Wilson by A Scott Berg – review

Robert McCrum admires Scott Berg's account of Woodrow Wilson's tragic presidency and the events that led to 'the greatest conspiracy that had ever engulfed the White House'

Hunger Games theme parks on the menu

Popularity of teen-action series starring Jennifer Lawrence sees elaborate plans for spin-off merchandising take shape

Cameron Diaz sounded ‘like Rihanna’ on The Counsellor

Studio demanded actor redub dialogue after affecting a strong Bajan accent during the shoot

Albert Camus centenary goes without much honour at home

Neither France nor Algeria pay much attention to 100th anniversary, leaving job to Google

Frank Gray obituary

Other lives: Journalist with special expertise in obituaries, jazz, cigars and all things Spanish

Who’s the most influential thinker ever?

Open thread: A study suggests that Marx is the most influential scholar in the west, followed by Freud, but tell us who had the most effect on you

MacKenzie Bezos trashes latest book on Amazon and Jeff Bezos. Irony abounds

Emma Brockes: The business of book reviewing has often been called incestuous, but the circularity here is almost aesthetic

Biography of Italian fascist wins Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction

The Pike by Lucy Hughes-Hallett, tells how the charismatic Gabriele D'Annunzio transformed himself into a national hero

Brandon Stanton’s New York stories

When Brandon Stanton began photographing strangers in New York, he never imagined ending up with a bestseller, says Corinne Jones

The Private Life: Why We Remain in the Dark by Josh Cohen – review

Josh Cohen's study of our need to expose our own private lives and those of others is both perceptive and engaging, writes Lisa Appignanesi

John F Kennedy assassination: 50 years of conspiracy in fiction and film

The assassination of JFK and the conspiracy theories that followed have proved irresistible to writers and artists, from Oliver Stone to Stephen King. By Colin Kidd