Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson review – thrills and spills for girls
The fearsome, feminine world of roller derby is brought to life in this perceptive coming-of-teens graphic novel
In the Days of Rain: A Daughter. A Father. A Cult by Rebecca Stott; A Book of Untruths by Miranda Doyle – review
Two desperate childhood memoirs reveal girls at the mercy of patriarchal power
First Confession: A Sort of Memoir by Chris Patten – review
The former Tory ‘wet’, Hong Kong governor and BBC chairman has worn a variety of hats while retaining a guiding belief in one-nation Conservatism
American Heiress: The Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin – review
This retelling of Patty Hearst’s life on the run with cack-handed revolutionaries is strangely uninvolving
The Seabird’s Cry by Adam Nicolson review – gritty, poetic and soaring
A beautiful exploration of 10 species of seabirds – and the threats they face
Red Sky at Noon by Simon Sebag Montefiore review – love in dark times
The final, gripping instalment in the historian’s Moscow trilogy tells of a man wrongly imprisoned in the Gulags and his fight for redemption
Himself by Jess Kidd review – humour and horror collide
Dark things lurk beneath the surface in this village mystery set on the west coast of Ireland
The New Village by John Spinks – review
There’s more than meets the eye in these quietly ominous photographs of a Warwickshire mining village
A Manual for Heartache review – sound advice for the grieving
Cathy Rentzenbrink, who wrote a moving memoir about losing her brother, now offers unpreachy tips to fellow sufferers
Broken River by J Robert Lennon review – wickedly plotted slowburner
A psychological thriller about a middle-class family’s ill-starred house move, from a writer at the top of his game
A Bold and Dangerous Family review – unlikely heroes in the war on fascism
Caroline Moorehead’s gripping account of two Jewish brothers’ fight against Mussolini shines a light on an overlooked chapter of Italian history
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger review – Tilda Swinton leads lavish praise
The Okja actor joins a refreshing celebration of the late Ways of Seeing writer – plus a hilarious lesson in how to ride a motorbike
Selfie by Will Storr review – are the young really so self-obsessed?
This engaging book links the ‘self-esteem’ industry to Ayn Rand and neoliberalism. But is the selfie-taking generation unusually narcissistic?
The Exile: The Flight of Osama bin Laden review – an insider’s account of al-Qaida after 9/11
Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy’s gripping history of the terrorist network, from 2001 to the present, reveals a dark web of familial and political machinations
Tiny Dinosaurs by Joel Stewart review – a lovely romp for boys and girls
Little Daisy is enchanted when she finds a band of little dinosaurs in her back garden – but her beloved sausage dog is less keen