Life's A Picnic

Morality Tale by Sylvia Brownrigg and The Idea of Love by Louise Dean

he Sunday Times reviews by Lucy Atkins: invigoratingly caustic takes on messy modern marriage

Leviathan: Or, the Whale by Philip Hoare

The Sunday Times review by Bee Wilson: a hymn of praise - mixing memoir, natural history and anthropology - to the most useful and...

The Smoking Diaries written and read by Simon Gray

The Sunday Times review by Karen Robinson

Rancid Pansies by James Hamilton-Paterson

The Sunday Times review by Tom Deveson: another outing for irascible gastronome Gerry Samper. The novel's title, in case you...

Playing the Enemy by John Carlin

The Sunday Times review by RW Johnson: the rainbow nation seen through heavily rose-tinted glasses

The Garden of Last Days by Andre Dubus III

The Sunday Times review by Stephen Amidon: a powerful new novel by the acclaimed author of House of Sand and Fog

At a glances

The Sunday Times reviews by Ed King

The Robber Baron's Daughter by Jamila Gavin

The Robber Baron's Daughter by Jamila Gavin

The Birthday Present by Barbara Vine

The Sunday Times review by Penny Perrick: a fearful and satisfying novel suffused with jittery expectation

The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism by Ron Suskind

The Sunday Times review by Simon Jenkins: Pulitzer prize-winner takes a long hard look at the big lies of the war on terror - and their...

Cameron on Cameron: Conversations with Dylan Jones

The Sunday Times review by Matt Rudd: a year's worth of sycophantic chit-chat with the next prime minister, essential reading for...

Being a Scot by Sean Connery and Murray Grigor

The Sunday Times review by Christopher Hart: a surprisingly engaging history of Scotland, Edinburgh's most celebrated former milkman

At a glances

The Sunday Times reviews by Robert Collins

The Sunday Times/Faber Literary Quiz

Win a library of Faber books worth £10,000

The Vertigo Years by Philipp Blom

The Sunday Times review by Piers Brendon: this bold attempt at history without hindsight is full of incidental delights

Life Class by Pat Barker

The Sunday Times paperback review by Trevor Lewis

Everything is Connected by Daniel Barenboim

The Sunday Times review by Bryan Appleyard: impassioned lectures, both bonkers and profound, by the great conductor

Kate Saunders' fiction reviews of the week

Slaughterhouse Heart by Asfaneh Knight , Travel Writing by Peter Ferry , Exit Lines by Joan Barfoot

Lush Life by Richard Price

The Times review by Reggie Nadelson