ACID SATIRE ON the US political media industrial complex is laugh out loud funny, yet all too true at times.

INTRICATE, DETAIL-RICH MYSTERY set in 1845 New York paints a vivid picture of the changing city. Haunting!

ANTHONY “JARHEAD” SWOFFORD’S tough yet nuanced memoir of his years after the Marines; focus is on his father.

A RESEARCH PSYCHOLOGIST’S FASCINATING findings on why and how our brains and bodies find things disgusting. B PLUS

THAT’S DISGUSTING
W. W. Norton & Company
2012

WARM-HEARTED, WITTY, intricately woven tale of Arab Israelis linked by a chain of coincidence. Fresh, engaging! B PLUS

SECOND PERSON SINGULAR
Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
2012

WARM-HEARTED, WITTY, intricately woven tale of Arab Israelis linked by a chain of coincidence. Fresh, engaging!

GRITTY, CANDID MEMOIR of a childhood in England’s Romany Gypsy community, facing prejudice, violence, abuse.

MARVELOUSLY SILLY SPACE saga stars a cranky interplanetary conqueror and his diabolical nemesis. Fun #beachread!

LUSH HISTORICAL NOVEL follows the career of a 19th century French courtesan, artists’ model, and survivor.

A PERKY SOUTHERN SLEUTH goes undercover at a combination spa and psychics’ retreat. Alas, all too muddled.