Junkyard Planet by Adam Minter – review
Isabel Hilton: A journey around the world's scrapyards is far more gripping than you might expect
Roth Unbound: A Writer and His Books by Claudia Roth Pierpont – review
Who inspired Philip Roth's characters? Joshua Cohen on a new study that claims to reveal many secrets
Dogs Don’t Do Ballet – review
Chris Wiegand: Our new series on children's theatre kicks off with a visit to an adaptation of the book about a mutt who dreams of moonlight and music
The Shadow King, by Jo Marchant – book review
Tim Radford: This hugely enjoyable tale of Tutankhamun's afterlife evokes a cavalcade of grave robbers, crooks, showmen and scientists
The Dig by Cynan Jones – review
Patrick Barkham on a vivid depiction of badger baiting and trapped lives
The best books on the Philippines: start your reading here
Pushpinder Khaneka: Our literary tour of the Philippines embraces colonialism, the Marcos dictatorship and a smattering of multi-layered mystery
Top 10 science and tech books for January: Nazis, noises and cosmic sights
Start the new year by improving your knowledge of life, physics and the universe
The Neutrino Hunters: The Chase for the Ghost Particle and the Secrets of the Universe – review
The story of a Nobel-prizewinning breakthrough in astronomy is both an absorbing read and a thumping good piece of science, writes Robin McKie
Moral Tribes by Joshua Greene – review
Would you kill one man to save five? Such thought-provoking questions abound in this trip through the moral maze, writes Salley Vickers
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson – review
This dazzling novel exploring multiple versions of a single life is both joyful and moving, but is it too clever for its own good, wonders Justin Cartwright
Before We Met by Lucie Whitehouse – review
Lucie Whitehouse's third novel is slow to get going, but a growing sense of dread makes this 'marriage thriller' a nail-biter, writes Alison Flood
Carthage by Joyce Carol Oates – review
The latest novel from America's foremost 'woman of letters' explores the complex damage done to society by war, writes Frances Perraudin
Sonic Wonderland: A Scientific Odyssey of Sound by Trevor Cox – review
Trevor Cox celebrates the bewitching sounds of our everyday environment in his fascinating travelogue, writes David Hendy
Roth Unbound by Claudia Roth Pierpont – review
Claudia Roth Pierpont's apparently authorised biography buys into the great writer's self-image, writes Tim Adams
The Lie by Helen Dunmore – review
The horror of the trenches haunts a soldier's return to his Cornish village in this tender tale about the fallout from war, writes Stephanie Merritt