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 Leïla Slimani to Laura Cumming: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Penance by Eliza Clark and White Hot by Matt Roller and Tim Wigmore.

By Peter Williams, Sarah Dawood, Michael Prodger and Barney Horner

From Elizabeth Winkler to Claire Kilroy: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Cinderella Boys by Leo McKinstry and In Light-Years There’s No Hurry by Marjolijn van Heemstra.

By Michael Prodger, Rachel Cunliffe and Christiana Bishop

From Brandon Taylor to Stuart Maconie: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Blue Machine by Helen Czerski and Is This OK? by Harriet Gibsone.

By Pippa Bailey, Michael Prodger, Matthew Gilley and Chris Bourn

From Ronnie O’Sullivan to a Ukrainian family memoir: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Being Human by Lewis Dartnell and We All Go Into the Dark by Francisco Garcia.

By Pippa Bailey, Michael Prodger, Ido Vock and Harry Clarke-Ezzidio

From Jacqueline Rose to Kira Yarmysh: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Encounterism by Andy Field and Art Firsts by Nick Trend.

By Gavin Jacobson, Christiana Bishop, Rachel Cunliffe and Michael Prodger

From Katja Hoyer to Charles Foster: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Why is this Lying Bastard Lying to Me? by Rob Burley and The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan.

By Jeremy Cliffe, Michael Prodger, India Bourke and Ellen Peirson-Hagger

From Caleb Azumah Nelson to the artists of Kettle’s Yard: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring a biography of Messalina and a story collection by Shalash the Iraqi.

By Megan Gibson, Rachel Cunliffe, Ellen Peirson-Hagger and Michael Prodger

From Fernanda Melchor to Rafael Behr: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring My Father’s Brain by Sandeep Jauhar and The Seaside by Madeleine Bunting.

By Pippa Bailey, Michael Prodger, Sophie McBain and Will Lloyd

From Michael Magee to Susan Owens: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Audrey Golden’s oral history of women at Factory Records and A Flat Place by Noreen Masud.

By Michael Prodger, Ellen Peirson-Hagger, India Bourke and Barney Horner

From Max Porter to Xiaolu Guo: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring All the Houses I’ve Ever Lived In by Kieran Yates and Uproar by Alice Loxton.

By Christiana Bishop, Michael Prodger, Anoosh Chakelian and Matthew Gilley

From Benjamin Myers to Timothy Garton Ash: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Eve by Claire Horn and A Stranger in Your Own City by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad.

By Emma Haslett, Jeremy Cliffe, Michael Prodger and Matthew Gilley

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

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