Gary Greenberg: ‘Am I happy enough?’

Psychotherapist and author of Manufacturing Depression Gary Greenberg talks to Tim Adams about drugs and true love

The Shaking Woman by Siri Hustvedt

Rachel Cooke is impressed by novelist Siri Hustvedt's cool look at a disorder that has confounded her doctors

Rupert Isaacson believes riding has transformed his autistic son. Now he wants others to benefit from his experience. But is it too good to be true?

Wayne Gooderham: I suspect you need a very individual prescription, but I know that Saul Bellow helped lead me out of a very dark time

In Couples, Kate Figes's prejudices get in the way of an otherwise fascinating study, says Geraldine Bedell

It might not be suitable for public transport, but this sexual socio-history is well worth reading, says Zoe Strimpel

Lucy Ellmann stoutly supports a passionate refutation of the power of positive thinking

A paean to the penis offers much unintentional hilarity, says Leo Benedictus

A frank and powerful memoir about a mastectomy impresses Imogen Carter

Chris Power: A new book prize turns a welcome spotlight on a rich and varied tradition of writing about health and medicine