VAMPIRES GO VIRAL: a bloodborne epidemic leads to the creation of a new elite. Cleverly framed thriller with a touch of satire. B PLUS

A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE VAMPIRE UPRISING (HARDCOVER)
Mulholland Books
2018

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF AWKWARDNESS, explored in a heady, sometimes vicariously embarrassing, mix of personal stories and research findings. B PLUS

CRINGEWORTHY : A THEORY OF AWKWARDNESS
Portfolio
2018

MARVELOUSLY SUSPENSEFUL THRILLER about a lifelong con artist desperately trying to make a better life for herself and her children. A MINUS

THE DRAMA TEACHER (HARDCOVER)
Crown
2018

INTENSE NEAR-FUTURE THRILLER follows a ragtag resistance against an AI-enabled totalitarian state. Lots of action, firefights! B PLUS

CALCULATED FATE
Conor McCarthy
2018

AN ADVENTURE, A MEDITATION, a thriller, a fable: lyrical French novel in a shimmering translation. A MINUS

HUNTING PARTY (PAPERBACK)
Unnamed Press
2018

FRENCH ARTISTS IN LOVE: novel about Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore shines brightest when portraying their anti-Nazi resistance. SOLID B

NEVER ANYONE BUT YOU (HARDCOVER)
Other Press
2018

THOUGHTFUL, FIERCE ESSAYS on violence in many forms—interpersonal, international, environmental—and on justice, reconciliation, and hope. B PLUS

THE RECKONINGS (HARDCOVER)
Scribner
2018

TENSE NEAR-FUTURE THRILLER with a high-tech, high-stakes global setting. Satisfying conclusion to a timely trilogy. A MINUS

STATE TECTONICS (THE CENTENAL CYCLE #3) (HARDCOVER)
Tor.com
2018

PARANORMAL COZY MYSTERY set at a magical circus. Lots of fun and a well-built plot. B PLUS

GO FOR THE JUGGLER (MAGICAL MIDWAY PARANORMAL COZY MYSTERIES BOOK 4)
Badchen Publishing
2018

AN ASTEROID ON A COLLISION COURSE with Earth. A private company leads an international effort to deflect it. Intriguing SF tale with an unusual framing structure! B PLUS

THE CERBERUS ASTEROID DIVERSION PROGRAM: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS FROM THE SEVERAL U.S. GOV’T INVESTIGATIONS INTO CIVIDAN LABORATORIES
Cividan Laboratories
2018