Chad Harbach serves up "a literary feast" with The Brightness, the long-awaited follow-up to his 2011 hit novel The Art of Fielding. And John Scalzi delivers "smart science fiction at its best" with Monsters in Ohio, in which an investigative duo uncover the strange happenings in a small town. Meanwhile, naturalist Priyanka Kumar pursues long-billed curlews in The Grassland Queen, and paleontologist Riley Black's Tyrant Lizard Queen breathes new life into T. Rex bones with "exceptional insight." There are so many books to choose from, and we're here to make sure you don't miss any!
--Dave Wheeler, senior editor, Shelf Awareness