Paul Bailey on the inspirational autobiography of a woman who survived rape and racism in the American south

Maurice Richardson on the daft yet extremely readable seventh novel in Fleming’s Bond series

Naomi Lewis’s 1964 review of our famous film critic’s memoir

In our latest review from the Observer archive, Niko Tinbergen applauds David Attenborough’s remarkable accompaniment to his classic TV series

In our latest classic review from the Observer archive, John Hayward revels in Bowen’s observations of love during the blitz

In our latest classic review from the Observer archive, George Melly applauds the jazz buff’s crafted observations, particularly when he lets his hair down

In our latest classic review from the Observer archive, Claire Tomalin praises Atwood’s acute insights into female friendship

In the third of a new series of reviews from the Observer archive, Kingsley Amis hails the second novel by the brilliantly imaginative science-fiction author

In the second of a new series of reviews from the Observer archive, Martin Amis marvels at the third instalment of John Updike’s ‘Rabbit’ series

In the first of a new series of reviews from the Observer archives, author – and alleged spy – Arthur Ransome writes about Trotsky’s tome