FAST-PACED COMIC FANTASY: a group of mythological beings descend on a small college town to battle over a god’s remains. Lots of fun! B PLUS

OVER A GOD’S DEAD BODY: A SUPERNATURAL COMEDY
Joel Spriggs
2018

FEAR, FOOD, AND HOPE, and how they shaped a writer’s childhood of alternative medicine and “healing diets.” Kindly but harrowing memoir. B PLUS

CRAVE : A MEMOIR OF FOOD AND LONGING
St. Martin’s Press
2018

THE ROOTS OF GENTRIFICATION in one Chicago neighborhood, traced back to 20th century “urban renewal” and “neighborhood conservation” initiatives. Insightful social history! B PLUS

THE BATTLE OF LINCOLN PARK: URBAN RENEWAL AND GENTRIFICATION IN CHICAGO
Belt Publishing
2018

STYLISH ENGLISH THRILLER starts with a playground friendship, ends in some very troubled places. B PLUS

THE BEST FRIEND
Bookouture
2018

A HEALTH WRITER’S OWN experiences with breast cancer, shared in an unsparing, sometimes wry, sometimes wrenching memoir. B PLUS

FLAT (HARDCOVER)
Skyhorse
2018

AFTER A MAGICAL APOCALYPSE, Detroit teems with spells and spirits, and a rogue mage finds a million-dollar ritual. Smart, witty fantasy. B PLUS

MINIMUM WAGE MAGIC (DFZ BOOK 1)
Aaron/Bach
2018

A QUIET LIFE TURNS complicated in Yasmina Reza’s latest novel, as staid sixty-somethings become accomplices as well as friends. B PLUS

BABYLON (HARDCOVER)
Seven Stories Press
2018

AN ANCIENT MYSTERY ON MARS must be solved before a settlement gets taken over by corporate raiders. Smart, vividly drawn space adventure! B PLUS

THE MUSIC OF MARS
Year of the Book
2018

MURDER AT COMIC-CON: an artist has to solve the mystery before cops pin the crime on him. Sharp, richly detailed whodunnit. B PLUS

THE CON ARTIST (PAPERBACK)
Quirk Books
2018

VIVID, GRIM FABLE of a generation of mutated children and their uneasy exile. Thoughtful and terrifying. B PLUS

ONE OF US (HARDCOVER)
Orbit
2018