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Fiction
Followers By Megan Angelo
F ANGELO Megan
A government-appointed celebrity discovers a shattering secret from her past that her corporate sponsors would gladly exploit.
F ANGELO Megan
A government-appointed celebrity discovers a shattering secret from her past that her corporate sponsors would gladly exploit.
Devolution By Max Brooks
F BROOKS Max
The journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town's bloody wreckage, capture a harrowing tale.
F BROOKS Max
The journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town's bloody wreckage, capture a harrowing tale.
Hollow Kingdom By Kira Jane Buxton
F BUXTON Kira
Humanity's extinction has seemingly arrived, and the only one determined to save it is a foul-mouthed crow whose knowledge of the world around him comes from his TV-watching education.
F BUXTON Kira
Humanity's extinction has seemingly arrived, and the only one determined to save it is a foul-mouthed crow whose knowledge of the world around him comes from his TV-watching education.
The Ash Family By Molly Dektar
F DEKTAR Molly
Berie, now renamed Harmony, renounces her old life and settles into her new one on the farm. She begins to make friends. And then they start to disappear.
F DEKTAR Molly
Berie, now renamed Harmony, renounces her old life and settles into her new one on the farm. She begins to make friends. And then they start to disappear.
The Silence By Don DeLillo
F DELILLO Don
It is Super Bowl Sunday in the year 2022 when something happens!
F DELILLO Don
It is Super Bowl Sunday in the year 2022 when something happens!
The Women Could Fly By Megan Giddings
F GIDDINGS Megan
A novel about the bond between a woman and her mother, set in a world in which witches are real and single women are closely monitored.
F GIDDINGS Megan
A novel about the bond between a woman and her mother, set in a world in which witches are real and single women are closely monitored.
Crosshairs By Catherine Hernandez
F HERNANDEZ Catherine
A drag queen and her allies join forces to rise up when a regime rounds those deemed "Other" into concentration camps.
F HERNANDEZ Catherine
A drag queen and her allies join forces to rise up when a regime rounds those deemed "Other" into concentration camps.
The Down Days By Ilze Hugo
F HUGO Ilze
In a quarantined city in which the inexplicable has already occurred, rumors, superstitions, and conspiracy theories abound.
F HUGO Ilze
In a quarantined city in which the inexplicable has already occurred, rumors, superstitions, and conspiracy theories abound.
No One is Talking About This By Patricia Lockwood
F LOCKWOOD Patricia
Elevated to prominence for her social-media posts, a woman begins suffering from existential anxieties.
F LOCKWOOD Patricia
Elevated to prominence for her social-media posts, a woman begins suffering from existential anxieties.
Sea of Tranquility By Emily St. John Mandel
F MANDEL Emily
A novel of art, time, love, and plague that takes the reader from an island off Vancouver in 1912 to a dark colony of the moon three hundred years later.
F MANDEL Emily
A novel of art, time, love, and plague that takes the reader from an island off Vancouver in 1912 to a dark colony of the moon three hundred years later.
Sci-Fi and Fantasy
The City Inside By Samit Basu
SF BASU Samit
Joey’s mediocre life is disrupted when she is caught between protecting herself and her loved ones and exposing a rot that everyone is programmed to ignore.
SF BASU Samit
Joey’s mediocre life is disrupted when she is caught between protecting herself and her loved ones and exposing a rot that everyone is programmed to ignore.
Light Years From Home By Mike Chen
SF CHEN Mike
Evie and Kass Shao must cast aside their differences to hide their brother from the FBI and an entire alien army who are in fast pursuit.
SF CHEN Mike
Evie and Kass Shao must cast aside their differences to hide their brother from the FBI and an entire alien army who are in fast pursuit.
Sands of Dune By Brian Herbert
SF HERBERT Frank DUNE
These four previously unpublished Dune novellas shine a light upon the darker corners of the Dune universe.
SF HERBERT Frank DUNE
These four previously unpublished Dune novellas shine a light upon the darker corners of the Dune universe.
The City We Became By N.K. Jemisin
FAN JEMISIN N.K. GREAT 1
Five New Yorkers must come together in order to save their city from destruction.
FAN JEMISIN N.K. GREAT 1
Five New Yorkers must come together in order to save their city from destruction.
How High We Go In the Dark By Sequoia Nagamatsu
SF NAGAMATSU Sequoia
Nagamatsu examines the way a pandemic changes the world in the decades and even centuries that follow in chapters told from the perspectives of various linked characters.
SF NAGAMATSU Sequoia
Nagamatsu examines the way a pandemic changes the world in the decades and even centuries that follow in chapters told from the perspectives of various linked characters.
Goliath By Tochi Onyebuchi
SF ONYEBUCHI Tochi
In the 2050s, Earth has begun to empty. Those left behind salvage what they can in a story about race, class, gentrification, and who is allowed to be the hero of any history.
SF ONYEBUCHI Tochi
In the 2050s, Earth has begun to empty. Those left behind salvage what they can in a story about race, class, gentrification, and who is allowed to be the hero of any history.
Hummingbird Salamander By Jeff VanderMeer
SF VANDERMEER Jeff
A speculative thriller of dark conspiracy, endangered species, and the end of all things.
SF VANDERMEER Jeff
A speculative thriller of dark conspiracy, endangered species, and the end of all things.
August Kitko and the Mechas from Space By Alex White
SF WHITE Alex STARMETAL 1
Gus's is chosen to join a small group of traitorous Vanguards and their pilots dedicated to saving humanity.
SF WHITE Alex STARMETAL 1
Gus's is chosen to join a small group of traitorous Vanguards and their pilots dedicated to saving humanity.