THE VOYAGER SPACE MISSIONS, chronicled with enthusiasm and clarity by a distinguished planetary scientist. SOLID B

THE INTERSTELLAR AGE: INSIDE THE FORTY-YEAR VOYAGER MISSION
Penguin Publishing Group
2015

FAR-RANGING, QUIRKY NON-FICTION combines memoir and journalism to raise questions of masculinity, identity. B PLUS

I AM SORRY TO THINK I HAVE RAISED A TIMID SON
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
2015

HIGH-STAKES THRILLER SHINES in its vivid descriptions of Turkey, and of an unprecedented archaeological find. SOLID B

BONE BOX
None
2015

CHILDHOOD HEARTBREAK, LOVE and yearning, and the power of history weave together in a complex, wrenching tale. B PLUS

GOD HELP THE CHILD
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
2015

THE TYRANNY OF MEMORY and paranoia holds sway for an exiled Salvadoran writer. Baroque, Nabokovian prose. SOLID B

THE DREAM OF MY RETURN
New Directions Publishing Corporation
2015

IN AN INTERSTELLAR FUTURE, a near-deserted planet reveals its secrets of technology and magic. Fascinating! B PLUS

FORGOTTEN SUNS
Book View Cafe
2015

TWO FUTURES TIED together by intrigue and violence are at the heart of William Gibson’s latest. Brilliant. A MINUS

THE PERIPHERAL
Penguin Group USA
2014

A SHOCKING MURDER REVEALS a great deal about crime and punishment in 19th century Boston. Chilling stuff. SOLID B

THE WILDERNESS OF RUIN
William Morrow & Company
2015

THE END OF A MARRIAGE—heartbreaking, angry, confused—captured in elusive, poetic prose. Hauntingly lovely. B PLUS

ONE HUNDRED DAYS OF RAIN
Book Thug
2015

THE SCIENCE OF TASTE, ENTERTAININGLY presented in a seamlessly fact-packed book. Eye-opening, mouth-watering! B PLUS

TASTY : THE ART AND SCIENCE OF WHAT WE EAT
Scribner Book Company
2015