MAGIC ON LONG ISLAND?  Yes, and mythology too,  in YA star Melissa de la Cruz’s engrossing debut for adults.

FASCINATING TRUE CRIME story of an 1874 kidnapping–the first recorded kidnap for ransom in the US. Chilling!

GRITTY, ABSURDIST NOIR caper–a new genre for Eoin Colfer!–stars an Irishman at odds with the New Jersey mob.

GRANT MORRISON’S TRIPPY meditation on the psychology, sociology, and spirituality of comics is one wild ride!

EXTRAORDINARY, POETIC, EVOCATIVE memoir by Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina is powerful, unforgettable.

CHARMING ENGLISH VILLAGE cozy mystery, first in a series featuring a stage magician-turned vicar as sleuth.

‘GONZO’ JOURNALISM-FLAVORED, engaging true crime tale of the 40-year investigation of skyjacker D. B. Cooper.

QUIRKY, SARDONIC, SALINGERESQUE tale of a family both united and divided by the parents’ performance art.

POET AND WRITER Diane Ackerman’s lyrical, heartbreaking memoir of her novelist husband’s stroke and recovery.

BLEAK AND WISTFUL satire on the excesses of celebrity culture has lots of bitter insights, not many laughs.