Books

At Night All Blood Is Black David Diop, translated by Anna Moschovakis 1 recommender Atheism: A Very Short Introduction Julian Baggini A short, calm case for atheism as a positive way of seeing the world. Atheists Nick Spencer A history of European atheism that treats it as an argument about authority as much as about God. 1 recommender Atlas of AI Kate Crawford 1 recommender Atomic Habits James Clear A practical framework for building good habits and breaking bad ones. 3 recommenders Atomised Michel Houellebecq Two half-brothers, one a scientist and one a sensualist, adrift in the loneliness of modern France. 1 recommender Atonement Ian McEwan A thirteen-year-old misreads what she sees between her sister and the housekeeper's son, and spends the rest of her life trying to undo it. 1 recommender Au Contraire: Figuring Out the French Gilles Asselin and Ruth Mastron Why the French keep seeming rude to visitors, and what is actually being communicated instead. 1 recommender Audition Katie Kitamura An actress meets a young man who may be her son. Then the novel splits down the middle and rearranges everything you thought you had already understood. 3 recommenders Augustus: First Emperor of Rome Adrian Goldsworthy How a sickly nineteen-year-old heir turned Caesar's assassination into forty years of one-man rule. 1 recommender Aura Carlos Fuentes Carlos Fuentes's short novel narrated in the second person and set in a shadowy house, in Lysander Kemp's translation. 1 recommender Austerlitz W. G. Sebald A man raised in Wales discovers he came to Britain on a Kindertransport, and sets out to recover what was taken. 2 recommenders Austral Carlos Fonseca Carlos Fonseca's third novel, translated by Megan McDowell and published by Picador. Avant-Gardists: Artists in Revolt in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union Sjeng Scheijen Malevich, Tatlin and Rodchenko from the last years of the empire to the moment the state stopped tolerating them, with Tatlin weighted far more heavily than usual. 1 recommender Awaken the Giant Within Tony Robbins The master manual: how the decisions you make in a single moment can reshape a mind, a body and a life 1 recommender Ayiti Roxane Gay Stories of the Haitian diaspora from before she had an audience, pushing back on the headline version. Back Roads Tawni O'Dell Tawni O'Dell's novel follows a teenage boy left to raise his sisters after their mother is jailed for killing their abusive father. 1 recommender Bad Blood John Carreyrou A billion dollars raised on a machine that never worked, and the reporting that finally broke it. 1 recommender Bad Feminist Roxane Gay Permission to hold the politics and still like the wrong things, from a writer done with consistency. 1 recommender Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up Abigail Shrier The argument that therapy culture has made childhood more fragile, and the dispute over whether it causes the decline or merely responds to it. 1 recommender Baldwin Keith Middlemas and John Barnes 1 recommender Bandits in the Roman Empire Thomas Grünewald 1 recommender Banker to the Poor Muhammad Yunus Yunus's account of lending his own money to basket weavers in 1976 and what grew from it. Barn 8 Deb Olin Unferth A novel set among the hens of an industrial egg farm that takes the personhood of chickens seriously. 1 recommender Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians Brandon Sanderson, Janci Patterson The long-awaited finale of Sanderson's absurdist middle-grade series, narrated this time by the knight Bastille, resolving the war against the world-ruling Librarians. Batman: Hush Jim Lee A tour of Batman's entire mythology, and the artwork that made it the standard entry point. Battle for the Soul Edward-Isaac Dovere An inside account of the Democratic campaigns and infighting that led to the 2020 election. 1 recommender Battle Ground: Ten Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East Christopher Phillips Ten conflicts, from Syria to Yemen, explained for readers who gave up following them years ago. 1 recommender Be a Sales Superstar Brian Tracy Twenty-one short chapters of sales fundamentals, written for someone who needs something to use this afternoon rather than a theory. Be Obsessed or Be Average Grant Cardone Cardone reframes obsession as a virtue: rather than taming your ambition to fit in, he argues you should feed it, and channel that intensity into building the life you want. Be Useful Arnold Schwarzenegger Schwarzenegger distils an improbable life into seven tools he insists anyone can use, starting with having a clear vision and thinking big. Beach Read Emily Henry A literary novelist and a romance writer end up in neighbouring beach houses, and bet they can write each other's genre. 1 recommender Beartown Fredrik Backman In a small town that lives for hockey, a violent act by a star junior player tears apart the community that has pinned its hopes on him. Beatles Lars Saabye Christensen Lars Saabye Christensen's 1984 novel following four Oslo boys devoted to the Beatles from 1965 to 1972, translated by Don Bartlett. 1 recommender Beautyland Marie-Helene Bertino A girl born the night Voyager launched reports back to her home planet by fax. 1 recommender Becoming Michelle Obama Michelle Obama's best-selling memoir, tracing her path from the South Side of Chicago to the White House, and her reflections on identity, family, and public life. 1 recommender