The writer on his account of Putin’s invasion and why he believes that the west has for too long romanticised Russian culture
A radical approach to the international economy; empowering local governance; and lessons from Poland and Vietnam
The follow-up to ‘The Incendiaries’ is an inventive, if sometimes too florid, examination of sex and societal expectations
A young woman becomes increasingly jealous of her boyfriend’s ex-partner in Bea Setton’s unsettling, risk-taking novel
A debut novel set in Mussolini’s Italy expands into more timeless themes of adolescence and rebellion in a male-dominated world
Catherine Fletcher’s history of the road-building prowess of the Romans
Medical historian Beth Linker provides a timely account of 20th-century America’s obsession with good posture
Part memoir, part science, part history, the Tasmanian novelist’s latest book rejoices in resisting definition
As the new government faces an economy, society and political system in despair, there is no shortage of prescriptions to put things right
From politics, economics and history to art, food and, of course, fiction — FT writers and critics choose their favourite reads of the year so far
Reluctant guardians fall for the child placed in their imperfect care in Tom Lamont’s impressive debut novel
It’s an essential part of growing up, yet the number of kids who read purely for pleasure is at an all-time low
Susan Doran’s scholarly inquiry offers a new perspective on an overstudied period
Regime change from the Tudors to the Stuarts; Ukrainian author Oleksandr Mykhed on Russia’s invasion; America’s obsession with good posture; Richard Flanagan’s memoir-cum-history defies definition; ‘Incendiaries’ author RO Kwon’s new novel; a gloriously tense tale of obsession; female bonding in the shadow of fascism; Tom Lamont’s impressive debut ‘Going Home’; a history of the Romans’ road-building prowess — plus Barry Forshaw’s round-up of the best crime fiction
The crime novelist on leaving Venice after 30 years — and why there will be no afterlife for detective Guido Brunetti
There’s an art to inventing a whole portable self
Part nature notes, part kitchen memorandum, this small notebook documents her daily life in a style that is economical, poetic and precise
Irvine Welsh’s Ray Lennox confronts trauma again; puzzling happenings in Dubai and Tokyo; plus echoes of Marple and Ripley
A novelist who survived one of eastern Europe’s most vicious tyrannies and drew comparisons with Kafka and Orwell
Displays at the former home of the French father of science fiction mix the mundane with the imaginary
The writer and celebrated gardener loves begonias, Botticelli’s Primavera and birds of paradise
A collection of contemporary short stories offers a refreshing range of responses to the absurdist nature of modern life
A story of gender, consumerism and the female pioneers who defied the patriarchy and helped shape the American dream
A wealthy family’s life is upturned by a kidnapping in Taffy Brodesser-Ackner’s fine follow-up to ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’
Andrzej Tichý’s stories of lives blighted by poverty are told with an unnerving command of structure and narrative
Raj M Shah and Christopher Kirchhoff’s thriller-like book reveals how the Pentagon came up to technological speed
A tour of the Greek island where books, beatniks and buzz collide
Two impressive new histories about the Balkan neighbours show how the traumas of the past have left deep traces in the present
The dark side of 1930s Europe, a mysterious brothel in present-day Belgravia — plus a topical Syrian-set story from a ‘Spiral’ screenwriter
Paolo Zannoni’s history of how today’s monetary system evolved
Nicola Twilley explores how refrigeration turned the global food supply system into an unsustainable ‘cryosphere’
Books editors Fred Studemann and Laura Battle field summer scenarios and tell us the books they’d read
A family history that exposes China’s authoritarian regime and an era of repression
Harald Jähner’s vivid history depicts Germany’s dizzying era of change — and its catastrophic finale
Jane Robinson chronicles the achievements and taboo-busting life of 19th-century campaigner Barbara Bodichon
This engaging chronology by the legendary drummer Questlove also functions as a memoir of his life from hip-hop fan to successful musician
After a 13-year hiatus, the author returns with a tender novella about the possibilities of an imagined life