The New Female Antihero, by Sarah Hagelin and Gillian Silverman Catherine Rottenberg enjoys an analysis of a new generation of characters who are transforming the narrative possibilities for women on screen By Catherine Rottenberg 20 January
On Diversity, by Russell Jacoby Michael Marinetto enjoys a bold attempt to challenge one of the great pieties of our time By Michael Marinetto 6 January
The World Turned Inside Out: Settler Colonialism as a Political Idea, by Lorenzo Veracini Neve Gordon has reservations about an ambitious analysis ranging across continents and centuries By Neve Gordon 23 December
The Dawn of Everything, by David Graeber and David Wengrow Chris Knight wishes that the authors of this hugely ambitious study had gone back further and taken greater account of Africa By Chris Knight 9 December
The Summer of Theory: History of a Rebellion, 1960-1990, by Philipp Felsch Peter Osborne is intrigued by an account of the political and philosophical ideas that shaped the West German left By Peter Osborne 25 November
Free Speech and Koch Money, by Ralph Wilson and Isaac Kamola Linsey McGoey applauds a bold account of the ‘dark money’ fuelling the culture wars on campus By Linsey McGoey 11 November
Conflict Graffiti, by John Lennon Stefano Bloch applauds a brilliant account of what street art can reveal about people, places and politics By Stefano Bloch 13 January
American Exceptionalism, by Ian Tyrrell Carrie Tirado Bramen enjoys a wide-ranging analysis of an important concept that has recently been neglected by scholars By Carrie Tirado Bramen 10 January
Holocaust Cinema Complete, by Rich Brownstein Nathan Abrams is impressed by a comprehensive attempt to survey the ways Nazi atrocities have been represented on screen By Nathan Abrams 30 December
Sisters and Sisterhood, by Lyndsey Jenkins June Purvis enjoys a group biography that offers new insights into the role of British working-class women in the struggle for the vote By June Purvis 27 December
Albert Camus and the Human Crisis, by Robert Emmet Meagher Robert Eaglestone reflects on the limits of hagiography By Robert Eaglestone 16 December
Been in the Struggle, by Regina Shands Stoltzfus and Tobin Miller Shearer Robert A. Segal is unconvinced by an argument about the depth of religious racism By Robert A. Segal 13 December
