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What London’s Reading Now: Robert Martineau, Michael Lewis and Rachel Cusk top the list Katie Law
Waypoints: A Journey on Foot by Rob Martineau (Cape, £16.99 )
At the age of 27, Martineau, a former lawyer in London, quit his job and embarked on a 1,000 mile walk with a backpack through West Africa, from Accra to Ouidah on the Beninese Coast. This is his story, beautifully-written, of how his pilgrimage of sorts changed him forever. In a good way.
Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism by Kathleen Stock (Little Brown, £16.99)
Stock tackles several key axioms of trans activism, from the idea that everyone has an inner gender identity that might not match their biological sex to the pressure on people to acknowledge and legally protect gender identity instead of biological sex. A clear-sighted analysis in tricky territory.
What London’s Reading Now: Emma Dabiri, Kazuo Ishiguro and Torrey Peters top the list Katie Law
What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition by Emma Dabiri (Penguin, £8)
From the Irish Nigerian author of Don’t Touch My Hair comes this essay which challenges the whole genre of anti-racism books that have become the new darlings of the publishing industry. Putting black squares on your website just doesn’t cut it. Buy it here
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (Faber, £20)
Klara, an artificial friend - ie a robot - to young Josie, is curious to learn more about the strange world around her, including the complex emotions of humans. Set in an imaginary futuristic city somewhere in the US, the Nobel Prize winner’s seventh novel packs a devastating emotional punch with gentle determination. Buy it here