THOROUGHLY ENTERTAINING SPOOF of the “evil genius” villains of spy movies. Sharply written, lots of fun. B PLUS

GLOBAL DOMINATION FOR BEGINNERS
None
2015

ON THE PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN BORDER, brothers haunted by war, loss, history pursue their fates. Heartbreaking. A MINUS

THE SHADOW OF THE CRESCENT MOON
Penguin Group USA
2015

FRESH, UNEXPECTEDLY ENGAGING memoir from a writer who, at age 26, discovered she had a hole in her brain. B PLUS

HEAD CASE
Henry Holt & Company
2015

TAUT POST-APOCALYPTIC THRILLER follows a determined group of young people fighting to survive a brutal world. B PLUS

AS THE ASH FELL
None
2015

THE VOYAGER SPACE MISSIONS, chronicled with enthusiasm and clarity by a distinguished planetary scientist. SOLID B

THE INTERSTELLAR AGE: INSIDE THE FORTY-YEAR VOYAGER MISSION
Penguin Publishing Group
2015

FAR-RANGING, QUIRKY NON-FICTION combines memoir and journalism to raise questions of masculinity, identity. B PLUS

I AM SORRY TO THINK I HAVE RAISED A TIMID SON
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
2015

HIGH-STAKES THRILLER SHINES in its vivid descriptions of Turkey, and of an unprecedented archaeological find. SOLID B

BONE BOX
None
2015

CHILDHOOD HEARTBREAK, LOVE and yearning, and the power of history weave together in a complex, wrenching tale. B PLUS

GOD HELP THE CHILD
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
2015

THE TYRANNY OF MEMORY and paranoia holds sway for an exiled Salvadoran writer. Baroque, Nabokovian prose. SOLID B

THE DREAM OF MY RETURN
New Directions Publishing Corporation
2015

IN AN INTERSTELLAR FUTURE, a near-deserted planet reveals its secrets of technology and magic. Fascinating! B PLUS

FORGOTTEN SUNS
Book View Cafe
2015