LEGACIES OF POWER AND TORMENT bring three people together amid a 1940s mob war. Powerful fantasy, heartbreaking prose. A MINUS

TROUBLE THE SAINTS
Tor Books
2020

STUNNING, RESONANT HORROR tale of four Blackfeet men haunted by bad decisions, by history, and even by the land that once was theirs. Breathtaking. A MINUS

THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS
Gallery / Saga Press
2020

TWISTY POLICE THRILLER set amid the beauty of North Wales, with complex and well-realized characters. Polished prose, dynamic plot. B PLUS

THE BERWYN RIVER KILLINGS: A SNOWDONIA MURDER MYSTERY BOOK 5 (A DI RUTH HUNTER CRIME THRILLER)
Stamford Publishing Ltd
2020

A CREW OF ROGUE ASTRONAUTS, all women, leave an Earth in crisis for a habitable planet far away. High-stakes space adventure with twist after twist. B PLUS

GOLDILOCKS
Orbit
2020

SHARP, BRILLIANT ESSAYS from a Black poet and journalist about how society, family, culture, religion, and even consumer products affect Black women’s lives. Incisive writing, lots of heart. A MINUS

THIS IS MAJOR
Harper Perennial
2020

QUIRKY NEAR-FUTURE SF takes today’s nonstop social media and corporate control to the next level. Satirical dystopia with touch of Douglas Adams. SOLID B

ALWAYS GREENER (THE GENERAL BUZZ BOOK 1)
Uproar Books
2020

RAZOR-SHARP SOUTHERN NOIR is beautifully relentless, impeccably written. Part Ernest J. Gaines, part Richard Stark, entirely distinctive. A MINUS

BLACKTOP WASTELAND
Flatiron Books
2020

LOVE IN NORTH KOREA: the first English translation of a classic 1980s novel opens a world at once alien and deeply familiar with its spare, gentle prose. B PLUS

FRIEND
Columbia University Press
2020

A MYSTERIOUS DOORWAY TO THE FUTURE takes a military man into a world of hunters, gatherers, and warriors. Exciting and vividly described low-tech adventure. B PLUS

A DOOR INTO TIME: AN ALEX HAWK TIME TRAVEL ADVENTURE
Pertime Publishing
2020

MYTHS OF LOVE AND ADDICTION, and other stories women use to build mazes in their lives, beautifully explored in a thoughtful, eloquent memoir. B PLUS

GOOD MORNING, DESTROYER OF MEN'S SOULS
Crown
2020