FROM HOPELESSNESS TO HEALING: a sharp, wrenchingly candid memoir of one woman’s therapeutic journey. B PLUS

LIGHTS ON RATS OUT A MEMOIR
GROVE PRESS (NY)
2017

FAST-PACED CREATURE THRILLER in the grand tradition pits a British Navy special unit and a Russian scientist against a horror from the Arctic deeps. B PLUS

INFESTATION
Severed Press
2017

A TRAGIC CLUSTER OF TEEN suicides inspires a writer to explore the science of “social contagion.” Fascinating, sad. B PLUS

STRANGE CONTAGION : INSIDE THE SURPRISING SCIENCE OF INFECTIOUS BEHAVIORS AND VIRAL EMOTIONS AND WHAT THEY TELL US ABOUT OURSELVES
Harper Wave
2017

DIVORCE AND A DISENCHANTMENT with Orthodox Judaism inspire a writer to change her life. Lovely, candid memoir. B PLUS

THE BOOK OF SEPARATION (HARDCOVER)
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2017

A FAMILY DISCOVERS MYSTICAL powers and learns more about their Jewish heritage. Australian urban fantasy with heart. B PLUS

WIZARDRY OF JEWISH WOMEN
Book View Cafe
2016

HOW AFICIONADOS OF THE PARANORMAL use and misuse science in their researches. Thoughtful, even-handed. SOLID B

SCIENTIFICAL AMERICANS: THE CULTURE OF AMATEUR PARANORMAL RESEARCHERS|NOOK BOOK
McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
2017

A BRILLIANT, RUTHLESS FIXER enmeshed in the biggest heist of his life, just as he falls in love. Genius noir. A MINUS

DEADBOMB BINGO RAY
Turner
2017

MARVELOUS NOIR FANTASY from Harry Connolly’s Twenty Palaces universe. Magic and guns and the beauty of Portugal! A MINUS

THE TWISTED PATH
Harry Connolly
2017

THE STORY OF ONE “UNTOUCHABLE” family in India encompasses politics, religion, heartbreak, and resilience. B PLUS

ANTS AMONG ELEPHANTS AN UNTOUCHABLE FAMILY & THE MAKING OF MODERN INDIA
FARRAR STRAUS & GIROUX
2017

BEAUTIFUL PARABLE OF RESISTANCE, love, and the power of music, set in a Nigeria both real and magical. A MINUS

TADUNO'S SONG (HARDCOVER)
Pantheon
2017