Sex-Pol: Essays, 1929-1934 by Wilhelm Reich – review
Can sexual satisfaction lead to revolution?Christopher Turner on genital utopia
Kith: The Riddle of the Childscape by Jay Griffiths – review
Is chronic estrangement from nature responsible for our children's woes? By Alexander Linklater
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There by Cheryl Strayed – review
Cheryl Strayed's Dear Sugar agony aunt columns will infuriate some but delight many more, writes Viv Groskop
Bipolar memoirs: What have I done?
We live in bipolar times. Yet memoirs of manic depression by Stephen Fry and others suggest the new diagnosis, treated with drugs, risks ignoring the crucial details of each patient's condition. By Darian Leader
Kith: The Riddle of the Childscape by Jay Griffiths – review
Sentimentality clouds an otherwise sharp diagnosis of child unhappiness, writes Mary Beard
She Left Me the Gun: My Mother’s Life Before Me by Emma Brockes – review
The shocks come thick and fast in this courageous and clear-sighted memoir about a family secret, says Elizabeth Lowry
Lisa Lynch obituary
Writer who recounted her experience of cancer with engaging candour
Running With the Pack by Mark Rowlands; Running Like a Girl by Alexandra Heminsley – review
Two books on the joy of running are equally inspirational but in very different ways, writes Miranda Sawyer
Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss – review
A damning investigation into the junk food industry is both chilling and contentious, writes Joanna Blythman
Pondlife: A Swimmer’s Journal by Al Alvarez – review
An octogenarian's account of wild swimming's life-affirming qualities is a delight, writes Kate Kellaway