CANDID, ENGAGING MEMOIR of gender transition from a travel writer, athlete, and yoga student is illuminating.

AN OFFBEAT TOUR of Europe’s most sexually scandalous historic landmarks is R-rated antiquarian fun.

GRIM, TENSE POST-APOCALYPTIC thriller features a tough anti-heroine fighting for her life, and her child’s.

DEATH AND TREACHERY among the glitterati! Plucky reporter/sleuth Bailey Weggins solves a supermodel’s murder.

AN ESCAPED SERIAL KILLER with charm and money to burn wreaks havoc in the lives of those who jailed him. Tense!

POST-APOCALYPTIC DETECTIVE NOIR morphs cleverly into a suspenseful thriller with lots of action, complex plot.

CHATTY, ENGAGING BOOK summarizes what scientists know about the sun, as well as the history of solar astronomy.

INSIDE GENE THERAPY research and clinical trials, with a focus on pioneering young patients and their outcomes.

JOHN HODGMAN’S UNIQUE blend of quasi-factoids and surrealist spoof trivia goes apocalyptic in his latest tome.

TWISTED 21ST-CENTURY TAKE on the “humans made giant by radiation” horror/science fiction motif is a trip.