In this ode to Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus and more, James Kaplan evokes a pivotal moment in modern music
https://www.ft.com/content/2433ca57-efb1-4f81-97d1-bf30e1d517c0
An often overlooked battleground of the first world war offers valuable insights on today’s geopolitics
https://www.ft.com/content/8e29eba7-a91a-40a6-a5e5-47369a7c70eb
The writer’s Dickensian doorstopper of a book features a motley crew of characters in a London riven by privilege, greed and ego
https://www.ft.com/content/6ea0afce-f9d8-4f8a-852a-ffb1bccc7621
A keen-eyed story of generational tensions offers recognisable laughs, but is also a plea for political tolerance
https://www.ft.com/content/f45ed4a7-3ef7-4c0a-9457-99499d8cc389
Philipp Staab’s exploration of how tech giants operate like the colonising East India Company offers a nuanced critique of the fast-developing digital economy
https://www.ft.com/content/d0617de3-91bd-45cc-8568-5ea6e063065e
The 10th book in the beloved San Francisco series is a reunion of old friends — but not always in the best sense
https://www.ft.com/content/d547cecd-3cce-4ffd-bb07-612a45f19d35
In an age of remarkable scientific advances, three new books explore the prospects for living longer — and the challenges for human society
https://www.ft.com/content/95480867-9ae2-4100-a56c-c69eb8c36254
Fareed Zakaria’s ambitious history diagnoses many modern ills — but avoids simplistic remedies to populism
https://www.ft.com/content/1cb1a0d4-3ed1-4892-8505-7a1639075f83
The story of Tessa Ensler and her fight with the legal system goes from stage to page — but the play’s power is often missing
https://www.ft.com/content/a79cba15-847b-4d57-baf8-649fd1f99c92
Iran’s hijab protests vs the regime; Chris Bryant’s tale of two English hangings for being gay; Olivier Roy sheds light on identity politics; the changing fortunes of Brentford FC; Tommy Oran...
https://www.ft.com/content/19b2cbcf-4db2-4f7c-ba36-94270de66989
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s tale about identity and authenticity centres on the controversial legacy of an author who goes to ground after accusations of plagiarism
https://www.ft.com/content/28785790-7b97-4d1e-8fff-f36b58348cda
The Labour politician painstakingly traces the difficult story of the last two British men executed for sodomy
https://www.ft.com/content/8d625fff-cf6e-4aec-8183-9a27a44f62a4
A singular book on identity politics that neither condemns nor embraces it but brings order to a world not at ease with itself
https://www.ft.com/content/775557e0-0485-46c0-9471-0f8c7bdc44ab
How Matthew Benham used statistical insights to elevate the club to the Premier League
https://www.ft.com/content/eb1ef9c8-cbe7-4080-8f1e-ec24bcd510ea
Harriet Baker’s ‘Rural Hours’ is an intimate examination of how back-to-basics living fuelled the work of three literary greats
https://www.ft.com/content/b183fe46-5e5e-4a5d-b15f-b911588688bd
The follow-up to 2018’s bestselling ‘There There’ is a powerful, multi-voiced account of suffering and survival across the generations
https://www.ft.com/content/5daf4500-622f-43cf-93f1-69731f46734a
Croft’s second novel is a metatextual mystery that reflects on truth, fiction and literary interpretation
https://www.ft.com/content/41f7d3d9-c10b-4544-9144-e0da78918879
Mahsa Jina Amini’s death at the hands of the morality police unleashed an uprising — but will it unseat the regime?
https://www.ft.com/content/6ddedd00-1a2e-427e-b2bc-ed07975a2083
FT specialists recommend the most insightful volumes on the race for the White House
https://www.ft.com/content/9a9b50db-5595-438c-ad41-a43693c53504
A fresh wave of historical studies shows that the ancient and medieval worlds were more closely linked than we used to think
https://www.ft.com/content/a32047c0-99db-4b01-bb7f-1ea3e11a617e
A British-Nigerian odyssey, a day in the life of a daydreaming English student, and fathers and sons in an ex-mining town
https://www.ft.com/content/38139ea7-03be-4ff0-ae4e-db4502813486
The Pulitzer winner on leaving Vietnam as a child, subverting the immigrant memoir — and why he believes in a borderless world
https://www.ft.com/content/5918d9da-b86d-4f47-b973-78cfbb092483
Featuring cannibalism, Nazis and Soviet leaders having sex, this novel and short-story collection — finally available in English — are like nothing else
https://www.ft.com/content/065477c7-5e08-4457-92f0-b423dcd69c35
In ‘The Language Puzzle’, archaeologist Steven Mithen explores how linguistic and evolutionary development go hand in hand, from our grunt-filled past to our garrulous present
https://www.ft.com/content/7581d315-b216-467c-bcd3-d599bd563b8d
How rich men with big egos brought turbulence to the social media platform now rebranded as X
https://www.ft.com/content/a97651e3-13f9-48eb-b7f6-169d4071b98e