The Sleeping Beauties by Suzanne O’Sullivan review – 21st century health mysteries

Sleeping sickness, strange behaviour and mass hysteria ... a neurologist makes sense of ‘psychosomatic’ illness

First thing I turn to in a book? The thank yous at the back

From a food bank to a pal, I love seeing who gets the nod in a book’s acknowledgments

My rock’n’roll friendship with Lindy Morrison

She was in the Go-Betweens, Tracey Thorn was in the Marine Girls, their 30-year friendship enhanced both their lives

‘We will have to choose our apocalypse’: the cost of freedom after the pandemic

To remake society after the pandemic, we must swap Insta self‑improvement for something more radical, argues author Sam Byers

In brief: Unsettled Ground; Genesis; Inferno – reviews

Twins unravel their family history when their mother dies; myths, science and the origins of the universe; and a harrowing account of postpartum psychosis

Many Different Kinds of Love by Michael Rosen review – life after Covid

The much loved writer gives a memorable account of the disease from a patient’s point of view, in poems, notes and emails – and conveys how it feels to come back from the brink

Forgotten how to socialise? Here’s your post-lockdown primer

Six ways to bring some pizzazz to those first socially distanced interactions as restrictions are lifted

Top Snore-ty: can sleep-oriented pop remixes help our critic drift off?

‘Sleep-inducing’ is rarely a compliment, but Meditation app Calm hopes to have listeners nodding off with its hour-long remixes of hits by the likes of Ariana Grande and Katy Perry

From keep fit to sex: how Guardian readers have boosted their mood during the pandemic

Everyone needs a release from the stresses of lockdown life. Readers share the ideas that work for them

The best books to understand vaccines– and why some refuse them

As Covid-19 vaccinations gain speed around the world, Eula Biss picks books that explore this huge advance in medical science