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Anthony DePalma’s piercing yet affectionate portrait of lives on the communist island
An academic’s entertaining study of the global party scene reveals the gritty truth behind our new gilded age
Martin Conway offers an upbeat message on the phases of democracy for these benighted times
A biologist attempts to track down the elusive Blakiston’s fish owl, and finds its story tangled up in human history
These offbeat short stories by award-winning Japanese Hiromi Kawakami are fairy tales in the best tradition of the Brothers Grimm
Two s re-examine the colourful lives and artistic impact of some of the great 20th-century figures
FT writers and critics choose their favourites of the year — from politics, economics and history to art and food. Novels too
Martin Wolf reviews two important new books on Trump, strongmen leaders and the most disturbing political development of our times
Montek Singh Ahluwalia’s book is the inside story on the country’s economic reforms in the 1990s
A football fan tackles topics both on and off the pitch
Sanaë Lemoine’s debut novel echoes the life of the ‘secret’ daughter of François Mitterrand
Jennifer Levitz and Melissa Korn’s book on college entry bribes only touches the surface
The rise of itarianism, the US college admissions scandal, France’s literary giants, a love letter to football — and new novel by DBC Pierre
Two young men on a creative writing course in New York discover that adulthood is tough — and the literary life even harder
Eley Williams’s hotly anticipated debut novel makes good on the promise of her short-story collection
Lara Feigel updates Mary McCarthy’s 1963 novel of female friendship for the #MeToo age
A Big Tech satire by the of Vernon God Little fizzes with ideas and inventive prose
Publisher enjoys summer lockdown boost but says tougher times loom
Drummer Chris Frantz recalls in fascinating detail the band’s early New York days — and their still unresolved break-up
City known as beacon of free press chilled by Beijing’s move to end pro-democracy movement
As calls for inquiries intensify, three leading science writers set the tone of the debate
The Virago founder on empire and injustice, her Booker ‘wobbly’ — and why she wishes she had never come to Britain
The ‘Cloud Atlas’ writer’s narrative journey through time sees him land in counterculture Soho
‘But cities are tenacious. That messy blend of anonymity and opportunity, freedom and risk . . . draws millions of people back to the anthill life’
An exposé that takes in Skripal, Trump 2016 and the UK’s long-delayed Russia report
Christopher Beha’s empathetic novel portrays New Yorkers struggling to make sense of life
An enlightening new translation of a ‘bad boy’ portrait of Germany’s rave scene
Republican stalwarts John Bolton and David Frum long for a return to pre-Trump principles. Does the GOP stand a chance?
Patrice Gueniffey’s splendidly entertaining account of two leaders who transcended a divided France
The writer returns to some much-loved characters in stories that capture the surface glister and the darker matter of what lies beneath
Susanna Moore’s memoir is a poignant and wickedly funny tale of life among the stars
Find out why the healing garden should be an intrinsic part of life
The fractious interdependence of China and the US
Andrzej Tichy’s tale of dissolute youth blends experimental narratives with a rich sense of musicality
FT reviewers Maria Crawford and Barry Forshaw hosted a discussion at noon UK time on Friday July 10
Two women become entangled in a gothic exit strategy from unhappy marriages
Modern twists on the girl in peril trope from Tracy Darnton, Lucy Cuthew and Kat Ellis
