ENGROSSING BIOGRAPHY of 20th-century gay writer, scholar, tattoo artist, sexual revolutionary Samuel Steward. B PLUS

SECRET HISTORIAN: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SAMUEL STEWARD, PROFESSOR, TATTOO ARTIST, AND SEXUAL RENEGADE
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2010

TRAGIC YET QUIRKILY personal memoir of face-blindness and a childhood with mentally ill parents. B PLUS

YOU DON’T LOOK LIKE ANYONE I KNOW
Riverhead Hardcover
2010

SHERLOCK HOLMES CONTINUED in another fine set of pastiches; includes a solution to “The Turn of the Screw”! SOLID B

SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE GHOSTS OF BLY: AND OTHER NEW ADVENTURES OF THE GREAT DETECTIVE
Pegasus Books
2010

CHATTY COMPENDIUM of unusual case histories from a distinguished psychiatrist offers insight, entertainment. SOLID B

THE NAKED LADY WHO STOOD ON HER HEAD: A PSYCHIATRIST’S STORIES OF HIS MOST BIZARRE CASES
William Morrow & Company
2010

BITTERLY FUNNY, VAGUELY horrifying memoir of a young American woman’s complicated life in Europe. B PLUS

EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE GREAT: AN UNDERFUNDED AND OVEREXPOSED EUROPEAN GRAND TOUR
HarperCollins Publishers
2010

EYE-OPENING AND FUNNY, this book about human/animal interaction and ethics brings complex research to life. A MINUS

SOME WE LOVE, SOME WE HATE, SOME WE EAT: WHY IT’S SO HARD TO THINK STRAIGHT ABOUT ANIMALS
Harper
2010

PLAUSIBILITY BE DARNED, this 15th Jack Reacher thriller is a tense, gripping Good vs. Evil page-turner. B PLUS

WORTH DYING FOR
Delacorte Press
2010

THE GRIPPING TRUE STORY of Quanah, the last Comanche war chief, and his mother Cynthia Parker, a white settler. A MINUS

EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON: QUANAH PARKER AND THE RISE AND FALL OF THE COMANCHES, THE MOST POWERFUL INDIAN TRIBE IN AMERICAN HISTORY
Scribner Book Company
2010

TV PERSONALITY NANCY GRACE brings us a thriller that’s strongest in its behind-the-scenes celebrity touches. SOLID B

DEATH ON THE D-LIST (HAILEY DEAN SERIES #2)
Hyperion
2010

GUITAR LEGEND JIMI Hendrix is the subject of a well researched biography. Great art; tragic and difficult life. B PLUS

BECOMING JIMI HENDRIX: FROM SOUTHERN CROSSROADS TO PSYCHEDELIC LONDON, THE UNTOLD STORY OF A MUSICAL GENIUS
Da Capo Press
2010