A Party with Socialists in It review – Labour’s left from the 19th century to Corbyn

Simon Hannah’s survey of the left of the party is unsparing and more about unfulfilled promise than Corbynistas may like

A Wrinkle in Time review – Ava DuVernay’s fantasy is a glittery disappointment

Selma director stumbles with a messy adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s much-loved adventure starring Oprah Winfrey

Princesses, betrayal and persecution in the first in a series about a magical kingdom

The Lea Valley in east London inspires these musings on history, memory, weather and locality

The bestselling novelist reveals the truth about her spy father in a larky tale of cold war espionage

The debauched, the gifted and their hangers-on feature in this elegiac story about the rackety lives of the Bombay poets

This celebration of 30 amazing women largely forgotten by history is a modern classic

Liam Young’s memoir-cum-analytical study of Jeremy Corbyn’s appeal to young voters lacks coherence

Bad puns, circus tricks and goggle-eyed jellyfish abound in a smart adaptation of the popular picture book

The author’s insights on middle age turn out to be more remarkable than her ‘wild’ youth in this sharply written memoir

The archbishop of Canterbury’s blueprint for a revitalised nation wisely draws on values that cross religious and secular divides

Bereavement case studies from therapist Julia Samuel, a cautionary tale of infidelity by Alex Hourston, and short stories by Chris Power

Chloe Benjamin’s ingenious novel follows four siblings who are told exactly when they are going to die

Jeet Thayil’s hypnotic second novel follows a fading, dissolute Indian artist and poet back from New York to his neglected roots

Stephen Walsh’s fascinating study shows the composer progressing from ‘dainty’ sketches to extraordinary works of our time