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This chronicle of the early days of SpaceX shows how close the maverick entrepreneur was to losing his dream
The Egyptian writer’s fictional reworking of the failed 2011 uprising is a blistering examination of corruption and dissent
Alec MacGillis offers a timely account of how the online giant has reshaped the US economy and wider society
Drawing on ex-regime insiders, Michela Wrong’s book challenges the idea that Kagame is an enlightened autocrat
Two books offer intimate yet contrasting histories of Jewish art collectors in fin-de-siècle and early 20th-century France
In the third of a cycle of novels on witness and memory, the author examines the trauma of what her characters have seen — and not seen
As Brexit brings the Irish border into sharper focus, three books attempt to explain the complex process of the island’s partition
Rich in revenge and betrayal — spy novels from John Fullerton, Paul Vidich, Alma Katsu and Philip Prowse
A vicar’s moving account of the death of his husband and life with a difficult illness
The rich fabric of Leone Ross’s Jamaican and British background is woven into a tale set on an imaginary archipelago
Dark humour comes to the fore in a laugh-out-loud satire of the tribalism that sets us apart
A collection of essays from the past 20 years that tackles a broad range of subjects, from motorbikes to prison, with an unsentimental eye
From David Hockney’s iPad paintings to Joel Meyerowitz’s street photographs, here are the best new art volumes
From resetting ideas around how we work to productive disagreement — here are this month’s top titles
Colm Tóibín on Ireland’s partition, Neil Woodford’s investment debacle, the Rev Richard Coles’ memoir of grief, two takes on the ‘culture wars’, essays by Rachel Kushner, a satire about cannibalism — plus Suzi Feay’s round-up of the best new young adult fiction
Danielle Evans’ superb collection of short stories about grief and loss that offers a sharp, and at times dystopian, observation of modern life
Two books by Matthew d’Ancona and Andrew Doyle seek to broaden the debate on free speech and other quagmires — but end up in very different places
Owen Walker’s salutary tale about Britain’s best-known fund manager will invoke the ire of investors
Family friction, sinister stick figures, indigenous traditions and tsunamis to tempt teen readers
The novelist and journalist manages to cut through the scientific jargon to reveal the awe of geological time
The late novelist was a giant, but the unexamined life is well worth living
Fearless women’s rights campaigner who refused to be silenced
From factory walkouts to genital mutilation, Hannah Dawson offers a multiplicity of writings on this divisive discourse
The Argentine author’s second collection of stories is haunted by eerie children, the dark past and a malevolent Buenos Aires
Jim Down’s ‘Life Support’ and Peter Baldwin’s ‘Fighting the First Wave’ memorialise the unthinkable scenes of the past 12 months
This reworking of early Christianity from the perspectives of marginalised women fails to consider their Jewish identities
The story of anti-Assad Syrian activists who established a makeshift reading room celebrates the power of words
Two new books turn Margaret Thatcher’s notions on society upside down with calls for a new social contract
An illuminating account of the nature of reality that is rich in detail and clarity
The myth-busting historian offers a provocative revisionist take on the second world war
A debut collection of short stories blends magical realism with social observation
A new cookbook by the fabled British architect and his wife serves up their kitchen secrets
The US-based documentary photographer revisits his archive in a new book
Women writers offer visions of rural dystopias, oppressed witches and dwindling doomsday cults
A meticulous account of Japan’s nuclear disaster that stands against any smooth official narrative
His shambling spooks are a far cry from 007 or even le Carré — but they’re intriguing enough to inspire a new TV adaptation
Books have been a comfort and distraction under lockdown. As we look ahead to post-pandemic life, figures from across the literary world speculate on what happens next
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