Top 10 science and tech books for April: how to cook insects and can humans save the Earth?

From bug recipes to surviving the planet's predicament

Falling into the Fire review – a psychiatrist’s impressive study of mental health

Christine Montross helps to demystify madness with her insightful, case-based account of the ethics of psychiatry, writes Stephanie Merritt

Wounded: The Long Journey Home from the Great War – review

Emily Mayhew's Wellcome prize-shortlisted book is a sensitive account of medical treatment on the western front, writes Victoria Segal

Sex and the Citadel by Shereen El Feki – review

A brave book from the former vice-chair of the UN's Global Commission on HIV and the Law about sexual rights in Arab society, writes Victoria Segal

Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink – review

Sheri Fink's account of events at a New Orleans hospital post-Katrina asks vital questions about the American healthcare system, writes Peter Beaumont

The History of the Kiss! The Birth of Popular Culture by Marcel Danesi – review

An illuminating look at why kissing is such a powerful act, writes PD Smith

Mindwise by Nicholas Epley – review

You think you know what your friends or colleagues make of you? Wrong! How should we think about the minds of others? By Steven Rose

Smarter: The New Science of Building Brain Power by Dan Hurley – review

Dan Hurley's investigation of the intelligence training market is entertaining if inconclusive, writes Ben East

The Last Asylum by Barbara Taylor – review

Barbara Taylor was a successful author. Then her demons began to overwhelm her. Before long she was necking pills and found herself in Friern hospital ... By Jenny Turner

Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It by Jennifer Michael Hecht – review

The writer's conviction that suicide is wrong skews what might otherwise be a fascinating historical study, writes Lisa Appignanesi