Lucy Hughes-Hallett’s latest biography unravels the riddle of the most powerful man in the court of King James
‘The Shepherd’s Life’ author leaves behind the Lake District to seek sanctuary and renewal on a remote Norwegian archipelago
The author of ‘The Reader’ on Germany’s east-west divide; Boris Johnson’s racy but self-aggrandising memoir; Richard Dawkins’ fresh insights into evolution; Charlotte Wood’s Booker-shortlisted novel; a superb history of China’s Cultural Revolution; new fiction from Roddy Doyle and Richard Powers; a 1960s crime yarn reissued — plus Nilanjana Roy on illness and Pilita Clark’s pick of environment titles
Andrea Marcolongo mixes personal reflections with an account of the tragedy and intrigue of Elgin’s removal of the Parthenon sculptures
The man who would be world king claims many triumphs but reveals his mortal failings in this racy account of his political career
Bob Woodward says former US president also secretly sent Covid-19 tests to Russian leader
Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian provide a superb history of China’s transition into and out of the Cultural Revolution
Lessons from cuckoos, caterpillars and tortoises: the influential biologist’s new book ‘reads’ genes as palimpsests of the past
Obama’s climate negotiator gives insights into the fraught Paris 2015 deal while a historian does a demolition job on our energy transition delusions
The historian draws on his experience in Ukraine and eastern Europe to warn of the dangers of tyranny in the US
Technique or temperament? The alchemy of great art is elusive — but this peek inside painters’ studios offers tantalising insights
A new book from the eminent statistician shifts from trivial issues of probability to the risk of getting cancer
Ex-Moscow correspondent Lucy Ash examines the complicity of the Orthodox Church in the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine
Kate Summerscale’s gripping analysis of the Christie crimes is also an uncompromising picture of women’s lives in postwar Britain
The US foreign policy machine in action, origins of the new cold war, and Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as viewed from Washington
Peter Parker’s two-volume anthology is a meticulous portrait of prejudice and the gradual shifting of public opinion
The heir to the Roche pharmaceuticals dynasty on how corporate power can be harnessed in the quest for sustainability
Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig lay bare the financial facade — and the credulous system that believed the boasts
Jerry Brotton takes an intriguing look at the cardinal directions and what they tell us about the Earth and its inhabitants
Brigid Schulte makes a convincing case for a drastic overhaul of the way we earn a living
Historian Keith Lowe takes a rigorous, myth-busting look at the city’s chaotic recovery in the wake of war and fascism
Three new books on the US look at the Clinton decade, the rise of conspiracies and the existential threat of November’s presidential election
Diarmaid MacCulloch’s thrilling book explores the complexities and contradictions of biblical scholarship and its changing interpretations
An uneven collection of writing by the Spanish filmmaker veers from deep personal reflection to cartoonish absurdity
Sonia Purnell’s supremely enjoyable biography views the socialite’s life through a new and sympathetic lens
