Eyes Wide Open by Noreena Hertz – review

A self-help book that practises what it preaches against still manages to deliver some practical life tips, says Steven Poole

The Wisdom of Psychopaths by Kevin Dutton – review

A book that goes beyond cliche to view the world through a psychopath's eyes, writes Victoria Segal

Life Lessons from… Bergson, Byron, Freud, Hobbes, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche – review

A series of books from Alain de Botton's School of Life project uses the ideas of six great thinkers as a path to self-improvement, writes Peter Conrad

Pregnancy: the hard facts

Economics professor Emily Oster's new book Expecting Better cuts through the myths and faulty data on pregnancy

Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo and Me by Ellen Forney – review

A frank and funny graphic memoir from a cartoonist living with bipolar disorder charms Matt Haig

Psychiatrists: the drug pushers

Is the current epidemic of depression and hyperactivity the result of disease-mongering by the psychiatric profession and big pharma, asks Will Self. Does psychiatry have any credibility left at all?

The Reason I Jump: One Boy’s Voice from the Silence of Autism, by Naoki Higashida – review

This extraordinary book, written by a 13-year-old autistic boy, challenges popular preconceptions of the condition, says Ned Denny

Unexpected Lessons in Love by Bernardine Bishop – review

A frank and wondrous book about two women who meet during cancer treatment that will make you less afraid of the disease, writes Jane Housham

Sane New World: Taming the Mind by Ruby Wax – review

Ruby Wax's examination of depression is at times insightful and at others exhausting, writes Bella Bathurst

The End of Night by Paul Bogard – review

Would less artificial light be better for us all? It's a modest and worthwhile aim, finds Salley Vickers