The City Changes its Face by Eimear McBride review – romantic friction from the new bohemians

In a nuanced stand-alone sequel, the Irish novelist revisits the lovers from her second book – and finds two lives even more complicated, messy and human than before

Base Notes by Adelle Stripe review – a reckless daughter’s aromatic youth

In the Yorkshire author’s first memoir, she recounts in tender, sometimes showy prose her difficult relationship with her complex mother and brushes with danger in her thrill-seeking years

Those Passions by TJ Clark review – a timely study of the connection between art and politics

The British art historian’s essays demonstrate a wide erudition but suffer from his relentless scrutinising

The Book of George by Kate Greathead review – an absorbing portrait of millennial malaise

A restless modern male and his long-suffering girlfriend come of age against the historic events of the 21st century in the American writer’s witty second novel

In brief: Queen James; The Paris Dancer; Melting Point – review

A stirring account of the queer first king of Britain; a vivid tale of life in second world war France; and an innovative family memoir about Jewish emigration to Texas

Wages for Housework by Emily Callaci review – dust off those protest banners

A history of the campaigners who in the 1970s were viewed as cranks for demanding pay for domestic work is unintentionally comic at times but, 50 years on, their ideas no longer seem so radical

The Boyhood of Cain by Michael Amherst review – a terrific queer coming-of-age debut

The delusions and desires of a precocious young boy are closely observed as he approaches his senior school years

Hot Milk review – Fiona Shaw a fierce fly in simmering erotic soup

A cantankerous Shaw undercuts her daughter’s summer sexual awakening in this interestingly elusive adaptation of Deborah Levy’s novel

The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

The Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer; The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths; Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito; The Inheritance by Trisha Sakhlecha; The Weekenders by David F Ross

I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron audiobook review – bold truth-telling

Growing older, culinary mishaps and meeting JFK are among the subjects in this fiercely funny collection of essays, narrated by the author

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad review – a cathartic savaging of western hypocrisy over Gaza

The novelist and reporter delivers a passionate indictment of complacent liberal responses to Israel’s brutal campaign

Somebody Down There Likes Me by Robert Lukins review – a dispiriting imitation of Succession

Yet another trendy tale of feckless, all-American cruelty, following a family of late-capitalist tropes whose empire is about to fall

Base Notes by Adelle Stripe review – an olfactory trip down memory lane

The novelist uses perfume to conjure scenes from a working-class upbringing in this funny, bleak memoir

Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva review – revenge of the giant humanoid mosquito

A tale of radioactive mutation and bloodlust takes flight in the Argentinian author’s wild anti-capitalist satire

A House for Miss Pauline by Diana McCaulay review – family secrets in Jamaica

This big-hearted tale sees a 99-year-old woman reckoning with the inheritance of the past