Henrietta Lacks: the mother of modern medicine
How did cells taken from a poor black woman in 1951 come to unlock some of the biggest advances in science?
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
My Bonnie: How Dementia Stole the Love of my Life by John Suchet, and Keeper: Living with Nancy. A Journey Into Alzheimer’s by Andrea Gillies
Two very different accounts of dementia struggle to make sense of a bewildering and frightening disease, says Kate Kellaway
The raw horror of Alzheimer’s
Andrea Gillies thought she could care for her mother-in-law, who was gripped by dementia. It was a terrible mistake, the Orwell prize winner tells Amelia Gentleman
The Case for Working with Your Hands: Or Why Office Work Is Bad for Us and Fixing Things Feels Good by Matthew Crawford
Peter Forbes swaps his thinking cap for overalls
Cookbook’s ‘freshly ground black people’ gaffe boosts sales
The Pasta Bible, most copies of which were pulped because of a typo howler, has seen its sales rise as a result
The Selfish Society by Sue Gerhardt
Can the latest scientific thinking about child development help fix Britain's 'broken society'? asks Phil Hogan
Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease by Gary Greenberg
Lewis Wolpert takes issue with a book that accuses drug manufacturers of hyping depression
Writing a way through grief
Mark Lawson: Books on bereavement are a rare mix of personal and universal – cathartic for both reader and writer
Gary Greenberg: ‘Am I happy enough?’
Psychotherapist and author of Manufacturing Depression Gary Greenberg talks to Tim Adams about drugs and true love