Jade McGlynn examines Moscow’s use of propaganda, while Serhii Plokhy details the war’s impact on geopolitics

Author tackles the darkest of subjects with irreverent humour in this story of a sex therapist’s transcriptionist and her love affair with a gynaecologist

Irish Times political correspondent Harry McGee draws a line between Malcolm Macarthur’s crimes in 1982 and then-taoiseach Charles Haughey

Ecologist’s latest book completes a compelling trilogy on Ireland’s natural history

The classical archaeologist on how the West was spun into a grand narrative

Declan O’Driscoll reads a diverse selection of new novels in translation, plus one book of short stories

Death, birth and belonging are the main themes as the narrator travels between Ireland, Croatia and France

An adolescent’s out-of-body experiences bring her down a path of discovery

Daniel Chandler’s Free and Equal skilfully turns political philosophy into detailed policy proposals, while Rafaek Behr surveys the wreckage of post-Brexit Britain

There is much to admire in this work, but its inconsistency suggests a crisis of confidence on the part of the author

This grande dame of literature advances the question, how do you escape from the presence of absence?

It has been nine years since McKeon’s debut novel but it has been worth the wait for this disturbing, intensely moving exploration of the Troubles and their legacy

This is less a diagnosis of the fragmentation of capitalism than a compendium of anarcho-capitalists’ fever dreams

A critique that shows us our world and exposes interesting things about the art that reflects, and sometimes changes, that milieu

An account of years of what seems very like wilful parental neglect, and the devastating impact this life at sea had on the author

Beware The Woman; Don’t Look Back; No One Saw A Thing; The Monk; and Italian Rules

Rhythm in the prose adds a texture to this story that harmonises with its principal theme

This debut novel doesn’t probe for revelations, instead pursuing an immersion in memory

This is Michael Frayn’s last book, a stocktaking and a leavetaking

Erik Linstrum’s research exposes a self-serving myth whose long shadow can be seen in today’s Britain

Fairytale analogy weaves through narrative to convey effective overview of evolution

Ahmed’s 11th book engages fiercely with what it feels like to be excluded and offers strategies for working with those collective feelings

Paschal Donohoe reviews new books by Erik Angner and Edmund Phelps

A virtuosic set-piece late on veers so far into nightmare territory, it feels as if we’re reading a thriller

A rich, topical novel set in the high-stakes world of high-end dining dished up with aplomb

Reading this memoir by Eimear Ryan felt like letting out a breath I didn’t know I was holding

Time and the natural world are at the heart of this new work by the author of Thin Places

Mammoth work is a monumental celebration of how Irish words fuel our engagement with the world

Griffin’s third novel is her most emotionally complex book yet, heartbreaking and full of gentle humour

From Sam Blake’s teenage murder mystery in south Dublin to the painful break-up of a friendship

Hotel 21 has a catchy title, a great premise and solid plot momentum from start to finish

Stephen Sexton reviews To 2040, Material Properties and The Book of Trivialities

A woman has lost her ability to speak in this latest novel from the author of The Vegetarian

No Middle Path: The Civil War in Kerry; County Donegal Historical Society Annual; Dúchas: The Duhallow Historical Journal; The Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society

This compendium makes a significant contribution to Behan’s centenary year

Morash works a fluid historical axis, moving with ease from Danish traders to the wide streets commission, from James Stephens to Roddy Doyle

Some excellent insights and details, but work let down by limp editing

Aided by the consistency of Margaret Jull Costa’s translation, the late author’s last novel is an engaging exploration of familiar themes, writes Declan O’Driscoll

Must dedication to literary success inevitably have detrimental consequences for those closest to us?

Rebecca Struthers examines how timekeeping mechanisms have shaped cultural practices

An impressive debut collection full of quirky, tragic characters

A woman flees to Italy following the death of her husband in this seventh novel from the Irish author

Late Spanish author’s final novel, translated by Margaret Jull Costa, questions identity and morality

Nigel Biggar is generous in the latitude he allows imperial states for actions to avoid ‘anarchy’

Motherhood is central to this novel about 13-year-old Jamie O’Neill

Brief reviews of Wally the World’s Greatest Piano-Playing Wombat; Bear and Bird; The Táin; Kevin’s in a Mood; Emerald and the Ocean Parade; and Ivy Newt and the Storm Witch

The English author’s fifth novel is a taut and atmospheric read

Czech author’s republished essays come at a fraught moment in Europe

Paul McMahon examines the problems with Irish forestry and possible alternatives

Including new works in translation from Argentina, France, Sweden, Iraq, Thailand, and Rwanda