INTENSE, CANDID MEMOIR of losing and finding love, family, Native heritage, and especially self. Raw, deep. B PLUS

ABANDON ME: MEMOIRS
Bloomsbury USA
2017

THE DOLLOP’S IRREVERENT, FUNNY takes on some of United States history’s weirdnesses. Stranger than fiction! B PLUS

THE UNITED STATES OF ABSURDITY : UNTOLD STORIES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY
Ten Speed Press
2017

A POET EXPLORES TAXIDERMY, family history, death, and love in a dazzling kaleidoscope of short essays. A MINUS

AN ARRANGEMENT OF SKIN: ESSAYS (HARDCOVER)
Counterpoint LLC
2017

DREAMLIKE, POETIC CHINESE novel set in a fantastic landscape haunted by ghosts, snow leopards, memories. A MINUS

FRONTIER
Open Letter Books
2017

A LOVE LETTER TO FAMILY and food, with a candid exploration of coming out, and of living with mental illness. B PLUS

NOTES ON A BANANA : A MEMOIR OF FOOD, LOVE AND MANIC DEPRESSION
HarperCollins
2017

CLEVER, BITTER SATIRE of big-money religion follows the rise of a ruthless televangelist. SOLID B

TELEVANGELIST
Golden Calf Books
2017

A FATHER’S BITTER OBSESSION, his sons’ desperation to escape the poverty of their Mumbai slum, and cricket. B PLUS

SELECTION DAY (HARDCOVER)
Scribner Book Company
2017

CATTY, ELEGANT, WARM-HEARTED collection of short pieces from style guru Clinton Kelly is lots of fun. SOLID B

I HATE EVERYONE, EXCEPT YOU
Gallery Books
2017

COMPELLING PORTRAIT OF A PRICKLY, insightful woman in a low-key crisis, told in a wonderful mosaic style. A MINUS

ALL GROWN UP (HARDCOVER)
Houghton Mifflin
2017

HARDBOILED AUSTRALIAN NOIR set on a seedy resort island, last-chance posting for a disgraced, addicted cop. B PLUS

DRAINLAND: TUNNEL ISLAND BOOK 1
Lamb House
2016