THE VULNERABLE TURN VIOLENT in this exquisitely bleak, deeply insightful story of a cult based at an Ivy-esque college. A MINUS

THE INCENDIARIES (HARDCOVER)
Riverhead Books
2018

A POET’S FEARLESS MEMOIR, filled with fire and sadness, tells of a complicated Black British family bound by love and secrets. A MINUS

THE TERRIBLE (PAPERBACK)
Penguin Books
2018

MYTHOLOGIZING MARTIN LUTHER: a witty, brilliant, admirably clear look at how people make history (in both senses of the phrase). A MINUS

1517 (HARDCOVER)
Oxford University Press
2017

WISTFUL, LUMINOUS NOVEL follows a girl’s unsettled 1980s childhood. Tiny heartbreaks painted in shimmering prose. A MINUS

THE BLURRY YEARS (PAPERBACK)
Two Dollar Radio
2018

THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE, SEEN through the eyes of a young boy in Burundi. Sad, spare, powerful novel. A MINUS

SMALL COUNTRY (HARDCOVER)
Hogarth
2018

DAZZLING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER follows two scientists bound together by a secret shared in girlhood. Haunting! A MINUS

GIVE ME YOUR HAND (HARDCOVER)
Little
2018

DELIGHTFULLY DIVERTING MYSTERY with an upper-crust school setting and two wonderful sleuths midway between Jessica Fletcher and Auntie Mame. A MINUS

THE AFFLICTION
William Morrow & Company
2018

THE CHALLENGES WOMEN PATIENTS face in a medical system historically centered around men, impressively and persuasively documented. A MINUS

DOING HARM (HARDCOVER)
HarperOne
2018

A BRILLIANT, BITTER TWIST on Frankenstein set in war-torn Baghdad. Wildly inventive and thoroughly heartbreaking. A MINUS

FRANKENSTEIN IN BAGHDAD (PAPERBACK)
Penguin Books
2018

SHIMMERING, BEAUTIFUL ESSAYS tell stories of love, loss, travel, and the impossible but necessary challenges of translation. A MINUS

FOR SINGLE MOTHERS WORKING AS TRAIN CONDUCTORS (THE IOWA PRIZE IN LITERARY NONFICTION) (PAPERBACK)
University Of Iowa Press
2018