TWO SISTERS, SURVIVORS of a childhood crime, drift apart; one seeks a reconnection decades later. Dreamlike, yet wrenching. B PLUS

EDEN (HARDCOVER)
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2018

WILD, HALLUCINATORY, HILARIOUS novel tells a slacker coming-of-age story with a hearty dose of the surreal. Creepy and fun! A MINUS

TACKY GOBLIN (PAPERBACK)
Unnamed Press
2018

A POLITICAL PRISONER’S MEMORIES haunt him as he empties his house. Elegiac Brazilian novel explores the impact of the 1964-1985 dictatorship. B PLUS

I DIDN'T TALK (PAPERBACK)
New Directions Publishing Corporation
2018

A SHIPWRECK HUNTER’S MEMOIR casts light on his fascinating profession, and on the science and technology that make his work possible. B PLUS

THE SHIPWRECK HUNTER (HARDCOVER)
Pegasus Books
2018

A SMALL-TOWN WITCHCRAFT MYSTERY with a clever love/hate romance twist. Lots of charm, well plotted. B PLUS

THE WITCH OF AVERY
Kaeraz Publishing
2017

INTRICATE THRILLER FINDS an appealing balance between glossy page-turner and metafiction. Great fun for mystery lovers. B PLUS

THE WORD IS MURDER
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
2018

AT THE INTERSECTION OF TRUE CRIME and literature: wrenching and surprising discoveries on the trail of the real-life kidnapping that helped inspire Lolita. A MINUS

THE REAL LOLITA (HARDCOVER)
Ecco
2018

A CULT-CENTERED CHILDHOOD, in the notorious Children of God, and a writer’s search for her own path afterwards. Thoughtful, touching memoir. SOLID B

APOCALYPSE CHILD (PAPERBACK)
Turner
2018

A WOMAN’S LIFE IN PRISON, and all the dead ends that led her there. Brutally vivid novel captures despair. B PLUS

THE MARS ROOM (HARDCOVER)
Scribner
2018

THE WILD FEVER DREAMS of a Moroccan writer in a tuberculosis hospital tell a surreal, brutal story of life and death in an oppressive regime. A MINUS

THE HOSPITAL (PAPERBACK)
New Directions Publishing Corporation
2018