A GRIM DYSTOPIA, GORGEOUSLY imagined in a haunting future tale of a young woman’s resistance to power. A MINUS

MEMORY OF WATER
Voyager
2014

BREAKTHROUGHS IN CONSCIOUSNESS RESEARCH, described with clarity, verve by a leading scientist. Fascinating! A MINUS

CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE BRAIN
Viking Adult
2014

A SWORD-WIELDING YOUNG QUEEN, a nation under threat, the magic and mystery of a neofeudal new world. Great! A MINUS

THE QUEEN OF THE TEARLING
Harper
2014

THE BIZARRE AND FASCINATING COMPLEXITY of genital evolution, from snails to spiders to humans. Astonishing! A MINUS

NATURE’S NETHER REGIONS : WHAT THE SEX LIVES OF BUGS, BIRDS, AND BEASTS TELL US ABOUT EVOLUTION, BIODIVERSITY, AND OURSELVES
Viking Books
2014

THE BIZARRE AND FASCINATING COMPLEXITY of genital evolution, from snails to spiders to humans. Astonishing! A MINUS

A SIMPLE, HARROWING TRAGEDY told from the perspective of a very young child. Heartbreaking, brilliantly done. A MINUS

THE BEAR
Little Brown and Company
2014

BOLD, CANDID, ENGAGING memoir by Janet Mock, a multiracial trans feminist, tells of challenges and triumphs. A MINUS

REDEFINING REALNESS
Atria Books
2014

REDISCOVERED FRENCH CLASSIC captures the spirit of 1950s Paris, alienation of soldiers in the Algerian War. A MINUS

COLD WAR CRYPTOGRAPHY in China and the heir to a family’s mathematical genius add up to a grand thriller. A MINUS

DECODED
Farrar
2014

ANOTHER BRILLIANT GLASGOW noir from Christopher Brookmyre. Not to be missed by crime-fiction aficionados! A MINUS

BRED IN THE BONE
Atlantic Monthly Press
2014