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An exploration of the tech billionaire’s epic feats, which is long on reporting detail but shorter on the meaning of Musk
Sarah Ogilvie brings to life the unexpected characters — from murderers and a vicar to Karl Marx’s daughter — who were its early contributors
Ismail Kadare digs deep into a fabled telephone conversation that may have sealed the fate of a dissident Russian poet
A compelling reconstruction of Ruth Walter’s remarkable life explores grief, survival and sudden loss
The obituarist brings a poetic sensibility to an exploration of what defines our soul
Contrasting perspectives on the author — and the invisible life of his first wife
Tiya Miles traces a simple cotton sack across generations of enslaved women to tell a powerful story of love and survival
A redemptive memoir-cum-travel book explores personal and national memories in a region blighted by trauma
Ralph Dutli’s rounded biography of the Soviet-era writer murdered by Stalin deftly examines his literary legacy
Born a year apart and just miles from each other, two books chart the singers’ contrasting careers of decibels, debauchery, depression — and death
The historian recounts his experience of growing up in Iraq, Israel and England — and brilliantly evokes a lost world
Ludovic Hunter-Tilney selects his best mid-year reads
Simon Kuper selects his best mid-year reads
Richard Fairman selects his best mid-year reads
Carl Wilkinson selects his best mid-year reads
Daniel Finkelstein’s account of his ancestors’ experiences of the Holocaust is sobering, elegiac and, at times, even joyful
The former poet laureate’s second memoir charts a brilliant career underpinned by his ability to network
From fleeing war and revolution to life as an émigré in the US, Fiona Maddocks profiles the much-loved Russian composer
Wang Xiaobo’s semi-autobiographical account of the final decades of the 20th century in China is both subversive and hilarious
The writer confronts family woes — and the difficulty of championing leftwing causes while hailing from privilege
Jonny Steinberg’s outstanding biography balances sympathy with unflinching accounts of the discord that plagued South Africa’s power couple
With an ageing global population, cases of the disease continue to drastically rise. Two timely and insightful books offer help on how to support the millions of new patients
Clare Carlisle’s new biography splendidly locates the novelist in her times
Where should the lines be drawn in the encouragement, promotion and marketing of stories about the misery of others?
When Ben Okri won the 1991 Booker prize, it was the culmination of a writing journey defined by literary experimentation — and upheaval
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