The best books of the week

Vladislav Zubok’s reassessment of the cold war; the neuroscience of extremist dogma; Sayaka Murata’s vision of a sex-averse dystopia; Megan Hunter’s decades-spanning novel of family trauma; Judith Hermann’s fascinating mix of essay and memoir; a fresh look at Ancient Rome’s most famous woman; Pilita Clark’s pick of environment books — plus a selection of FT journalism on the late Mario Vargas Llosa