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Book	Author	Genre	Description
Dark Matter	Crouch, Blake	Science Fiction FIC CRO	A man walks out of a bar and his life becomes a kaleidoscope of altered states in this science-fiction thriller, loosely based on physicists’ theories of alternative universes.
The House of the Scorpion	Farmer, Nancy	Science Fiction YA FAR	Newbery honor book and National Book Award winner, Farmer’s tale is a wild, futuristic coming-of-age story with a science-fiction twist: How do you find out who you are when what you are is a clone—a photograph—of a human being. How have you come to exist, and for what purpose?
I, Robot	Asimov, Isaac	Science Fiction YA ASI	Can you imagine living in a world where the sight of human-like robots roaming the streets isn’t unusual? That might be a world we’re going to have to adapt to soon. Science-fiction author Isaac Asimov expresses the benefits and flaws of such a fascinating world in his 1942 short story collection I, Robot.
The Power	Alderman, Naomi	Science Fiction FIC ALD	Framed as a historical novel written in the far future—long after rule by women has been established as normal and, indeed, natural—this is an inventive, thought-provoking work of science fiction that has already won the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction in Britain.
The Handmaid’s Tale	Atwood, Margaret	Science Fiction FIC ATW	The Handmaid’s Tale, published 30 years ago, seems very nearly documentary: though classified as a work of dystopian fiction and even science fiction, Atwood’s grim story reads as if taken straight from CNN.
The Mandibles	Shriver, Lionel	Science Fiction FIC SHR	Shriver, nobody’s idea of an optimist about the present day, delivers a dire vision of near-future America.
On Such A Full Sea	Lee, Chang-Rae	Science Fiction FIC LEE	The near-future America Fan travels through is catastrophically going off the rails: The wealthy (or “Charters”) live in protected communities, the lawless “counties” are highly dangerous, while those like Fan in the struggling middle live and work in highly regimented communities designed to serve the Charters’ needs.
Daemon	Suarez, Daniel	Science Fiction FIC SUA	How do you really mess things up after you’re dead: tricky wills? entailments? trusts? Posthumous legal meddling is so last millennium. The modern way to carry out your wishes is to use a daemon, a computer program that lies dormant until other factors set it in motion.
When She Woke	Jordan, Hillary	Science Fiction FIC JOR	A retelling of classic Hawthorne in which the heroine becomes literally a Scarlet Woman. Hannah has committed adultery with a respected preacher and in Jordan’s postmodern world such transgressors are repigmented in a way that suits their crime—through the miracle of modern chemistry. Hannah is turned bright red.
White Plague	Abel, James	Science Fiction FIC ABE	A triple dose of trouble awaits bioterror expert Joe Rush in the remote reaches of the Arctic Ocean: this is a straight up sci-fi thriller.
Never Let Me Go	Ishiguro, Kazuo	Science Fiction FIC ISH	With perfect pacing and infinite subtlety, Ishiguro reveals exactly as much as we need to know about how efforts to regulate the future through genetic engineering create, control, then emotionlessly destroy very real, very human lives
The 5^th Wave	Yancy, Rick	Science Fiction FIC YAN	Sci-fi thriller about contact with alien life gone very wrong.
Spiral	McEuen, Paul	Science Fiction FIC BRO	A Nobel Prize–winning science professor and his protégé must fend off a sophisticated assassin or lose a spore-producing bio-weapon that could kill millions.
The Hazel Wood	Albert, Melissa	Fantasy FIC ALB	A ferocious young woman is drawn into her grandmother’s sinister fairy-tale realm in this pitch-black fantasy debut.
Some Kind of Fairy Tale	Joyce, Graham	Fantasy FIC JOY	Do we share the planet with other life forms such as fairies? Veteran British fantasist Joyce (The Silent Land, 2011, etc.) lets the possibility dangle in this absorbing work.
The Magicians	Grossman, Lev	Fantasy FIC GRO	Very dark and very scary, with no simple answers provided—fantasy for grown-ups, in other words, and very satisfying indeed. Harry Potter and Narnia combined—for adults.
A Game of Thrones	Martin, George R.R.	Fantasy FIC MAR	Perhaps you’ve heard of this widely popular television series? The books are good too.
The Bear and the Nightingale	Arden, Katherine	Fantasy FIC ARD	Arden’s supple, sumptuous first novel transports the reader to a version of medieval Russia where history and myth coexist.
The Wind Through the Keyhole	King, Stephen	Fantasy FIC KIN	King remains a master of fantastic stories spun from a very fertile imagination that seek to do nothing more (or less) than entertain. Did you know he writes fantasy as well as horror?
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone	Rowling, J.K.	Fantasy JUV FIC ROW	The first in a series that has become a classic. Here’s your chance to read it if you haven’t.
The Hobbit	Tolkein, J.R.R.	Fantasy JUV FIC TOL	Another classic title. This is the story that starts it all off. Feel free to move into the more adult Lord of the Rings series for this theme as well.
The Golden Compass	Pullman, Philip	Fantasy JUV FIC PULL	An amazingly inventive start to a series that has also become a classic: the Dark Materials triology.
The Giver	Lowry, Lois’	Fantasy JUV FIC LOW	Lowry creates a chilling, tightly controlled future society where all controversy, pain, and choice have been expunged, each childhood year has its privileges and responsibilities, and family members are selected for compatibility. Also a series—also a classic.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Lewis, C.S.	Fantasy JUV FIC LEW	I include this book because it is also a classic and is beloved by many. It is intended for a younger audience than the other titles on the list, but if you want a nostalgic read or would like to see what it is about—it is a charming and entertaining read.
Children of Blood and Bone	Adeyemi, Tomi	Fantasy FIC ADE	Magic disappears from the world and a heroine struggles to return it.
Uprooted Spinning Silver	Novik, Naomi	Fantasy FIC NOV	Two novels by the up and coming Novik. Uprooted is a coming of age story about a young magician and Spinning Silver is an interesting twist on the old Rumpelstiltskin tale.
Trail of Lightening	Roanhorse, Rebecca	Fantasy FIC ROA	During a climate apocalypse, a young Navajo monster hunter arises to fight. I’m reading this one-but if I finish in time, I’ll pass it on to you. J
The following are not	our books. I pulled	them	from the book sale. You can borrow.
The Winds of Change and Other Stories	Asimov, Isaac	Science Fiction	An anthology of stories, most of them originally published in the late 1970s and early ‘80s.