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The shifting US influence on world trade; Spain’s journey from Franco to democracy; Polly Toynbee’s memoir of privilege and progressive causes; a Westminster ‘bodice-ripper’ by an ex-aide to Boris Johnson; Germany’s tangled relationship with Russia; the rise and tragic fall of Tony Hsieh; Leïla Slimani’s new novel — plus Adam LeBor’s round-up of thrillers
Wang Xiaobo’s semi-autobiographical account of the final decades of the 20th century in China is both subversive and hilarious
Two books by leading historians do a fine job in charting the the path from fanaticism and violence to national reconciliation
The writer confronts family woes — and the difficulty of championing leftwing causes while hailing from privilege
How the wunderkind behind shoe etailer Zappos set a goal of happiness rather than riches but ended his life in squalor and delusion
A comic prodigy who relished vulgarity and made low-life subject matter a speciality, he was always a literary critic at heart
The ‘Moskau Connection’ recounts Gerhard Schröder and other politicians’ all-too-trusting approach to Putin
The British novelist whose swagger and love of literary pyrotechnics produced dazzling, sardonic prose
Writer dubbed ‘the erstwhile Mick Jagger of British letters’ was drawn to the underbelly of society
The story of the fight for equality at MIT in the 1990s is a reminder of the stubborn persistence of gender bias
The podcaster and presenter breaks down the complex issue of additives with clarity and sensitivity but without moralising
Henry Grabar convincingly makes a case for how parking has had a destructive impact on housing, urban life and design
Jonny Steinberg’s outstanding biography balances sympathy with unflinching accounts of the discord that plagued South Africa’s power couple
Travis Zadeh’s account of the 13th-century Arabic text takes readers on an enchanting journey into the angels and demons of pre-scientific times
Three new books consider the country’s economic potential and pitfalls from different perspectives
In an online world, the role of our hobbies and obsessions has gained new urgency
A fresh look at the scale of the nature crisis, and how it might be halted
Never mind online recipes — I buy food books for their storytelling and culinary lore
A variety of eccentrics illuminate this tour of Britain’s religious sites
Simon Winchester takes a lively, digressive look at how humans have ordered and passed on knowledge over time
Two books that lay bare the loneliness and reality of living an unconventional lifestyle
Serhii Plokhy offers a compelling rejoinder to those who blame Putin’s war on western provocations
Malcolm Harris’s history takes a passionate swipe at Silicon Valley’s hyper-capitalism
Aides close to the former prime minister have contributed to a damning account of his ill-suitedness for leadership
How to innovate without displacing industries and ways to supercharge your work life
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