Reviewed in short

Reviewed in short

Discover the latest short book reviews from the New Statesman, featuring new novels, works of non-fiction, essays and biographies. If you would like to read more in-depth articles, you can explore our sections dedicated to reviews as well as our politics and history books pages.

From Ruth Larsen to Pirkko Saisio: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Pan by Michael Clune and Refuge: Stories of War (And Love) by Sunny Singh.

By Zuzanna Lachendro, Michael Prodger, Pippa Bailey and Tanjil Rashid

From Andrea Long Chu to Alayo Akinkugbe: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Among Friends by Hal Ebbott and The Place of Shells by Mai Ishizawa.

By Zuzanna Lachendro, Catharine Hughes and Gabriella Berkeley-Agyepong

From Xenobe Purvis to Jeffrey Wasserstrom: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Moveable Feasts by Chris Newens and Monsieur Ozenfant’s Academy by Charles Darwent.

By Michael Prodger, Katie Stallard, Zuzanna Lachendro and Sebastian Page

From Lore Segal to Jimi Famurewa: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring The Manifesto House by Owen Hopkins and Water in the Desert, Fire in the Night by Gethan Dick.

By Michael Prodger, Zoë Huxford, Zuzanna Lachendro and George Monaghan

From Stephen King to Noah Eaton: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring A Perfect Harmony by David Darling and “I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer” edited by Mary Beth Norton.

By Zuzanna Lachendro, Michael Prodger and George Monaghan

From Barbara Demick to Emily Kasriel: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring The Buried City by Gabriel Zuchtriegel and Poor Ghost! by Gabriel Flynn.

By Catharine Hughes, Harry Clarke-Ezzidio, Michael Prodger and Rachel Cunliffe

From Helen Oyeyemi to bell hooks: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Irascible by Adrian Clark and Richard Calvocoressi and To Have or to Hold by Sophie Pavelle.

By Michael Prodger, Zuzanna Lachendro, Sydney Diack and Megan Kenyon

From Philippe Sands to Simon Park: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring The Dream Factory by Daniel Swift and The Fall of the House of Montagu by Robert Wainwright.

By Michael Prodger, Zuzanna Lachendro and Nicholas Harris

From Omar El Akkad to Laura Spinney: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Open, Heaven by Seán Hewitt and Mythica by Emily Hauser.

By Zuzanna Lachendro, Pippa Bailey, Rachel Cunliffe and George Monaghan

From Manya Wilkinson to David Szalay: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Operation Bowler by Jonathan Glancey and Lesbians: Where Are We Now? by Julie Bindel.

By Michael Prodger, Zuzanna Lachendro, Hannah Barnes and Sydney Diack

From Russell Shorto to Xiaolu Guo: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Affairs: True Stories of Love, Lies, Hope and Desire by Juliet Rosenfeld and The Story of Witches: Folklore,…

By Zuzanna Lachendro, Michael Prodger, Kate Mossman and Zoë Huxford

From Becky Barnicoat to Nick Trend: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring The Library of Ancient Wisdom by Selena Wisnom and Holy Places: How Pilgrimage Changed the World by Kathryn…

By Pippa Bailey, Michael Prodger, Finn McRedmond and Megan Gibson

From Helen Rappaport to Simon Barnes: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring The Golden Throne: The Curse of a King by Christopher de Bellaigue and Waste Wars by Alexander Clapp.

By Michael Prodger, Zoë Huxford and Barney Horner

From Gabriel Weston to Richard Overy: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring I Don’t Like Your Tie by Marc Moss-Jones and Kevin Core and The Naked Eye by Yoko Tawada.

By Michael Prodger, Zuzanna Lachendro, Will Dunn and Sydney Diack

From Sophy Roberts to Bettina Anton: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Eric Ravilious Through the Eyes of his Contemporaries introduced by Alan Powers and Humans: A Monstrous History by…

By Michael Prodger, Pippa Bailey and Nicholas Harris

From Edmund White to Philip Marsden: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Threads of Empire by Dorothy Armstrong and Beartooth by Callan Wink.

By Michael Prodger, George Monaghan and Megan Kenyon

From Paul Theroux to Tash Aw: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring The Way Ancient Greeks Matters by Reviel Netz and Gary Lineker: A Portrait of a Football Icon.

By Michael Prodger, Rachel Cunliffe, Zuzanna Lachendro and Barney Horner

From James Birch to Mohsen M Milani: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Ninette’s War by John Jay and Captain de Havilland’s Moth by Alexander Norman.

By Michael Prodger, Zoë Huxford and Megan Gibson

From Andrew Janiak to Alison Wood Brooks: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring The Sound of Utopia by Michel Krielaars and The Secret Painter by Joe Tucker.

By Michael Prodger, Zoë Huxford and Zuzanna Lachendro

From Marcus Bull to Alva Gotby: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring: The Grammar of Angels by Edward Wilson-Lee and The Shape of Things Unseen by Adam Zeman.

By Michael Prodger, Megan Kenyon and Pippa Bailey

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