HIGH-TENSION SCIENCE FICTION thriller has tons of action, an ingenious plot, and a tough math-ninja heroine. B PLUS

ROOT OF UNITY
None
2015

CHILLING PHILIPPINE MYSTERY vividly captures the complexities of fighting crime amid corruption, destitution. B PLUS

SMALLER AND SMALLER CIRCLES
Soho Press, Incorporated
2015

CRANKY, FUNNY, OPEN-HEARTED book is Jenny Lawson (The Bloggess) at her off-kilter, scarily candid best. B PLUS

FURIOUSLY HAPPY: A FUNNY BOOK ABOUT HORRIBLE THINGS
Flatiron Books
2015

EDGY, EVOCATIVE NOVEL follows a misfit Canadian teen’s love affair with metal music (until her rage reigns). B PLUS

BORING GIRLS
ECW Press
2015

THE MYSTERIOUS, FASCINATING LIVES of the writers (Christie, Sayers, Bentley) who created The Detection Club. B PLUS

THE GOLDEN AGE OF MURDER
HarperCollins
2015

STAGE FRIGHT! INTRIGUING hybrid of memoir and journalism combines personal experience with current research. B PLUS

PLAYING SCARED
Bloomsbury USA
2015

ANCIENT GODS WALK the modern earth, and a magical blade thirsts for their blood. High adventure fantasy. B PLUS

DOMINIONS
Book View Cafe
2015

A 1970s SUBURBAN CHILDHOOD, captured in quotidian detail (“Maude”! MAD Magazine!), with a touch of heartbreak. B PLUS

I WAS A CHILD: A MEMOIR
Penguin Publishing Group
2015

NEUROSCIENCE AND PSYCHOANALYSIS: a lively look at some of the people bridging the gap between the disciplines. B PLUS

IN THE MIND FIELDS A PERSONAL EXPLORATION OF NEUROPSYCHOANALYSIS
Pantheon Books
2015

SHARP, DEFT THRILLER follows a reporter untangling a mystery—and her family roots—in an insular community. B PLUS

RUN YOU DOWN
Minotaur Books
2015