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All Our Wrong Todays
by Elan Mastai
A man is accidentally sent back in time to an alternate reality, where he must confront his choices and find a way back home.
You know the future that people in the 1950s imagined we'd have? Well, it happened. In Tom Barren's 2016, humanity thrives in a techno-utopian paradise of flying cars, moving sidewalks, and moon ... (Goodreads)
Nimona
by Noelle Stevenson
A shapeshifting sidekick helps a villainous knight take on a powerful kingdom.
The graphic novel debut from rising star ND Stevenson, based on his beloved and critically acclaimed web comic, which Slate awarded its Cartoonist Studio Prize, calling it "a deadpan epic." Nemeses! ... (Goodreads)
The Immortalists
by Chloe Benjamin
Four siblings visit a fortune teller who predicts the dates of their deaths, leading them to confront mortality and shape their lives accordingly.
If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims ... (Goodreads)
For We Are Many
by Dennis E. Taylor
A group of disparate individuals are brought together to fight a common enemy.
Bob Johansson didn’t believe in an afterlife, so waking up after being killed in a car accident was a shock. To add to the surprise, he is now a sentient computer and the controlling intelligence for ... (Goodreads)
Bone: The Complete Edition
by Jeff Smith
A sweeping fantasy epic featuring a charming cast of characters on a journey of exploration and adventure.
BONE – The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume, Winner of 41 National and International Awards including 10 Eisner Awards and 11 Harvey Awards! Meet the Bone cousins, Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and ... (Barnes & Noble)
We Are Legion
by Dennis E. Taylor
A retired businessman is uploaded into a computer, where he embarks on an intergalactic journey.
Alternate Cover Edition can be found, here,. Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. ... (Goodreads)
Six Wakes
by Mur Lafferty
A group of clones awaken in a spaceship with no memory of who they are or what happened to them.
A space adventure set on a lone ship where the clones of a murdered crew must find their murderer – before they kill again. It was not common to awaken in a cloning vat streaked with drying blood. At ... (Goodreads)
The Paper Magician
by Charlie N. Holmberg
A young woman's journey of self-discovery, learning the power of paper magic.
Ceony Twill arrives at the cottage of Magician Emery Thane with a broken heart. Having graduated at the top of her class from the Tagis Praff School for the Magically Inclined, Ceony is assigned an ... (Goodreads)
Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by Eric Shanower
A girl's fantastical journey to Oz, facing danger and seeking her heart's desire.
When Kansas farm girl Dorothy Gale and her pet dog Toto are swept away to the magical Land of Oz in a cyclone , she fatally flattens the Wicked Witch of the East , liberates a talking Scarecrow , ... (Wikipedia)
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
A mysterious journey through a hidden realm of London, filled with danger and unexpected allies.
Neverwhere is the story of Richard Mayhew and his trials and tribulations in London. At the start of the story, he is a young businessman, recently moved from Scotland and with a normal life ahead. ... (Wikipedia)
One Plus One
by Jojo Moyes
A single mother's struggle to make a better life for her and her daughter.
One single mom. One chaotic family. One quirky stranger. One irresistible love story from the, New York Times, bestselling author of, The Giver of Stars, American audiences have fallen in love with ... (Goodreads)
All Systems Red
by Martha Wells
Murderbot navigates a dangerous world while struggling to maintain its own autonomy.
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure." In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are ... (Goodreads)
The Museum of Extraordinary Things
by Alice Hoffman
A love story set in early 20th century New York City, featuring a museum of oddities and two young people searching for their place in the world.
The “spellbinding” (,People, 4 stars),, New York Times, bestseller from the author of, The Dovekeepers,: an extraordinary novel about an electric and impassioned love affair—“an enchanting love story ... (Barnes & Noble)
All These Worlds
by Dennis E. Taylor
A scientist's mission to save humanity as they explore other planets and realities.
Bobiverse fans: a signed limited edition of all three books in a boxed set, signed by the author, is now available on Amazon. Look for The Bobiverse [Signed Limited Edition] on Amazon, Being a ... (Barnes & Noble)
Speaker for the Dead
by Orson Scott Card
A search for the truth about an alien species, uncovering secrets of the past.
Now available in mass market, the revised, definitive edition of the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic. In this second book in the saga set 3,000 years after the terrible war, Ender Wiggin is ... (Goodreads)
The Rook
by Daniel O'Malley
A woman wakes up with no memory, but with supernatural powers and a letter from her past self. She must navigate a secret organization to uncover the truth.
The book follows a young woman in her thirties who wakes up in a park surrounded by bodies wearing latex gloves. She's unable to remember anything about herself or how she or the bodies got there, ... (Wikipedia)
The Atrocity Archives
by Charles Stross
Bob Howard, a computer programmer, becomes a secret agent fighting supernatural threats to the UK. A blend of sci-fi, horror, and spy thriller.
NEVER VOLUNTEER FOR ACTIVE DUTY ...Bob Howard is a low-level techie working for a super-secret government agency. While his colleagues are out saving the world, Bob's under a desk restoring lost ... (Goodreads)
Bury Your Dead
by Louise Penny
Detective Armand Gamache unravels a complex murder mystery in the town of Three Pines.
It is Winter Carnival in Quebec City, bitterly cold and surpassingly beautiful. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache has come not to join the revels but to recover from an investigation gone hauntingly ... (Goodreads)
The Collapsing Empire
by John Scalzi
A daring adventure to save humanity's future in a universe connected by portals.
The Interdependency is a thousand-year-old human empire of 48 star systems connected by the Flow, a network of "streams" allowing faster-than-light travel . Each stream is one way and has an entry ... (Wikipedia)
The Beautiful Mystery
by Louise Penny
A priest and a nun join forces to solve a murder shrouded in secrets within a cloistered Quebec monastery.
No outsiders are ever admitted to the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups, hidden deep in the wilderness of Québec, where two dozen cloistered monks live in peace and prayer. Ironically, for a ... (Goodreads)
The Last Colony
by John Scalzi
A group of colonists are sent to a new planet to establish a colony, but they soon find themselves caught in the middle of a political power struggle.
Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his wife, former Special Forces warrior Jane Sagan, he farms several acres, ... (Goodreads)
Library of Souls
by Ransom Riggs
The final installment of the Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children trilogy, as the heroes battle to save their world.
After the events of the previous novel's ending, in which Jacob and Emma hide in a phone booth with Addison, Jacob discovers he has the ability to control hollowgasts as well as see them, Jacob then ... (Wikipedia)
Every Heart a Doorway
by Seanan McGuire
A portal fantasy exploring the stories of children who have ventured through magical doorways and returned to the mundane world.
Rarely, children may find doorways which transport them to other worlds. As a child, Nancy found a doorway that led her to the land of the dead, based on the story of Persephone and Hades . When she ... (Wikipedia)
How the Light Gets In
by Louise Penny
Detective Armand Gamache investigates a murder in a small Canadian town, uncovering secrets and lies.
Christmas is approaching, and in Québec it's a time of dazzling snowfalls, bright lights, and gatherings with friends in front of blazing hearths. But shadows are falling on the usually festive ... (Goodreads)
NOS4A2
by Joe Hill
A supernatural adventure of a young girl trying to save her family and others from an evil immortal.
The book opens in a hospital in 2008. Charles Manx, a convicted child abductor, briefly wakes from a coma to threaten a nurse. Her coworkers don't believe her claim, because he exhibits only limited ... (Wikipedia)
Attachments
by Rainbow Rowell
A budding online romance between two co-workers, hindered by an unlikely obstacle.
"Hi, I'm the guy who reads your e-mail, and also, I love you..." Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder know that somebody is monitoring their work e-mail. (Everybody in the newsroom knows. It's ... (Goodreads)
The Wise Man's Fear
by Patrick Rothfuss
Epic fantasy adventure of a young man's quest for knowledge, power and love.
On the second day of his recounting the story of his life to Chronicler at the Waystone Inn, Kvothe continues the narrative commenced in, The Name of the Wind, , wherein a younger Kvothe pursues his ... (Wikipedia)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
A young girl's surreal journey down a rabbit hole leading to a mysterious and magical realm.
After a tumble down the rabbit hole, Alice finds herself far away from home in the absurd world of Wonderland. As mind-bending as it is delightful, Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel is pure magic for young ... (Goodreads)
City of Thieves
by David Benioff
Two young men embark on a perilous mission in the besieged Leningrad of WWII.
The story is introduced as the recollections of the narrator's grandfather Lev Beniov, a contemporary Russian Jewish émigré. It is set in the first week of 1942, with the 17-years-old Lev trying to ... (Wikipedia)
See You at Harry's
by Jo Knowles
A family struggles to cope with tragedy and find their way back to each other amidst the chaos.
“Completely, tragically believable situations elevate this sad, gripping tale to a must-read level.” —, Kirkus Reviews, (starred review) Starting middle school brings all the usual challenges for ... (Barnes & Noble)
