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

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

REVISION
Fireside Fiction
2015

A FOOD WRITER’S MEMOIR of disordered eating (from binge eating disorder to restriction) and recovery. Candid. SOLID B

IT WAS ME ALL ALONG
Clarkson Potter Publishers
2015

AN ACTION-PACKED SPACE ADVENTURE finds two US astronauts making first contact with aliens. Rich in detail! SOLID B

WORMHOLE MOON: AN ALIEN CIVILIZATION’S ALLIANCE WITH EARTH
Flask Of Oil LLC
2015

A RISE IN “BODY ANXIETY” over the past few decades, and how it does and doesn’t tie in to health. Thoughtful. SOLID B

BODY OF TRUTH : HOW SCIENCE, HISTORY, AND CULTURE DRIVE OUR OBSESSION WITH WEIGHT–AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT
Da Capo Lifelong Books
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

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

BONE BOX
None
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

A SHOCKING MURDER REVEALS a great deal about crime and punishment in 19th century Boston. Chilling stuff. SOLID B

THE WILDERNESS OF RUIN
William Morrow & Company
2015

A YOUNG SCREENWRITER’S LIFE, with all the LA ups and downs of day jobs, almost-deals, and missed chances. SOLID B

LUIGI’S CHINESE DELICATESSEN
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
2015