A CULINARY IGNORAMUS TRANSFORMS herself into a food writer, accomplished cook in this clever, charming memoir.

SCIENCE FICTION-FLAVORED spy thriller stars a hapless math Ph. D student on the run from shadowy agents. Fun!

A FLIGHT ATTENDANT TELLS all about the airline industry and out-of-control passengers. Eye-opening snark!

A LONDON WOMAN’S unexpected, life-changing reunion with her Nigerian birth mother–thoughtful, touching novel.

SERIAL-KILLER SUSPENSE meets time-travel science fiction: plot is intriguing, but characters less so, alas.

FUNNY, SNARKY BLOGGER, columnist Jen Lancaster’s latest memoir is about trying to be a grownup in the suburbs.

A COLLEGE STUDENT’S SUMMER vacation centers on family and personal crises in this smart, thoughtful novel.

COMPLEX, BORGESIAN TALE told in the form of a tour guide to another world has spooky, dreamlike charm to offer.

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SPIES at Napoleon’s court vie, flirt, work together in this delightful Regency fluff.

POIGNANT, ROUGH-HEWN MEMOIR from a writer trying to make sense of his troubled parents and their lives.