Reading: Science Fiction

In the future a practice called Solosis forms an empathetic bond between two souls, unlocking paralleled healing power. But its secrets are fiercely guarded by Sasha Sumzer, a mysterious meditation teacher with a darker agenda. Fiction. 301 pages.

Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But when she left her home for the stars, she found more adventure than she bargained for. Winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards. First book in trilogy. Fiction. 90 pages.

The World Controllers have finally created the ideal society. From the Alpha-Plus mandarin class to the Epsilon-Minus Semi-Morons, designed to perform menial tasks, man is bred and educated to be blissfully content with his pre-destined role. Fiction. 340 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

A 16-year old must choose among 5 factions to define her identity for life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all. This is the first book of a trilogy. Young Adult Fiction. 487 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where she must adjust to her new status and figure out how to "live." Is it possible to grow up while getting younger? Young Adult Fiction. 288 pages.

A veteran of years of simulated war games, Ender believes he is engaged in one more computer war game when in truth he is commanding the last fleet of Earth against an alien race seeking the complete destruction of Earth. Fiction. 324 pages.

Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North. This is the first book of a trilogy. Young Adult Fiction. 351 pages. Available as ebook

This action thriller is set In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting youth against one another. First part of a trilogy that includes Catching Fire and Mockingjay. Young Adult Fiction. 374 pages. Available as ebook

Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported through time to a slave plantation in the South. Fiction. 287 pages. Available as ebook, audiobook and graphic novel

It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. In San Francisco, the I Ching is as common as the Yellow Pages. All because some twenty years earlier the United States lost a war-and is now occupied by Nazi Germany and Japan. Fiction. 274 pages.

In a future world ravaged by global warming, most people have lost the ability to dream, and this dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America's Indigenous population-- and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world. Young adult fiction. 234 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

An edge-of-your-seat thriller about an astronaut stranded on Mars. Mark Watney draws on his ingenuity, his engineering skills, and a dogged refusal to quit as he confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Fiction. 369 pages. Available as ebook

Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape. Young Adult Fiction. 375 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

Case, a nerve-damaged data thief, is recruited by a new employer for a last-chance run against a powerful artificial intelligence. Fiction. 276 pages.

The students of Hailsham, an elite school in the English countryside, are so special that visitors shun them, and only by rumor and the occasional fleeting remark by a teacher do they discover their unconventional origins and strange destiny. Fiction. 288 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

In a chaotic 2025 California, a young African American woman flees northward from her small community and its desperate savages. This flight for survival leads to a startling vision of human destiny and the birth of a new faith. Fiction. 345 pages. Available as ebook

In this alternate world, teenage girls and women now have immense physical power-- they can cause agonizing pain and even death. And everything changes. Described as "fast paced, thrilling, and even funny." Fiction. 386 pages

It’s the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place. In the virtual utopia called Oasis, gamers must navigate clever puzzles and outwit enemies in the virtual world to save the real one. Described by reviewers as “completely fricking awesome. Young Adult Fiction. 374 pages.

A thrilling sci-fi novel set in a dystopian society on Mars, where Darrow infiltrates the ruling class to bring about a revolution. Fiction. 344 pages.

A woman born with perfect memory suddenly develops a series of eerie psychological symptoms in this literary puzzle about the unexplained nature of the human mind. Fiction. 275 pages.

From award-winning authors Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone comes an enthralling, romantic novel spanning time and space about two time-traveling rivals who fall in love and must change the past to ensure their future. Fiction 198 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government. Young Adult Fiction. 245 pages. Available as ebook, audiobook and graphic novel