Is entrepreneurship plus celebrity a recipe for success? Our critic savours a clutch of memoirs by restaurateurs, from The Ivy’s Jeremy King to Drew Nieporent’s venture with Robert De Niro
By drawing on the country’s progressive tradition when it comes to women’s empowerment, Julia Ioffe makes a refreshing argument that a different Russia is possible
From a posthumous Frederick Forsyth to a new Peter Hain, these page-turners take us from wartime London to modern Israel
Jeffrey Rosen’s timely book reminds us of the prescience of Hamilton and Jefferson and the need to curb demagoguery
Aged 78, the writer wryly addresses mortality and remembrance in this collection of death-infused short stories
The best-selling American novelist confronts love triangles, eroticism and mortality in touchingly wry story
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst is an entertaining companion on a literary tour of how good writing works (and how bad writing doesn’t)
A former New York Times reporter accuses the US company of corporate gaslighting on an epic scale in his book ‘No More Tears’
With previously uncollected or unpublished works, a definitive edition deepens our understanding of the Nobel laureate’s creative process
Jay Rayner on the secret of a great restaurant; Salman Rushdie’s new short stories; an urgent warning about the tech giants’ dominance; lessons for the Trump era from the US founding fathers; Johnson & Johnson’s loss of public trust; new novels by Lily King and Benjamin Myers; a ‘hitchhiker’s guide’ to a galaxy of reading — plus Alex Clark’s pick of audiobooks and Ruth Padel on the poetry of Seamus Heaney
The German actor’s notorious 1971 performance is the jumping-off point for a curious novel by Benjamin Myers
The author and scholar warns of the dangers of our reckless economic experiment with powerful platforms
Many consumers are resisting, even turning back the digital revolution
In her comeback album ‘West End Girl’, the singer offers a feast of revenge and scandal
Our new podcast series explores the mission to the red planet
The Russian leader is obsessed with history, but there’s a reason he doesn’t like to cite his sources
Beguiling memoirs from Kathy Burke and Evan Dando; murder and madcap mystery from Ann Cleeves and Bob Mortimer; and Sarah Perry on an extraordinary ordinary man
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True to his subject, Lance Richardson immerses himself in the wilderness to observe an exotic creature of the literary realm
Reducing workplace excess, capturing the power of play, and marketing from one of its masters
The final part of a second trilogy by the author of ‘His Dark Materials’ follows an adult Lyra in her alternate world of daemons and angels
From India’s lightbulb moment to what the wine world can do better — a selection of the best new books on the environment
The author’s ‘dream of a life in words’ came true in the Turkish megacity — and its underbelly captured her heart
A would-be blueprint for Conservative boosterism is a curious collection of old economic ideas
Three fascinating books explore longevity, living well — and the tech billionaires’ belief that an end to ageing is within our grasp
Two short essays, translated into English for the first time, offer a coda on the late writer’s life-long preoccupations
Jacob Silverman takes a lively and provocative look at how Elon Musk and other leading lights in Silicon Valley shifted away from a liberal ethos
The acclaimed South Korean writer uses dystopia, fantasy and the supernatural to weave a tapestry of unsettling, interconnected tales
Emily Baker-White examines how the pioneers of an addictive app ended up outwitting the geopolitical superpowers
Andrew Graham-Dixon creates a rich sense of the worlds Vermeer inhabited — but his speculations about the art are a stretch
This immersive, trance-like novel — the Norwegian’s first since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature — takes us inside the minds of three lonely men
Forget Big Tech — about one-third of real global wealth is tied up in ownership of the ground beneath our feet
New collections from Sophie Dumont, Simon Armitage and Tom Paulin
A little gem of a book touches on the darkness that made Ernaux one of our greatest writers
Following this week’s ceasefire and hostage releases, four books offer context on the war and pursuit of a lasting resolution in Gaza
The ‘I Love Dick’ author again blurs the lines between reality and fiction in a novel that has flashes of brilliance
From judging a book prize to taking part in an online challenge, intensive reading is incredibly rewarding — as long as it doesn’t start to feel like homework
