There was, the author writes, ‘no history of what had happened to me’ or historical women, of ‘experiences long considered to be too private... to be admitted as true history’

Final instalment in French author’s family cycle project reconfigures the nature of autobiography

New books from Christopher Morash, Meena Kandasamy and Mary Daly

Modern-day Grapes of Wrath describes how Chris Smalls set out to unionise Amazon warehouse workers

Author of Less returns with a warm, hopeful novel set in Italy

‘What a glum mood runs through this anthology’

Critic Sathnam Sanghera responds to a feeling there has never been a serious examination of George Michael the music-maker

A History of Down High School, 200 years of the Impartial Reporter, and A History of First Presbyterian Church Armagh

Rather than being transported by this 750-pager, one has the sense of being trapped within an elaborate in-joke

Although some might find the style of this novel about the love between two male friends a little too florid, the author pulls it off

Book features an account of disruption and changes confronting societies - the author is emphatic that further upheaval is not the answer

Mageean’s memoir is a testament to determination, ambition and resilience

Autobiography of a Face details with visceral accuracy one woman’s experience of living with rare bone cancer

Plus works by Sara Mesa; Inès Cagnati; Eugenia Ladra; Eva Vezhnavets; and Alejandra Kamiya

A writer perfectly placed to examine the impact of this ‘act of self-harm’

The author sets out to track down all the 65 native species of butterfly in a single summer

Sci-fi tale is a memorable, haunting work, but stop-start narrative makes it hard for readers to engage

A tender coming-of-age novel about friendship, grief and the difficult work of carrying on

New books from John Michael Greer, Sheena Jolley, D.J. O’Sullivan and Cathi Fleming

Most vivid sections of this biography concern Blume’s early years