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

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

UPDATES FROM THE HAPPINESS psychology front, with a fresh take on conventional wisdom about joy, satisfaction.

CHARMING LITTLE BOOK boils down psychology, self-help, and common sense into a cheerful guide to sanity.

VIVIDLY DRAWN PORTRAIT of a writer’s hardscrabble childhood and her charismatic, deeply troubled mother.

INSIDE THE WORLD OF hallucinations with Oliver Sacks, the Willy Wonka of the human brain. Fun, informative.

A FATHER’S MEMOIR of his son’s experience of autism reflects their shared humor and bookish quirkiness.

ADMIRABLY COMPREHENSIVE, ENTERTAINING social history of marijuana makes some solid points about public policy.

SURPRISINGLY ENTERTAINING MEMOIR details a writer’s multi-decade struggle with a serious anxiety disorder.

A MOTHER/DAUGHTER relationship, fractured by addiction and depression, is healed by feminism and by coming out.