TENSE ENGLISH THRILLER plays on a vulnerable young mother’s worst fears. Lots of surprises! SOLID B

BLINK: A PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER WITH A KILLER TWIST YOU’LL NEVER FORGET
Bookouture
2017

A NIGERIAN ÉMIGRÉ’S WITTY, touching, insightful, hilarious memoir of life and work in the US. B PLUS

NEVER LOOK AN AMERICAN IN THE EYE: A MEMOIR OF FLYING TURTLES, COLONIAL GHOSTS, AND THE MAKING OF A NIGERIAN AMERICAN
Soho Press, Incorporated
2016

BRILLIANTLY IMAGINED SF follows a brave, complex genius from an interstellar university back home to Earth. A MINUS

BINTI: HOME (PAPERBACK)
St. Martin's Press
2017

“HOW LIFE WORKS”: ambitious yet accessible book explains it well, from microbiomes to the global ecosystem. B PLUS

THE SERENGETI RULES: THE QUEST TO DISCOVER HOW LIFE WORKS AND WHY IT MATTERS
Princeton University Press
2016

UNSETTLING, POETIC FABLE of the tiny despairs that lie beneath modern life; an indie classic newly reissued. B PLUS

O FALLEN ANGEL (PAPERBACK)
Harper Perennial
2017

CLEVER, FAST-PACED COZY mystery sets a series of bizarre robberies against an even odder wedding. Fun! B PLUS

THE HONEYED TASTE OF DECEPTION: AN ANGEL LAKE MYSTERY (WALKING CALAMITY COZY MYSTERY BOOK 4)
CeeCee James
2017

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