Books

Three new books – from T. Fleischmann, Kathryn Scanlan and Anne Walsh – make a case for the importance of intimacy

In her new memoir, the poet asks whether art has a purpose beyond representation

Amy Fung’s new essay collection is an infuriated breakup letter to the art world

Her lyrical, haunting novel Celestial Bodies exposes the global forces that preclude literary value from flowing in both directions

A new book by Jay David Bolter chronicles the demise of cultural gatekeeping

Snapchat guru Nathan Jurgenson’s new book argues that our surfeit of images has ushered in a new way of existing in the world

Beatriz Colomina’s latest book, X-Ray Architecture, argues that the spaces and technologies of the sanatorium gave rise to the modern movement’s iconic forms

On the emergence of transgender literature

Somewhere between prose poem and novel, the author’s second book channels the polluted landscapes and xenophobic discourse of contemporary Britain

Newly published in the US, ‘Birthday’ sees the Argentinian writer at his most personal – and vulnerable

‘History is full of people who just didn’t,’ reads the first line of her riveting opening essay, which also serves as a sort of statement of intent

The poet’s new collection chronicles a father’s succumbing to dementia and a daughter’s attempt to endure

‘The Psychology of an Art Writer provides a beautiful account of Lee’s looking and feeling and thinking and writing about art’

A new collection of previously uncompiled essays finds a writer poised at the threshold of art and literature

A newly-translated book by Heike Geissler chronicles the life of a warehouse worker

The way in which we talk about these accolades tends to hyperbole; artworks are not created in a financial vacuum

‘After Kurzweil’s book landed with a thud in the centre of our culture, it was impossible not to address its claims’

This year saw the publication of a rich vein of books about motherhood and women’s work

‘Boom obsesses over every element of design – including the textures and scents of her books, as well as their appearance’

From environmentalist epics to Norse mythology and the re-emergence of Russian cosmism: John Holten surveys the best books of 2018