Books

The most anticipated book of the year, a Booker Prize nominee and a posthumous release: John Self on three new, big releases this month

Despite some political hang-ups, James Fox provides diverting stories on the history of colour

Yet another teacher memoir abuses more clichés

This collection of measured drawings recovers the backbone of architectural education

Crime and thriller titles have replaced Strictly Come Dancing as the new craze for celebrities

John Martin Robinson’s second memoir pulls no punches against the cult of Modernism

Julie Bindel’s new book rescues modern feminism from its failings

What have modern architects learned from their most trenchant critic?

Three books that each offer a traditional holiday-reading pleasure

A sampling of mysteries that capture the life and geography of places elsewhere