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
Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses by Claire Dederer
Carrie O'Grady welcomes a yoga book by a mother who wasn't very good at it
Help!: How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done by Oliver Burkeman
Nicholas Lezard on the self-help book to end all self-help books
A hugger or a tiger mother: battle of the baby-rearing strategies
A series of new books is likely to open up fresh controversy about the way we bring up our children; some demanding strict, regimented parenting, others a more laid-back approach
A plague in both these novels: why does disease make such infectious fiction?
Jonathan Jones: Since nothing so tests a community as disease, it's no wonder novelists, from Boccaccio to Roth, are drawn to the theme
Et cetera: Steven Poole’s non-fiction choice – reviews roundup
Disconnect by Devra Davis, Blogistan: The Internet and Politics in Iran by Annabelle Sreberny & Gholam Khiabany and Enter Night: Metallica, the Biography by Mick Wall
Guardian first book award: Kathryn Schulz
In the fifth and final Q&A with the shortlisted authors, Kathryn Schulz discusses her book on human error, Being Wrong
Collette Waller: ‘Without MS, there wouldn’t be all these poems’
Collette Waller's powerful poetry – bitter and humble, funny and furious, savage and insightful – records the reality of her life with multiple sclerosis
In praise of the daily walk
A brisk half hour walk a day will keep you healthy – and sane – say researchers. Eight people reveal what walking means to them
How to have fun for free
Everyone's feeling the pinch right now – so how can you afford the finer things in life, from makeup to cinema tickets to holidays?