Our top six books this week: The story of rock ‘n’ roll’s last man standing Jerry Lee Lewis and much more

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  If This Is a Woman by Sarah Helm. For decades, the story of Ravensbrück, a Nazi concentration camp designed for women, was hidden behind the Iron Curtain. But through interviews with survivors and newly accessible archives, the details of how such unthinkable horror unfolded so quickly and easily can be told. (Little Brown, November 6)

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  The Fires of Autumn by Irène Némirovsky. The prequel to the widely praised Suite Française, this is an exploration of French life and a witness to some of the greatest horrors of the 20th ­century. After years of war, a soldier returns from the trenches a changed man and embarks on a life of luxuriant delinquency. (Chatto, November 6)

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  Sanctuary by Robert Edric. Branwell Brontë is back, unhappily, in Haworth. He has failed at writing, teaching and painting and has other personal issues, while his three sisters have achieved success. A lacerating and mo­ving fictional portrait of one of the great bystanders of literary history. (Doubleday, November 20)

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  Sack by John Kinsella. The Australian poet draws heavily on childhood memories, reveals them for the hard truths they are and shows how they shape adult experience. Also expect to find poems on the exploitation of the landscape and those who labour on it. (Picador, November 6)

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  @War by Shane Harris. Cyberspace is viewed by the military of the United States as the fifth domain of warfare, along with land, air, sea and space. ­Harris reveals the hidden war raging all around us, in which our privacy, liberties and security are at risk of being caught in the crossfire as we spend ever more time online. (Headline, November 6)

Here is a look at what books we are reading this week.