THE FUTURE OF PROGRESSIVE POLITICS, argues this richly data-sourced book, lies with the “minority majority.” B PLUS

BROWN IS THE NEW WHITE: HOW THE DEMOGRAPHIC REVOLUTION HAS CREATED A NEW AMERICAN MAJORITY (HARDCOVER)
New Press
2016

SHIRLEY JACKSON’S LIFE—complex, spooky, funny, loving, angry—captured in a rich, fascinating biography. A MINUS

SHIRLEY JACKSON : A RATHER HAUNTED LIFE
Liveright Publishing Corporation
2016

GRACEFUL, RAW ESSAYS on art, nature, relationships, growing up multiracial, and the power of emotion. B PLUS

LOST WAX: ESSAYS (PAPERBACK)
University of Georgia Press
2016

MORE THAN JUST A COOKBOOK, Marcus Samuelsson’s latest is a heartfelt love letter to Harlem past and present. B PLUS

THE RED ROOSTER COOKBOOK: THE STORY OF FOOD AND HUSTLE IN HARLEM (HARDCOVER)
Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2016

A TENSE POLITICAL THRILLER set in a near-future world of “microdemocracy” powered by constant networking. B PLUS

INFOMOCRACY: BOOK ONE OF THE CENTENAL CYCLE (HARDCOVER)
Tor.com
2016

FAST-PACED SCIENCE FICTION THRILLER starts with a shocking discovery deep below Central Park. Lots of action! B PLUS

NEW YORK DEEP
Andrew J. Morgan
2017

THE POWER OF PLACEBO, and other ways the brain is part of the healing process. Engaging, well researched! A MINUS

SUGGESTIBLE YOU: THE CURIOUS SCIENCE OF YOUR BRAIN'S ABILITY TO DECEIVE, TRANSFORM, AND HEAL (HARDCOVER)
National Geographic Society
2016

THE WORLD’S PRICIEST AQUARIUM FISH and the wild, sometimes dangerous world that surrounds it. Astonishing! A MINUS

THE DRAGON BEHIND THE GLASS: A TRUE STORY OF POWER, OBSESSION, AND THE WORLD’S MOST COVETED FISH
Scribner
2016

THE HORRORS OF CHILD TRAFFICKING deftly woven into a novel of family love, secrets, and betrayals. I cried! B PLUS

THE LOST DAUGHTER OF INDIA: A HEARTBREAKING NOVEL OF TRAGEDY AND SECRETS THAT WILL HAVE YOU HOOKED
Bookouture
2017

THE UNDEAD HAUNT HOLLYWOOD in this brilliantly imagined cocktail of ancient legend and film history. A MINUS

ONLY THE DEAD KNOW BURBANK: A NOVEL
HarperCollins Publishers
2016