FUNNY, FUNKY, CUTE, and sometimes bittersweet memoir from an “Art Star” of the Lower East Side’s arts heyday.

INSIDE A COMPLEX, troubling investigation of a multi-victim case of child sexual abuse and its church coverup.

A YOUNG WRITER’S MEMOIR of her mother’s disappearance eloquently conveys the impact of uncertainty and loss.

FUNNY, RUEFUL, WISE essays about family dysfunction, celebrity, love, and especially dogs from Merrill Markoe.

A YOUNG WOMAN’S MEMOIR of losing her sense of smell and (spoiler!) regaining it is intriguing, well researched.

CHATTY, ENTERTAINING HISTORIES of some of the world’s most famous pseudonymous writers. Gossipy, bookish fun!

OVERVIEW OF THE “9/11 Truth” movement has some interesting interviews, but flounders in off-topic axe-grinding.

JOAN DIDION’S LATEST memoir is a raw and deeply affecting cry of grief at her daughter’s untimely death.

THOUGHTFUL MEMOIR OF HOMELESSNESS is at its best when revisiting the writer’s terrifyingly chaotic childhood.

AN OVERVIEW OF SCAMS and con games,  complete with case studies, is highly informative if a bit repetitive.