In brief: Taking Manhattan; The Horse; Twist – review

A new perspective on the birth of New York; a magic realist story about a broken-down songwriter; and a resonant tale about a diver keeping the internet’s undersea network alive

The Sleep Room by Jon Stock review – haunting accounts of horrific medical abuse

A book about psychiatrist William Sargant’s unethical treatments at a London hospital in the 1960s is all the more powerful for its vivid patient testimonies

Maybe I’m Amazed by John Harris review – a father and his autistic son bond through music

An honest and intensely moving book about the struggle of parenthood and the power of connection

My Brain: After the Rupture review – a fierce mantra for us all to live by

High-flying broadcaster Clemency Burton-Hill was robbed of basic abilities after a brain haemorrhage. This film about her recovery is brutal, raw – and full of gut-wrenching moments that have nothing to do with the injury

The best translated fiction – review roundup

Sololand by Hassan Blasim; On the Clock by Claire Baglin; Nothing Grows by Moonlight by Torborg Nedreaas; Death Takes Me by Cristina Rivera Garza

The Tiger’s Share by Keshava Guha review – hopeless sons vs brilliant daughters

Families are at war in the new India, in a novel raising complex questions about patriotism, nationalism and how the country is changing

The Theory of Everything by Yumna Kassab review – this kaleidoscopic experiment is a delight

With her fifth book, Kassab leans even further into her fragmented, polyphonic style, exploding the possibilities of what the novel can be and do

Red or Dead review – Peter Mullan never walks alone as Liverpool FC hero Bill Shankly

A cast of more than 50 delivers an inspiring adaptation of David Peace’s epic novel about a manager who prized socialism

Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson review – make America build again

Over-regulation has rendered progressive change impossible, argue the authors of this clear and rigorous book. But what about the tradeoffs?

A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland review – a fantastic debut of forbidden desire

This spare, luminously pure novel charts a secret gay relationship in post-industrial Wales

What Is Free Speech? by Fara Dabhoiwala review – a brilliant history of a weaponised mantra

This fascinating book questions whether such a misunderstood ideal should be lauded as an end in itself

The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami review – what if AI could read our minds?

Longlisted for the Women’s prize, this powerful dystopian novel imagines people jailed for their potential to commit crimes

Homeland by Richard Beck review – how 9/11 changed the US for ever

Journalist Beck argues that the war on terror made America vastly more authoritarian, paving the way for Trump

Raw Content by Naomi Booth review – those difficult newborn days

This emotionally astute novel describes a woman’s descent into psychological distress, but some of its ideas remain embryonic

Free by Amanda Knox review – after the acquittal

In her second memoir, Knox writes about her attempts to adjust to normal life after leaving prison in Italy