Death puts all other subjects in the shade: memoirs by Robert McCrum and Maggie O’Farrell
Every Third Thought and I Am, I Am, I Am tackle life’s most serious topic.
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The Dark Mountain Project and a plan to save the planet through writing
Many of the pieces in eco-anthology Walking on Lava are as sad as they are angry.
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After Kathy Acker: the life and death of a taboo-breaking punk writer
Biographer Chris Kraus restores Acker to her rightful place, by taking her writing seriously.
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History of Wolves is a chilling meditation on the challenges of bearing witness
Emily Fridlund’s Man Booker-longlisted novel is full of arresting detail.
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Into the Grey Zone: can one really be conscious while in a coma?
Neuropsychologist Adrian Owen’s work raises many more questions than it answers.
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We That Are Young is set in contemporary India, but borrows from King Lear
Preti Taneja’s novel concerns the serving of justice – who gets what, as opposed to who deserves what.
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The Victorian jihadis: how Kipling and Conan Doyle shaped our Islamist fears
Did popular authors write Islamic State into existence?
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Ghosts of the Tsunami: what the disaster in Japan left behind
Richard Lloyd Parry’s book explores the damage to a community that had “suffered an exceptional tragedy”.
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