With bravura brilliance, the Watchmen author conjures up a hyperreal fugitive city, populated by rogues and reprobates

From Himmler to herring, a Swedish journalist offers unexpected angles on the 70s supergroup

After years of misery with undiagnosed Lyme disease, the entertainer shares her lessons for living

There is transformation, clarity and joy in this selection of work spanning more than six decades

This perceptive study of the former US president reveals a self-styled ‘Mr Norm’ with few real political beliefs but a sense of decency

Ideas pitched by the actor down the years that never got the green light are brilliantly recast here as wry short stories… and a script

This genre-defying journey into the science of classification weaves memoir and history in shimmering prose

The last in Fry’s four-book retelling of the Greek myths is relatable and full of humour

Islamophobia is rife, says the former cabinet minister, with Conservative hypocrisy and inaction partly to blame

Book three in the Norwegian novelist’s Morning Star series takes in devils, black metal and revelation, and provides a masterclass in what fiction can offer

The author inhabits the perspective of five figures, from Malcolm X to footballer Justin Fashanu, in this lyrical account of their lives, a thrilling affront to the archives that exclude them

Inspired by the documentary Seven Up! and based on real data, this important book exposes the extent of inequality in the UK and what it means for our poorest children

A rich collection of poems, talks, memoir and enchantments from the life of Alan Garner

The author of Cleanness considers the physicality of suffering through the experiences of a poet hospitalised during Covid

The Buffalo Stance singer’s joyous memoir of growing up in a bohemian family between Sweden, New York and London

Gay life in England across the decades, from the 1960s to the pandemic, is captured with glowing intensity through an actor’s memories

Though vague about her own achievements, Britain’s first Black female MP paints an absorbing picture of her remarkable life and sheer determination in a gossip-free but frank and, at times, funny autobiography

This visionary companion title to 2017’s On Tyranny reclaims the notion of liberty from the right and identifies the tenets of a free society

A thoughtful, witty and warmhearted journey through children’s literature

A dazzling debut weaves a love story around class and caste, at a time of revolutionary violence and change