Want by Gillian Anderson review – let me be your fantasy

The star’s compendium of X-rated female wish-fulfilment makes for compelling, if not entirely candid, reading

Avoidance, Drugs, Heartbreak and Dogs by Jordan Stephens review – not so chill

The Rizzle Kicks star explores the fallout from fame in this candid portrait of the artist as a struggling young man

Good Nature by Kathy Willis review – flower power

A scientist’s deep dive into the extraordinary health benefits of getting close to nature

Hope for Cynics by Jamil Zaki review – beating the ‘trust recession’

A psychologist on the deleterious effects of cynicism and how faith in others is the key to building a better future

Self-help was meant to make me feel better. Instead it turned toxic – and borderline dangerous

For 15 years I read the books, took the courses and downloaded the apps to try to become a better person. None of it helped, says writer Emily Goddard

On the Couch: Writers Analyze Sigmund Freud review – the shrink’s shrink engagingly examined by Siri Hustvedt, Susie Boyt and others

Authors reassess the legacy of the father of psychotherapy in a lovely grab bag of essays

Coming of Age: How Adolescence Shapes Us by Lucy Foulkes review – deep dive into the teenage mind

An academic psychologist’s insightful and compassionate study of adolescence is expertly presented, plotting out harmful as well as helpful transitions into adulthood

Coming of Age by Lucy Foulkes review – the truth about teenagers

From being popular to taking risks, this wise and revelatory study overturns received wisdom about adolescence

Rumbles by Elsa Richardson review – gut reaction

A vivid cultural history of digestion, from ancient Greece to All-Bran

You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here by Benji Waterhouse review – the doctor won’t see you now

A brilliantly funny but deadly serious account of NHS psychiatry in crisis