GENTLE, WITTY, SHARPLY insightful comic novel follows a midlist, midlife novelist around the world. A MINUS

LESS
Lee Boudreaux Books
2017

DREAMLIKE, SLIGHTLY SPOOKY metanovel about a writer seeking out “odd things” around the world. Lovely, weird. B PLUS

FOUND AUDIO (PAPERBACK)
Two Dollar Radio
2017

FUNNY, ANGRY ESSAYS by a writer and performer cover motherhood, illness, divorce, and everyday annoyances. SOLID B

WOULD EVERYBODY PLEASE STOP?: REFLECTIONS ON LIFE AND OTHER BAD IDEAS (HARDCOVER)
Sarah Crichton Books
2017

UNFLINCHING LOOK AT DYING from an Australian writer is also a nuanced, touching life story. Brave, lovely. A MINUS

DYING: A MEMOIR (HARDCOVER)
Tin House Books
2017

A FABLED HISTORIC SITE and the nearly impossible quest to explore it. Journalism that reads like a thriller! B PLUS

THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD : A TRUE STORY
Grand Central Publishing
2017

PARTY HOUSE TURNS NIGHTMARE palace in a well crafted California horror tale with a touch of Stephen King. B PLUS

LURK
Forsaken
2016

ON NOT WRITING A NOVEL: an intimate, thoughtful memoir by a writer who chased inspiration in isolation. B PLUS

BLEAKER HOUSE: CHASING MY NOVEL TO THE END OF THE WORLD (HARDCOVER)
Doubleday Books
2017

CIVIL SERVANT AND SORCERER Bob Howard and his occult gov’t cohort vs. the greatest evil yet—privatization. B PLUS

THE DELIRIUM BRIEF (HARDCOVER)
Tor.com
2017

A BRAVE, DETERMINED WOMAN from rural Nigeria studies in early 1960s Rome, then returns home. Vividly written! B PLUS

PREGNANT FUTURE: NO ONE KNOWS WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING
Joy Nwosu Lo-Bamijoko
2017

POST-APOCALYPTIC DETECTIVE STORY follows a determined investigator through a ruined California. Intense! B PLUS

BANNERLESS
John Joseph Adams/Mariner Books
2017