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Two books bring much-needed African viewpoints to the country’s colonial history
Three books examine the perils of loneliness — a problem that has only intensified during the pandemic — and offer practical solutions as well as the salve of solidarity
This tale of a financier’s alleged fraud and spectacular fall from grace reveals the dark side of the private equity industry
This romp through mathematical ideas doesn’t shy away from equations or challenging ideas but is always a model of clarity
The debate over Europe’s Muslims, a scientist’s journal of the pandemic, Britain’s love affair with TV, a casino crash and the greed of Wall Street, a history of the Baltic’s frontier states, novels by Leila Slimani and John Boyne — plus Barry Forshaw’s round-up of crime fiction
The novelist’s polemical first essay collection calls for a new matriarchal era and offers a witty, provocative and cunning display of her linguistic abilities
An exhaustive, engaging study of postwar British film and television. It is a feat of argument, description and affection
This hefty tome brings the spin-off selves of the Portuguese poet, essayist, translator and fantasist together gracefully
This chronicle of the melancholy, isolation and decadence of the Baltic states of Latvia and Estonia brings to life a forgotten land
Three new books illustrate the wildly divergent portrayals of the practice of Islam, from fervent isolation to western assimilation
What happens when debt becomes an over-geared disaster — and there are no good guys
An intimate, enquiring and inventive memoir unpacks the experiences of one family displaced by war
Two commentators on the US political system offer detailed diagnoses on the troubled question of what it is to be a US citizen
This insight into the overlooked world of the hunt for rare editions offers fascinating anecdotes and a hint of the steel needed to succeed
This survey of the excesses of the garment industry puts a determinedly human face on the high cost of cheap clothing
Why intelligent — even sceptical — independent thinkers succumb to the allure of community and ‘inside’ information that some groups offer
The daring escape of the fugitive Renault-Nissan chief caps this authoritative exposé of frictions at the giant carmaker
The excesses of the office-leasing group and its charismatic co-founder Adam Neumann are well documented — but this analysis still finds fresh insight
Our definition of prosperity now needs to support, not harm, equality and the environment
On its 200th anniversary, the club asked how the ideas of Malthus and Ricardo apply to climate change and income today
John Shovlin advocates taking a historical perspective on geopolitical rivalries to better understand how they can be a conduit for peace and prosperity
A brilliantly objective examination of our relationships with opium, caffeine and mescaline
Fossil fuels forged the modern age. Two books consider the passing of coal and oil
The proliferation of relationship apps means that those seeking love have never been so connected — or more alone
Fascinating look at an underexplored bit of the Roaring Twenties, which ultimately changed the terms of Egyptian popular culture and blazed a path for women
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