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

Drugs 2.0: The Web Revolution That’s Changing How the World Gets High by Mike Power – review

The web has transformed drug use in profound and unsettling ways, finds Carole Cadwalladr

How to spot a murderer’s brain

Do your genes, rather than your upbringing, determine whether you will become a criminal? And if we can spot people predisposed to crime, should we intervene? Tim Adams reports

Strictly Bipolar by Darian Leader – review

Are we close to understanding bipolar disorder? Not on this evidence, writes Alexander Linklater

Drugs 2.0: The Web Revolution That’s Changing How the World Gets High by Mike Power – review

Steven Poole on a fascinating and funny study of the new drug scene

Sex-Pol: Essays, 1929-1934 by Wilhelm Reich – review

Can sexual satisfaction lead to revolution?Christopher Turner on genital utopia

Kith: The Riddle of the Childscape by Jay Griffiths – review

Is chronic estrangement from nature responsible for our children's woes? By Alexander Linklater