WORKING AS A SUPERVILLAIN’S HENCHMAN seems like the best option for a broke student in a city staged for hero/villain battles. Fun concept, great characterization! B PLUS

HOW TO BECOME A HENCHMAN, A NOVEL: THE HENCHMAN'S SURVIVAL GUIDE
Endeavor Reads
2019

TRUTH, MEMORY, AND TREACHERY: nuanced, eloquent novel about a writer trying to navigate an accusation against one old friend by another. B PLUS

AFTERNOON OF A FAUN
W. W. Norton & Company
2019

INTERSTELLAR SMUGGLERS AND SCIENTISTS form an unlikely alliance in dodging blasters and escaping an unusual pirate. Great fun! B PLUS

SHOCKWAVE (STAR KINGDOM BOOK 1)
Lindsay Buroker
2019

THE RISE AND FALL OF PURITANISM in England and its American colonies, laid out in a highly readable book with solid scholarly depth. B PLUS

HOT PROTESTANTS
Yale University Press
2019

HISTORY AND THE MYSTIC ENTWINE in this precise, beautiful tale of a World War II WAC, a secretary at a secret nuclear plant, haunted by the gift of prophecy. B PLUS

THE CASSANDRA
Henry Holt and Co.
2019

DEFT TIME-TRAVEL THRILLER has a heart of gold in its sweetly portrayed characters. Clever worldbuilding, too! B PLUS

HERE AND NOW AND THEN
Mira Books
2019

A DISGRACED HELSINKI DETECTIVE hunting a missing person in 1952 Lapland finds more than she expected, including an international incident. B PLUS

EVIL THINGS
Bitter Lemon Press
2019

A CROSS-COUNTRY HORROR TALE, rich with spooky detail, and with a beautiful love story at its heart. B PLUS

ALICE ISN’T DEAD
Harper Perennial
2021

CLEVER, DISTURBING FABLE of celebrity culture and romantic obsession. Thoughtful and precise prose redeems any hint of soap opera in the plot. B PLUS

DREAM SEQUENCE
Farrar
2019

FIGHTING GODS AND MONSTERS and saving the world: a big task for an odd assortment of blessed and cursed entities. Wildly entertaining fantasy! B PLUS

THE LAST SUPPER BEFORE RAGNAROK (GODS AND MONSTERS #5)
Abaddon
2019