Freedom from Emotional Eating by Paul McKenna – digested read
John Crace reduces the latest tome of dieting advice from Britain's second-favourite hypnotist Paul McKenna to a slimline 600 words
Stranger Than Kindness by Mark A Radcliffe – review
A subtle and carefully paced story about a psychiatric nurse trying to heal himself and others
Scott Stossel: ‘I’m pretty successful at hiding my anxiety’
The author of My Age of Anxiety discusses his condition, his family and Big Pharma. Interview by Lisa O'Kelly
Alain de Botton’s guide to art as therapy
Can visual art offer solace, hope and reassurance as music can? Alain de Botton chooses the works that make him feel less alone
Judging the Guardian first book award and seeking an objective verdict
Lynda Mountford: It's been a fascinating process, but the search for a perfectly just conclusion was always going to be tricky
The Private Life: Why We Remain in the Dark by Josh Cohen – review
Jonathan Derbyshire on the collapse of the distinction between public and private
QI and the magical power of facts
The TV quiz's top fact-checker, John Mitchinson, reveals some of the favourite nuggets of information he uncovered for its latest publication
Sex and the Citadel by Shereen El Feki
Guardian First Book award shortlistee Shereen El Feki introduces an extract from her book and explains what inspired her to write it
Masters of Sex by Thomas Maier – review
Reissued to coincide with the TV series it inspired, this is a fascinating insight into the origins of America's sexual revolution, writes PD Smith
Narcomania: How Britain Got Hooked on Drugs by Max Daly and Steve Sampson – review
The global drug economy is now an essential component in our modern banking system and cannot be debated honestly, write Max Daly and Steve Sampson