A HALF-WRECKED STARSHIP REELING home to Earth is the setting of a great Cuban SF novel, newly translated. A MINUS

A LEGEND OF THE FUTURE
Restless Books
2015

GOBLINS, ELVES, AND MULTIVERSE portals are at the center of Tom Holt’s new comic fantasy. Evil gets a re-org! B PLUS

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE SMUG
Orbit
2015

ELEGAIC, EVOCATIVE NOIR thriller set in the Vietnamese émigré community in Las Vegas packs a heavy punch. A MINUS

DRAGONFISH
W. W. Norton & Company
2015

HIGH-TENSION SCIENCE FICTION thriller has tons of action, an ingenious plot, and a tough math-ninja heroine. B PLUS

ROOT OF UNITY
None
2015

ENIGMATIC, ELEGANT NOVEL by Nobelist Patrick Modiano feels like a lost noir from Hitchcock or Truffaut. A MINUS

SO YOU DONT GET LOST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2015

CHILLING PHILIPPINE MYSTERY vividly captures the complexities of fighting crime amid corruption, destitution. B PLUS

SMALLER AND SMALLER CIRCLES
Soho Press, Incorporated
2015

A CANADIAN SERIAL KILLER’S shocking crimes and high-profile trial. Clear, concise, but a bit too dry. B MINUS

THE COUNTRY BOY KILLER : THE TRUE STORY OF CODY LEGEBOKOFF, CANADA’S TEENAGE SERIAL KILLER (CRIMES CANADA: TRUE CRIMES THAT SHOCKED THE NATION) (VOLUME 6)
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
2015

INTRIGUE AND SCANDAL cloud the history of Monopoly, the iconic board game. Fascinating, lively writing! A MINUS

THE MONOPOLISTS : OBSESSION, FURY, AND THE SCANDAL BEHIND THE WORLD’S FAVORITE BOARD GAME
Bloomsbury USA
2015

CRANKY, FUNNY, OPEN-HEARTED book is Jenny Lawson (The Bloggess) at her off-kilter, scarily candid best. B PLUS

FURIOUSLY HAPPY: A FUNNY BOOK ABOUT HORRIBLE THINGS
Flatiron Books
2015

EDGY, EVOCATIVE NOVEL follows a misfit Canadian teen’s love affair with metal music (until her rage reigns). B PLUS

BORING GIRLS
ECW Press
2015