BREATHTAKING HISTORICAL FANTASY: glorious take on the power of magic AND sharp commentary on race in the US.

GORGEOUS, CHILLING, POETIC evocation of the lives of early 20th-century Japanese “picture brides” in the US.

THE HISTORY AND FUTURE of urban planning outlined with wit and grace in this informative, highly readable book.

ENCHANTING, LUMINOUS NOVEL about the power (and limitations) of love and of stories. Haunting and delightful.

HEART-POUNDING DYSTOPIAN THRILLER chronicles humanity’s fight against rogue robots and AI. Deftly imagined. A MINUS

ROBOPOCALYPSE
Doubleday
2011

GUYANA”S UNIQUE PEOPLE, culture, landscape, racial politics through the eyes of a young Indian writer. Amazing! A MINUS

THE SLY COMPANY OF PEOPLE WHO CARE
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2011

WISE, WARMHEARTED, IMPECCABLY eloquent novel is a series of meditations on New York and Nigeria and the world. A MINUS

OPEN CITY
Random House
2011

DISTINGUISHED SCOTTISH POET, essayist, novelist Jackie Kay’s amazing memoir about finding her birth parents. A MINUS

RED DUST ROAD: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL JOURNEY
ATLAS
2011

FREEWHEELING, WARM-HEARTED, hilarious time travel fantasia stars Dick Cheney (and the mordant wit of Bob Smith). A MINUS

REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS I FORGOT: A NOVEL
University of Wisconsin Press
2011

EPIC, BOOKISH FANTASY blends witches, vampires, medieval history, romance in an engrossing ladycentric read.