DELICATE COMING-OF-AGE novel about an introspective white suburban boy; impressive depth, breadth for its ilk.

FASCINATING PERSONAL ACCOUNT of a journalist’s experience of “recovering” false memories of childhood abuse.

DRY WIT AND BARCELONA flavor make this Catalan mystery (with bumbling Columboesque twin detectives!) awesome.

INTIMATE BUT NOT GOSSIPY memoir of a writer’s complex time with her mentor/quasi-mother-in-law, Susan Sontag.

MASSIVE ONLINE GAMES collide with real-world politics in this technothriller from the great Walter Jon Williams.

BREEZY, OPEN-HEARTED memoir centers around yoga as a metaphor for life; introspection is balanced by light tone.

A PICARESQUE FUTURE TEXAS, plus riotgrrl gene splicers, mutant rabbits, vampires, and online revolutions = fun!

SNARKY, ODDLY SWEET memoir of a young woman’s days in the nerds-gone-Damon Runyon world of sports betting.

LIGHT-HEARTED COMPENDIUM of facts about science and superstition in ancient Greece and Rome is surprising fun.

ENJOYABLE EDWARDIAN WHODUNNIT features an aristocratic detective, a dead foxhunting Earl, and a juicy mystery.