England and Other Stories review – Graham Swift’s affectionate chronicle of everyday lives

Legends are felled, opportunities missed and secrets laid bare in Graham Swift's clever new collection, says Lucy Scholes

Elvis Has Left the Building review – Dylan Jones in rattlingly readable form

Despite the millions of words devoted to Elvis Presley since his death, this account from the class of UK punk in 1977 offers new insights, writes Neil Spencer

When Paris Went Dark review – Ronald Rosbottom’s flawed account of life in Vichy Paris

Excellent passages on day-to-day realities, youth culture and the Jewish community propel an otherwise weak look at Nazi occupation, says Ben Shephard

Shopgirls: The True Story of Life Behind the Counter review – ‘rich in surprising insights’

Lucy Lethbridge enjoys a revealing, if uneven, history of how retail transformed women's working lives

The Arsonist review – Sue Miller’s skilful tale of a daughter’s return

A secret firestarter turns a New England paradise to ashes in this deft novel, writes Lettie Ransley

The Storms of War review – Kate Williams’s vivid portrait of Edwardian class war

A familiar family saga set in an English stately home during the first world war goes beyond its Atonement meets Downton blurb, writes Stephanie Merritt

The Consolations of Economics: How We Will All Benefit from the New World Order review – Gerard Lyons’ upbeat reading of the global economy

Boris Johnson's economics adviser has a good track record; here, he sets out a clear case for a more equal future, says Iain Morris

The Secret Garden review – ingenious design in an alfresco setting

Kate Saxon's adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel boasts heart, charm and a thoroughly convincing cast, writes Alfred Hickling

Bricks & Mortals: Ten Great Buildings and the People They Made by Tom Wilkinson – review

From the Tower of Babel to Henry Ford's factory in Detroit, Christopher Turner explores how architecture can shape people's lives

This One Is Mine by Maria Semple review – ‘Nothing is ever really at stake’

Fans of Where'd You Go, Bernadette will be disappointed by Semple's first effort, originally published in 2008, says Rachel Cooke

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage review – Haruki Murakami’s familiar tale of a man’s odd past and his empty present

Does Haruki Murakami's latest novel, about a misfit's journey of self-discovery, suggest that his style has grown stale, asks Sean O'Hagan

The Dark Meadow review – Andrea Maria Schenkel’s murder mystery ‘packs a lingering punch’

Schenkel returns with an excellent dark tale set in postwar rural Germany, writes Alison Flood

Thrive: The Power of Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies review – ‘a punchy polemic on mental health’

Richard Layard and David M Clark's polemic about mental illness is a revelation – but they're a little too sure they have all the answers, writes Ian Birrell

Locked In review – one man’s punchily written recovery story

Style matches subject matter in Richard Marsh's account of how he conquered locked-in syndrome, writes Helen Zaltzman

Wounded Tiger: A History of Cricket in Pakistan review – ‘an encyclopaedic, often thrilling portrait’

Peter Oborne's history of Pakistani cricket goes to the heart of the troubled nation's relationship with the sport, writes Alex Preston