Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro review – debut novel from a short-story writer

Few modern authors deal with Christianity. Is it time for a new ‘viable literature of faith’?

Berlin 1936 by Oliver Hilmes review – Hitler’s Olympics

Most visitors were dazzled by the 1936 games. This lightweight study dwells not on the dark side, but on the glitz, glamour and gossip

Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb review – how risk should be shared

Hawkish politicians and reckless bankers never face the consequences of their actions – but they should, according to this arresting but flawed book

Tomorrow by Elisabeth Russell Taylor review – an early 90s gem

A tale of grief with a beautiful structure and wrenching twist

Operation Chaos by Matthew Sweet review – spies, Vietnam deserters and a cult of evil

A horribly readable account of the US military deserters who found asylum in Sweden during the Vietnam War, and their group’s infiltration by the CIA

Sight by Jessie Greengrass review – a stunning debut novel about minds and bodies

This poised meditation on medicine, pregnancy and parenthood considers what we can know of our bodies, our selves and of others

Profile review – Skyping-with-Isis thriller dials up the suspense

Timur Bekmambetov’s film about a journalist investigating women online being lured to Syria is silly but effective

A Hero for High Times by Ian Marchant review – the forgotten man at the heart of the counterculture

The stories of Bob Rowberry, the first person to sell acid to RD Laing, provide a perfect initiation to four decades of beats, hippies, punks and freaks

The Peace of Wild Things review – a rich harvest

A new edition of work by the American poet Wendell Berry draws its slow-moving brilliance from the stillness of nature

Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala review – coming out and coming of age

The son of devoutly religious parents realises he is gay in Iweala’s tentative follow-up to the acclaimed Beasts of No Nation

A Good Time to Be a Girl review – Helena Morrissey’s ‘gentle’ manifesto for change

The City superwoman’s grand plan for greater diversity in the workplace is often disappointingly conservative

Building and Dwelling by Richard Sennett review – sharp insights

With more than half the global population living in cities, the author’s observations on urban planning and street life are timely and engaging

In brief: Stay With Me; Eat the Apple; Trajectory – review

Nigerian novelist Ayòbámi Adébáyò’s vivid debut, an inventive Iraq memoir from Matt Young and an introduction to the genius of Richard Russo

The Wife’s Tale by Aida Edemariam review – anatomy of an unyielding spirit

The extraordinary life of the author’s grandmother, who married aged eight and survived tumultuous events, is richly and painstakingly evoked

Francisco Cantú: ‘This is work that endangers the soul’

The ex-US border patrol agent tells Ursula Kenny about his first book, a powerful account of the horrors suffered by Mexican migrants