Beyond Order by Jordan Peterson review – a ragbag of self-help dictums

There is too much messianic passion and not enough enlightening psychology in Peterson’s follow-up to the bestselling 12 Rules for Life

Friends by Robin Dunbar review – why it pays to be sociable

Is it possible to have more than five very close friends? A miscellany of modern research reveals the life-saving power of our relationships

Beyond Order by Jordan Peterson review – more rules for life

Despite the psychologist’s role in the culture wars, his books present him as a personal trainer for the soul ... Is his latest advice bracing and useful or merely humourless and banal?

A Still Life by Josie George review – memoir of a mystery illness

The honesty and clarity of the writing in this account elevates what could have been a ‘misery memoir’ into something moving and joyous

‘I’ve been called Satan’: Dr Rachel Clarke on facing abuse in the Covid crisis

As well as fighting to keep Covid patients alive, NHS staff are now battling a surge in abuse and denial in the second wave. Dr Rachel Clarke on how she is coping – and what gives her hope

Rachel Clarke: ‘NHS staff are burning with frustration and grief at this second wave’

The palliative care doctor and author on a year of Covid in UK hospitals and her hopes for the vaccine

Tom Templeton: ‘I suspect doctors have realised how therapeutic it can be to write books’

The former Observer writer and now GP talks about his new book, 34 Patients, and the challenges he has faced during the pandemic

The Case for Keto review – why a full-fat diet should be on the menu

Gary Taubes argues persuasively that ‘those who fatten easily’ should abandon carbs altogether

The Age of Fitness by Jürgen Martschukat review – why we are obsessed

Do we think of people who keep fit as more successful? The history and politics of an idea

Nonfiction to look out for in 2021

Biographies of Philip Roth and DH Lawrence, and the curious death of Robert Maxwell