The Pinch: How the Baby Boomers Took Their Children's Future - And Why They Should Give It Back Those born in the postwar era have done well, but their heirs will suffer for it, finds Howard Davies 11 February
The Imagination of Evil: Detective Fiction and the Modern World, by Mary Evans For many readers, morbid stories reaffirm a conviction in their own morals, finds Stacy Gillis 4 February
Book of the week: Not Exactly: In Praise of Vagueness John Gilbey is reassured that not always having an answer is normal 4 February
Anna Seward: A Constructed Life, A Critical Biography Isobel Grundy welcomes a biography of an independent and long-neglected poet 4 February
Book of the week: Lake Views Graham Farmelo delights in a top physicist's views on science, policy and faith 28 January
Clever: Leading Your Smartest, Most Creative People Nurturing gifted employees will benefit workers and employers - it makes sense to David Orford 28 January
Policing Stalin's Socialism: Repression and Social Order in the Soviet Union, 1924-1953 Hidden victims of Stalinist suppression are revealed, finds Harold Shukman 28 January
Justice, Legality and the Rule of Law: Lessons from the Pitcairn Prosecutions This work's narrow focus misses women's suffering and lack of redress, argues Rosemary Hunter 28 January
Inventing a Socialist Nation East Germany's selective use of homeland culture in its reconstruction is illuminating, writes Gareth Dale 21 January
Destination unknown What happens after death remains a mystery, but as John Casey tells Matthew Reisz, he has drawn upon his religious struggles to illuminate the way 21 January
Book of the week: Out of Athens: The New Ancient Greeks Tom Palaima is persuaded to think in new ways about classical culture 21 January
1989: Bob Dylan Didn't Have This to Sing About Martin James wishes this useful exploration of musical responses to the zeitgeist had more depth 21 January
The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron A.W. Purdue feels this Tory analysis may underestimate the fluidity of the electorate 14 January
Being a Pilgrim: Art and Ritual on the Medieval Routes to Santiago Paula Gerson is transported to Galicia by this guide to the route to Saint James' remains 14 January
Trotsky: A Biography Willy Maley enjoys the complexities, but not the cack-handed certainties, of this magisterial tome 14 January
Book of the week: Making Reform Work: The Case for Transforming American Higher Education Rick Trainor discovers a critique of relevance on both sides of the pond 14 January
The Great War on the Small Screen: Representing the First World War in Contemporary Britain Jerome de Groot finds television's depiction of the First World War is put into clear focus 14 January
The Tunguska Mystery Alan Gilmore is doubtful of a study that ignores credible science and focuses on the unknown 14 January
Our Dark Side: A History of Perversion A confused attempt to explain the unspeakable falls back on the usual suspects, writes Fred Inglis 14 January
The Trials of Academe: The New Era of Campus Litigation Academic freedom is not a licence for sloppy or unprofessional behaviour, says David Palfreyman 7 January
The Artist's Eyes: Vision and the History of Art Alex Danchev on a clear-sighted, but narrowly focused, study 7 January
Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? John Armitage contemplates a meditation on our preoccupation with vanishings and reappearances 7 January
Book of the week: Athanasius Kircher's Theatre of the World James Stevens Curl praises a masterly study of a German polymath 7 January
Wasted: Why Education Isn't Educating Alan Ryan backs the brickbats for Labour but senses a confusion at the heart of this polemic 7 January
