Two books chart the rise of the chipmaker via its ‘benevolent dictator’ Jensen Huang and an early gamble on deep learning
Megan Hunter spans the decades in a sensual novel that traces the emotional fallout from an unexpected death
Vladislav Zubok’s monumental account is not just history, but a reassessment of a stand-off that still shapes geopolitics today
Jane Draycott skilfully evokes the strangeness and intensity of one of ancient Rome’s most complex figures
Sayaka Murata’s eyebrow-raising new novel is set in an alternative Japanese society of artificial insemination and suppressed desire
The late Peruvian Nobel laureate, who died this week, was a virtuoso storyteller and a visionary interpreter of his continent’s dreams. This pick of FT reviews, interviews and features looks back at his life and work
Neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod takes a compelling look at the biological and environmental factors that foster dogma and intolerance
The German writer explores friendship, family and generational trauma in three luminous interconnected essays
Ingenious, elegant and inventive, the Nobel Prize-winning writer was a virtuoso storyteller of private passions and power misused
The great Peruvian writer charted the culture and turbulent politics of Latin America in his exuberant, often thoroughly entertaining books. Here are some of the best
A memoir by Merlin Hanbury-Tenison; Sarah Lonsdale on the lives of five remarkable women; Hannah Bourne-Taylor’s fight to save swifts; and Hannah Dale’s tale on rewilding a farm
The feted novelist coolly dissects hidden narratives and the performative side of everyday conversation and relationships
In-depth psychological portrait encompasses a turbulent life and a history of modern Ireland and its social attitudes
Writer and public intellectual lost 1990 presidential election to Alberto Fujimori
The author reflects on his latest work, a collection of essays about revising his views on books, politics and memory
The scientist played a key role in establishing that dark matter pervades the universe
Nvidia, driving force of the AI revolution; Katie Kitamura’s coolly observed novel of human interaction; the Sheffield music scene behind Heaven 17 and The Human League; exploring Britain’s Great North Road; a romcom by ‘Call Me By Your Name’ author André Aciman; a family memoir of Nazis and weapons science; the untold lives of the Crippen case women; a freshly translated history of 12 Roman rulers; James Lovegrove’s top sci-fi titles; Nilanjana Roy on dream states — plus five books that unpick tariffs and trade wars
This scurrilous, wonderfully detailed potted history of 12 Roman rulers still resonates in a sparky new translation
Sheffield bands The Human League, Heaven 17 and ABC found international fame in the 1970s and 1980s — an achievement made possible by publicly funded institutions
Three books that bring real insight into how dreams create a window to our psyches and mirror the anxieties of our times
As tariffs escalate, FT specialists recommend titles that explain the forces and ideas shaping trade policy in recent decades, including President Trump’s trade war
Rob Cowen’s discovery of a skull near the A1 motorway leads him to explore layers of Britain’s history — and battle his own historical demons along the way
From a portrait of an Insta-perfect couple to the first in a seven-novel sequence about a woman stuck in a time loop, here are our critics’ views of four of the translated works of fiction in the running for this year’s award
Shortlisted for the International Booker, the French philosopher’s new novel is a damning exploration of apathy in the face of calamity
In her revisiting of the grisly 1910 case, Hallie Rubenhold seeks to demote the murderer from his male-centric leading role
The novelist and poet interrogates his great-grandfather’s life story, taking in Nazi Germany, 1930s Turkey and the world of chemical weapons
Two sixtysomethings strike up an unlikely liaison in this contemporary fairy tale by the ‘Call Me by Your Name’ author
Body modification in Korea, short stories about automatons through history, and how humans might cope in a dystopian Lilliput
A century after it was published, F Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece is more relevant than ever. Sarah Churchwell on the trouble with ‘careless people’
Cordelia Fine, Charlie Colenutt and Emily Callaci dive into the often unfair and random ways we value labour
The former Vanity Fair editor takes a nostalgic look back at an era when print was king and the publishing industry thrived
Fact and fiction merge in Burhan Sönmez’s novel about a man out to avenge the wrong done to Kafka
Philippe Sands tells the story of his part in attempts to extradite the Chilean dictator and trace his ties to an SS fugitive
In the first two of seven volumes, the International Booker-longlisted Danish author follows her protagonist, again and again, through the same day
An ocean-going 1940s sleuth aspires to write a memoir (and film script) based on the unsolved 1931 killing of Julia Wallace
A former diplomat’s unflinching account of migrant journeys to Britain advocates for more humane and practical reforms
The Princeton historian on the battle over who says what — and why it depends on power, wealth and the media megaphone
