The author’s third novel unfolds in a climate-altered London where everyone suffers chronic pain and neural networks connect us like social media

Poets from Gaza and the West Bank paint a bleak picture of the precarious nature of life amid the ruined landscapes of their homeland

The French author eulogises every goal Cantona scored for Man Utd during his headline-grabbing five years with the club

Having embarked on an Odyssey of her own, Wilson considers the perils and prejudices of translating the classics

One of Ireland’s most undervalued authors once again proves his greatness in this Joycean journey through an unfamiliar Dublin

This history of Britain’s role in the latter half of the second world war debunks myths with quotable aplomb

An acutely observed tale of dysfunctional romance from one of this year’s Observer debut novelists

The German author’s International Booker-shortlisted novel puts a tricksy spin on the life of film-maker GW Pabst

One of the most influential books of the 1990s, this novella about a young heroin addict still thrills today

The anthropologist debunks the myths behind the mystic tradition and explores its modern legacy

A punchy history of the alt-right shows how it was formed via the connection online of niche groups with shared views

Fifty years after the murder suicide of three farmer siblings, the author revisits his own work of investigative journalism

This grim tale of murder finds the former defence lawyer aligning herself with Paris’s banlieue-dwelling underclass

The viral sensation was incapacitated by a stroke, necessitating a new way of expressing himself

The French author attempts to use fiction to demystify the life of Hitler’s architect and confidant Albert Speer

Whether braving gales on a night ferry or joining early risers at a bakery, Richards’ engaging book illuminates the nocturnal workings of the nation

Banned in Iran, Parsipur’s novel about a makeshift family of women is timely and human – and revels in the unexpected

This biography paints a compelling portrait of the artist from poverty to riches in life – and neglect to reverence in death

In the Guatemalan writer's audacious work of autofiction, a stay at a Jewish holiday camp morphs into Nazi role play

Stripe’s immersive memoir of her Yorkshire upbringing breathes in the smells – sweet and foul – of a lifetime’s experience