January 3, 2020

How would you respond to the rise of Nazism? Sebastian Haffner’s powerful 1939 memoir <I>Defying Hitler</i> can help us make sense of current uncertain times

Ian Birrell

02.01

America has always been a circus Kurt Anderson's <I>Fantasyland</i> explores the US tendency to blur fact with fiction

Justin Webb

01.01

The cost of liberal economics Tim Jackson's <i>Prosperity Without Growth</i> shows us how to bring the global economy back into the service of human flourishing

Mary Harrington

31.12

The End of the World is always nigh Richard Landes's much underrated <i>Heaven on Earth</i> explores our lust for Armageddon

Daniel Kalder

30.12

The Tories should have listened to Jesse Norman The Conservative MP's 2011 <I> Case for Real Capitalism </I> was prescient — but ignored by his party

James Kirkup

27.12

How liars become leaders There's a reason books such as <i>Gone Girl</i> and <i>The Girl on the Train</i> have been so popular this decade

Polly Mackenzie

26.12

The dangers of festive over-indulgence As Stephan Guyenet’s <I>The Hungry Brain</i> demonstrates, capitalism is cooking up food to reprogram our appetites

Tom Chivers

25.12

Why aren’t we all atheists? Francis Spufford's book, <i>Unapologetic</i>, makes the case for God in terms of feelings

Elizabeth Oldfield

24.12

Want to make sense of our chaotic world? James Gleick’s <i>The Information</i> will change the way you consider the cosmos

Sam Leith