary celebrating 250 years since the novelist’s birth is a passionate, detailed – but never OTT – take on Austen. It will leave you rushing back to her books
The Empress Murders by Toby Schmitz review – jazz age mystery packed with corpses and charisma
The actor’s first novel, set on (and sometimes narrated by) a luxury boat in 1925, swerves from cosy Christie homage into something far more brutal
Gertrude Stein: an Afterlife by Francesca Wade – how a literary legend was made
A thoughtful biography attempts to restore the Alice B Toklas author’s posthumous reputation as a founder of modernism
The Haves and Have-Yachts by Evan Osnos review – inside the world of the ultrarich
An eye-opening account of superyachts, the billionaires who buy them, and what it all means for the rest of us
Original Sin: how Team Biden wished away his decline until it was too late
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson issue a stinging verdict on a cover-up that may have cost Democrats the 2024 election
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
A girl with super strength; anarchic doughnuts on a mission to rule the world; boys in the Blitz; an Igbo YA fantasy and more
The Boys by Leo Robson review – a likable debut with aimless charm
The critic turned author’s witty, eccentric novel follows a Londoner reading Susan Sontag and looking for love
Nightingale by Laura Elvery review – Florence Nightingale inspires a luminous historical novel
Elvery’s prose is both sensual and brutal in this richly imagined account of war, memory and the life of history’s most famous nurse
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn audiobook review – a life-changing journey
Facing homelessness and incurable illness, a couple sets out on a 630-mile hike in this lyrical memoir read by the author
Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li review – a shattering account of losing two sons
The novelist’s meditation on grief, memory and radical acceptance contains both horror and comfort