How to live well: Ian Rankin on feeling young
The crime author, 57, may have aches and pains but ‘new-age stuff’ has him reaching for the beer – writing is the cure
Susie Orbach’s guide to books to understand yourself
The celebrated psychotherapist explores the works that help you get to grips with your psyche
Somebody I Used to Know by Wendy Mitchell review – dementia from the inside
Mitchell was 58 when she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimers. She began to write about the experience of losing herself, and the result is this remarkable memoir
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B Peterson – digested read
Man up and receive the words of advice John Crace has gleaned from this provocative self-help guide
In brief: Here Comes Trouble, The Wicked Cometh, Heal Me – review
Simon Wroe’s comic tale of a country in fake news meltdown, a murder mystery in Georgian London by Laura Carlin, and Julia Buckley’s revealing search for a cure
In Shock by Rana Awdish review – doctor turns patient
After coming close to death in her own hospital, a doctor perhaps protests too much at the language used by her lifesavers
Wendy Mitchell on her extraordinary Alzheimer’s memoir
Diagnosed at 58, Mitchell was determined not to be beaten: ‘Why feel ashamed of having a complex brain disease?’
I refuse to let cancer deprive my sons of their mother
Having been orphaned herself, Genevieve Fox’s desire to look after herself when she became ill was matched only by her urge to look after her own children
How to live well: Judith Kerr’s reasons to be cheerful
The children’s author talks to Emma Cook about the delights of living to 94, walking along the river and not watching rubbish TV
Top 10 books about the body
From the horrors of Frankenstein to the wit of Sara Pascoe’s Animal, novelist Emma Glass picks her favourite reading about the wonders of the human body