NO-NONSENSE, THOUGHTFUL, BLISSFULLY pottymouthed guide to cleaning and organizing has solid advice, laughs. B PLUS

UNF*CK YOUR HABITAT : YOU’RE BETTER THAN YOUR MESS
St. Martin’s Griffin
2017

RE-ENGINEERING THE WOOLLY MAMMOTH? Inside a geneticist’s quest to recreate an extinct species. Fascinating! B PLUS

WOOLLY: THE TRUE STORY OF THE QUEST TO REVIVE ONE OF HISTORY'S MOST ICONIC EXTINCT CREATURES (HARDCOVER)
Atria Books
2017

A SRI LANKAN-AMERICAN COUPLE keeps a big secret from their families. Fresh, pointed take on love and family. B PLUS

MARRIAGE OF A THOUSAND LIES (HARDCOVER)
Soho Press
2017

DETACHING FROM A TOXIC FAMILY: a writer’s childhood of abuse and denial leads her to break free. Thoughtful. B PLUS

ESTRANGED: LEAVING FAMILY AND FINDING HOME (HARDCOVER)
Scribner Book Company
2017

RURAL ’70s NOIR stars a father-and-son driving team in too deep with an Iowa crime family. Sharp, evocative. B PLUS

LEADFOOT (A MCGRAW CRIME NOVEL BOOK 2)
Down & Out Books
2017

THE US’S FAR-FLUNG TERRITORIES, explored: fun, folksy travelogue keeps a sharp eye on colonialism’s ravages. B PLUS

THE NOT-QUITE STATES OF AMERICA : DISPATCHES FROM THE TERRITORIES AND OTHER FAR-FLUNG OUTPOSTS OF THE USA
W. W. Norton & Company
2017

BEYOND THE BITCOIN HYPE: a witty look at cryptocurrency’s potential, as well as bubbles, scams, and hacks. B PLUS

ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT BLOCKCHAIN
David Gerard
2017

DESPITE A LIFE OF PRIVILEGE, creativity, writer Daphne Merkin battles deadly depression with insight, grace. B PLUS

THIS CLOSE TO HAPPY: A RECKONING WITH DEPRESSION (HARDCOVER)
Farrar
2017

EERILY ENTERTAINING COLLECTION of short tales of the occult; clever riffs on genre traditions abound. B PLUS

FIRST BORN: TALES OF THE LIBER MONSTRORUM
Seventh Star Press
2017

A SPY’S FAILED MISSION on the eve of World War II unfurls webs of treachery in the US and Germany. Thrilling! B PLUS

CAVE DWELLERS (HARDCOVER)
Knopf Publishing Group
2017