THE EVER-BRILLIANT PEARL CLEAGE (a national treasure!) shares memories of her life, art, work, and politics. B PLUS

THINGS I SHOULD HAVE TOLD MY DAUGHTER
Atria Books
2014

INSIGHTFUL, IRREVERENT ANALYSIS of US teens’ use of online social media. Fascinating, well-researched! B PLUS

IT’S COMPLICATED: THE SOCIAL LIVES OF NETWORKED TEENS
Yale University Press
2014

A PASSIONATE, THOUGHTFUL ADOPTION memoir shares joys and challenges of transracial, transcultural parenting. B PLUS

MAKE ME A MOTHER
W. W. Norton & Company
2014

AN ELUSIVE HAUNTING at the intersection of art and life sparks a story of love and loss inspired by REBECCA. B PLUS

A QUIRKY EXISTENTIAL FABLE of a corporate drone who writes a happiness survey. Surrealism, bleak wit abound. B PLUS

A SIMPLE, ELEGANT NOVEL set in a quiet Tokyo quarter traces a couple’s growing affection for a neighbor cat. B PLUS

THE GUEST CAT
New Directions Publishing Corporation
2014

A CLEVER FAIRY-TALE REBOOT features a young woman fighting an ancient curse, half-brothers vying to save her. B PLUS

DIVIDE
self-published
2014

A RICH TAPESTRY OF HISTORY comes alive in this vividly told saga of Richard the Lionhearted’s last years. B PLUS

A KING’S RANSOM
A Marian Wood Book/Putnam
2014

HIGH-TECH CONSPIRACY THRILLER is packed with suspense, grandly over the top in the best Crichton tradition. B PLUS

INFLUX
Dutton Books
2014

THE HEARTBREAKS, EXHILARATIONS of one woman’s journey from an ultra-Orthodox childhood to a more secular life. B PLUS

CUT ME LOOSE : SIN AND SALVATION AFTER MY ULTRA-ORTHODOX GIRLHOOD
Nan A. Talese
2014