CHILLING DEEP-SPACE MYSTERY: six cloned crew members on a generation starship must solve their own murders. A MINUS

SIX WAKES
Orbit
2017

A WHIRLWIND OF CHANGES HITS a cynical radio engineer stuck in a mid-life crisis. Clever satire with heart! B PLUS

EVERYONE LOVES YOU BACK (PAPERBACK)
Gorsky Press
2016

ENTREPRENEUR TONY HSIEH’S ICONOCLASTIC visions in action; a dash of skepticism leavens embedded reportage. B PLUS

THE KINGDOM OF HAPPINESS : INSIDE TONY HSIEH’S ZAPPONIAN UTOPIA
Touchstone Books
2017

TEENAGE SUICIDE DEMYSTIFIED in a compassionate, scholarly work that highlights individual teens’ voices. B PLUS

TEENAGE SUICIDE NOTES: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF SELF-HARM
Columbia University Press
2017

THOUGHTFUL NEAR-FUTURE THRILLER set in an underground nuclear shelter community. Lots of tense plot twists! B PLUS

THE END OF REFUGE
Beth Martin
2017

A WRITER’S RAW, HONEST memoir of addiction, recovery, relapse, and facing a medical crisis is tough, poetic. B PLUS

SIRENS (PAPERBACK)
Two Dollar Radio
2017

QUIRKY, CHATTY ACCOUNT of LSD microdosing treatment for mood issues combines research, personal experiences. SOLID B

A REALLY GOOD DAY: HOW MICRODOSING MADE A MEGA DIFFERENCE IN MY MOOD, MY MARRIAGE, AND MY LIFE
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
2017

THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD is the setting for a murder mystery with atmosphere, if a bit too much plot. SOLID B

LIVE FAST, DIE PRETTY: A HISTORICAL ROMANTIC SUSPENSE MURDER MYSTERY (THE MOVIE STAR MURDERS BOOK 1)
Emily Wesley Stringer
2017

THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD OF TRANSHUMANISTS, cyborgs, and others looking for immortality through technology. B PLUS

TO BE A MACHINE: ADVENTURES AMONG CYBORGS, UTOPIANS, HACKERS, AND THE FUTURISTS SOLVING THE MODEST PROBLEM OF DEATH (HARDCOVER)
Doubleday Books
2017

PHILIP LEVINE’S PASSIONATE writing about poetry is a moving legacy and a testimony to the power of language. A MINUS

MY LOST POETS: A LIFE IN POETRY (HARDCOVER)
Knopf Publishing Group
2016