BENEATH EARTH’S SURFACE with the researchers seeking to understand its depths. Fantastic science writing! A MINUS

INTO THE HEART OF OUR WORLD: A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH: A REMARKABLE VOYAGE OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY
Pegasus
2016

A SUPERVILLAIN WITH A CONSCIENCE? Sharp SFF thriller set in a “Teslaverse” where costumed heroes are real. A MINUS

DIRE : SEED
Andrew Seiple
2016

HEARTBREAKINGLY GORGEOUS NOVEL follows the survivors of a sudden tragedy. Beautiful, compassionate writing. A MINUS

DID YOU EVER HAVE A FAMILY
Gallery/Scout Press
2015

THE INCREDIBLE FLORYNCE KENNEDY, pioneering leader in both the Black Power and Women’s Liberation movements. A MINUS

FLORYNCE “FLO” KENNEDY
University of North Carolina Press
2015

STILETTO-SHARP, WITTY, INSIGHTFUL examination of the world of America’s Black elites packs a punch. A MINUS

NEGROLAND: A MEMOIR
Pantheon Books
2015

HIGH-ENERGY HISTORICAL NOVEL with a fierce, unforgettable heroine. Based on a 1915 New Jersey court case. A MINUS

GIRL WAITS WITH GUN
Houghton Mifflin
2015

A ROARING-TWENTIES SWINDLE on the grand scale. Reads like a great mystery novel, beautifully researched. A MINUS

EMPIRE OF DECEPTION
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
2015

A VANISHED WORLD, CAPTURED through a child’s eyes in a gorgeous novel of Egypt’s Jewish community ca. 1951. A MINUS

ALEXANDRIAN SUMMER
New Vessel Press
2015

BREAKNECK SF THRILLER with a smart time-travel premise, lots of action, and some unforgettable characters. A MINUS

TIME SALVAGER
None
2015

THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE stars in Sarah Vowell’s chatty, funny, erudite history of the American Revolution. A MINUS

LAFAYETTE IN THE SOMEWHAT UNITED STATES
Riverhead Books
2015