Editor Pick: Books

The twists and turns keep you reading and wondering how a life so full of promise has become so unhinged.

A grim dystopian French graphic novel receives its long-overdue English translation.

Sam Lipsyte is the laureate of the broken people.

West provides a surprising amount of information about the history and politics of Britain from the time of Queen Victoria in this concise book.

New book traces the end of the Cold War through the efforts of four key men.

This chronology begins at what is arguably fan fiction’s very roots – ancient Greece, where Virgil borrowed Homer’s characters.

A European animal comic looks at lost love, regrets and jazz.

A wealth of work from this irregular and irreplaceable genius.

"I hope this will appeal to young adult readers, as it is about a teenager functioning not only in the adult world, but one engaged in a bitter war."

Third entry in a proposed 10 book series of rock ‘n’ roll novels looks at sex and drugs and you know what else.