CIVIL SERVANT AND SORCERER Bob Howard and his occult gov’t cohort vs. the greatest evil yet—privatization. B PLUS

THE DELIRIUM BRIEF (HARDCOVER)
Tor.com
2017

A BRAVE, DETERMINED WOMAN from rural Nigeria studies in early 1960s Rome, then returns home. Vividly written! B PLUS

PREGNANT FUTURE: NO ONE KNOWS WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING
Joy Nwosu Lo-Bamijoko
2017

POST-APOCALYPTIC DETECTIVE STORY follows a determined investigator through a ruined California. Intense! B PLUS

BANNERLESS
John Joseph Adams/Mariner Books
2017

A NIGERIAN FAMILY’S TRAGEDIES, set against a backdrop of national turmoil. Heartbreaking, beautiful novel. B PLUS

STAY WITH ME (HARDCOVER)
Knopf Publishing Group
2017

BRILLIANT SCIENCE-FICTION THRILLER! Ingenious plot revolves around teleportation and its discontents. A MINUS

THE PUNCH ESCROW
Inkshares
2017

EYE-OPENING, METICULOUSLY RESEARCHED account of the CIA’s Cold War meddling in the literary world. A MINUS

FINKS: HOW THE C.I.A. TRICKED THE WORLD’S BEST WRITERS
OR Books
2017

PERPLEXINGLY LOVELY NOVEL tells a story of two young girls in South Korea, and a story of writing that story. B PLUS

THE IMPOSSIBLE FAIRY TALE (PAPERBACK)
Graywolf Press
2017

WONDERFULLY PLOTTED, WITTY English mystery bridges 20th and 21st century styles. Glorious page-turner! A MINUS

MAGPIE MURDERS (HARDCOVER)
Harper
2017

NO-NONSENSE, THOUGHTFUL, BLISSFULLY pottymouthed guide to cleaning and organizing has solid advice, laughs. B PLUS

UNF*CK YOUR HABITAT : YOU’RE BETTER THAN YOUR MESS
St. Martin’s Griffin
2017

RE-ENGINEERING THE WOOLLY MAMMOTH? Inside a geneticist’s quest to recreate an extinct species. Fascinating! B PLUS

WOOLLY: THE TRUE STORY OF THE QUEST TO REVIVE ONE OF HISTORY'S MOST ICONIC EXTINCT CREATURES (HARDCOVER)
Atria Books
2017