AN ARTIST HAUNTED BY his past unlocks some of the memories that torment him. Brilliant character study. A MINUS

SO MUCH BLUE A NOVEL
GRAYWOLF PRESS
2017

A SRI LANKAN-AMERICAN COUPLE keeps a big secret from their families. Fresh, pointed take on love and family. B PLUS

MARRIAGE OF A THOUSAND LIES (HARDCOVER)
Soho Press
2017

A WEARY-WISE NOIR QUEST with a supernatural twist has deep things to say about love, family, race in the US. A MINUS

THE TALENTED RIBKINS
Melville House Publishing
2017

NEAR-FUTURE THRILLER WITH an SFF twist, set in a Chicago where poor neighborhoods are war zones. Sharp, sad. SOLID B

THE NEON HOUSES
Morning Glory Publishing
2016

LIVING WITH ANXIETY: a science and health writer’s own story, leavened by updates on anxiety research. SOLID B

ON EDGE : A JOURNEY THROUGH ANXIETY
Crown Publishing Group (NY)
2017

DETACHING FROM A TOXIC FAMILY: a writer’s childhood of abuse and denial leads her to break free. Thoughtful. B PLUS

ESTRANGED: LEAVING FAMILY AND FINDING HOME (HARDCOVER)
Scribner Book Company
2017

RURAL ’70s NOIR stars a father-and-son driving team in too deep with an Iowa crime family. Sharp, evocative. B PLUS

LEADFOOT (A MCGRAW CRIME NOVEL BOOK 2)
Down & Out Books
2017

THE US’S FAR-FLUNG TERRITORIES, explored: fun, folksy travelogue keeps a sharp eye on colonialism’s ravages. B PLUS

THE NOT-QUITE STATES OF AMERICA : DISPATCHES FROM THE TERRITORIES AND OTHER FAR-FLUNG OUTPOSTS OF THE USA
W. W. Norton & Company
2017

A POET’S SACRED AND PROFANE, scathing yet sweet-natured, memoir of her eccentric, religion-addled family. A MINUS

PRIESTDADDY: A MEMOIR (HARDCOVER)
Riverhead Books
2017