THE GREAT KENYAN WRITER Ng?g? wa Thiong’o’s memoir of political prison: a matter-of-fact yet deeply moving story of surviving, connecting, and creating while incarcerated. A MINUS

WRESTLING WITH THE DEVIL (HARDCOVER)
New Press
2018

AN ALIEN AND A HUMAN band together to to fight for Earth’s future. SF with a military thriller feel, lots of excitement. B PLUS

THE FERMI PARADOX
Brandon Overall
2018

LINKING DIGESTION AND MOOD, current research demonstrates powerful, previously unexplored connections between microbiota and the brain. B PLUS

THE PSYCHOBIOTIC REVOLUTION : MOOD, FOOD, AND THE NEW SCIENCE OF THE GUT-BRAIN CONNECTION
National Geographic Society
2017

DEEP-SPACE ADVENTURE: A REVOLUTION on a “generation ship” fuses spacefarers and intelligent machines. Exciting! B PLUS

MEDUSA UPLOADED
Tor Books
2018

WHIMSICAL, SERIOUS PARABLE about a sudden change in the animal world. Charming and thought-provoking. B PLUS

DOWNDRIFT (PAPERBACK)
Three Rooms Press
2018

A FATHER AND SON STRUGGLE with the same demons (racism, toxic masculinity, alcohol, depression) in different ways. Clearsighted poet’s memoir. B PLUS

AIR TRAFFIC : A MEMOIR OF AMBITION AND MANHOOD IN AMERICA
Knopf Publishing Group
2018

A WRITER AND HIS BROTHER, bonded by a rough childhood, connect despite very different adulthoods. Lovely, loving memoir. B PLUS

WHAT DROWNS THE FLOWERS IN YOUR MOUTH (HARDCOVER)
University of Wisconsin Press
2018