The Late Medieval English Church: Vitality and Vulnerability Before the Break with Rome Lucy Wooding admires the balance of a tome that puts pre-Reformation England's religion on trial 13 September
Is American Science in Decline? The popular narrative of US intellectual decay proves wide of the mark, James Wilsdon writes 6 September
Foundations of the American Century: The Ford, Carnegie, and Rockefeller Foundations in the Rise of American Power 6 September
Like a Virgin: How Science is Redesigning the Rules of Sex Sarah Conner is diverted by the idea of a future in which sperm is no longer a reproductive prerequisite 6 September
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War 6 September
The Ravenous Brain: How the New Science of Consciousness Explains Our Insatiable Search for Meaning An exploration of the dark side of the neuroscience force leaves Tristan Bekinschtein hungry for more 6 September
Animals Erased: Discourse, Ecology and Reconnection with the Natural World Christopher Belshaw prefers the style to the substance of this 'alternative' approach to wildlife 30 August
The Black Hole of the Camera: The Films of Andy Warhol Mandy Merck evaluates a surprising study of a US icon's visionary, sometimes cosmic, cinema 30 August
Memoir of a Debulked Woman: Enduring Ovarian Cancer Deborah Rogers is moved by a feminist scholar’s meditation on the body, medicine and mortality 30 August
Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox Star who worked hard on understanding herself and others deserves better, opines Mary Evans 23 August
How To Be Gay Almost despite himself, Ken Plummer is beguiled by an eloquent elegy for queerdom’s camp old days 23 August
Hawking Incorporated: Stephen Hawking and the Anthropology of the Knowing Subject The 'lone genius' relies on others, says Jon Turney, our most famous living thinker particularly so 23 August
The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I In Tudor England as now, being paranoid doesn't mean they are not after you, Helen Castor says 16 August
Backsliding: Understanding Weakness of Will Natalie Gold on an attempt to solve the paradox of intentionally acting against one's best judgement 16 August
Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are Exploration of neural connections could unlock the workings of the mind, says Nikolaus Kriegeskorte 16 August
Rome: An Empire's Story An illuminating guide maps out a fast-track course to a dazzling imperial overview for Ronald Mellor 9 August
Sinners? Scroungers? Saints? Unmarried Motherhood in Twentieth-Century England The absence of the didactic from this study of lone parents makes it all the stronger, says Mary Evans 9 August
MP3: The Meaning of a Format Sound compression and mobile audio storage are changing how we listen, finds Hillegonda Rietveld 9 August
Pieces of Light: The New Science of Memory Alan Collins lauds a text that strikes a balance between science, literature and reminiscence 2 August
No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses A 'memoir of discovery' leaves Tara Smith longing to learn more of the man inside the hazmat suit 2 August
Completing College: Rethinking Institutional Action Barbara Stephens finds few clear pointers for the UK in the sobering tale of American dropout rates 26 July
Digital Vertigo: How Today's Online Social Revolution is Dividing, Diminishing, and Disorienting Us Henry Farrell disentangles his Hitchcock from his super-nodes to reveal a pessimistic world view 26 July
Send in the Clones: A Cultural Study of the Tribute Band Les Gofton reminds us that in popular music as in life, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery 26 July
