Sci-Fi

Blindness (Paperback)

By José Saramago

$16.99

ISBN: 9780156007757

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Published: Mariner Books - October 4th, 1999

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A man stops at a red light. By the time it turns green, he's blind, & before long (almost) the entire population is infected by this unexplained contagion. One of the most dismal portraits of humanity I've ever read, yet still oddly uplifting. Absolute masterpiece!

- Alyssa

Terminal Boredom: Stories (Paperback)

By Izumi Suzuki, Polly Barton (Translated by), Sam Bett (Translated by), David Boyd (Translated by), Daniel Joseph (Translated by)

$19.95

ISBN: 9781788739887

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Published: Verso Fiction - April 20th, 2021

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Edgy, dissociative characters battle existential dread, insidious technology, and social constraints while playing with gender and listening to a hip soundtrack in this 70’s/80’s Japanese sci-fi, newly translated for an English-speaking audience. Warning: some characters express transphobic or ageist sentiments.

- Rachael

Wool: Book One of the Silo Series (Paperback)

By Hugh Howey

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ISBN: 9780358447849

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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - October 20th, 2020

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Imagine it's a hundred years after an event that left earth uninhabitable, and you are stuck living your life miles beneath the earth's surface in a silo bunker, never seeing the outside, except for through a small dirty camera. This dystopian book is filled with adventure, suspense, and writing that completely immerses you in the story and will have you hooked from the first chapter. If you enjoyed the show The 100, and/or are looking for a book that will keep you on the edge of your seat, look no further!

- Emma

Hench: A Novel (Paperback)

By Natalie Zina Walschots

$16.99

ISBN: 9780062978585

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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - November 9th, 2021

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Data entry meets feminism meets supervillains. What more could you want? - James

- John

Daughter of the Moon Goddess: A Fantasy Romance Novel (Celestial Kingdom #1) (Paperback)

By Sue Lynn Tan

$17.99

ISBN: 9780063031319

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Published: Harper Voyager - October 11th, 2022

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Xingyin, the secret daughter of the goddess Chang'e, has spent her life on the moon. But when she is discovered, she must flee from the home she has never left. Xingyin finds herself within the Celestial Kingdom, and is determined to free her mother from the prison that was once their home. Absolutely stunning and beautiful. A must read for fantasy lovers!!

- Connor

Immortal Longings (Flesh & False Gods #1) (Hardcover)

By Chloe Gong

$28.99

ISBN: 9781668000229

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Published: Gallery / Saga Press - July 18th, 2023

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Set amidst a city teetering on the edge of physical and political ruin, Immortal Longings follows the unlikely alliance between a murderous ex-princess and an exiled aristocrat as they risk it all to participate in a deadly game where only the last to survive wins. Vicious, violent, and full of heart-stopping tenderness and betrayal, Immortal Longings is the bizarre, bloody endeavor your perverse heart craves.

- Cindy

The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicle #1) (Paperback)

By Patrick Rothfuss

$22.00

ISBN: 9780756405892

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Published: DAW - April 7th, 2009

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If "slay" was a popular term when The Name of the Wind was first published, that probably would have been its blurb. In any case, it's MY blurb for it this month. If you're looking for a classic but INSANELY good high fantasy novel with the magic of The Lord of the Rings and humor of Castlevania (Netflix edition), this is the one to pick up. Slayed!

- Engel

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All the Murmuring Bones (Paperback)

By A.G. Slatter

$15.95

ISBN: 9781789094343

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Published: Titan Books - March 9th, 2021

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Female rage! Cursed family bloodline! Decrepit house! Mermaids! This book has everything you could possibly want for a summer read! Miren O'Malley struggles to shape her own destiny as her grandmother plans to marry her off to preserve their shriveling family legacy. What results is an empowering tale of taking the reigns of your own life, accentuated by oceanic folklore.

- May

The Once and Future Witches (Paperback)

By Alix E. Harrow

$19.99

ISBN: 9780316422017

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Published: Redhook - September 28th, 2021

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This adult historical fantasy novel follows estranged Eastwood sisters Beatrice Belladonna, Agnes Amaranth, and James Juniper as their lives are once again intertwined in the city of New Salem. Witchcraft is, as it was during the real life Salem Witch Trials, condemned and often punishable by death. Alix E. Harrow effortlessly weaves together not only the suffrage movement of the turn of the twentieth century with modern day feminism, but also feminism as a whole with magic.

-May

Wittgenstein's Mistress (Paperback)

By David Markson

$16.95

ISBN: 9781628973914

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Published: Dalkey Archive Press - July 11th, 2023

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This experimental novel asks what would happen if you were the only person left on Earth and all you had were snippets of art history and Greek mythology — “the baggage that remains in one’s head” — to keep your mind from unspooling. Rather than take a dystopian bent, this post-apocalyptic novel quietly mesmerizes as its protagonist anchors herself in the quotidian and her own “fanciful private improvisations.” Unique and hypnotic.

-Rachael