The Death of Stalin by Sheila Fitzpatrick: Watch out! Stalin's coming back into fashion...

How Animals Heal Us by Jay Griffiths: Forget dogs, get a THERAPY SKUNK

Daughters Of The Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick: Twins wrenched apart by the Chinese government... with one sold to America

To Exist as I am by Grace Spence Green: Don't ignore me - and don't pity me, either

The Big Hop by David Rooney: How the Mail got Atlantic air travel off the ground

Succession meets White Lotus in this week's Psychological Thrillers: It's Always the Husband by C. L. Taylor, How the Other Half Die by Rachel North, The Stranger In Room Six by Jane Corry

Literary fiction to lure you in: TO THE MOON by Jang Ryujin, THE BOMBSHELL by Darrow Farr, SARASWATI by Gurnaik Johal

From bloodsucking vampires to time travelling humanoids; the best Science Fiction out this month: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab, Kill Them with Kindness by Will Carver, Esperance by Adam Oyebanji

Forgotten classics take centre stage in this week's Retros: THE STEPDAUGHTER by Caroline Blackwood, FROM SCENES LIKE THESE by Gordon M. Williams, THE WOMAN IN THE HALL by G. B. Stern

Picky by Jimi Famurewa: One critic's journey from mash and McDonalds to Michelin Stars

Good Anger by Sam Parker: Why a healthy dose of RAGE keeps the spark alive

Uncommon Ground  by Patrick Galbraith: Everything wrong with Right to Roam

Sophisticated Short Stories out now: Failed Summer Vacation By Heuijung Hur, Poppyland By D J Taylor, The Latehomecomer By Mavis Gallant

From which tome did Rachel Kelly think every line was worth noting for future reference?

The Durrells by Richard Bradford: My family and other lies