THE REAL MYERS AND BRIGGS: the lives of the mother and daughter behind the wildly popular and controversial personality test. Brilliantly researched. B PLUS

THE PERSONALITY BROKERS (HARDCOVER)
Doubleday
2018

STYLISH STREET SAGA of a Flint, Michigan gangster gone legit and focusing on family—and on his own search for love. SOLID B

ETHIC
Ashley Antoinette
2018

HOW MYTHOLOGIES OF BLACK ACHIEVEMENT have taken a bitter toll on people and communities. Heartbreakingly direct memoir in gorgeous prose. A MINUS

THERE WILL BE NO MIRACLES HERE (HARDCOVER)
Riverhead Books
2018

SUPERNATURAL SPIES CROSS swords with ancient horrors. Another fine Laundry novel from Charles Stross. B PLUS

THE LABYRINTH INDEX
Tom Doherty Associates Book
2018

NOIR TIME TRAVEL yarn jumps from a dystopian near future to the 1970s; plenty of pointed political satire along the way. SOLID B

DEMOLITION NIGHT
Tough Poets Press
2018

THE NEW SCIENCE OF PSYCHEDELIC drugs, from clinical research to personal experience. Intriguing and timely. B PLUS

HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND (HARDCOVER)
Penguin Press
2018

CHARMING CIRCUS COZY mystery stars a tiny but fierce trick rider protagonist and a vivid cast of characters. SOLID B

BIG TOP TREACHERY
CeeCee James
2018

DAZZLING NOIR CAPER with a rich Los Angeles setting finds philosophical burglar Junior Bender over his head in a hundred-year-old mystery. A MINUS

NIGHTTOWN
Soho Crime
2018

A MURDER IN MADRID starts uncovering some dark secrets long kept by supporters of Spain’s brutal Franco dictatorship. Sharp, insightful thriller. B PLUS

MALA VIDA (HARDCOVER)
Arcade
2019

A ROGUE SHARK MENACES a California beach, and an unlikely duo of scientist and surf bum fight to find out why. Vivid excitement! B PLUS

WHITE POINTER
Severed Press
2018