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Four books examine what went wrong as liberal idealism dissolved into blinkered nationalism
The author of Girl, Woman, Other on ‘fusion fiction’, and a voice for black women
Stuart Russell’s book sidesteps sci-fi hype with its serious overview of the AI challenge
A retired academic and his nephew go on the trail of family secrets and discover much about true kinship
A melancholy and surreal tale of two friends on the threshold of death
The author’s new spy thriller confronts topical issues, but relies on clunky dialogue
The lost dreams of 1989, a new Le Carré, Patti Smith and Paul McCartney’s story for kids
A water shortage triggers conflict in a gripping, unsettling picture of a future Britain
A debut from Paul McCartney, ghostly shivers meet quantum physics — and a reissued Beatrix Potter
War and brutality belie the myth of a ‘new Camelot’ in Thomas Penn’s saga of royal rivalries
From ‘In Nearby Bushes’
Three new books dissect how capitalism is changing and our failure to spot the danger signs
Will splitting the literary award also rip up the economics associated with it?
It is only a literary prize, but the decision reflects an era when instinct trumps protocol
The FT’s literary editor on a week of controversy in the world of publishing
Once you start to think about O-ring problems, you see them everywhere
All business involves trade-offs — the key is how to innovate and thrive around them
The annual event is an opportunity to hobnob with novelists and get a handle on the latest in the publishing business
Bernardine Evaristo is first black woman to win, sharing with Canadian Margaret Atwood
A harrowingly detailed tale of incompetence and intransigence in the Greek debt crisis
Fitzcarraldo finds niche in a sector dominated by international conglomerates
Polish and Austrian authors take awards for 2018 and 2019
The Canadian novelist on being a ‘bad’ feminist and how it feels to see your dystopia come true
How the upheaval of the 1960s set the stage for Brexit Britain today
In Jane Austen’s time, only the eldest sons could inherit wealth. So how did the younger sons survive?
The second volume of The Book of Dust sees heroine Lyra pitted against ever darker foes
An English-language debut about a policeman confronting his actions under the Nazis
A scholarly work on the role and treatment of menopause
The spirit of James Joyce hovers over a novel that stresses universal connections
In soft-power terms, Asian pop genres are mirroring a regional shift in political and economic influence
Our critic’s round-up of yarns by Peter Gadol, Owen Matthews, Andrew Williams and John Grisham
How the oceans shaped humanity — and the flood risks now facing the Earth
A robust critique of progressives fails to explore their impact on populism
From building a desirable company culture to instilling agility — this month’s top titles
A history of how US conservatism was reinvented over the airwaves
Housed in the Northumbrian town’s former station, Barter Books is a convivial treasure trove
A searching analysis of the decline of religious observance
