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The Naked Don’t Fear the Water: Eyewitness account of refugee trek
Matthieu Aikins’s experience of an Afghan’s journey to Europe has insight and empathy
Sexual Revolution: Modern Fascism and the Feminist Fightback
Laurie Penny’s essays use anecdote and experience to distil complex arguments
Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine
Book review: Anna Della Subin’s investigation into ‘man-gods’ such as Gandhi is fascinating
Being a Human: Adventures in 40,000 Years of Consciousness
Charles Foster turns hunter-gatherer in amiable rekindling of early thoughts and feelings
Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice
Rupa Marya and Raj Patel dissect ‘colonial’ healthcare and focus on societal repair
Sex – Lessons from History: A brisk history of sex in western culture
Fern Riddell’s book, written in clear and chatty prose, reminds us that debates around sex are nothing new
Everybody: Searching for freedom in a constricted world
Book review: Olivia Lang’s latest work of nonfiction explores the body from multiple perspectives by using a mix of cultural criticism, biography and memoir
The Hidden Spring: A quest to understand human consciousness
Mark Solms has written a probing, complex investigation into why we feel as we do
Having and Being Had: Enmeshed in a capitalist world
Book review: Eula Biss takes a nuanced look at inequality, race, precarity and money
Little Dancer Aged Fourteen: Life of the model for Degas’s artwork
Camille Laurens uses empathy, criticism and biography to sculpt understanding of a girl
Catching the Worm: Examining the motivation behind scientific research
Book review: Nobel laureate William Campbell’s memoir is interspersed with vignettes and insights wrought from a long, expansive life
The Crying Book: The tender connections between our tears
Review: Heather Christle’s book is a joyful exploration of why and how we cry
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