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
My children became my greatest teachers
Childhood trauma left Roman Krznaric emotionally withdrawn. Since then, he has tried to repair the damage and his own children have taught him how to step into someone else's shoes
Subliminal: The New Unconscious and What It Teaches Us by Leonard Mlodinow – review
This is fascinating insight into our "inner unknown self" and its role in shaping the world we know, writes PD Smith
Not self-help but Shelf Help
Who needs self-help literature when Shelf Help, a series of specially chosen books, including Jeanette's Winterson's Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? and Stephen Grosz's The Examined Life, can make you feel better, asks Alex Clark
French Women Don’t Get Facelifts by Mireille Guiliano – review
The author of French Women Don't Get Fat is back with an account of how to age with attitude – is it useful, or drivel, asks Zoe Williams