Science Fiction
A variety of recently published science fiction titles recommended by our librarians. Annotations by NoveList unless otherwise attributed. (February 2026)
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Sunward
In a distant future where planetary couriers bridge interstellar divides, Captain Tova Lir mentors a teenage AI and uncovers a deadly plot that sends them racing across the solar system, forcing her to confront buried family ties and the fragile bonds between humans and machines.
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Amplitudes
Interrogates the farthest borders of the sci-fi landscape to imagine how queer life will look centuries in the future—or ten years from now.
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The King Must Die
Fen's planet of Newearth is on the brink of collapse, and her fathers have been executed by the Sovereign. Fleeing for her life, Fen sets out on a quest to find anyone remaining from her parents' rebellion. (Library Journal)
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The Black Fantastic
Twenty tales of speculative fiction that celebrate Black identity and community, blending Afrofuturism, horror, and the surreal.
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The Man Who Saw Seconds
Preble Jefferson can see five seconds into the future. Otherwise, he lives an ordinary life. But when a confrontation with a cop on a New York City subway goes tragically wrong, those seconds give Preble the chance to dodge a bullet—causing another man to die in his place.
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All the Water in the World
A young girl documents her escape from a flooded and now uninhabitable New York City. (Kirkus)
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Notes From A Regicide
Griffon Keming’s second parents saved him from his abusive family. They taught him how to be trans, paid for his transition, and tried to love him as best they could. But Griffon’s new parents had troubles of their own.
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When We Were Real
When JP finds out his cancer has aggressively returned, Dulin decides it’s the perfect time for one last adventure: a week-long bus tour of North America’s Impossibles, the physics-defying glitches and geographic miracles that started cropping up seven years earlier with the Announcement that revealed our world to be a digital simulacrum.
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The Ephemera Collector
In near-future Los Angeles, archivist Xandria Brown, battling long COVID but aided by adaptive AI, must navigate a sudden lockdown and protect the Diwata Collection, a vital archive of African-American history and culture, from a violent plot.
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Automatic Noodle
In this semi-cozy tale set in a dystopian near future, robots open their own restaurant, build an unusual found family, and achieve personal growth.
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