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Gemina by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
A New York Times BestsellerBrace yourself for GEMINA—the highly anticipated sequel to the book critics called “out-of-this-world awesome”—featuring journal illustrations by bestselling author Marie Lu! Moving to a space station at the edge of the galaxy was always going to be the death of Hanna’s social life. Nobody said it might actually get her killed...Categorized as:
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Vortex by S.J. Kincaid
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe impossible was just the beginning. Now in their second year as superhuman government weapons-in-training at the Pentagonal Spire, Tom Raines and his friends are mid-level cadets in the elite combat corps known as the Intrasolar Forces. But as training intensifies and a moment arrives that could make or break his entire career, Tom’s loyalties are again put to the test... -
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![Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel]()
Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 35 ratings"Mr. Cruse, how high would you like to fly?" A smile soared across my face. "As high as I possibly can." Pilot-in-training Matt Cruse and Kate de Vries, expert on high-altitude life-forms, are invited aboard the Starclimber, a vessel that literally climbs its way into the cosmos. Before they even set foot aboard the ship, catastrophe strikes: Kate announces she is engaged—and not to Matt...Categorized as:
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![Cured by Bethany Wiggins]()
Cured by Bethany Wiggins
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsNow that Fiona Tarsis and her twin brother, Jonah, are no longer beasts, they set out to find their mother, with the help of Bowen and a former neighbor, Jacqui. Heading for a safe settlement rumored to be in Wyoming, they plan to spread the cure along the way--until they are attacked by raiders...Categorized as:
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![Psyren #01: Urban Legend by Toshiaki Iwashiro]()
Psyren #01: Urban Legend by Toshiaki Iwashiro
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsReads R to L (Japanese Style). Urban Legend "Save me " Those were Sakurako Amamiya's last words to her friend Ageha Yoshina before she mysteriously went missing. Now Ageha's on a quest to find her. He's convinced that the mythical Psyren Secret Society has something to do with the recent rash of disappearances. And now he seems to be caught up as a player in their very deadly game.. -
![The Girl Who Dared to Think by Bella Forrest]()
The Girl Who Dared to Think by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHow do you fight an enemy when they're inside your mind? A gargantuan glass-walled tower looms over a deadly wilderness. They say it's all that's left. The Tower's survival is humanity's survival, and each must serve it faithfully... Twenty-year-old Liana Castell must be careful what she thinks... -
![Beauty and Beastly: Steampunk Beauty and the Beast (Steampunk Fairy Tales) by Melanie Karsak]()
Beauty and Beastly: Steampunk Beauty and the Beast (Steampunk Fairy Tales) by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn this tale as old as time, Isabella Hawking must tinker a solution to a heartbreaking mystery. When Isabelle and her papa set out from London on a sea voyage, Isabelle was thrilled. Visiting foreign courts, learning from master tinkers, and studying new ways to manipulate mechanicals sounded like a dream. But an unexpected gale turns the waters violent, and the ship is lost...Categorized as:
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![Chronicle of the Eternal: Volume 1 by D. Wolfin, Dylan Pierpont]()
Chronicle of the Eternal: Volume 1 by D. Wolfin, Dylan Pierpont
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the year XX, the human population exhausted the world’s resources, leading to cataclysmic environment changes and the imminent extinction of all life on the planet. Frantic space exploration became the world's focus, but failed to find a new world for the human race. In desperation, humanity went digital. Minds were scanned, encoded, and transferred to the virtual world of Grandosa... -
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Recon by Tarah Benner
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsEli knows corruption runs deep within the compound. It's a reality he's forced to confront every year on Bid Day. But when your job is to go out into the radiation-soaked Fringe so that others can live in peace, you don’t ask too many questions. For Harper, the bid system works just fine...Categorized as:
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![Second Daughter by Susan Kaye Quinn]()
Second Daughter by Susan Kaye Quinn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe sequel to the steampunk fantasy romance Third Daughter (The Dharian Affairs #1) is here! Assassins, skyships, and royal intrigue... With plans for a second skyship exposed, Third Daughter Aniri fears her sister, Seledri, will be caught in a war between the three Queendoms...Categorized as:
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![The Choosing by Rachelle Dekker]()
The Choosing by Rachelle Dekker
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 23 ratings“Not to be Chosen would yield a cruel fate of my own making.” Like all citizens since the Ruining, Carrington Hale knows the importance of this day. But she never expected the moment she’d spent a lifetime preparing for—her Choosing ceremony—would end in disaster. Ripped from her family, she’ll spend her days serving as a Lint, the lowest level of society...Categorized as:
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![Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau]()
Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsIn the series debut The Testing , sixteen-year-old Cia Vale was chosen by the United Commonwealth government as one of the best and brightest graduates of all the colonies . . . a promising leader in the effort to revitalize postwar civilization... -
![The Towering Sky by Katharine McGee]()
The Towering Sky by Katharine McGee
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe final book in Katharine McGee's epic New York Times bestselling Thousandth Floor series When you have everything, you have everything to lose. Welcome back to New York, 2119. A skyscraper city, fueled by impossible dreams. Leda just wants to move on from what happened in Dubai. Until a new investigation forces her to seek help—from the person she’s spent all year trying to forget...Categorized as:
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LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff
From the coauthor of the New York Times bestselling Illuminae Files comes the first book in a new series that's part Romeo and Juliet, part Terminator, and all adrenaline.On an island junkyard beneath a sky that glows with radiation, a deadly secret lies buried in the scrap. Seventeen-year-old Eve isn't looking for trouble--she's too busy looking over her shoulder...Categorized as:
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![The Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson]()
The Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFascinated by forensics, seventeen-year-old Cameryn Mahoney persuades her father, the county coroner in sleepy Silverton, CO, to take her on as his assistant... -
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Fuse by Julianna Baggott
We want our son returned. This girl is proof that we can save you all. If you ignore our plea, we will kill our hostages one at a time. To be a Pure is to be perfect, untouched by Detonations that scarred the earth and sheltered inside the paradise that is the Dome. But Partridge escaped to the outside world, where Wretches struggle to survive amid smoke and ash... -
![In the Age of Love and Chocolate by Gabrielle Zevin]()
In the Age of Love and Chocolate by Gabrielle Zevin
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAll These Things I’ve Done , the first novel in the Birthright series, introduced us to timeless heroine Anya Balanchine, a plucky sixteen year old with the heart of a girl and the responsibilities of a grown woman. Now eighteen, life has been more bitter than sweet for Anya... -
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Prized by Caragh M. O'Brien
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsStriking out into the wasteland with nothing but her baby sister, a handful of supplies, and a rumor to guide her, sixteen-year-old midwife Gaia Stone survives, only to be captured by the people of Sylum, a dystopian society where women rule the men who drastically outnumber them, and a kiss is a crime...Categorized as:
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Behind the Scenes!!, Vol. 3 by Bisco Hatori
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRyuji Goda, Art Squad president and sterling example of self-confidence, has become anxiety-ridden Ranmaru’s greatest role model. Surely under the guidance of such a genius, Ranmaru will come into his own? But now a film camp at a remote mansion is putting Goda’s assurance to the test...Categorized as:
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![This Strange and Familiar Place by Rachel Carter]()
This Strange and Familiar Place by Rachel Carter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThese are the things of which Lydia is now certain: The Montauk Project has been experimenting with time travel for years. The Project's subjects are "recruits" from across time, recruits like Wes, Lydia's ally, friend, and love. The Project is now responsible for the disappearance of two members of her family... The conspiracy theorists were right about the Montauk Project all along... -
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Brewer by Kate Avery Ellison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings*This novella takes place during Bluewing, #4 in The Frost Chronicles series* Adam Brewer has a past, and he doesn't like to speak about it. Few know his journey from refugee to Thorns agent. Even fewer know the extent of his feelings for a certain fierce young woman. Stuck in a prison cell, he must stay sane...and hold on to hope that he'll see her again... -
![Irrelevant by Sarah Addison-Fox]()
Irrelevant by Sarah Addison-Fox
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMallory's been hiding who she is for 18 years...But now her terrible secret has been exposed.Branded Irrelevant, Mallory is cut off from everything she knows. Irrelevants are criminals, banished to live in the old city. But in the wasteland between the new city and the old, she stumbles on Cristan.He's bitter, paranoid, and possibly crazy...He may also be right about everything...Categorized as:
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![The King's 100: A young adult royal romance by Karin Biggs]()
The King's 100: A young adult royal romance by Karin Biggs
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSixteen-year-old princess, Piper Parish, is a disappointment to the citizens of Capalon, a STEM-structured kingdom where innovation is valued above all. Her older sister, the queen, views Piper's tears during their parents' funeral as a weakness, not to mention her strange affinity for singing... -
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Free to Fall by Lauren Miller
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsWhat if there was an app that told you what song to listen to, what coffee to order, who to date, even what to do with your life—an app that could ensure your complete and utter happiness? What if you never had to fail or make a wrong choice?What if you never had to fall? Fast-forward to a time when Apple and Google have been replaced by Gnosis, a monolith corporation that has developed the...Categorized as:
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![Double Digit by Annabel Monaghan]()
Double Digit by Annabel Monaghan
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsDigit and John are back for a second book and in way over their heads. To say eighteen-year-old Farrah Higgins—or Digit—is good at math is a laughable understatement. She’s been cracking codes since childhood, and is finally at home with “her people” at MIT in Cambridge...Categorized as:
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![Compound 26 by Krista Street]()
Compound 26 by Krista Street
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA deadly virus. A brilliant, young researcher. And an infected survivor who threatens to steal her heart. In a society ruled by sanctions and curfews, Dr. Meghan Forester emerges as the youngest and most promising scientist to join the fight against Makanza - the deadly virus that's ravaged the world...Categorized as:
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![Because It Is My Blood by Gabrielle Zevin]()
Because It Is My Blood by Gabrielle Zevin
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 31 ratings“Every time I think I’m out, they pull me back in.”- Michael Corleone, The Godfather Freed from jail, Anya hopes that things will get back to normal. But life on the outside is even more dangerous than life behind bars. Some of her gangland family want revenge for the crime for which she has done time: the shooting of her uncle...Categorized as:
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Spark by Amy Kathleen Ryan
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsWaverly and Kieran are finally reunited on the Empyrean. Kieran has led the boys safely up to this point, and now that the girls are back, their mission seems slightly less impossible: to chase down the New Horizon, and save their parents from the enemy ship. But nothing is truly as it seems…Kieran’s leadership methods have raised Seth’s hackles— and Waverly’s suspicions... -
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Behind the Scenes!!, Vol. 2 by Bisco Hatori
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen the Art Squad is assigned to dress a set, Ranmaru is shocked at how seriously Goda takes the job. Every action figure and empty soda can is placed with utmost care to tell the story of the character who lives there, every sock and towel artfully be-grunged with coffee grounds and fuller’s earth to support the narrative...Categorized as:
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![A Spark Unseen by Sharon Cameron]()
A Spark Unseen by Sharon Cameron
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe thrilling sequel to Sharon Cameron's blockbuster gothic steampunk romance, THE DARK UNWINDING, will captivate readers anew with mystery and intrigue aplenty. When Katharine Tulman wakes in the middle of the night and accidentally foils a kidnapping attempt on her uncle, she realizes Stranwyne Keep is no longer safe for Uncle Tully and his genius inventions... -
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Nil by Lynne Matson
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOn the mysterious island of Nil, the rules are set. You have one year. Exactly 365 days--to escape, or you die. Seventeen-year-old Charley doesn’t know the rules. She doesn’t even know where she is. The last thing she remembers is blacking out, and when she wakes up, she’s lying naked in an empty rock field... -
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Behind the Scenes!!, Vol. 1 by Bisco Hatori
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s two months into Ranmaru’s college career, and if he’s learned one thing, it’s that he’s really uncomfortable around other people...Categorized as:
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![The Unhappening of Genesis Lee by Shallee McArthur]()
The Unhappening of Genesis Lee by Shallee McArthur
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Genesis Lee has never forgotten anything. As one of the Mementi—a small group of genetically-enhanced humans—Gena remembers everything with the help of her Link bracelets, which preserve memories perfectly. But Links can be stolen, and six people have already lost their lives to a memory thief, including Gena’s best friend. Anyone could be next... -
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Among the Nameless Stars by Diana Peterfreund
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsBefore Kai joined the Cloud Fleet, he wandered… AMONG THE NAMELESS STARS Four years before the events of FOR DARKNESS SHOWS THE STARS, the servant Kai left the North Estate, the only home he’d ever known, and Elliot North, the only girl he ever loved, in search of a better life. But the journey was not an easy one... -
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![A Reluctant Assassin by J.C. Morrows]()
A Reluctant Assassin by J.C. Morrows
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHer mission was simple — get close to the Prince, and kill him. . . Kayden entered the palace under a lie, one designed to get her close to the Prince. On the outside, she may look like a princess but beneath the mask, a killer lays in wait — for the perfect moment. Dvarius was not ready to take the crown, nor was he ready for a wife . .Categorized as:
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Prototype by M.D. Waters
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe stunning debut that began with Archetype— and has readers buzzing—concludes in Prototype, when a woman’s dual pasts lock onto a collision course, threatening her present and future. Emma looks forward to the day when she can let go of her past—both of them...Categorized as:
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![Replication: The Jason Experiment by Jill Williamson]()
Replication: The Jason Experiment by Jill Williamson
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat if everything you knew was a lie? Martyr---otherwise known as Jason 3:3---is one of hundreds of clones kept in a remote facility called Jason Farms. Told that he has been created to save humanity, Martyr has just one wish before he is scheduled to 'expire' in less than a month. To see the sky...Categorized as:
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![While We Run by Karen Healey]()
While We Run by Karen Healey
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAbdi Taalib thought he was moving to Australia for a music scholarship. But after meeting the beautiful and brazen Tegan Oglietti, his world was turned upside down. Tegan's no ordinary girl - she died in 2027, only to be frozen and brought back to life in Abdi's time, 100 years later... -
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Divided by Elsie Chapman
The hunter becomes the hunted. . . . West Grayer is done killing. She defeated her Alternate, a twin raised by another family, and proved she’s worthy of a future. She’s ready to move on with her life. The Board has other plans. They want her to kill one last time, and offer her a deal worth killing for...Categorized as:
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Resistance by Jenna Black
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsResistance is the second installment in acclaimed author Jenna Black’s YA SF romance series. Nate Hayes is a Replica. The real Nate was viciously murdered, but thanks to Paxco’s groundbreaking human replication technology, a duplicate was created that holds all of the personality and the memories of the original. Or...almost all... -
![Things That Are by Andrew Clements]()
Things That Are by Andrew Clements
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAlicia may be blind, but that doesn't mean she can't see what is happening right in front of her eyes. Like how her parents try to give her freedom. Or how Bobby now Robert has returned to figure out their relationship. Or even the invisible man, William, and just how dangerous he is to Alicia, to Robert, to their whole family or so the police say... -
![Pawn by Aimee Carter]()
Pawn by Aimee Carter
YOU CAN BE A VII. IF YOU GIVE UP EVERYTHING. For Kitty Doe, it seems like an easy choice. She can either spend her life as a III in misery, looked down upon by the higher ranks and forced to leave the people she loves, or she can become a VII and join the most powerful family in the country...Categorized as:
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![Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente]()
Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe first adult novel in more than three years from the bestselling author of the Fairyland books Radiance is a decopunk pulp SF alt-history space opera mystery set in a Hollywood—and solar system—very different from our own, from the phenomenal talent behind the New York Times bestselling The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making...Categorized as:
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![Tankborn by Karen Sandler]()
Tankborn by Karen Sandler
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsBest friends Kayla and Mishalla know they will be separated for their Assignments. They are GENs, Genetically Engineered Non-humans, and in their strict caste system, GENs are at the bottom rung of society. GENs are gestated in a tank and sent to work as slaves as soon as they reach age fifteen...Categorized as:
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![Oasis by Dima Zales]()
Oasis by Dima Zales
Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA new dystopian/post-apocalyptic series from a New York Times bestselling author My name is Theo, and I'm a resident of Oasis, the last habitable area on Earth. It's meant to be a paradise, a place where we are all content. Vulgarity, violence, insanity, and other ills are but a distant memory, and even death no longer plagues us. I was once content too, but now I'm different...Categorized as:
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![Rehabilitation by C.B. Stone]()
Rehabilitation by C.B. Stone
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is Sinna Reardon. I suppose deep down I'd like to believe God exists. But he doesn’t, not since the war. Most days I’m okay with that. Jacob calls me a pessimist, but I’m a realist. How can I believe when a place like Rehabilitation and a regime like the Elite exist, dictating our every move? If God were so great, he’d do something. But he hasn’t. We’re forgotten... -
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Truth by Julia Karr
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAn exciting dystopian thriller, and sequel to XVI Nina Oberon's life has changed enormously in the last few months. When her mother was killed, Nina discovered the truth about her father, the leader of the Resistance. And now she sports the same Governing Council–ordered tattoo of XVI on her wrist that all sixteen-year-old girls have... -
![The Vault of Dreamers by Caragh M. O'Brien]()
The Vault of Dreamers by Caragh M. O'Brien
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFrom the author of the Birthmarked trilogy comes a fast-paced, psychologically thrilling novel about what happens when your dreams are not your own. The Forge School is the most prestigious arts school in the country...Categorized as:
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![The Uprising by Lisa M. Stasse]()
The Uprising by Lisa M. Stasse
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this dystopian sequel to The Forsaken, Alenna has survived the brutality of life on the wheel—and now she’s going back for more. Alenna escaped. It was expected that she would die on the wheel, the island where would-be criminals are sent as directed by the UNA—the totalitarian supercountry that was once the United States, Mexico, and Canada... -
![Legacy of the Clockwork Key by Kristin Bailey]()
Legacy of the Clockwork Key by Kristin Bailey
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhen a fire consumes Meg’s home, killing her parents and destroying both her fortune and her future, all she has left is the tarnished pocket watch she rescued from the ashes. But this is no ordinary timepiece. The clock turns out to be a mechanical key—a key that only Meg can use—that unlocks a series of deadly secrets and intricate clues that Meg is compelled to follow...
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