SCREENWRITER AND TWITTER CELEB Kelly Oxford shares wacky stories of her wild youth, snarky mommying.  SOLID B

A YOGA TEACHER, BUDDHIST practitioner shares thoughts for women on making peace with body and mind. Candid!

EARTH’S STRANGEST LIFEFORMS and the hunt for other “extremophiles” on land, in ocean, in space.  Fun science!

URBAN EXPLORATION, FROM the catacombs of Paris to the bridges of New York, captured in an exciting memoir.

FIERCE, FUNNY, LOVING memoir of father and son—both creative, adventurous, and living with Asperger’s.

“MEDICINE IS BROKEN” argues Dr. Ben Goldacre in an expose of drug testing and marketing as parts of the issue.

IMAGES OF HAITI after the 2010 earthquake, from a US journalist trying to see past her outsider’s perspective.

CANDID, UNSETTLING, ELOQUENT memoir from a writer who was the target of a former student’s obsession.

UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT his father’s 1970 death inspire a reporter to dig deep into his family history.

A PAMPERED HOTEL HEIR, a troubled marriage, and a brutal murder add up to a compelling true crime story.