The best books of the week

Why we still care about Kafka; FT readers recommend some top titles ahead of the UK election; the Silicon Valley wizardry that helps launder dirty cash; Lucian Freud’s daughter on life with the artist; what we lose when we give ground to AI; a tale of blood and butchery by Joyce Carol Oates; a tender novel of mid-life gay love from Christos Tsiolkas; Chigozie Obioma’s powerful novel of war and comradeship; a family saga by Coco Mellors Read More