Every few months, your twitter erupts in a very understandable frenzy of, okay, can we all agree that science fiction books deserve better? and you know, they’re right. There are plenty of amazing sci-fi books that the whole world refuses to acknowledge for some reason, even with the Marvel Cinematic Universe taking pop culture by storm.
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It’s amazing to me that science fiction has completely taken over mainstream entertainment in the last decade, along with the rise of superhero movies, star wars and other franchises.
However, somehow we can’t make this love of science fiction transfer to science fiction books?
— roseanne a. boo-rown 👻 (@rosiesrambles) September 13, 2020
The truth is that science fiction also has all that to offer, and more. there are exciting and adventurous expeditions with scathing commentary on modern society. there are exciting personal thrillers that will make you doubt if you can trust even yourself at the end of the chapter. and there’s all sorts of speculative fiction that we’d say has given us some of the best (and most heartbreaking) stories of all. So when you put all this together, what’s not to love? I know book nerds aren’t the biggest math fans, but this is a simple equation folks! It doesn’t take an intergalactic prodigy to recognize that these epic books deserve so much better.
So the next time you’re looking for a book that draws you in from the first page and refuses to let go, consider reading one of these. I promise you will be a convert for life! so bookmark the page, scroll now and take screenshots of the books if that’s what you do, just keep these books in mind for some awesome future reading (!!!).
36 science fiction novels
1. any sign of life by rae carson
Paige Miller is determined to take her basketball team to the state championship, maybe even beyond. But as the running madness intensifies, Ella Paige falls seriously ill. days later, she wakes up attached to an IV to learn that the entire world has perished. Everyone she loves and all her dreams for the future are gone.
but paige is a warrior. she overcomes her fear and her pain and spends each day looking for food, shelter, safety. As she struggles with her new reality, Paige learns that the apocalypse didn’t happen by accident. and that there are worse things than being alone.
New York Times bestselling author Rae Carson tells a contemporary, all-too-real story of surviving against all odds in this near-future thriller. Any sign of life will electrify fans of the wildest girls of Rory Power and Emily St. station eleven by john mandel.
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2. iron widow by xiran jay zhao
The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall. It doesn’t matter that the girls often die from the mental strain.
When 18-year-old Zetian offers himself as a pilot concubine, it’s to assassinate the ace pilot responsible for his sister’s death. but she gets revenge on her in a way no one expected: she kills him through the psychic link between the pilots and leaves the cockpit unscathed. she is labeled an iron widow, a much feared and silenced type of female pilot who may sacrifice children to light chrysalises in her place.
To tame her unsettling but invaluable mental strength, she is paired with Li Shimin, Huaxia’s strongest and most controversial male pilot. But now that Zetian has tasted the power, she won’t be so easily cowed. she won’t miss an opportunity to harness her combined might and infamy to survive attempt after attempt on her life, until she can figure out exactly why the pilot system works in such a misogynistic way and prevent more girls from being sacrificed.
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3. throne breaker by rebecca coffindaffer
📚 This is the sequel to: Crown Hunters
alyssa farshot never wanted to rule the empire. But to honor her uncle’s last wish, she entered the race for the crown, a race through the 1,001 planets of the empire to find the royal seal and win the throne. Alyssa tried to help her friend Coy win the race for the crown, but just when victory was within her grasp, Edgar Voles killed Coy and claimed the seal for himself.
Heartbroken by the death of her friend, Alyssa is hell-bent on revenge. but edgar is well protected in royalty. Alyssa will have to gather rivals, friends and enemies from all over the empire to destroy him and change the course of the galaxy.
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4. heart of iron by ashley poston
Seventeen-year-old Ana is a scoundrel by nurture and an outlaw by nature. Found as a child drifting through space with a sentient android called D09, Ana was saved by a fearsome space captain and the grizzled crew she now calls family. But D09—one of the last remaining illegal Metals—has been glitching, and Ana will stop at nothing to find a way to fix him.
Ana’s desperate effort to save d09 leads her on a quest to steal the coordinates of a lost ship that could hold all the answers. But at the last moment, an iron-blooded brat wins Ana her prize. she has her own reasons for taking the coordinates and she doesn’t care what she will sacrifice to keep them.
When it all goes wrong, she and the Iron Blood end up as fugitives on the run. now her whole kingdom is after them, and the coordinates, and not everyone wants to be captured alive. When a darkness from Ana’s past returns, she must face an impossible choice: will she protect a kingdom that wants her dead, or will she save the metal boy she loves?
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5. all these monsters by amy inkwell
Seventeen-year-old Clara is ready to fight back. Fight back against her abusive father, fight back against the only life she’s ever known, and most of all, fight back against scrabs, the earth-dwelling monsters that are currently ravaging the world. So when an opportunity arises for Clara to join an international monster-fighting squad, she jumps at the chance.
When Clara begins training with her teammates, however, she realizes what it really means to fight monsters: sore muscles, exhaustion, and worst of all, death. scrabs are unpredictable, violent and terrifying. But as Clara gains confidence in her battle skills, she begins to realize that the scrabs might not be the greatest evil. the real monsters are the ones you least expect.
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6. the other side of heaven by amie kaufman & megan teaspoon
Prince North’s home is in the sky, in a gleaming city held aloft by intricate engines, powered by technology. Nimh is the living goddess of her people on the Surface, responsible for providing answers, direction—hope.
north and nimh’s lives are intertwined, though their hearts can never be.
Bound by a terrifying prophecy and caught between duty and destiny, they must choose between saving their people or succumbing to the forbidden bond between them. New York Times bestselling author duo Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner have created a gripping tale of magic and logic, fate and choice, and deadly love.
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7. this deadly coil by emily suvada
When a lone soldier, Cole, arrives with news of Lachlan Agatta’s death, all hope seems lost for Catarina. Her father was the world’s leading geneticist, and humanity’s best hope of beating a devastating virus. Then, hidden beneath Cole’s genehacked enhancements she finds a message of hope: Lachlan created a vaccine.
Only she can find and decipher it, if she can unravel the clues he left her. The closer she gets to her, the more she finds herself at risk from Cartaxus, a shadowy organization with a stranglehold on the world’s genetic technology. but it’s too late to turn back.
There are three billion lives at stake, two people who can save them, and one final secret for the cat to discover. a secret that will change everything.
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8. invictus by ryan graudin
Farway Gaius McCarthy was born outside of time. The son of a time-traveling Recorder from 2354 AD and a gladiator living in Rome in 95 AD, Far’s birth defies the laws of nature. Exploring history himself is all he’s ever wanted, and after failing his final time-traveling exam, Far takes a position commanding a ship with a crew of his friends as part of a black market operation to steal valuables from the past.
but during a heist on the sinking titanic, he meets a mysterious girl who always seems to be one step ahead of him. Armed with knowledge that will call Far’s very existence into question, she will lead Far and his team on a race through time to uncover a terrifying truth: history is not as constant as it seems.
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9. the disasters of m.k. england
Hotshot pilot Nax Hall has a history of making poor life choices. So it’s not exactly a surprise when he’s kicked out of the elite Ellis Station Academy in less than twenty-four hours. But Nax’s one-way trip back to Earth is cut short when a terrorist group attacks the Academy.
nax and three other missing persons manage to escape, narrowly, but they are also the only witnesses to the greatest crime in the history of space colonization. and the perfect scapegoats.
On the run, Nax and his fellow losers plan to pull off a dangerous heist to spread the truth. because they may not be “academy material” and may not even get along, but they’re the only ones left to step up and fight.
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10. the sound of the stars by alechia dow
Seventeen-year-old Janelle “Ellie” Baker survives in an Ilori-controlled center in New York City. Deemed dangerously volatile because of their initial reaction to the invasion, humanity’s emotional transgressions are now grounds for execution. All art, books and creative expression are illegal, but Ellie breaks the rules by keeping a secret library. When a book goes missing, Ellie is terrified that the Ilori will track it back to her and kill her.
born in a laboratory, m0rr1s (morris) was raised to have no emotions. when he finds ellie’s illegal library, he is tasked with turning it over for her execution. the problem is that he is drawn to human music and desperately needs more. They’re both breaking the rules for the love of art, and he has the same feelings for Ellie as music.
Ellie’s fate, and the fate of humanity, rests in the hands of an alien she should fear. m0rr1s has many secrets, but also a possible solution: thousands of kilometers away. The two embark on a wild and dangerous journey with a bag of books and their favorite albums, while creating a story and song of their own that could save them both.
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11. war cross of marie lu
For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn’t just a game—it’s a way of life. The obsession started ten years ago and its fan base now spans the globe, some eager to escape from reality and others hoping to make a profit. Struggling to make ends meet, teenage hacker Emika Chen works as a bounty hunter, tracking down players who bet on the game illegally. But the bounty hunting world is a competitive one, and survival has not been easy. Needing to make some quick cash, Emika takes a risk and hacks into the opening game of the international Warcross Championships—only to accidentally glitch herself into the action and become an overnight sensation.
Convinced she’ll be arrested, Emika is surprised when she gets a call from the game’s creator, elusive young billionaire hideo tanaka, with an irresistible offer. he needs a spy inside this year’s tournament to uncover a security issue…and he wants emika for the job. With no time to waste, Emika rushed to Tokyo and stepped into a world of fame and fortune that she had only dreamed of. But soon her investigation uncovers a sinister plot, with dire consequences for the entire Warcross empire.
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12. I want Cindy Pon
Jason Zhou survives in a divided society where the elite use their wealth to buy longer lives. The rich wear special suits that protect them from the pollution and viruses that plague the city, while those without suffer illness and early deaths. Frustrated by his city’s corruption and still grieving the loss of his mother, who died as a result of it, Zhou is determined to change things, no matter the cost.
With the help of his friends, Zhou infiltrates the lives of the wealthy in hopes of destroying the Jin International Corporation from the inside. Jin Corp not only makes the special suits that the rich rely on, but they may also be making the pollution that makes them necessary.
However, the further Zhou delves into this new world of excess and wealth, the more confused his plans become. And against his better judgment, Zhou falls in love with Daiyu, the daughter of the CEO of Jin Corp. Can Zhou save the city from him without compromising who he is or destroying his own heart?
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13. the final six by alexandra monir
When Leo and Naomi are drafted, along with twenty-two of the world’s brightest teenagers, into the International Space Training Camp, their lives are forever changed. Overnight, they become global celebrities in contention for one of the six slots to travel to Europa—Jupiter’s moon—and establish a new colony, leaving their planet forever. With Earth irreparably damaged, the future of the human race rests on their shoulders.
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for leo, an italian championship swimmer, this kind of purpose is a reason to carry on after losing his family. But Naomi, an Iranian-American science genius, is suspicious of the ISTC and the fact that a similar mission failed under mysterious circumstances, killing the astronauts on board. She fears that something equally sinister awaits the final six below Europe’s surface.
In this ruthless atmosphere, surrounded by strangers from all over the world, Naomi finds an unexpected friend in Leo. But only when the finalists dwindle and their destinies draw closer, can the two understand the full weight of everything that is at stake: the world, the stars, and their lives.
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14. destiny of the flames by sarah raughley
Years ago, everything changed. Phantoms, massive beasts of nightmare, began terrorizing the world. At the same time four girls, the Effigies, appeared, each with the unique power to control a classical element. Since then, they have protected the world from the Phantoms. At the death of one Effigy, another is chosen, pulled from her normal life into the never-ending battle.
When Maia unexpectedly becomes the next effigy of fire, she resists her new calling. a quiet girl with few friends and almost no family, she was much happier admiring the effigies from afar. she never imagined having to master her ability to control fire, protect innocent citizens from ghosts, or try to reunite the other three effigies.
But with the arrival of the mysterious Saul, a man who seems to be able to control ghosts using the same cosmic power previously only granted to four girls at a time, Maia and the other effigies must learn to work together in a world where your celebrity is more important than your heroism.
but the secrets saul holds, and the power he wields, might be more than they can handle…
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15. early departures of justin a. reynolds
What if you could bring your best friend back to life—but only for a short time?
jamal’s best friend, q, doesn’t know that he died, and that he is about to die… again. he doesn’t know that jamal tried to save him. And that the reason they haven’t been friends for two years is because Jamal blames Q for the accident that killed his parents.
but what if jamal could get a second chance? New technology allows Q to be reanimated for a few weeks before he dies…permanently. and q’s mom isn’t about to let anyone ruin this miracle by telling q about his imminent death. So how can Jamal fix everything if she can’t tell the truth?
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16. hullmetal girls by emily skrutskie
Aisha Un-Haad would do anything for her family. When her brother contracts a plague, she knows her janitor’s salary isn’t enough to fund his treatment. So she volunteers to become a Scela, a mechanically enhanced soldier sworn to protect and serve the governing body of the Fleet, the collective of starships they call home. If Aisha can survive the harrowing modifications and earn an elite place in the Scela ranks, she may be able to save her brother.
key tanaka wakes up in a scela body with only hazy memories of his previous life. she knows that she belongs to the privileged end of the fleet, but she doesn’t remember why she decided to give up a life of luxury to become a huge cyborg soldier. If she can get through the training, she might have a chance to recover her lost past from her.
In a unit of new recruits vying for the highest position, Aisha and Key’s paths collide, and the two must learn to work together, a difficult task for girls from opposite ends of the fleet. But a rebellion is brewing, pitting those who yearn for the fleet’s independence against a government that struggles to maintain unity.
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17. scythe by neal shusterman
Thou shalt kill.
a world without hunger, without disease, without war, without misery. mankind has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. now the scythes are the only ones that can kill life, and they are ordered to do so to keep the population size in check.
citra and rowan are cast as apprentices to a scythe, a role neither wants. these teens must master the “art” of taking their own lives, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.
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18. the loneliest girl in the universe by lauren james
The daughter of two astronauts, Romy Silvers is no stranger to life in space. But she never knew how isolating the universe could be until her parents’ tragic deaths left her alone on the Infinity, a spaceship speeding away from Earth.
Romy tries to make the best of her lonely situation, but with only brief messages from her therapist on earth to keep her company, she can’t help but feel like something is missing. It seems like a dream come true when NASA warns him that another ship, eternity, will join infinity.
Romy begins exchanging messages with j, the captain of eternity, and their friendship breathes new life into their world. But as eternity draws near, Romy discovers that J’s mission is more than he could have imagined. and suddenly, there are worse things than being alone…
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19. the light at the bottom of the world by london shah
In the last days of the twenty-first century, sea creatures swim through the ruins of London. Trapped in the abyss, humankind wavers between fear and hope-fear of what lurks in the depths around them, and hope that they might one day find a way back to the surface.
When sixteen-year-old submersible racer Leyla McQueen is chosen to participate in the prestigious annual marathon, she sees an opportunity to save her father, who has been arrested on false charges. the prime minister promises the champion whatever his heart desires. But the race takes an unexpected turn, forcing Leyla to make an impossible decision.
Now you must brave unfathomable waters and defy a corrupt government determined to keep its secrets, while dealing with a cautious and impetuous partner who never asked in the first place. If Ella Leyla fails to discover the truths at the heart of her world, or she falls prey to her own fears, she risks capture, or worse. and her father will be lost to her forever.
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20. renegades by marissa meyer
She wants vengeance. He wants justice.
the renegades are a syndicate of prodigies, humans with extraordinary abilities, who rose from the ruins of a crumbling society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope and courage to all… except the villains they once overthrew.
nova has a reason to hate the rogues and is on a mission of revenge. As she gets closer to her target, she meets Adrian, a renegade boy who believes in justice and Nova. But Nova’s allegiance is to the villains who have the power to take them both down.
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21. light years by kass morgan
Reeling from the latest attack by a mysterious enemy, the Quatra Fleet Academy is finally admitting students from every planet in the solar system after centuries of exclusivity.
Star pilot Vesper, an ambitious Tridian citizen, dreams of becoming a captain, but when she loses her spot to a wisecracking bright kid from the wrong side of the asteroid belt, she questions everything she thought she knew. Growing up on the toxic planet Deva, Cormak will take any opportunity she can to escape her dead-end life and join the academy, even if she has to steal someone’s identity to do so.
arran was always considered an outsider in icy chetire, always dreaming of more than a life working in the mines. Arran, now an incoming cadet, is looking for a place to belong; he just never thought that place would be in the arms of a Tridian child. and orelia hides a dark secret: he infiltrated the academy to complete a mission that threatens the safety of everyone present. But if anyone finds out who she really is, her life will be at stake.
These cadets will have to put aside their differences and become a team to defend their world from a cunning enemy, but danger may be lurking closer to home than they think…
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22. bridget tyler’s trailblazer
When Jo steps onto planet Tau Ceti e for the first time, she’s ready to put the past behind her and begin again. After all, as a pioneer, she has the job of helping build a new home away from Earth.
But beneath the idyllic surface of your new home, something is seriously wrong. And when Jo accidentally discovers a devastating secret that could destroy everything they’ve worked for, the future suddenly doesn’t seem so bright.
With the fate of the pioneers in her hands, Jo must decide how far she is willing to go to expose the truth, before the truth destroys them all.
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23. faith: taking flight by julie murphy
Faith Herbert is a pretty regular teen. When she’s not hanging out with her two best friends, Matt and Ches, she’s volunteering at the local animal shelter or obsessing over the long-running teen drama The Grove. So far, her senior year has been spent trying to sort out her feelings for her maybe-crush Johnny and making plans to stay close to Grandma Lou after graduation. Of course, there’s also that small matter of recently discovering she can fly….
When the fictional world of The Grove collides with the reality of Faith as the show moves to her town, she can’t believe that TV heroine Dakota Ash is romantically interested in her. But her fandom-fueled daydreams aren’t enough to distract Faith from the fact that first animals, then people, have begun to disappear from the city. only faith seems to be able to connect the dots of a new designer drug infiltrating his high school.
When his investigation puts the people he loves in danger, he will have to face his hidden past and use his new gifts, risking everything to save his friends and his beloved town.
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24. the king of victory fever reads
In the former United States, sixteen-year-old Noam Álvaro wakes up in a hospital bed, the sole survivor of the viral magic that killed his family and made him a technopath. His ability to control technology attracts the attention of the minister of defense and thrusts him into the magical elite of the nation of Carolinia.
The son of undocumented immigrants, Noam has spent his life fighting for the rights of refugees fleeing magical outbreaks: refugees that Carolina routinely deports with ruthless efficiency. Sensing a way to make the switch, Noam accepts the minister’s offer to teach him the science behind his magic, secretly planning to use it against the government. But then he meets the minister’s son, cruel, dangerous and painfully beautiful, and the way forward becomes less clear.
Caught between his purpose and his heart, Noam must decide who he can trust and how far he is willing to go in pursuit of the greater good.
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25. ash by marissa meyer
Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl…
cinder, a talented mechanic, is a cyborg. she is a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, vilified by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life intertwines with that of the handsome Prince Kai, she suddenly finds herself at the center of intergalactic strife and forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past to protect the future of her world.
With high-stakes action and a smart, resourceful heroine, Cinder is a retelling of Cinderella that’s both classic and startlingly original.
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26. A Conspiracy of the Stars by Olivia A. cabbage
Octavia has always dreamed of becoming a whitecoat, one of the prestigious N’Terra scientists who study the natural wonders of Faloiv. So when the once-secretive labs are suddenly opened to students, she leaps at the chance to see what happens behind their closed doors.
However, he quickly discovers that all is not what it seems in Faloiv, and the experiments the White Coats have been conducting risk upsetting the humans’ fragile peace with the Faloii, the indigenous people of Faloiv.
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When one disturbing secret after another comes to light, Octavia finds herself on a collision course with the charismatic and extremist new leader of N’Terra’s ruling council. But as he uncovers the mysteries behind the history he’s been taught, the science he’s lived by, and the truth about his family, he threatens to be the catalyst for all-out war.
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27. tarnished are the stars of rosiee thor
A secret beats inside Anna Thatcher’s chest: an illegal clockwork heart. Anna works cog by cog—donning the moniker Technician—to supply black market medical technology to the sick and injured, against the Commissioner’s tyrannical laws.
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nathaniel fremont, the commissioner’s son, has never had to fear the law. Determined to earn his father’s respect, Nathaniel sets out to capture the technician. But the more he learns about the outlaw, the more he wonders if his father’s elusive affections are worth pursuing.
Their game of cat and mouse takes an abrupt turn when eliza, an expert assassin and spy, arrives. her mission is to learn the commissioner’s secrets at all costs, even if it means betraying her own heart.
When these restless allies discover the most dangerous secret of all, they must work together despite their differences and put an end to a deadly epidemic before the commissioner finishes them off first.
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28. goddess in the machine by lora beth johnson
When Andra wakes up, she’s drowning.
Not only that, but she’s in a hot and dirty cave, it’s the year 3102 and everyone still calls her a goddess. When Ella Andra entered a cryonic sleep for a journey across the galaxy, she expected to wake up in a hundred years, not a thousand. worst of all, the rest of the colonists, including her family and friends, are dead. they died centuries ago and for some reason their descendants think that andra is a deity. She knows she’s nothing special, but she’ll play along if it means she can figure out why she was left in stasis and how to get back to earth.
Zhade, the exiled bastard prince of eerensed, has other plans. Four years ago, the crystal coffin of the sleeping goddess disappeared from the palace, and Zhade set out to find it. he now he hopes the goddess is the key to taking her rightful place on the throne, if he can get her to play her part, that is. because if her people realize that she doesn’t have the power to save her dying planet, they will kill her.
With a ruthless monarch on the throne and a city torn at the seams, Zhade and Andra may never unravel the mystery of their destiny, let alone find a way to overthrow the king, especially since Zhade hasn’t. done. been exactly communicative with andra. and a thousand years from home, is there any way to know that earth is better than the planet it woke up to?
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29. the end and other beginnings of veronica roth
No world is like the other. Within this masterful collection, each setting is more strange and wonderful than the last, brimming with new technologies and beings. And yet, for all the advances in these futuristic lands, the people still must confront deeply human problems.
In these six stories, Veronica Roth steps into the unknown and unearths something startlingly familiar and profoundly beautiful.
With stories of friendship and revenge, plus two new stories from the Carve the Mark universe, this collection has something for new and old fans alike. every story begins with the hope of a better ending, but always ends with a better understanding of the beginning.
With beautiful, intricate black and white interior artwork and uniquely designed packaging, this is the perfect gift for book lovers.
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30. stronger faster and more beautiful by arwen elys dayton
The future is curious.
stronger.
Today our bodies define us. we color our hair; tattoo our skin; pierce our ears, eyebrows, noses. we lift weights, we run miles, we break records. we are flesh, bone and blood.
faster.
tomorrow has different rules. the future is no longer about who we are, it’s about who we want to be. If you can dream it, you can be it. science will make us smarter, healthier, perfect in every way. our future has no limits.
prettier.
This is a story that starts tomorrow. it is a story about us. it is a story about who comes after us. And it’s a story about perfection. Because perfection has a way of turning ugly.
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31. tear me apart for tahereh mafi
One touch is all it takes. One touch, and Juliette Ferrars can leave a fully grown man gasping for air.
one touch, and she can kill.
no one knows why juliette has such incredible power. it feels like a curse, a burden that one person could never bear. but he sees the reset as a gift, he sees it as an opportunity. an opportunity for a deadly weapon.
juliette had never fought for herself before. But when she is reunited with the only person who ever cared for her, she finds a strength she never knew she had.
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32. war girls by tochi onyebuchi
The year is 2172. Climate change and nuclear disasters have rendered much of earth unlivable. Only the lucky ones have escaped to space colonies in the sky.
In war-torn Nigeria, battles are fought with deadly flying robots and soldiers are outfitted with bionic limbs and artificial organs meant to protect them from harsh weather and high radiation. Across the country, as the years of civil war progress, survival becomes the only way of life.
two sisters, onyii and ify, dream of more. their lives have been marked by violence and political unrest. still, they dream of peace, of hope, of a future together.
and they’re willing to fight an entire war to get there.
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33. nyxia by scott reintgen
What would you be willing to risk for a lifetime of fortune?
emmett atwater isn’t just leaving detroit; he is leaving the earth. why the babel corporation recruited him is a mystery, but the number of zeroes in his contract has him boarding their ship and hoping to return to earth with enough money to take care of his family.
forever.
Before long, Emmett discovers that he is one of ten recruits, all of whom have troubled pasts and are a long way from home. Now, each recruit must earn the right to travel to Planet Eden, a planet that Babel has kept hidden, where they will mine a substance called Nyxia that has quietly become the most valuable material in the universe.
but the ship of babel is full of secrets. And Emmett will be faced with the ultimate choice: win the fortune at all costs, or find a way to fight that doesn’t forever compromise what it means to be human.
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34. aurora ascending by amie kaufman & jay kristoff
The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the Academy would touch…
- an arrogant diplomat with a black belt in sarcasm
- a sociopathic scientist who likes to shoot her bunkmates
- a techie with the chip largest in the galaxy her shoulder
- an alien warrior with anger management issues
- a tomboyish pilot who doesn’t like her at all, in case you’re asking
and ty’s squad isn’t even his biggest problem: it would be aurora jie-lin o’malley, the girl he just rescued from interdimensional space. Trapped in cryogenic sleep for two centuries, Auri is a child out of time and out of the depths of it. But she could be the catalyst that ignites a war millions of years in the making, and Tyler’s squad of losers, discipline cases, and misfits could be the last hope for the entire galaxy.
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35. time stolen by danielle rollins
Seattle, 1913
Dorothy spent her life learning the art of the con. But after meeting a stranger and stowing away on his quirky plane, she wakes up in a chilling version of the world she left behind and, for the first time in her life, realizes it’s way over her head. /p>
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If ever there was a girl who caused trouble, it was one who snuck aboard Ash’s time machine in a wedding dress, and the last thing she needs is trouble if she wants to keep her terrifying visions of the future from happening. make it come true .
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36. once & future of amy rose capetta & cory mccarthy
I’ve been chased my whole life. As a fugitive refugee in the territory controlled by the tyrannical Mercer corporation, I’ve always had to hide who I am. Until I found Excalibur.
I’m done hiding.
my name is ari helix. I have a magic sword, a cranky wizard, and a revolution to start.
When Ari crash lands on Old Earth and pulls a magical sword from its former resting place, it is revealed that he is the new reincarnation of King Arthur. She then meets Merlin, who has aged backwards over the centuries to a teenager, and together they must break the curse that brings Arthur back. searching for her? defeat the cruel and oppressive government and bring peace and equality to all mankind. no pressure.
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37. contagion by erin bowman
After receiving a distress call from a drill team on a distant planet, a skeleton crew is sent into deep space to perform a standard search-and-rescue mission.
When they arrive, they find the planet littered with debris from the project, including the corpses of its members. As they try to rebuild what could have possibly decimated an entire project, they discover some things are best left buried, and some monsters are just too ready to wake up.
This fast-paced, hair-raising and downright terrifying novel is the first in a duology from the critically acclaimed author of the taken trilogy.
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