A COMPULSIVE SHOPPER shares her story in this admirably candid memoir. Vivid, if skimpy on larger insights.

A STEAMPUNK CYBORG CIRCUS roams a postapocalyptic world in a dreamlike, poetic, vividly imagined tale.

A MASTERFUL OVERVIEW of cognitive neuroscience and the wonders of the human brain; richly informative for all.

SNARKY, FAST-PACED CAPER with a casino setting and a memorable cast of grifters, drifters, and gamblers.

THOUGHTFUL, ELOQUENT, MORALLY complex look at a murder trial; sobering, and exactly opposite to sensationalism.

MASTER OF SPEC-FIC SILLINESS Tom Holt brings us another delightfully funny romp of magic and muddled dimensions.

INTRIGUE AT A MUMBAI research institute highlights the impact of class, caste, and gender in deftly comic novel.

THE BEST MAISIE DOBBS mystery yet finds the English sleuth facing the fallout of 1932’s international tensions.

SEARINGLY CANDID MEMOIR of the writer’s years of abuse by a charismatic pedophile and neglect by her parents.

MOTHER/DAUGHTER CONFLICTS plus the perils of minor celebrity status add up to thoughtful, edgy women’s fiction.