The best books of the week

Ukraine, in two urgent new titles — one a love letter to resilience and humanity in war-torn Odesa; the second a novel set amid Russia’s 2014 incursions; a collection of Norman Lewis’s travel writing; why a Dostoyevsky novella has gone viral on TikTok; the truth behind the fairy tales of the brothers Grimm; the philosophical insights of an anxious hedgehog — plus Nilanjana Roy’s new year resolution to read for fun