CHICK-LIT, SMARTER AND FUNNIER than most, with a clever and satirical thriller plot to boot. Lots of laughs. B PLUS

THE BEST OF ENEMIES
New American Library
2015

FIERCE, CANDID MEMOIR of a childhood in fractured families, both birth and adoptive. Sibling love shines. B PLUS

BASTARDS
W. W. Norton & Company
2015

DASHIELL HAMMETT, DETECTIVE: engaging, well-researched account of how the writer’s Pinkerton days shaped him. B PLUS

THE LOST DETECTIVE : BECOMING DASHIELL HAMMETT
Bloomsbury USA
2015

BANGLADESH TO BROOKLYN and back again: evocative, intense novel of a family facing changes and old secrets. B PLUS

BRIGHT LINES
Penguin Books
2015

RICHLY TEXTURED FANTASY set in a vividly imagined, Aztec-inspired world. Smart debut from a Bulgarian writer. B PLUS

WHEN THEY SHINE BRIGHTEST
None
2015

THE DEATH OF A SMALL-TIME CROOK shakes up the lives of his estranged son and daughter. Poetic Danish noir. B PLUS

ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS
Open Letter Books
2015

INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE PIRACY: a former prosecutor’s tale of investigating a $100 million theft. Informative! B PLUS

CRACK99 : THE TAKEDOWN OF A $100 MILLION CHINESE SOFTWARE PIRATE
W. W. Norton & Company
2015

A SPOOKY FAMILY LEGEND BRINGS an English tabloid journalist across the Atlantic to uncover dark secrets. B PLUS

MOORE HOLLOW
None
2015

BREEZY, INSIGHTFUL, FUNNY, smart personal essays from a young writer with a love for history and tomfoolery. B PLUS

FIELD GUIDE TO AWKWARD SILENCES
New American Library
2015

GOBLINS, ELVES, AND MULTIVERSE portals are at the center of Tom Holt’s new comic fantasy. Evil gets a re-org! B PLUS

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE SMUG
Orbit
2015