"Obama writes with verve and style. However, the book is a reminder of the dangers of messiahs in politics. ..."

"Atwood’s first poetry collection in more than 10 years is wry and entertaining..."

"Walking With Ghosts is affecting on many levels: a working-class family memoir as well as a meditation on fame and its discontents...."

"Klopp appears almost obscenely charming — honest, intelligent, sensible and funny — in Anthony Quinn’s revealing billet-doux..."

"The dazzling story of the slave turned general who led Haiti’s revolt against France..."

"A biography of the composer that is so vivid, you feel you could shake hands with him..."

"an arresting meditation on the nature of love..."

"a riveting, tantalisingly ambiguous portrait ..."

"the book offers “perspectives” by insiders ... who all give Callaghan the credit for good intentions..."

"This largely faithful retelling of Trojan myth is genial enough, but has unsavoury aspects for the modern reader..."

"The Hollywood actor is bracingly honest about the reality of living with Parkinson’s..."

"Rae shows little interest in disrupting the legend of the writer as a charismatic outlaw..."

"a vivid and at times almost unbearably distressing story from which it is very hard to turn away..."

"I learned a lot reading this..."

"Her essays on writers such as Ishiguro, Camus and Jane Bowles make returning to their works a renewed pleasure..."

"No one is going to base a claim for Bloom’s merits on this final book. ..."

"an ambitious book that explains the rise of Ronald Reagan..."

"combines memoir from a lifetime of travel ... and reflections on how islands illuminate his own life and the human condition..."

"Can-do narration makes the most of this book’s argument that decent, fair-minded people can succeed..."

"This superb biography saves the reputation of the long-serving foreign secretary..."

"explores similarities between the tyrants from Germany and Soviet Union..."

"a chronicle of an extraordinary friendship..."

"the whole book is a lucky dip: put in your thumb, pull out a plum, and relish it..."

"sweet, funny and revealing..."

"Drinking wine aged 10, endless parties and so many women ... a fine novelist who preferred good times to writing..."

"a splendidly well-written page-turner..."

"Their conversation makes a powerful book..."

"French writer Annie Ernaux elevated herself to the bourgeoisie but alienated her working-class father in the process..."

"Catelli presents his thesis as an artless spy story..."

"these conversations offer a portrait of a vanished world..."

"Filled with dreamlike memories, this autobiography is both surprising and delightful..."