A POSTAPOCALYPTIC SOUTHWEST without metal–thanks to a nanobot plague–is the setting for action/adventure.

EXTRAVAGANTLY IMAGINED COLLECTION of stories by a cast of fictional “Cuban authors” is a wild Borgesian prank.

DISTURBING, EVOCATIVE NOVEL of a woman haunted by her childhood and unable to control her impulses. Chilling.

WACKY PRIVATE-EYE CAPER features a spunky lady detective from a big family of Chicago cops. Plenty of fun!

INTRIGUING LOOK INSIDE the close-knit world of endurance motorcycling, and at record-holding rider John Ryan.

CHARMING, SURPRISINGLY THOUGHT-PROVOKING Australian women’s fiction tale of a suburban mom with amnesia.

LAID-BACK AND JOKEY but highly informative overview of risks scientists have taken with self-experimentation.

DEFTLY PLOTTED UK mystery: brooding aristocrat Inspector Lynley investigates death among the rich and famous.

A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY of the medieval and Renaissance Inquisitions sheds light on modern ideas of punishment.

STARTLINGLY POETIC IMAGES of small-town life redeem this book’s soap-opera plot about a young girl in crisis. SOLID B

THE BEGINNERS
Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
2011