Enon review – Paul Harding’s brilliant exploration of bereavement
Paul Harding's second novel charts the decline of a grief-stricken father with bleakness and beauty, writes Anita Sethi
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell review – mad, silly and a lot of fun
The author's Booker-longlisted sixth novel is recklessly ambitious – but amazingly it works, writes William Skidelsky
How to Be Both review – Ali Smith’s dazzling dual-narrative novel
Ali Smith's latest novel combines two stories – one of a troubled teenager, the other an Italian fresco painter – to stunning effect, writes Elizabeth Day
The Zone of Interest review – Martin Amis’s impressive holocaust novel
Martin Amis's new novel, an attempt to grapple with the horrors of the concentration camps, may be his best in a quarter century, writes Alex Preston
The Paying Guests review – another wild ride of a novel from Sarah Waters
The inimitable Sarah Waters handles a dramatic key change with aplomb, writes Tracy Chevalier
Madame Bovary review: just go with the Flaubert – Toronto film festival
This swooningly grim adaptation is inessential but interesting viewing, not least for Mia Wasikowska’s fish-out-of-water heroine; a crabby valley girl in rural Normandy
Life of Crime review – a good-natured, unexpectedly winning treat
Jennifer Aniston gives an endearingly comic performance in this deft adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel The Switch, writes Catherine Shoard
Charlie and Lola’s Extremely New Play review – gently knocks your socks off
Puppets prove just the ticket in this stage adaptation of Lauren Child's children's stories, complete with lost sausage dogs, pirates and big butterflies
The passenger pigeon by Errol Fuller – review
GrrlScientist: written by an artist and authority on extinct species, this book shares rare photographs and other visual materials to provide a general overview to the history of the extinct passenger pigeon.
Il Giovane Favoloso review – a sweeping, swooning Leopardi biopic
Xan Brooks: This handsome biopic of the celebrated Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi may not be the most radical film on show at Venice, but still has much to recommend it
Prison Diaries review – Denis MacShane’s account of life behind bars
Though the former MP still seems in denial about his expenses fiddle, his observations of the futility of jail are poignant, writes Chris Mullin
A feathered river across the sky by Joel Greenberg – review
GrrlScientist: This comprehensive book meticulously documents much that is known about the iconic extinct passenger pigeon.
The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It review – Owen Jones’s biting critique of the elite
A passionate account of injustice reveals the lies peddled by our leaders, writes John Kampfner
Philip Larkin: Life, Art and Love review – wide of the mark
A new biography of the poet is wide of the mark – especially in his dealings with women, writes Rachel Cooke
Playing to the Gallery review – Grayson Perry delivers a passionate defence of art
Grayson Perry celebrates the joys of creation and exposes artistic pomposity in this polemic, writes Tim Adams