One in four people have a mental illness – let’s get organised

Ruby Wax: Everyone who suffers any type of mental anguish should have a place to meet – a walk-in centre similar to Alcoholics Anonymous

Microlives: the key to living longer and more healthily?

A new book suggests a radical new way of assessing the health risks and benefits of everything from smoking to jogging. How does it work?

Why do identical twins end up having such different lives?

Their genes are exactly the same, so why don't identical siblings' lives follow more similar patterns? The scientist behind a pioneering 21-year study believes he has the answer, as he tells Robin McKie

The Ministry of Thin by Emma Woolf – review

Emma Woolf's study of our obsession with being thin should serve as a wake-up call to all women, writes Barbara Ellen

The Anatomy of Violence by Adrian Raine – review

An entertaining study of genetic disposition to crime poses challenging moral questions, says Salley Vickers

Be Awesome: Modern Life for Modern Ladies by Hadley Freeman – review

A confidence-boosting book for women under 40 has Miranda Sawyer crying out for the author to write a novel

Feral: Searching for Enchantment on the Frontiers of Rewilding by George Monbiot – review

George Monbiot's dream of a wilder Britain in which uplands would be cleared of sheep farming and populated with reintroduced species leaves Frances Stonor Saunders with a few questions

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan – review

Is our modern way of eating killing us and our sociability? Paul Levy on a new theory of diet

Be Awesome: Modern Life for Modern Ladies, by Hadley Freeman – review

Hadley Freeman's memoir masquerading as a survival guide is fresh, witty and packs a serious punch, writes Viv Groskop

The Society of Timid Souls by Polly Morland – review

Polly Morland's study of bravery is full of energy, curiosity and courage, writes Kate Kellaway