THE PSYCHOLOGY OF AWKWARDNESS, explored in a heady, sometimes vicariously embarrassing, mix of personal stories and research findings. B PLUS

CRINGEWORTHY : A THEORY OF AWKWARDNESS
Portfolio
2018

INTENSE NEAR-FUTURE THRILLER follows a ragtag resistance against an AI-enabled totalitarian state. Lots of action, firefights! B PLUS

CALCULATED FATE
Conor McCarthy
2018

THOUGHTFUL, FIERCE ESSAYS on violence in many forms—interpersonal, international, environmental—and on justice, reconciliation, and hope. B PLUS

THE RECKONINGS (HARDCOVER)
Scribner
2018

PARANORMAL COZY MYSTERY set at a magical circus. Lots of fun and a well-built plot. B PLUS

GO FOR THE JUGGLER (MAGICAL MIDWAY PARANORMAL COZY MYSTERIES BOOK 4)
Badchen Publishing
2018

AN ASTEROID ON A COLLISION COURSE with Earth. A private company leads an international effort to deflect it. Intriguing SF tale with an unusual framing structure! B PLUS

THE CERBERUS ASTEROID DIVERSION PROGRAM: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS FROM THE SEVERAL U.S. GOV’T INVESTIGATIONS INTO CIVIDAN LABORATORIES
Cividan Laboratories
2018

SUPERNATURAL SPY YARN set in an alternate 1938 where the living and the dead run complementary intelligence agencies. Clever and spooky. B PLUS

SUMMERLAND (HARDCOVER)
Tor Books
2018

AFTER HER PARTNER’S death, a young writer wanders a dreamlike San Francisco. Lovely, elegiac novel in stories. B PLUS

THE FIFTH WOMAN (MARY MCCARTHY PRIZE IN SHORT FICTION) (PAPERBACK)
Sarabande Books
2018

ANARCHIST DEMON HUNTERS on the run find more dire magic than they had bargained for. Suspenseful and smart. B PLUS

THE BARROW WILL SEND WHAT IT MAY (DANIELLE CAIN #2) (PAPERBACK)
Tor.com
2018

THE PSEUDOSCIENCE OF FOOD FADS, wittily dissected by the Angry Chef blogger. Informative, sometimes infuriating. B PLUS

THE ANGRY CHEF’S GUIDE TO SPOTTING BULLSH*T IN THE WORLD OF FOOD (PAPERBACK)
The Experiment
2018

A DYSTOPIAN 2090 AMERICA reveals its secrets to two young scientists on the run from the total surveillance state. Suspenseful and chilling! B PLUS

THE SECLUSION
Inkshares
2018