Fiction
Imperfect Bliss, by Susan Fales-Hill. The Harcourts of Chevy Chase have three marriageable daughters. Will Mom find them husbands through a Bachelorette-style reality show? Pride and Prejudice presented in a whole new light.
A Once Crowded Sky, by Tom King. What happens when all the superheroes lose their powers? A former CIA counterintelligence expert imagines. (Spoiler alert: All Hades breaks loose.)
Suzy’s Case, by Andy Siegel. A medical malpractice case is the backdrop for a rollicking mystery thriller, hyped in publicity material as “Judd Apatow meets Scott Turow.”
The Dark Earth, by John Hornor Jacobs. After the zombie apocalypse, one teenager leads the remaining humans in a quest to survive.
Year Zero, by Rob Reid. A low-level entertainment lawyer’s comedic travels through outer space reveal a universe hooked on American pop music.
Mountains of the Moon, by I. J. Kay. Fresh out of jail, Lulu Alder returns to the rural African landscape of her childhood to rediscover herself. Was she wrongly convicted in the first place?
The Absolutist, by John Boyne. From the author of “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,” this story’s set in the gruesome trenches of WWI France.
Sports
Floyd Patterson, by W.K. Stratton. “Sports writer Stratton examines one of the most complex fighters ever to wear the heavyweight crown.” Publishers Weekly
Dream Team, by Jack McCallum. The subtitle says it: “How Michael, Magic, Larry Charles and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World.”
Platypus-related
Albert of Adelaide, by Howard Anderson. A duck-billed hero escapes from the zoo and goes in search of “Old Australia. Biting hilarity ensues.
