DEEPLY POETIC, HORRIFYINGLY bleak novel tells the story of life and death in Mao’s “reeducation” camps. A MINUS

THE FOUR BOOKS
Pgw
2015

INSIDE THE LEGAL MARIJUANA business: a chatty, informative tour of the booming industry by a Colorado grower. SOLID B

BIG WEED
St. Martin’s Press
2015

A CALIFORNIA EPIC WITH a twist: interwoven tales of family love and revenge span three centuries. Intense. SOLID B

BURNT
Pelekinesis
2015

AN AUDACIOUS MANIFESTO on “retuning” the human brain to meet the changing demands of today’s world. SOLID B

THE WELL-TUNED BRAIN
W. W. Norton & Company
2015

THE ULTIMATE NOIR SETTING: Hell itself! Fiendishly clever, relentlessly grim mystery set in a bleak afterlife. B PLUS

DEVILS DETECTIVE A NOVEL
BANTAM DOUBLEDAY DELL
2015

TECH FANTASY THRILLER has an intriguing premise, plenty of excitement, and a complex heroine. Entertaining. SOLID B

REVISION
Fireside Fiction
2015

CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS, through the eyes of poetry-loving Indian expats in 1985 London. Brilliant. A MINUS

ODYSSEUS ABROAD
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
2015

POST-SINGULARITY NOIR THRILLER follows a desperate man’s search for his android love. Dark, clever SF. B PLUS

LOVE IN THE AGE OF MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION
Thomas Dunne Books
2015

HUMANS AND ALIENS MEET on a faraway planet in this marvelously crafted space thriller. War! Diplomacy! Love! A MINUS

THE WEAVE
Aqueduct Press
2015

THE QUEST FOR ATLANTIS! Thoroughly entertaining book follows some of today’s seekers for a lost civilization. B PLUS

MEET ME IN ATLANTIS
Penguin Group USA
2015