HUMANS AND ALIENS MEET on a faraway planet in this marvelously crafted space thriller. War! Diplomacy! Love! A MINUS

THE WEAVE
Aqueduct Press
2015

RICH, VIVIDLY DRAWN novel captures the mood and spirit of a tightly knit Black community in 1970. Stunning. A MINUS

ONLY THE STRONG
Agate Press
2015

A DEADLY CONSPIRACY THREATENS 1848 New York City in this richly detailed, breathtaking historical thriller. A MINUS

THE FATAL FLAME (TIMOTHY WILDE SERIES #3)
Penguin Publishing Group
2015

KIM GORDON’S MEMOIR is like her music and her art: raw and fearless, yet thoughtful and questioning. Yeah. A MINUS

GIRL IN A BAND
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
2015

QUIETLY BEAUTIFUL PROSE tells the story of an extraordinary woman leading a relentlessly ordinary life. A MINUS

ACADEMY STREET
Farrar
2015

ON THE PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN BORDER, brothers haunted by war, loss, history pursue their fates. Heartbreaking. A MINUS

THE SHADOW OF THE CRESCENT MOON
Penguin Group USA
2015

TWO FUTURES TIED together by intrigue and violence are at the heart of William Gibson’s latest. Brilliant. A MINUS

THE PERIPHERAL
Penguin Group USA
2014

VIBRANT, INTENSE THRILLER mixes politics and murder in a tightly knit black Houston neighborhood, ca. 1996. A MINUS

PLEASANTVILLE
HarperCollins Publishers
2015

A WILD MAGIC, COBBLED together from pop songs and teenage dreams, unites three misfits in 1980s Mexico City. A MINUS

SIGNAL TO NOISE
Solaris
2015

AN EXTRAORDINARY NOVEL OF an extraordinary girlhood, shaped by Black Nationalism and a fierce intellect. A MINUS

DISGRUNTLED
Farrar
2015