A WHIRLWIND OF CHANGES HITS a cynical radio engineer stuck in a mid-life crisis. Clever satire with heart! B PLUS

EVERYONE LOVES YOU BACK (PAPERBACK)
Gorsky Press
2016

ENTREPRENEUR TONY HSIEH’S ICONOCLASTIC visions in action; a dash of skepticism leavens embedded reportage. B PLUS

THE KINGDOM OF HAPPINESS : INSIDE TONY HSIEH’S ZAPPONIAN UTOPIA
Touchstone Books
2017

TEENAGE SUICIDE DEMYSTIFIED in a compassionate, scholarly work that highlights individual teens’ voices. B PLUS

TEENAGE SUICIDE NOTES: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF SELF-HARM
Columbia University Press
2017

THOUGHTFUL NEAR-FUTURE THRILLER set in an underground nuclear shelter community. Lots of tense plot twists! B PLUS

THE END OF REFUGE
Beth Martin
2017

A WRITER’S RAW, HONEST memoir of addiction, recovery, relapse, and facing a medical crisis is tough, poetic. B PLUS

SIRENS (PAPERBACK)
Two Dollar Radio
2017

THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD OF TRANSHUMANISTS, cyborgs, and others looking for immortality through technology. B PLUS

TO BE A MACHINE: ADVENTURES AMONG CYBORGS, UTOPIANS, HACKERS, AND THE FUTURISTS SOLVING THE MODEST PROBLEM OF DEATH (HARDCOVER)
Doubleday Books
2017

A NIGERIAN ÉMIGRÉ’S WITTY, touching, insightful, hilarious memoir of life and work in the US. B PLUS

NEVER LOOK AN AMERICAN IN THE EYE: A MEMOIR OF FLYING TURTLES, COLONIAL GHOSTS, AND THE MAKING OF A NIGERIAN AMERICAN
Soho Press, Incorporated
2016

“HOW LIFE WORKS”: ambitious yet accessible book explains it well, from microbiomes to the global ecosystem. B PLUS

THE SERENGETI RULES: THE QUEST TO DISCOVER HOW LIFE WORKS AND WHY IT MATTERS
Princeton University Press
2016

UNSETTLING, POETIC FABLE of the tiny despairs that lie beneath modern life; an indie classic newly reissued. B PLUS

O FALLEN ANGEL (PAPERBACK)
Harper Perennial
2017

CLEVER, FAST-PACED COZY mystery sets a series of bizarre robberies against an even odder wedding. Fun! B PLUS

THE HONEYED TASTE OF DECEPTION: AN ANGEL LAKE MYSTERY (WALKING CALAMITY COZY MYSTERY BOOK 4)
CeeCee James
2017