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?’
The Case Against Sugar by Gary Taubes review – shocking and important
A remarkable account of our addiction to the sweet stuff and the far-reaching implications for our health
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
How to Be Human: The Manual by Ruby Wax review – can mindfulness conquer all?
The comedian and campaigner is an engaging champion of mental health, but self-care may not always be enough
Fragile Lives: A Heart Surgeon’s Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table by Stephen Westaby – review
A heart-stopping memoir – and a notably down-to-earth example of the genre
Lost Connections by Johann Hari review – too many drugs, not enough understanding
Part personal odyssey and part investigation, this rigorous if flawed study finds fault with contemporary treatment of depression and anxiety
Is everything Johann Hari knows about depression wrong?
The Observer has published an excerpt from Johann Hari’s new book challenging what we know about depression. But do his own claims and arguments stack up?
A Monk’s Guide to a Clean House and Mind by Shoukei Matsumoto – digested read
John Crace simplifies Buddhist teaching on lightbulb cleaning, personal hygiene and other domestic essentials