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Three books argue how improving the way society treats parents and their children is in all our interest
Dave Cullen’s ‘Parkland’ tells the story of the pupils who formed a gun-reform movement
‘Out of the Gobi’ recalls a harrowing time in China’s recent history
Three books show that the ultimate sanction provides few answers to America’s problems
Two books tackle the segregation of pupils at a young age — and its consequences
A Silicon Valley investor-turned-activist issues a timely reckoning with Facebook’s growth and data-obsessed culture
The first part of the Booker winner’s ‘Dark Star’ trilogy is a modern fantasy classic
Two books explore our obsession with harnessing the waterways’ power
The story of a black civil rights photographer who worked for the FBI delves into the era’s moral complexity
The FT’s Literary Editor gives his top selections for 2019
Long reviled as a toady of the Soviet regime, the writer is due for a reappraisal of his reputation
A new history of Reformation Languedoc casts light on the lives of ordinary women
A timely defence of unpopular spending cuts as economists ditch previously held positions
A child of the Windrush generation who brought a new literary voice to British Jamaican life
A childless couple adopts and raises the sole survivor of an alien spaceship crash
A story of rebellion — whether in love or identity — told across 40 years
A novel concerned with issues such as gene editing and body modification
Chilling short stories by the Argentine author of ‘Fever Dream’ confirm her as a master of the macabre
From her latest collection, ‘The Built Moment’
A compelling account of the lives of millions who fled the city as the People’s Liberation Army closed in
Christie’s to auction 15th century work that set out the principles of double-entry bookkeeping
From Facebook to reinvention — a round-up of this month’s top titles
The former foreign minister holds out hope that the country can change course
The life story of botanist and photographer Anne Atkins
Pitchaya Sudbanthad’s blend of travelogue with social and political history is compelling
An enigmatic author, possibly the best you’ve never heard of, comes up with his first and possibly last novels
A compelling tale of a woman and a dog that become companions in bereavement
The device’s truly transformative effects are skilfully told through the lives of the poor and illiterate
Ten Children’s Laureates offer pro tips to aspiring young authors and illustrators
A study of an extraordinary moment in art history
An unsparing account of an unwanted pregnancy and working-class reality
As populist sentiment surges, three new books explore the boundaries of ‘healthy and morbid’ nationalism
Radical Islam illuminated in Godsend by John Wray and To the Mountains by Abdullah Anas
The popular culture theorist who vividly chronicled the early days of the digital revolution
As Big Tech reaches deeper into our lives, early Facebook investor Roger McNamee sets out how we can fight back
A critical account of the brewer goes to the heart of doing business in challenging markets
I read ‘The Godfather’ in my teens, again in my 30s and at one time as a kind of guide to the world of men
