CHELSEA HANDLER, doing what she does. If fart jokes and family dysfunction and grossouts make you laugh, get it! B PLUS

CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG
Grand Central Publishing
2010

ANOTHER ADVENTURE for Cotswolds sleuth Agatha Raisin (her 21st!) in this stylish neo-cozy mystery with flair. B PLUS

BUSY BODY (AGATHA RAISIN SERIES #21)
St. Martin’s Press
2010

BIG-PICTURE LOOK at the Voyager space missions offers historical and social context, fine writing and research. A MINUS

VOYAGER: SEEKING NEWER WORLDS IN THE THIRD GREAT AGE OF DISCOVERY
Penguin Group (USA)
2010

CLEVERER THAN AVERAGE pink-covered novel about women’s friendships, family dramas, career choices. B PLUS

OVEREXPOSED
St. Martin’s Press
2010

QUIRKY, WARM-HEARTED memoir by a top food writer tells tales of cooking, life, love–and shares great recipes! B PLUS

SPOON FED: HOW EIGHT COOKS SAVED MY LIFE
Riverhead Books
2010

WILL EISNER, dean of American comic book arts, is profiled in this readable, meticulously researched biography. B PLUS

WILL EISNER: A DREAMER’S LIFE IN COMICS
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2010

ENGAGING LOOK at mathematical misinformation and disinformation challenges our critical thinking skills. A MINUS

PROOFINESS: THE DARK ARTS OF MATHEMATICAL DECEPTION
Viking Books
2010

CHARLIE MUFFIN’S BACK as the shambling counterspy copes with crises at Moscow’s UK embassy, and in his own life. B PLUS

RED STAR RISING
St. Martin’s Press
2010

PROFESSIONAL CRANKYPANTS Jen Lancaster’s latest comic memoir follows her through a quixotic quest for culture. SOLID B

MY FAIR LAZY: ONE REALITY TELEVISION ADDICT’S ATTEMPT TO DISCOVER IF NOT BEINGA DUMB ASS IS THE NEW BLACK OR A CULTURE-UP MANIFESTO
New American Library
2010

LATEST PIRATE NOVEL in Arturo Perez-Reverte’s Alatriste series is long on historical detail, short on action. SOLID B

PIRATES OF THE LEVANT
Putnam Adult
2010