End Times Fascism by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor review – the fightback starts here
A sharp analysis of the damage wrought by the reckless super-rich, and a progressive toolkit for repairing it
Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy review – classical myth burns into modern England
In Ava Pickett’s tense play, Michelle Dockery’s heroine returns to a Towie-styled world where the violence and misogyny are all too recognisable
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup
Massif by Garth Nix; Revolution in the Heart: Stories Inspired By Ursula K Le Guin edited by Jonathan Strahan; An Immaculate Deception by Isabela Livino; Serenity Falls by CJ Tudor
Drawn Together review – preposterous romance with all the erotic charge of leaf mulch
The latest adaptation of Culpable trilogy author Mercedes Ron, about a ballet dancer and her security guard, has more holes than plot and chemistry that barely generates a spark
A Thought Without Collision by Adrian Duncan review – a brilliant interrogation of philosophy and wonder
With a character inspired by Wittgenstein, this exploration of the mysteries of the universe draws on multiple philosophical traditions
Taipei Story by Rebecca F Kuang review – the torture and hilarity of learning Chinese
An American Chinese student studies Mandarin in Taiwan, in this heartfelt journey of self-discovery and family secrets
Scherzetto review – Toni Servillo brings gravitas to a dithering Neapolitan ghost story
The Venice fixture plays an illustrator haunted by his boyhood in Mario Martone’s part spooky, part sentimental oddity
Gone Guru by Nadine Browne review – a clever and funny metafictional caper
This debut novel follows a 38-year-old whose flatmate goes missing at the same time as her memoir manuscript is being torn apart by her classmates
The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie audiobook review – stories with levity and laughter
The author explores themes of legacy, mortality and loneliness in the first work of fiction since his near-fatal attack
Jane Eyre: A Musical review – more Disney romance than Victorian gothic
This production has a talented cast and looks the part, but the characterisation is thin and the songs are often cloying
All About My Mother by Rachael Stirling review – a joyous love letter to Diana Rigg
Beautifully written by her daughter, this is a funny and intimate eulogy to the 60s star of The Avengers who went on to specialise in fierce, complicated women
What Should My Children Do? by Daniel Susskind review – the case for embracing tech in the classroom
A refreshingly optimistic book that asks us to grasp the educational opportunities of AI, rather than shrink from them
The Castle by Jon Ronson review – bizarre tales of modern masculinity
A journalist embarks on a wild goose chase that might – or might not – be informative about the male condition
Better Go Mad in the Wild review – boozing, bantering hermits impart their spiritual wisdom
Director Miro Remo journeys deep into the Czech countryside to find two brothers living an isolated life filled with quixotic wisdom in this surreal documentary
The Newer World by Sebastian Barry review – a near-miracle of storytelling
The third in a loose American trilogy follows the epic journey of a formerly enslaved man in the aftermath of the civil war