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Two sharp memoirs give a glimpse of the steep rewards — and downsides — of working at the summit of the financial sector
A fresh wave of historical books shows that the ancient and medieval world were more closely linked than we used to think
A British-Nigerian odyssey, a day in the life of a daydreaming English student, and fathers and sons in an ex-mining town
How rich men with big egos brought turbulence to the social media platform now rebranded as X
In ‘The Language Puzzle’, archaeologist Steven Mithen explores how linguistic and evolutionary development go hand in hand, from our grunt-filled past to our garrulous present
A pacy, sordid tale that is a stark warning of how ‘the rich can buy everything — including the truth’
Featuring cannibalism, Nazis and Soviet leaders having sex, this novel and short-story collection — finally available in English — are like nothing else
Insider confessions from the summits of high finance; the truth-bending influence of the mega-rich; Charles Spencer’s painful boarding school memoir; the tycoons who wrought turmoil on Twitter; the posthumous ‘lost’ novel of Gabriel García Márquez; the puzzle of how humans learnt to speak; belated translations of shocking Sorokin — plus Adam LeBor’s round-up of thrillers
A heartbreaking memoir of a childhood endured at a boarding school ‘without love’, where abuse was shockingly commonplace
An unfinished story has been released posthumously — against the Nobel laureate’s wishes. Should it have remained unpublished?
The UN takes on terrorists, fascism spreads its web — and the mysterious Elly Conway is finally unmasked
The power of place, women starting start-ups and the good, bad and ugly of management
The Pulitzer winner on leaving Vietnam as a child, subverting the immigrant memoir — and why he believes in a borderless world
Inside the cult retailer selling rare scores, libretti and antiquarian books since 1960
The question of whether Xi-ism is killing Deng-ism is growing
In his new history, Patrick Joyce brings the rich cultures of pre-industrial rural communities movingly to life
In his latest volume of auto-fiction, the French literary sensation narrates a ruthless quest to disown his working-class roots
How to lift the spirits this month
Composed entirely in speech, this inventive, award-winning novel deftly explores the stories we tell ourselves and other people
Is one of the country’s finest writers about to get her moment in the sun? As three modern classics are republished in the UK, she talks to the FT
Pornography is here to stay, two new books argue — so it’s crucial to understand how it shapes everyone
The latest book from the ‘Study Hacks’ guru suggests we can up our game by doing fewer things at a more natural pace. Is he right?
The Pulitzer-winning journalist compellingly chronicles why four successive US presidents failed to contain Saddam Hussein — with disastrous results
In ‘Why We Remember’, neuroscientist Charan Ranganath takes us on a fascinating exploration of how we process today’s world based on our recall of the past
From Art Deco to mock Tudor, Gavin Stamp’s quixotic, illuminating history celebrates buildings that still define Britain
The author’s best-selling works were a bridge between the US and China, where she grew up, at a time of ignorance and prejudice
The late author had wanted his manuscript to remain hidden — but history also has a claim
Sophie Elmhirst retells the surprisingly tender tale of a couple whose escape from 1970s England led to shipwreck on the high seas
Journalist Kara Swisher’s breezy, score-settling memoir canters through a career covering Silicon Valley and its moguls
Josephine Quinn’s 4,000-year history seeks to unpick our ‘privileged connections’ with the ancient Greeks and Romans
Peter Pomerantsev profiles a propagandist who targeted the Nazis — and warns of the fight needed to nail Putin’s lies on Ukraine
A biography of the art historian whose influence is still felt in the digital age is a meticulous marshalling of ideas
In his new historical novel, Ukraine’s most feted writer tackles war’s absurdities — and the thorny issue of using Russian
A coming-of-age tale from former White House insider Vinson Cunningham has flashes of brilliance among the political clichés
The campaigns that shaped modern politics, a rallying cry from the North, and lessons for democracy in the realities of human behaviour
In the uncertain business of publishing, there is nothing more powerful than a reader who truly loves a book
Toby Lloyd’s debut novel eschews easy answers as it deploys shifting voices to weave a modern horror story
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