David Cameron’s ‘chillaxing’ hobbies revealed in new biography
Prime minister spends weekends playing with a tennis machine called 'the Clegger' and singing karaoke, according to book
Hitler and the Nazi Cult of Celebrity by Michael Munn – review
A ludicrous study of Hitler recasts the Führer as a precursor of Simon Cowell, writes Peter Conrad
Mrs Robinson’s Disgrace by Kate Summerscale – review
Kate Summerscale's follow-up to The Suspicions of Mr Whicher is another masterful retelling of a true Victorian scandal, writes Rachel Cooke
Digested read: Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell by Tom Bower
Digested read: I spoke to 200 of Simon's closest friends. They knew their careers were toast if they went off-message
Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell by Tom Bower – review
Bonks, Botox and bitching give Cowell's life story the X factor, writes Barbara Ellen. And then the ennui sets in…
Renegade: Henry Miller and the Making of Tropic of Cancer by Frederick Turner – review
Henry Miller found his spiritual home in 1930s Paris, writes Robert McCrum
The Rolling Stones: Fifty Years by Christopher Sandford – review
The Rolling Stones' merchandise, rather than their music, has ensured their survival, writes Peter Conrad
Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell by Tom Bower – review
He's been the linchpin of top-rating TV for a decade, but we still know little about Cowell the man. This book doesn't help much, says Marina Hyde
AN Wilson: ‘Everyone writes in Tolstoy’s shadow’
The prolific author talks to William Skidelsky about the mystique of Tolstoy, his spat with Richard Evans and the limitations of the Kindle
Hannah Rothschild on Nica: ‘I saw a woman who knew where she belonged’
Hannah Rothschild has written the extraordinary story of her great aunt Nica, the 'jazz baroness' who ran away from a life of privilege for the love of American jazz genius Thelonious Monk. She talks to Rachel Cooke
Tim Burgess: ‘I tried a lot of different drugs’
The Charlatans singer on Britpop, developing a breakfast cereal for Kellog's and a very odd experiment with cocaine
Ted Hughes’s brother to publish memoir
Alison Flood: The poet's older brother Gerald is writing recollection of the boys' childhood in Yorkshire
Point Man by Mark Townsend – review
Mark Townsend's eye-opening account tells some bitter truths about the Afghan war, writes Peter Preston
Escape From Camp 14 by Blaine Harden – review
Blaine Harden's account of one man's escape from the North Korean gulag is harrowing but important, writes Andrew Anthony
Salman Rushdie reveals details of fatwa memoir
Joseph Anton – the pseudonym adopted by the novelist while in hiding from death threats over The Satanic Verses – will be published in September
Nice camel, Wayne, but what about the autobiography?
Wayne and Coleen Rooney can party with a camel, but not even that can make us forget that the footballer owes us several instalments of his much-touted multi-volume biography
In the Shadow of the Sword by Tom Holland – review
The life of Muhammad and the rise of Islam are boldly re-examined in this brilliantly provocative history, writes Anthony Sattin
Night Thoughts: The Surreal Life of the Poet David Gascoyne by Robert Fraser – review
Iain Sinclair on a visionary brought back from the dead
As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Diaries 1964-1980 by Susan Sontag – review
Sontag's thoughts on heartache, politics – and her legs. By Emily Stokes
Rub Out the Words: The Letters of William Burroughs 1959-1974 edited by Bill Morgan – review
James Campbell on William Burroughs in London, pen in one hand, razor-blade in the other
Until Further Notice, I Am Alive by Tom Lubbock – review
Julian Bell is moved by the final reflections of an endlessly curious art critic
Dictator lit: Castro’s clunking Che memoir
Interested in the insider's view of Che Guevara by his comrade-in-arms Fidel Castro? I wouldn't look for it here if I were you, writes Daniel Kalder
Mike Skinner: ‘I get withdrawal symptoms if I’ve not created something for a few days’
The artist formerly known as the Streets on life after rap, the surprise of his rapid rise to fame and why years of sustained drug-taking were really great fun
Steptoe and Son: the tempestuous ties that kept them together
A biography of Harry H Corbett by his daughter reveals the tensions and grudging admiration between the stars of classic TV comedy
Hitler: A Short Biography by AN Wilson – review
AN Wilson illuminates Hitler's personal problems but is poor on the roots of nazism, writes Nick Cohen
Toni Morrison cancels memoir contract due to ‘not interesting’ life
The author, who was born into poverty yet went on to lift the Nobel prize, reveals abandoned plans in speech to students
Relish: My Life on a Plate by Prue Leith – review
Orgies, affairs, bomb scares… this rollicking cook's memoir bubbles along beautifully, says Rebecca Seal
Karl Ove Knausgaard: ‘I have given away my soul’
Karl Ove Knausgaard has written a six-volume literary epic based on his family and, in particular, his relationship with his father. It's a publishing sensation but half his family won't speak to him. So has it been worth it?
Et cetera: non-fiction reviews roundup
Herbert Marcuse by Malcolm Miles, The I Ching by Richard J Smith and The Body Language of Love by Allan & Barbara Pease
Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars by Scotty Bowers – review
A sexually obliging bartender dishes the dirt on Hollywood royalty, but are we any the wiser, asks David Thomson
Claude Lanzmann: the man who stood witness for the world
Claude Lanzmann has lived a remarkable life yet is best known for his epic film, Shoah. Now, aged 87, he tells Ed Vulliamy his own extraordinary story
Patriot of Persia by Christopher de Bellaigue – review
James Buchan on a man who some think was Iran's last chance
Konstantin by Tom Bullough – review
Tom Bullough blends fiction and history in reimagining the life of the founding father of Soviet space travel, writes Ophelia Field
The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens, edited by Jenny Hartley; Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World by Simon Callow – review
Callow's spirited salute to Dickens misses the darker depths revealed in the great man's letters, finds Peter Conrad
The Man Without A Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin by Masha Gessen – review
James Meek applauds a courageous book that delves into the Russian prime minister's shady past