Books

Taras Grescoe storms to the top with his new non-fiction book, while Annie Proulx’s ’Barkskins’ takes the top fiction spot in its second week

Michael Gross’s new book on fashion photographers misses an opportunity

A new book asks: How fixed is gender really?

A compelling argument as the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation approaches

Virginia Heffernan on the magic and loss inherent in Internet culture

Why Mark Rylance left Shakespeare for Roald Dahl

A cleverly Brexit-timed release from London School of Economics professor John R. Gillingham

Annie Proulx’s new novel soars to among the top fiction books. Maclean’s list of the hottest titles this week

To learn what it is to be human, one writer lived like a beast, worm-eating and all

Yaa Gyasi’s much-anticipated novel lives up to the hype