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Resetting relations will be near the top of Joe Biden’s agenda — three new books look at the challenge
How the singer’s seemingly irresistible rags-to-rhinestones story masks a life of ‘lived feminism’
A gallop through the mind and art of a man whose novels and personal journey crackled with drama
Two new books present vivid and contrasting accounts of the British artist’s flamboyant life and final days
The wide range of villains and victims of social conflict are visited through a geographer’s lens
In a slim novel about parenthood, Davies explores the big questions of life, sex, morality and mortality
A reimagining of a terrible tragedy that explores what would have happened had five children been spared from a bomb blast
Born out of war, the empire forged by Bismarck struggled to find peace with itself
Fresh works range from tales of embarrassing aliens to poignant messages from the Holocaust
After lurching from naive optimism to despairing dystopianism, is the internet now entering a ‘third stage’ of civic minded realism?
Despite biographical gaps, the intellectual seriousness and extraordinary resilience of the 18th-century philosopher shines through
A self-described ‘office slut’ is the complex heroine in this filthy and funny novel
The FT examines the causes and effects of an increasing global resistance to antibiotics: from the pressures doctors are under to prescribe them even for viral infections, to what new treatments are currently in the pipeline, as well as what role can the consumer play in reducing antibiotic use in the food chain
Adaptations of novels have provided distraction from the pandemic — and there are plenty more to come
Two works explore if the internet is now entering a ‘third stage’ of civic minded realism. Also featured are a biography on Mary Wollstonecraft, a guide on space exploration lessons for capitalism, a round-up of the best thrillers — and more
We need to rebut propagandist falsehoods before they infect the real world
Borders, immigration and displacement are explored in this tale of a woman’s life spiralling out of control
The economist looks to the Apollo programme for inspiration for the challenges confronting us on Earth
Elegiac descriptions of an East Berlin childhood mingle with searing criticism in a collection of essays
Most famous as a nurse, her innovative use of data helped also prevent many deaths from infectious diseases
An Edinburgh tenement is the setting for these dark and fantastically funny tales
Wartime intrigue in Stockholm plays out in ‘A Prince and A Spy’, plus classy novels from Matthew Quirk and Simon Berthon
Useful primer on how to take some personal control over where you put your money
The writer and satirist finds spiritual fulfilment in his scrapyard animal sculptures
Blackness and black people are everywhere in this fictional remix of history
A serious polemic that attacks the western tradition of moral thought and links the feline good life to the ethics of Spinoza and the Taoists
Nearly 30 years after the publication of her groundbreaking guide, Julia Cameron wants us to listen up
A look at how the label went from eccentric outsider to defining the culture of an era
Prix Goncourt laureate Éric Vuillard channels today’s unrest into a tale of 16th-century uprising
Intertextual monologues that bring Wagner’s epic ‘Ring’ cycle into the modern age
Hearing from 1921 was merely the start of a long-running debate over obscenity
Don’t bequeath an inheritance battle to your family
From the chemistry of connections to the ‘new rules’ of business — here are this month’s top titles
A first novel from the acclaimed author of short-story collection ‘Dinosaurs on Other Planets’ brims with emotional insight
Precarious finances loom large in two books that chart the battles over public broadcasting and fake news
A prospectus for the UK’s post-Brexit ‘reboot’ proves quite German in detail
Teen books offer utopian or dystopian visions to escape the world’s current woes
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