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Two books ask how we can take back control of our data in a surveillance society
A well-sourced life of the ‘Velvet Hammer’ recalls a lost style of US government
More great reads from Stuart Turton, Ian Rankin, Elly Griffiths and Lee Child, collaborating with brother Andrew Child
A powerful new collection from one of America’s great writers
Evan Osnos asks how the Democrat candidate has defied odds in the race for the White House
RF Foster’s enjoyable biography comes into its own on the poet’s navigation through the Troubles
A wife takes an unusual vengeance for her husband’s infidelity in this sharp novel about the constraints of domesticity
China’s global strategy, Joe Biden’s long game, the online data giveaway, new novels from John Banville and Peter Ackroyd, a fresh biography of Seamus Heaney — and our round-up of the best new audiobooks
Three books shed light on the historical forces driving Beijing’s mission for superpower status — and what it means for Asia and beyond
Peter Ackroyd’s tale of murky goings on in a rural idyll only occasionally hits the mark
A carefully researched study of Beijing’s repression in Xinjiang
The Irish writer casts off his Benjamin Black disguise for his latest murder mystery
A walking tour of London’s financial district explores an uncomfortable legacy
Exclusive extracts from the memoir of the FT’s former editor — from Tony Blair’s tips to a showdown with Philip Green
The ‘Station Eleven’ author on pandemics, Ponzi schemes and making art in a crisis
Everyone has a story in this subtlety written, yet grand, sweep through German-run colonial times
Two books take a fascinating look at the origins of today’s lucrative health industry
Wolfram Eilenberger’s book touches on the intertwining lives of philosophers Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Benjamin and Cassirer
It could be the key to healthy, waste-free, flavoursome food – and a new book claims preserving might mend society as well
The autobiography of performance poet John Cooper Clarke and Booker Prize shortlisted works also appeal for a listen
An online erotic library created by women, for women, is coming to a keyboard near you
In her book ‘Hiding in Plain Sight’, the host of ‘Gaslit Nation’ warns that the road to autocracy in the US is paved with complacency
The actor brilliantly channels his hero in a memoir of making a film of ‘The Happy Prince’
Fernando Cervantes’ book details the cruel and complicated story of the Spanish conquest of the Americas
The book industry finds itself profiting from national downfall, but it is time to move on from the Trump soap opera
The prime minister’s flaws are treated kindly in Tom Bower’s new biography exploring the impact of a miserable childhood
A genre-spanning second novel from the Norwegian musician-writer defies easy categorisation
This pacy history of a legendary brand is a love letter to an era of gears and gasoline now accelerating towards its twilight
Her Nobel Prize has prompted an outpouring of love from the online poetry community
A passionate believer in freedom and true intellectual, he transformed economic journalism in the UK and beyond
Dan Brown’s picture book debut, Liz Pichon’s ‘Shoe Wars’ and an admirably clear guide to the life and ideas of Einstein
The prince came to power with the bold promise of transforming Saudi Arabia. Two fine books examine MBS’s breathtaking gamble
The perils of a digital world we do not understand are brought home in the writer’s latest work about an unexplained tech disaster
Not all publishers are benefiting from the legions of newly minted binge-readers
The power of humour at work and the reimagining of the workplace — here are this month’s top titles
The mountaineer packs anecdotes and curiosities into his quixotic guide to the ‘roof of the world’
New planting inspirations, from garden wellness to rewilding balconies
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