got the style/but not the grace

Ivan Ermakoff, Ruling Oneself Out: A Theory of Collective Abdications: ( how do democracies die? )

James Tejani, A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth: The Making of the Port of Los Angeles and America: ( land grabs )

Henry Jenkins, Where the Wild Things Were: Boyhood and Permissive Parenting in Postwar America: ( boyhood, media, and race )

Francis Spufford, Red Plenty: ( Soviet SF? )

Dean Koontz, The Husband: ( Kidnap thriller )

Rosie Danan, Fan Service: ( Romance with a fannish twist )

Rosie Danan, ( duology romance with porn performers )

Django Wexler, Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me: In this sequel, the accidental Dark Lord tries to lead her new people to peace with the humans, against strenuous opposition from parties on both sides. Flippancy and lesbian lust guide her way. If you liked the first book, the second continues perfectly well in that vein.