THE FASCINATING LIFE AND WORK of chef Marcus Samuelsson, a Swedish adoptee from Ethiopia. Revealing, touching!

CANDID MEMOIR OF a researcher’s surprising (to her) enchantment with her subject, Mormon founder Joseph Smith.

GRIPPING ACCOUNT OF THE 2008 disaster on K2, the most dangerous Himalayan peak, focuses on two Sherpa climbers.

OPEN, EVOCATIVE MEMOIR by a woman who lost her mother in her late teens, her father in her twenties—powerful!

ENGAGING MEMOIR DETAILS an Englishman’s quest to reconcile the UK’s status symbols with his Pakistani heritage.

BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN, EYE-OPENING memoir of China in the 1970s looks at three generations in a time of change.

POLITICAL COMEDIAN LIZZ WINSTEAD reflects on her career, friends, and family in a set of funny, snarky essays.

AN EYE-OPENING OVERVIEW of the history of North Korea from a professor/former National Security Council staffer.

A NEUROSCIENTIST’S FASCINATING INSIGHTS about how the brain perceives taste, smell, and flavor—a foodie must.

FRANK, FUNNY MEMOIR by a man with Asperger’s Syndrome of his geeky quest to become a better husband and father.