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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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Traitor Born by Amy A. Bartol
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsRebel warrior Roselle St. Sismode returns in the second book of the epic Secondborn series by USA Today bestselling author Amy A. Bartol. In the Fates Republic… Firstborns reign supreme. Secondborns kneel in servitude. Thirdborns face death. And Census shadows them all. Secondborn Roselle St...Categorized as:
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![Vortex by S.J. Kincaid]()
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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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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![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... -
![Out Of The Ashes by Lindsey Fairleigh, Lindsey Pogue]()
Out Of The Ashes by Lindsey Fairleigh, Lindsey Pogue
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHope brought them together, but it's now fear that drives them...and threatens to tear them apart. Zoe and her companions succeeded in rescuing Dani from the Colony. But not without sacrifice. Beaten and broken, they head west, determined to leave behind the torment and horrors they experienced in Colorado... -
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The Gender Secret by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsThe pulse-pounding second book in The Gender Game series. Gliding over the treacherous Green in a shaky aircraft that she has no idea how to land, Violet Bates is still in shock. The harrowing events of the previous night play over in her mind as she asks herself question after question... -
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The Gender Lie by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 35 ratings"I'd want you to help me win a war..." After discovering the shocking secret buried deep within The Green, Violet has a grave decision to make. Trust the woman who saved her, or not? So far, everything about the woman has taken Violet by surprise. Her behavior has been honest and upfront - a refreshing change for Violet...Categorized as:
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Reign by K.A. Gandy
Kidnapped from their honeymoon resort, nothing is as it seems. Betrayal, intrigue, and secrets abound as Sadie works to free the captive women. But will she end up the savior, or the next captive?★★★★★With Patrick as the only solid ground in a sea of uncertainty, the two of them must work to come together, or they’ll fall apart...Categorized as:
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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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![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
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... -
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![Astra by M.C. Frank]()
Astra by M.C. Frank
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA soldier is summoned to the North Pole, days before the year changes, told to fix a the great Clock for a celebration. He has no idea what to do. A girl, hunted for the crime of being born, almost dies out on the ice. She is rescued by the last polar bear left alive. A library waits for them both, a library built over a span of a hundred years, forgotten in the basement of an ice shack...Categorized as:
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Untitled Beauty: Episode One in the Somewhere In-Between Series: by C.E. Wilson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEleven. A name. A title. A sentence passed. If you aren’t a Beauty, you’re less than a person. You’re a commodity known as a Potential… and you only have so many chances to qualify as a human being. In her seventeen years, Eleven has seen the best and worst in humanity. She’s been passed around and abused by the bad. She’s hoped and dreamed for the good... -
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Sowing by Angie Grigaliunas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings**Revised June 2019 in response to reviewer concerns**They can take your house, your daughter, whatever they want.For Ariliah, life under the militarized Hulcondans is one of order and safety. Despite the soldiers’ ruthless policies, she trusts their judgment. They alone provide protection from the enemies lurking beyond the city wall... -
![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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Sugar Skulls by Lisa Mantchev, Glenn Dallas
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Cyrene, a city where energy is currency and music is the lifeblood of its young citizens. Everyone lives on the grid, and the residents of the world’s largest playground are encouraged to pursue every physical and emotional pleasure imaginable. Vee is the lead singer of the Sugar Skulls, an all-girl band that is Corporate’s newest pet project... -
![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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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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Rebel Born by Amy A. Bartol
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsRoselle faces a mind-reeling showdown with the deep state agent controlling her psyche in the conclusion to the Wall Street Journal bestselling Secondborn series. Roselle St. Sismode is many things: victim of a conspiracy, unwilling host of an ever-evolving mind algorithm, spy for a rebel army, and heir to the Fate of Swords... -
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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... -
![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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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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![Doomed by Tracy Deebs]()
Doomed by Tracy Deebs
Beat the game. Save the world. Pandora's an average teen, glued to her cell phone and laptop, until the day her long-lost father sends her a link to a mysterious site featuring photos of her as a child. Curious, Pandora enters the site, unwittingly unleashing a global computer virus that plunges the whole world into panic: suddenly, there's no Internet. No cell phones...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... -
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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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![The Apollo Academy by Kimberly P. Chase]()
The Apollo Academy by Kimberly P. Chase
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTake off with this dynamic, thrill-seeking, sexy New Adult Science Fiction series debut. Welcome to the exclusive Apollo Academy, where Aurora is about to discover that achieving her dream is only the first step towards her future. As the heiress to Titon Technologies, eighteen-year-old Aurora Titon can have whatever she wants—clothes, expensive gadgets, anything money can buy... -
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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
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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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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![Grace and Fury by Tracy Banghart]()
Grace and Fury by Tracy Banghart
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsIn a world where women have no rights, sisters Serina and Nomi Tessaro face two very different fates: one in the palace, the other in prison.Serina has been groomed her whole life to become a Grace - someone to stand by the heir to the throne as a shining, subjugated example of the perfect woman...Categorized as:
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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... -
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Meritropolis by Joel Ohman
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn Meritropolis everyone is assigned a numerical Score that decides their worth to society and whether they live or die. After a young boy is killed because of a low Score, his brother plots to take down the System. “ The Hunger Games meets The Village with a young Jack Reacher as a protagonist...Categorized as:
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![All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin]()
All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsIn 2083, chocolate and coffee are illegal, paper is hard to find, water is carefully rationed, and New York City is rife with crime and poverty. And yet, for Anya Balanchine, the sixteen-year-old daughter of the city's most notorious (and dead) crime boss, life is fairly routine... -
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Arena by Holly Jennings
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA fast-paced and gripping near-future science fiction debut about the gritty world of competitive gaming... Every week, Kali Ling fights to the death on national TV. She’s died hundreds of times. And it never gets easier... The RAGE tournaments—the Virtual Gaming League’s elite competition where the best gamers in the world compete in a no-holds-barred fight to the digital death... -
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Day 21 by Kass Morgan
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsNo one has set foot on Earth in centuries -- until now. It's been 21 days since the hundred landed on Earth. They're the only humans to set foot on the planet in centuries...or so they thought. Facing an unknown enemy, Wells attempts to keep the group together. Clarke strikes out for Mount Weather, in search of other Colonists, while Bellamy is determined to rescue his sister, no matter the cost...Categorized as:
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The Leveller by Julia Durango
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsNixy Bauer is a self-made Leveller. Her job? Dragging kids out of virtual reality and back to their parents in the real world. It’s normally easy cash, but Nixy’s latest mission is fraught with real danger, intrigue, and romance.Nixy Bauer is used to her classmates being very, very unhappy to see her. After all, she’s a bounty hunter in a virtual reality gaming world...Categorized as:
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Our Lady of the Ice by Cassandra Rose Clarke
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHope City, Antarctica. The southernmost city in the world, with only a glass dome and a faltering infrastructure to protect its citizens from the freezing, ceaseless winds of the Antarctic wilderness. Within this bell jar four people–some human, some not–will shape the future of the city forever: Eliana Gomez, a female PI looking for a way to the mainland... -
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Arena by Holly Jennings
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA fast-paced and gripping near-future science fiction debut about the gritty world of competitive gaming... Every week, Kali Ling fights to the death on national TV. She’s died hundreds of times. And it never gets easier... The RAGE tournaments—the Virtual Gaming League’s elite competition where the best gamers in the world compete in a no-holds-barred fight to the digital death...Categorized as:
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Vitro by Jessica Khoury
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOn Skin Island, even the laws of creation can be broken. On a remote island in the Pacific, Corpus scientists have taken test tube embryos and given them life. These beings—the Vitros—have knowledge and abilities most humans can only dream of. But they also have one enormous flaw. Sophie Crue is determined to get to Skin Island and find her mother, a scientist who left Sophie behind years ago...Categorized as:
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