Beegu review – Alexis Deacon’s mellow yellow alien adventure hits the stage
Rejected by adults, the far-from-home heroine is embraced by cheering children in Debbie Hannan’s comical show
Yoko by David Sheff review – a queasily one-sided defence
The artist and musician is a brilliant subject for an epic, in-depth biography, but this is merely hagiography
The Strange Case of Jane O by Karen Thompson Walker review – an impossible tale
A New York librarian is discovered unconscious in a park with no memory, in a mystery that challenges consensual reality
Story of a Murder by Hallie Rubenhold review: the real Cora Crippen
The author of The Five, about the Ripper murders, turns her attention to another tragically misunderstood victim
The Most Precious of Cargoes review – postmodern Holocaust fairytale is dreamy curiosity
Michel Hazanavicius’s sentimental tale about a baby found in the woods features sweet little cartoon birds and rabbits as well as the real horror of Nazi death camps
Children and teens roundup – the best new chapter books
A classic Yeti romp with 28 possible endings, a Blade Runner-style thriller and more adventures on the Thames with Jessie Burton
Story of a Murder by Hallie Rubenhold review – engrossing retelling of ‘the crime of the century’
This account of Dr Crippen’s notorious Edwardian-era killing shifts the focus to the women at the centre of the sordid tale
Gatsby by Jane Crowther; The Gatsby Gambit by Claire Anderson-Wheeler – Jay’s eternal hold
Two enjoyable debut novels put fresh meat on Fitzgerald’s deathless classic – one a modern-day retelling in which Gatsby becomes a female influencer, another a pacy murder mystery in the vein of Agatha Christie
38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia by Philippe Sands review – war crimes revisited
In the final part of a bravura trilogy detailing the struggle to bring war criminals to account, Sands tracks a former SS commander to Chile, where he found a friend in Augusto Pinochet
Maybe I’m Amazed by John Harris review – with a little help from John, Paul, George and Ringo
The Guardian journalist’s tender account of how music became a bridge between him and his autistic son, James, is full of wit and wisdom
The Life, Old Age and Death of a Working-Class Woman review – a son confronts his mother’s decline
Didier Eribon’s guilt and shame fuels an angry and eloquent meditation on our attitudes towards the elderly and the end of life
Drax of Drax Hall by Paul Lashmar review – forensic exposé of a British dynasty built on slavery
This timely and important book reveals Barbados plantation owner James Drax to be the equal of Robert Clive or Cecil Rhodes in his profiteering from human misery
Revenge review: a luridly fascinating smorgasbord of Trump’s score settling
Pursuit of enemies has quickly emerged as a key theme of Trump 2.0 and Alex Isenstadt is happy to dish the dirt
Of Mice and Men review – a tepid revival of Steinbeck’s dust bowl classic
Sarah Brigham’s new production is beautifully designed but struggles to capture the drama’s claustrophobic tension
Our Beautiful Boys by Sameer Pandya review – teenage lives at the crossroads
A night of violence exposes the dynamics of race, masculinity and privilege at play in America’s schools