AMERICA’S OBSESSION with money explored through quirky biographies of 18th and 19th- century counterfeiters.

CULTURE CLASHES, NANOTECHNOLOGY are flashpoints for this suspenseful SF novel set in a near-future Istanbul.

EROTIC REGENCY gets an A for playful, sexy fun and complex characters, but draws a D for historical accuracy.

THE FUNNIEST BOOK yet about sleep disorders! A comedian’s jokey, frank memoir of these and other challenges.

DELIGHTFUL HISTORICAL ADVENTURE continues Lauren Willig’s series of spy romps with strong, smart heroines.

DAVE BARRY does his Dave Barry thing. Highlights: a hilarious TWILIGHT parody; a guide to ridiculous dogs.

IDEALS OF UTOPIA explored in the context of today’s planned environments; reportage adds fun to philosophizing.

FUNNY DUDEBRO TWIST on the “immortal being falls in love with human” trope; New York setting adds grit.

BRUTALLY CANDID, SNARKILY funny memoir of an anxious childhood in 1970s North Carolina.

COMPLEX NOVEL portrays a troubled young woman–a US expatriate in Berlin–literally haunted by Nazi history.