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 Margaret Atwood to Gary Younge: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Life in the Balance by Jim Down and Liliana’s Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza.

By Samir Jeraj, Anoosh Chakelian, Michael Prodger and Sarah Dawood

From Janet Malcolm to Sebastian Barry: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Deep Down by Imogen West-Knights and Why Women Grow by Alice Vincent.

By Michael Prodger, Ellen Peirson-Hagger, Tom Gatti and Christiana Bishop

From Sophie Mackintosh to Stephen Moss: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Brutes by Dizz Tate and The Turning Tide by Jon Gower.

By Michael Prodger, Pippa Bailey, Anna Leszkiewicz and India Bourke

From Em Strang to Kapka Kassabova: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Owlish by Dorothy Tse.

By Will Lloyd, Michael Prodger, Katie Stallard and Zoë Grünewald

From Mark Hyatt to Nona Fernández: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Killjoy by Jo Cheetham and The Treasuries by Clare Bucknell.

By Rachel Cunliffe, Christiana Bishop, Michael Prodger and Barney Horner

From General Electric to the gender health gap: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring the new poetry collection by Hannah Sullivan and Hotel Milano by Tim Parks.

By Will Dunn, Emma Haslett, Michael Prodger and Matthew Gilley

From Marguerite Duras to Anthony Seldon: recent titles reviewed in short

Also featuring Bandit Country by James Conor Patterson and Looking To Sea by Lily Le Brun.

By Pippa Bailey, Michael Prodger, Zoë Grünewald and Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Reviewed in short: From Derek Owusu to Luke Harding

Also featuring The Story of Architecture by Witold Rybczynski and Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow.

By Jeremy Cliffe, Oscar Williams, Christiana Bishop and Michael Prodger

From Lisa Nandy to An Yu: recent books reviewed in short

Also featuring a biography of Peter Beard and White Torture by Narges Mohammadi.

By Alona Ferber, Megan Gibson, Michael Prodger and Sarah Dawood

From Yomi Sode to Jo van Gogh-Bonger: recent books reviewed in short

Also featuring Cleopatra’s Daughter by Jane Draycott and A Line in the World by Dorthe Nors.

By Pippa Bailey, Michael Prodger, India Bourke and Ellen Peirson-Hagger

From Malorie Blackman to Barbara Kingsolver: recent titles reviewed in short

Also featuring Julia Voss’s biography of Hilma af Klint and Living Together by Mim Skinner.

By Anoosh Chakelian, Barney Horner, Ellen Peirson-Hagger and Michael Prodger

From Anthony Quinn to Andrey Kurkov: recent books reviewed in short

Also featuring No Choice: Becca Andrews on the right to abortion, and Servants of the Damned by David Enrich.

By Pippa Bailey, Megan Gibson, Oscar Williams and Michael Prodger

From David Dimbleby to Chelsea Conaboy: recent books reviewed in short

Also featuring A History of Lying by Juan Jacinto Muñoz-Rengel and Euphoria by Elin Cullhed.

By Michael Prodger, Barney Horner, Alona Ferber and Anna Leszkiewicz

From Elizabeth Strout to Robert Harris: recent books reviewed in short

Also featuring How To Speak Whale by Tom Mustill and a history of the Nineties by James Brooke-Smith.

By Gavin Jacobson, Michael Prodger, Ellen Peirson-Hagger and India Bourke

From Maggie O’Farrell to Sayaka Murata: recent books reviewed in short

Also featuring Sick Note by Gareth Millward and a biography of Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen.

By Anoosh Chakelian, Michael Prodger, Sarah Dawood and Chris Bourn

From Jim Crace to Cosey Fanni Tutti: recent books reviewed in short

Also featuring titles by Lawrence Osborne and Matthew Yeomans.

By Tom Gatti, Ellen Peirson-Hagger, Michael Prodger and Philippa Nuttall

Reviewed in short: New books by Jayne Buxton, Edward Enninful, Simon Heffer and Emma Donoghue

The Great Plant-Based Con by Buxton, A Visible Man by Enninful, Henry “Chips” Channon: The Diaries (Volume 3) edited by…

By India Bourke, Christiana Bishop, Michael Prodger and Matthew Gilley

Reviewed in short: New books from Steve Brusatte, Selby Wynn Schwartz, Katy Hessel and Seán Hewitt

The Rise and Reign of the Mammals by Brusatte, After Sappho by Schwartz, The Story of Art Without Men by…

By Will Dunn, Pippa Bailey, Michael Prodger and Christiana Bishop

Reviewed in short: New books by Guy Standing, Stu Hennigan, Jessica Andrews and Don Paterson

The Blue Commons by Standing, Ghost Signs by Hennigan, Milk Teeth by Andrews and The Arctic by Paterson.

By India Bourke, Harry Clarke-Ezzidio, Ellys Woodhouse and Matthew Gilley

Reviewed in short: New books from Geoff Mulgan, CJ Hauser, Matt Rowland Hill and Hans Fallada

Another World Is Possible by Mulgan, The Crane Wife by Hauser, Original Sins by Rowland Hill and Lilly and Her…

By Rachel Cunliffe, Emily Bootle, Lola Seaton and Michael Prodger

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