GROWING UP INTERSEX, passionate, and proud: a writer and activist’s remarkable and moving memoir. B PLUS

BORN BOTH
HACHETTE BOOK GROUP
2017

A HISTORY OF BOARD GAMES, from ancient Egypt to Monopoly to the latest hits. Interesting stories, entertainingly presented. B PLUS

IT’S ALL A GAME : THE HISTORY OF BOARD GAMES FROM MONOPOLY TO SETTLERS OF CATAN
Thomas Dunne Books
2017

FROM HOPELESSNESS TO HEALING: a sharp, wrenchingly candid memoir of one woman’s therapeutic journey. B PLUS

LIGHTS ON RATS OUT A MEMOIR
GROVE PRESS (NY)
2017

FAST-PACED CREATURE THRILLER in the grand tradition pits a British Navy special unit and a Russian scientist against a horror from the Arctic deeps. B PLUS

INFESTATION
Severed Press
2017

A TRAGIC CLUSTER OF TEEN suicides inspires a writer to explore the science of “social contagion.” Fascinating, sad. B PLUS

STRANGE CONTAGION : INSIDE THE SURPRISING SCIENCE OF INFECTIOUS BEHAVIORS AND VIRAL EMOTIONS AND WHAT THEY TELL US ABOUT OURSELVES
Harper Wave
2017

DIVORCE AND A DISENCHANTMENT with Orthodox Judaism inspire a writer to change her life. Lovely, candid memoir. B PLUS

THE BOOK OF SEPARATION (HARDCOVER)
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2017

A FAMILY DISCOVERS MYSTICAL powers and learns more about their Jewish heritage. Australian urban fantasy with heart. B PLUS

WIZARDRY OF JEWISH WOMEN
Book View Cafe
2016

THE STORY OF ONE “UNTOUCHABLE” family in India encompasses politics, religion, heartbreak, and resilience. B PLUS

ANTS AMONG ELEPHANTS AN UNTOUCHABLE FAMILY & THE MAKING OF MODERN INDIA
FARRAR STRAUS & GIROUX
2017

A HARD-BOILED GREEK MYSTERY stars a laconic hitman caught up in a violent web of lies amid Athens’ elite. B PLUS

ATHENIAN BLUES (STRATOS GAZIS #1) (PAPERBACK)
Bitter Lemon Press
2017

THE STORY OF ONE FAMILY HOME tells a rich, sad tale of Harlem history. Beautiful and breathtakingly frank. B PLUS

DOWN THE UP STAIRCASE THREE GENERATIONS OF A HARLEM FAMILY
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
2017