The New York Times reviews A History of Burning by Janika Oza (Grand Central: Hachette): “ The author opens things up for her readers.

The Washington Post reviews City of Dreams by Don Winslow (Morrow) “ masterfully executed with class.” Also, The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos by Jaime Green (Hanover Square Press: Harlequin LJ starred review) “ teaching us that when we look beyond the gravity well of Earth, we are ultimately looking back at ourselves.” The Age of Guilt: The Super-Ego in the Online Worldby Mark Edmundson (Yale): “ examines the psychological dimensions of today’s judgmentalism through a Freudian lens…insightful.” A joint review of Natality: Toward a Philosophy of Birthby Jennifer Banks (Norton) and Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Motherby Peggy O'Donnell Heffington (Seal Press: Hachette), “Both Banks and Heffington make plain that what we need is not more babies… give us more resources and more social support for would-be parents.” Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding) by Laura Dern and Diane Ladd (Grand Central), ' it is a great Hollywood book the passages about the acting process are fascinating.' Best Novel goes to Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka (Morrow LJ starred review), the Best First Novel is Don’t Know Tough by Eli Cranor (Soho), Best Fact Crime goes to Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation by Erika Krouse (Flatiron LJ starred review), Best Critical/Biographical goes to The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators by Martin Edwards (Collins Crime Club LJ starred review), and Best TV Episode is “Episode 1” of Magpie Murders, written by Anthony Horowitz (Masterpiece/PBS).

Want to get the latest book news delivered to your inbox each day? Sign up for our daily Book Pulse newsletter.

Forever Your Rogue by Erin Langston