The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddartha Mukherjee – review
Siddhartha Mukherjee's masterly 'biography of cancer' makes for a great story, as well as an important history of scientific progress, writes Sarah Boseley
Henry’s Demons by Patrick and Henry Cockburn – review
A father-and-son account gives Charlotte Moore a greater understanding of living with schizophrenia
Henry’s Demons: Living with Schizophrenia, a Father and Son’s Story by Patrick and Henry Cockburn – review
A memoir by the veteran war reporter Patrick Cockburn and his son offers a powerful inside story of mental illness, says Alexander Linklater
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua – review
Amy Chua reckons tough love is good for children. Terri Apter can't wait to read their memoirs
Your Voice in My Head by Emma Forrest — review
Emma Forrest's account of mental illness is frank and frequently funny but bears the scars of self-obsession, writes Julie Myerson
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Millions of women have fallen for Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir of self-discovery. Why, asks Rachel Cusk, as Eat, Pray, Love opens as a Julia Roberts blockbuster
Teach Us to Sit Still by Tim Parks
The writer's search for relief from chronic pelvic pain makes a great book out of a wee problem, says William Leith
Writing a way through grief
Mark Lawson: Books on bereavement are a rare mix of personal and universal – cathartic for both reader and writer
Interview: Monica Seles
Monica Seles talks to Tim Adams about being stabbed in the back and the decade of disappointment and despair that followed
Voyage around my brother
Review: The Music Room by William FiennesJohn Burnside on a thoughtful and lyrical account of an extraordinary childhood