Science Fiction
A variety of recently published science fiction titles recommended by our librarians. Descriptions adapted from Kirkus Review of Books and NoveList, unless otherwise attributed. (Updated November 2022)
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How High We Go in the Dark
A wildly original and compassionate journey, spanning continents, centuries, and even celestial bodies to tell a story about the resiliency of the human spirit, our infinite capacity to dream, and the connective threads that tie us all together in the universe.
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36 Streets
Lin Vu, a gangster and a private eye in Chinese-occupied Hanoi, has her life turned upside down by an Englishman investigating his friend's murder and is drawn into the conspiracies of the neon gods who unleash dangerous, new technologies.
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The Mountain in the Sea
Humankind discovers intelligent life in an octopus species with its own language and culture, and sets off a high-stakes global competition to dominate the future.
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Until the Last of Me
In 1968, Mia's family, who has shaped human history to push them to the stars, must stand their ground, risking not only their bloodline but the future of the human race as they go up against the men trying to stop them.
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The Men
When every single person with a Y chromosome vanishes, Jane Pearson tries to discover the origins of a video showing images of the vanished men marching through otherworldly landscapes.
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Braking Day
On a generation ship bound for a distant star, one engineer-in-training must discover the secrets at the heart of the voyage in this new sci-fi novel.
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Goliath
A group of laborers attempting to renew the promises of Earth's crumbling cities; a journalist attempting to capture the violence of the streets; a marshal trying to solve a kidnapping-into a richly urgent mosaic about race, class, gentrification, and who is allowed to be the hero of any history.
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Stringers
A genius is abducted by an alien bounty-hunter for the location of a powerful inter-dimensional object. Trouble is, he can’t remember a thing.
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Memories of Tomorrow
Memories of Tomorrow collects a set of vibrant and enigmatic visions that emanated from one of the most creative minds of contemporary Basque science fiction.
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Bluebird
Rig, a thieving, rebel gunslinger must rely upon a network of resistance contacts, her taser-wielding librarian girlfriend and a mysterious bounty hunter to save her sister from her former faction and hold onto what she stole from them.
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