LAUGH-OUT-LOUD FUNNY at its highs, snickerworthy even at its lows! Comic essays from the hilarious Larry Doyle.

EPIC, SWEEPING HISTORICAL novel follows Richard the Lionhearted on crusade. Lots of detail, court intrigue.

WISTFUL, HAUNTING LITTLE fable of how love, friendship, and imagination persist and flourish under oppression.

A YOUNG WOMAN’S MEMOIR of losing her sense of smell and (spoiler!) regaining it is intriguing, well researched.

DECK THE HALLS with Flavia de Luce! The spookily precocious child sleuth returns for a Christmassy whodunit.

SHARP, THOUGHT-PROVOKING SF novel about a scientist obsessed with building his own prostheses is a wry parable. B PLUS

MACHINE MAN
Random House Inc
2011

CHILLINGLY BELIEVABLE TALE of the slow apocalypse that follows discovery of a cure for aging. Smart and grim. B PLUS

THE POSTMORTAL
Penguin USA
2011

TENSE, COMPELLING NOVEL brings El Salvador’s attempted coup and successful popular uprising of 1944 to life. B PLUS

THE CONVERT: A TALE OF EXILE AND EXTREMISM
Graywolf Press
2011

SPOOKY AND ATMOSPHERIC tale of a small town’s morbid traditions is YA sensation Melissa Marr’s first for adults.

CHATTY, ENTERTAINING HISTORIES of some of the world’s most famous pseudonymous writers. Gossipy, bookish fun!