EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE THROUGH MINDFULNESS: an international teacher’s insights into overcoming psychological “blind spots.” B PLUS

THE BLIND SPOT EFFECT : HOW TO STOP MISSING WHAT’S RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU
Sounds True
2018

SAVING ENDANGERED PLANTS all over the world, working with local restoration initiatives; a Kew Gardens botanist’s amazing story. B PLUS

THE PLANT MESSIAH : ADVENTURES IN SEARCH OF THE WORLD’S RAREST SPECIES
Doubleday Books
2018

THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE, SEEN through the eyes of a young boy in Burundi. Sad, spare, powerful novel. A MINUS

SMALL COUNTRY (HARDCOVER)
Hogarth
2018

HAUNTED BY FAMILY HISTORY, a writer journeys from the US to Italy, Poland, Germany, and Guatemala. Wistful and raw. B PLUS

MOURNING (PAPERBACK)
Bellevue Literary Press
2018

DAZZLING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER follows two scientists bound together by a secret shared in girlhood. Haunting! A MINUS

GIVE ME YOUR HAND (HARDCOVER)
Little
2018

DELIGHTFULLY DIVERTING MYSTERY with an upper-crust school setting and two wonderful sleuths midway between Jessica Fletcher and Auntie Mame. A MINUS

THE AFFLICTION
William Morrow & Company
2018

THRILLING SPACE ADVENTURE follows a group of twenty-somethings from amateur spaceship building to the creation of a space army. B PLUS

GALACTIC STARTUP
Brian Whiting
2018

THE CHALLENGES WOMEN PATIENTS face in a medical system historically centered around men, impressively and persuasively documented. A MINUS

DOING HARM (HARDCOVER)
HarperOne
2018

A. HARROWING MEMOIR OF OCD and recovery captures a terrified, lonely childhood, finding solace in treatment and support groups. B PLUS

BECAUSE WE ARE BAD: OCD AND A GIRL LOST IN THOUGHT|HARDCOVER
HarperCollins Publishers
2018

SPICY SF ROMANCE with a clever setting: a future world run by powerful artificial intelligences inspired by the Ancient Greek gods. Fun and explicit! B PLUS

ADMIN PRIVILEGE (ARTIFICIAL GODS BOOK 1)
Elizabeth Tarington
2017