JOURNALIST AND GOURMET Frank Bruni (the NYT’s restaurant reviewer) dishes on his lifelong love affair with food. B PLUS

BORN ROUND: THE SECRET HISTORY OF A FULL-TIME EATER
Penguin Press HC, The
2009

CHARMINGLY QUIRKY look at the history of the unicorn myth, and at the real-life animals behind the legend. B PLUS

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF UNICORNS
William Morrow
2009

SPRAWLING, IMPRESSIONISTIC, vividly imagined portrait of Mexico City by expat poet and journalist John Ross. B PLUS

EL MONSTRUO: DREAD AND REDEMPTION IN MEXICO CITY
Nation Books
2009

A MASTER COUNTERFEITER comes under the spotlight in this crisply detailed look at a criminal’s true-life story. B PLUS

THE ART OF MAKING MONEY: THE STORY OF A MASTER COUNTERFEITER
Gotham Books
2009

FASCINATING STORY of Henry Ford’s experimental rubber plantation/community in Brazil. Well researched, but dry. B PLUS

FORDLANDIA: THE RISE AND FALL OF HENRY FORD’S FORGOTTEN JUNGLE CITY
Metropolitan Books
2009

THE DEAD-END JOB MYSTERIES return with Helen now working at a fancy hair salon, and solving a celeb murder. Fun! B PLUS

KILLER CUTS: A DEAD-END JOB MYSTERY
NAL Hardcover
2009

INSIDE STORY of a frequent book thief and the booksellers who brought him to justice is packed with interviews. B PLUS

THE MAN WHO LOVED BOOKS TOO MUCH: THE TRUE STORY OF A THIEF, A DETECTIVE, AND A WORLD OF LITERARY OBSESSION
Riverhead Hardcover
2009

GENTLE AS A WARM EDINBURGH AFTERNOON, the latest adventure of Isabel Dalhousie features toddlers, high finance. B PLUS

THE LOST ART OF GRATITUDE: AN ISABEL DALHOUSIE NOVEL
Pantheon Books
2009

BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN, excruciatingly candid memoir of a complicated widowhood, and coping with betrayal and loss. B PLUS

PERFECTION: A MEMOIR OF BETRAYAL AND RENEWAL
Voice
2009

BRASH, SALTY AUSSIE private-eye caper reads like a grimmer, raunchier Carl Hiassen. Loads of gritty fun. B PLUS

I’M DYING HERE
Point Blank
2009