The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy by Rachel Joyce – review
The author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry hits a darker but no less compelling note. By Helen Falconer
The best books on Argentina: start your reading here
Pushpinder Khaneka’s tour of Argentina covers the tango and Buenos Aires, the dirty war and an eclectic overview of the country and its people
Here Are the Young Men by Rob Doyle review – a Dublin teenage binge
Three Irish boys go out on the town in a debut novel that mixes existential crises with drugs, drinking and sex, writes Claire Kilroy
Anger Is an Energy review – John Lydon’s ‘life uncensored’
The 'only truly terrifying singer rock'n'roll has ever known' keeps it honest and defies his own stereotype. By John Harris
Booker prize contenders 2014 – plus ça change…
The literary prize may have adopted liberal new entry criteria, but this year’s race for glory is shaping up along familiar lines, writes Robert McCrum
Talking to Terrorists: How to End Armed Conflicts review – an optimistic analysis
Jonathan Powell’s advocacy of dialogue with Islamist terrorist groups glosses over some fundamental obstacles, writes Jason Burke
Sugar Skull by Charles Burns review – fear, loathing and male guilt
The final book in the trilogy following X’ed Out and The Hive is fittingly foreboding and mysterious, writes Rachel Cooke
Two More Pints review – Roddy Doyle keeps the laughs coming
The Irish novelist’s deft touch and ready wit underpin the return of the irreverent old Dubliners first featured in Two Pints, writes Alexander Larman
The Trial review – captures the essence of Kafka’s surreal fable
Philip Glass’s score adds up to much more than just a play with musical accompaniment, writes Andrew Clements
Shaun Usher: Lists of Note review – providing a sense of purpose
Lists sound prosaic, but what they reveal about their authors’ everyday lives is intriguing, writes Ben East
Women in Clothes review – what your clothes say about you
Hundreds of women analyse their personal style choices, writes Hermione Hoby
Lila review – Marilynne Robinson’s triumphant return to Gilead
Preacher John Ames faces the fiercest test of his faith in the town we first encountered in 2004, writes Sophie Elmhirst
Books to Die For review – passionate advocacy for gems of crime fiction
This compendium of essays by crime writers of their favourite books in the genre is often personal and always fascinating, writes Stephanie Merritt
Roy Keane: The Second Half; Kevin Pietersen: KP The Autobiography reviews – twin tragedies
Were two men ever more cruelly wronged? Not according to these self-pitying memoirs from Roy Keane and Kevin Pietersen, writes Tim Adams
Rising Ground: A Search for the Spirit of Place review – Philip Marsden’s love letter to Cornwall
A thought-provoking exploration of Cornish lives and landscapes has an affinity with the work of Simon Armitage, writes Kate Kellaway