The Immortalization Commission by John Gray – review
Thank God – or whomever– for this look at transcendentalism says John Banville
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee – review
This magnificent study of cancer suggests that, for all medicine's advances, we cannot beat a disease that is a distorted version of ourselves, says Alexander Linklater
Your Voice in My Head by Emma Forrest — review
Emma Forrest's account of mental illness is frank and frequently funny but bears the scars of self-obsession, writes Julie Myerson
Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses by Claire Dederer
Carrie O'Grady welcomes a yoga book by a mother who wasn't very good at it
Help!: How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done by Oliver Burkeman
Nicholas Lezard on the self-help book to end all self-help books
A hugger or a tiger mother: battle of the baby-rearing strategies
A series of new books is likely to open up fresh controversy about the way we bring up our children; some demanding strict, regimented parenting, others a more laid-back approach
Et cetera: Steven Poole’s non-fiction choice – reviews roundup
Disconnect by Devra Davis, Blogistan: The Internet and Politics in Iran by Annabelle Sreberny & Gholam Khiabany and Enter Night: Metallica, the Biography by Mick Wall
Guardian first book award: Kathryn Schulz
In the fifth and final Q&A with the shortlisted authors, Kathryn Schulz discusses her book on human error, Being Wrong
Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences by Cordelia Fine
Terri Apter wishes that a study of genes and gender had gone further
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Millions of women have fallen for Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir of self-discovery. Why, asks Rachel Cusk, as Eat, Pray, Love opens as a Julia Roberts blockbuster