Farrell painstakingly accretes layers of visceral thought and feeling. The language itself is confronting

Sumption’s achievements in the UK Supreme Court and work on the history of the Hundred Years’ War inform this timely collection

McBride’s style is distinctive, a wholly original exploration of what is possible with language and fiction

In the first part of three planned books, which takes us up to the late 1970s, a wholly unexpected picture of the Microsoft founder steps forward at times

All Better Now by Neal Shusterman; Under The Same Stars by Libba Bray; A Fix of Light by Kel Menton; The Vulpine by Polly Crosby; and Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven

Omar El Akkad sees a future in which western intelligentsias will whitewash their past complaisance, but Pankaj Mishra is in little doubt that attitudes will broadly remain the same

Protagonist Shauna is a middle-aged woman faced with the brutal weight of familial duty, lack of opportunity and lack of support

Closing story in this collection imagines an award acceptance speech which would ‘represent a summing up’

This absorbing story is like an antidote for the ugly US we are being exposed to right now

Not everyone will like Ryan’s profoundly introspective, self-indulgent, stream-of-consciousness style

Elizabeth Wincott Heckett’s lifetime of research goes back as far as prehistoric times

In this police procedural the period detail is perfectly evoked, the dialogue crackling with wit

The lamentable state of contemporary affairs prompts Kaplan to yearn for the order of the past, with an international set-up based on might

Michael Albertus draws upon 15 years of research and fieldwork in his examination of land-holding across the world from the 17th century onwards

The Nobel Prize winning author is vigilant against the dangers of forgetting in a memorable, probing and exquisitely detailed novel

With Killybegs a stage, the author draws local characters and their quirks with an affectionate humour

Reviews of collections by Kathleen Jamie, Claudine Toutoungi, Pat Boran and Gustav Parker Hibbett

A frightening and infuriating read that takes us through examples of some of the darkest moments in recent medical history - and urges us to be open-minded

A fascinating collection of essays edited by Jennifer Redmond and Mary McAuliffe that reflects incisive research into Irish sexual politics and gender identities

By Helen Crisp & Jules Stewart; Rachel Bower; and Nicola Tallant