IMPRESSIONISTIC AND MOVING writer’s memoir of her 1960s fascination with male artists, her later self-discovery.

COZY SEASIDE MYSTERY is as brilliant as its sixty-something sleuths, a New Age healer and her civil servant pal.

A YOUNG MAN’S EXPERIENCES of schizophrenia, told in his own words and by his journalist father. Deeply moving.

INTRIGUING BIOGRAPHY of Rome’s most (in)famous empress looks beyond the cartoon villainess of fiction and myth.

COZY MINNESOTA COOKING mystery is as charming as its 13 predecessors, but skimping on central whodunnit annoys.

REALITY-BENDING EXPERIMENTAL novel offers moments of simple poetry, enigmatic doublings in cool graphic design.

DELICATE COMING-OF-AGE novel about an introspective white suburban boy; impressive depth, breadth for its ilk.

FASCINATING PERSONAL ACCOUNT of a journalist’s experience of “recovering” false memories of childhood abuse.

DRY WIT AND BARCELONA flavor make this Catalan mystery (with bumbling Columboesque twin detectives!) awesome.

INTIMATE BUT NOT GOSSIPY memoir of a writer’s complex time with her mentor/quasi-mother-in-law, Susan Sontag.