The Ministry of Thin by Emma Woolf – review

Emma Woolf's study of our obsession with being thin should serve as a wake-up call to all women, writes Barbara Ellen

How Uganda’s female writers found their voice

A pioneering foundation called Femrite has helped a new generation of women tell often harrowing stories of daily life in the country, writes Elizabeth Day

The Anatomy of Violence by Adrian Raine – review

An entertaining study of genetic disposition to crime poses challenging moral questions, says Salley Vickers

Michael Pollan: Why the family meal is crucial to civilisation

Michael Pollan, the American food writer and campaigner, says eating together round the table every night is the way children learn best how to get along in the wider world. Interview by Richard Johnson

Be Awesome: Modern Life for Modern Ladies by Hadley Freeman – review

A confidence-boosting book for women under 40 has Miranda Sawyer crying out for the author to write a novel

Feral: Searching for Enchantment on the Frontiers of Rewilding by George Monbiot – review

George Monbiot's dream of a wilder Britain in which uplands would be cleared of sheep farming and populated with reintroduced species leaves Frances Stonor Saunders with a few questions

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan – review

Is our modern way of eating killing us and our sociability? Paul Levy on a new theory of diet

Be Awesome: Modern Life for Modern Ladies, by Hadley Freeman – review

Hadley Freeman's memoir masquerading as a survival guide is fresh, witty and packs a serious punch, writes Viv Groskop

The Society of Timid Souls by Polly Morland – review

Polly Morland's study of bravery is full of energy, curiosity and courage, writes Kate Kellaway

Drugs 2.0: The Web Revolution That’s Changing How the World Gets High by Mike Power – review

The web has transformed drug use in profound and unsettling ways, finds Carole Cadwalladr