contents
27 Tom Stammers
Classical Art: A Life History from Antiquity to the Present Caroline Vout
history 28 Marc Mulholland
The Border: The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics Diarmaid Ferriter 29 Christopher Coker
Maoism: A Global History Julia Lovell 31 Catherine Hanley
Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I Kelcey Wilson-Lee 32 Russell Shorto
Nature’s Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age Transformed the West & Shaped the Present Philipp Blom 34 Richard Overy
Bombing the City: Civilian Accounts of the Air War in Britain & Japan, 1939–1945 Aaron William Moore
biography 35 Christopher Andrew
An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin’s Master Agent Owen Matthews 36 Simon Heffer
The Man Who Was Saturday: The Extraordinary Life of Airey Neave Patrick Bishop 38 Charles Elliott
‘Cherry’ Ingram: The Englishman Who Saved Japan’s Blossoms Naoko Abe
poetry 40 Michael Hulse
The Collected Poems of Bertolt Brecht Tom Kuhn & David Constantine (edd)
45 Charles Foster
Ways to Go Beyond and Why They Work Rupert Sheldrake 46 Jeremy Clarke
This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism Ashton Applewhite
fiction 47 Cressida Connolly
Improvement Joan Silber 48 Helon Habila
Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James 49 Lucian Robinson
Lanny Max Porter 50 Frank Brinkley
Pearl and Other Stories Julia Darling • You Know You Want This Kristen Roupenian • Mouthful of Birds Samanta Schweblin 51 Ian Critchley
The Parade Dave Eggers 52 Elisa Segrave
The Snakes Sadie Jones 54 Carol Rumens
Memories of the Future Siri Hustvedt 55 Amanda Craig
Gingerbread Helen Oyeyemi
children’s books 56 Philip Womack on three new novels for younger readers
crime 58 Natasha Cooper on eight new novels
general 41 Tobie Mathew
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster Adam Higginbotham • Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future Kate Brown 43 Joan Smith
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Caroline Criado Perez 44 Sarah Ditum
Mother: An Unconventional History Sarah Knott
silenced voices 60 Lucy Popescu on Nedim Türfent
bookends 64 Adam Douglas on the rare-book seller’s lot
34 Literary Review Bookshop 39 Letters 42 Crossword
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