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Persuasion by Jane Austen
'She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older' At twenty-seven, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier, she had been persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a handsome naval captain with neither fortune nor rank...Categorized as:
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The Perfect Match by Lyla Mars
XXIIe siècle. Ne cherchez plus l’amour : à votre majorité, la Science vous indique qui est votre âme sœur.Respecter la loi… ou écouter son cœur ?98,8 %. Eliotte peine encore à y croire, mais les résultats de son test de compatibilité sont sans appel. L’État américain vient de décréter scientifiquement qu’Izaak Meeka est son âme sœur la plus pure... -
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![Mindwalker by Kate Dylan]()
Mindwalker by Kate Dylan
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDO NOT SURRENDER CONTROL.'Mindwalker is a cinematic gut punch of action and espionage. Sharp-edged, tense and thrilling, you'll be holding your breath until the last page' Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine ThroneEighteen-year-old Sil Sarrah is determined to die a legend. But with only twelve months left before the supercomputer grafted to her brain kills her, Sil's time is quickly running out...Categorized as:
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![Cowboy Villain Damsel Duel by Ginger Scott]()
Cowboy Villain Damsel Duel by Ginger Scott
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRIVERDALE meets INCEPTION in this twisty and unique YA coming-of-age romance.Quarterback.Class president.Burnout.We all have our identities.Most of the time, they come from our circumstances. They're made by others—shoes for us to walk in whether they fit or not.But what if?What if we could take off those shoes... -
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![The Dividing Sky by Jill Tew]()
The Dividing Sky by Jill Tew
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA cunning memory merchant falls for the handsome rookie officer on her tail in this swoony dystopian romance, hailed as “dynamic, vivid, and electrifying” (Ayana Gray, New York Times bestselling author of Beasts of Prey)“[A] high-stakes story packed with slow-burn pining and plentiful tension...Categorized as:
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![Fear the Fallout by Kyla Stone]()
Fear the Fallout by Kyla Stone
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIf the radiation doesn't kill you, the survivors will... Dakota and Logan continue their treacherous journey to escape the city, but danger threatens at every turn. They must avoid uncontrollable fires, unstable buildings, and deadly fallout contamination. Dakota knows of a place to ride out the coming chaos--a safe house deep in the Everglades...Categorized as:
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![Navigating the Stars by Maria V. Snyder]()
Navigating the Stars by Maria V. Snyder
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsTerra Cotta Warriors have been discovered on other planets in the Milky Way Galaxy. And Lyra Daniels' parents are the archaeological Experts (yes with a capital E) on the Warriors and have dragged her to the various planets to study them despite the time dilation causing havoc with her social life...Categorized as:
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Ascension by Victor Dixen
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 33 ratings'This thrilling space odyssey will keep you turning pages late into the night.'C. J. Daugherty, author of NIGHT SCHOOLSix girls, six boys. Each in the two separate bays of a single spaceship. They have six minutes each week to seduce and to make their choices, under the unblinking eye of the on-board cameras... -
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The Seventh Hour by Tracey Ward
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen the Earth's rotation slowed to a crawl mankind was plunged into a harsh world of burning hot days and endless, arctic nights. Some fled to the mountains for shelter. Others took to the seas, sailing forever in the perfect gold between the night and the day; a place known as the Seventh Hour.Liv was raised aboard a ship chasing the Seventh... -
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Point of Impact by Kyla Stone
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSurviving the blast is only the beginning... Dakota Sloane, a tough-as-nails former foster kid, has spent her life running from the past. Logan Garcia, a man haunted by secrets, has only one to drink himself into oblivion. They're two strangers in a bar--until the news reports nuclear bombs in New York City and Washington, D.C...Categorized as:
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![Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray]()
Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray
She's a soldier - Noemi Vidal is willing to risk anything to protect her planet, Genesis, including her own life. To their enemies on Earth, she's a rebel.He's a machine - Abandoned in space for years, utterly alone, Abel's advanced programming has begun to evolve. He wants only to protect his creator, and to be free. To the people of Genesis, he's an abomination...Categorized as:
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![Better Than Friends by Jill Shalvis]()
Better Than Friends by Jill Shalvis
Old flames reignite in Sunrise Cove in this charming enemies-to-lovers, second-chance, small-town, forced-proximity love story about family, friendships, and true love from New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis.When Olive Porter’s off-the-grid parents go missing, she reluctantly seeks out Noah Turner, her ex and the only person she both trusts implicitly and not at all...Categorized as:
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![Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan]()
Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan
Everyone in the universe knows his name. Everyone in the universe fears him. But no one realizes that notorious outlaw Ia Cōcha is a seventeen-year-old girl.A criminal mastermind and unrivaled pilot, Ia has spent her life terrorizing the Olympus Commonwealth, the imperialist nation that destroyed her home...Categorized as:
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![Meet Me at Blue Hour by Sarah Suk]()
Meet Me at Blue Hour by Sarah Suk
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind meets Past Lives in this gripping, emotional story of two childhood friends navigating the fallout of one erasing their memory of the other, from acclaimed author Sarah Suk.Seventeen-year-old Yena Bae is spending the summer in Busan, South Korea, working at her mom’s memory-erasing clinic...Categorized as:
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![Oaths of Legacy by Emily Skrutskie]()
Oaths of Legacy by Emily Skrutskie
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTorn between loyalty and love, a young prince will learn how much he's willing to sacrifice as he tries to destroy the rebellion that threatens his throne in this exhilarating sequel to Bonds of Brass. Gal’s destiny has always been clear: complete his training at the military academy, prove his worth as a royal successor, and ascend to the galactic throne...Categorized as:
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![Within Ash and Stardust by Chani Lynn Feener]()
Within Ash and Stardust by Chani Lynn Feener
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHaving gone from kidnapped faux princess to the legitimate heir to an intergalactic throne, an impulsive, sarcastic teen must take charge of her own destiny in this epic YA novel.On Earth, Delaney is a normal teenager who recently graduated high school with a fantastic best friend and a loving boyfriend.But Delaney isn’t on Earth. She’s on Xenith, a war-torn planet half a galaxy away... -
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Milo and Marcos at the End of the World by Kevin Christopher Snipes
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhen Marcos moves to town, Milo is forced to acknowledge the feelings he's kept hidden, especially from his religious parents. But as natural disasters begin to befall them the closer they become, Milo and Marcos soon begin to wonder if the universe itself is plotting against them in this young adult debut by playwright and creator of The Two Princes podcast, Kevin Christopher Snipes...Categorized as:
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![Vows of Empire by Emily Skrutskie]()
Vows of Empire by Emily Skrutskie
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTwo young princes on opposite sides of a war must decide between loyalty and love in this galaxy-shaking finale of the Bloodright Trilogy.Gal and Ettian have never been farther apart. Once, they were roommates and best friends, each suffocating under a secret of galactic consequence...Categorized as:
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Amid Stars and Darkness by Chani Lynn Feener
Delaney’s entire world is thrown into chaos after she is mistaken for Lissa Olena, an alien princess hiding out on Earth in order to escape an arranged marriage.Kidnapped by the princess’s head bodyguard, Ruckus, and imprisoned in an alien palace, Delaney is forced to impersonate the princess until Olena can be found...Categorized as:
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Alien Heart by Alex Timothy
Landon Evans is an unwilling recruit in Earth’s fight against alien invasion. Tall, bristling with muscles, Landon is every commander’s ideal soldier. But Landon hates fighting and hates the dark void of space. For a loner like Landon, the only good part of his new life in the military are the friends he’s made...Categorized as:
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![Legend: The Graphic Novel by Marie Lu]()
Legend: The Graphic Novel by Marie Lu
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsBorn into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a military prodigy. Born into the slums of the Republic’s Lake Sector, fifteen-year-old Day is the country’s most wanted criminal. But his motives are not as sinister as they often seem. One day June’s brother is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect...Categorized as:
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![Without Hesitation by Talia Jager]()
Without Hesitation by Talia Jager
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWithout Hesitation is set a thousand years in the future. Earth has become a wasteland. Humans traveled into space to colonize other suitable planets. Labels and stereotypes are a thing of the past and gender and sexual identity are as fluid as love as humans strive to survive. Here we meet Everleigh, the commander of her ship named Nirvana... -
![Stars, Hide Your Fires by Jessica Mary Best]()
Stars, Hide Your Fires by Jessica Mary Best
“A delightfully mischievous adventure full of intrigue, betrayal, and a touch of romance. Get ready to join your new favorite rebel crew.”—Dahlia Adler, author of Cool for the SummerA wanted thief. A murdered emperor. A killer loose on the station.Knives Out goes sci-fi in this gripping YA mystery set in space.As an expert thief from a minor moon, Cass knows a good mark when she sees one... -
![City of Shattered Light by Claire Winn]()
City of Shattered Light by Claire Winn
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs darkness closes in on the city of shattered light, an heiress and an outlaw must decide whether to fend for themselves or fight for each other. As heiress to a powerful tech empire, seventeen-year-old Asa Almeida strives to prove she's more than her manipulative father's shadow...Categorized as:
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![The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James]()
The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsHow far would you go to save those you love?Lowrie and Shen are the youngest people on the planet after a virus caused global infertility. Closeted in a pocket of London and doted upon by a small, ageing community, the pair spend their days mudlarking for artefacts from history and looking for treasure in their once-opulent mansion...Categorized as:
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![Beyond the Red by Ava Jae, Gabe Cole Novoa]()
Beyond the Red by Ava Jae, Gabe Cole Novoa
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNOTE: published under the author's previous pseudonymAlien queen Kora has a problem as vast as the endless crimson deserts. She’s the first female ruler of her territory in generations, but her people are rioting and call for her violent younger twin brother to take the throne... -
![Sanctuary by Caryn Lix]()
Sanctuary by Caryn Lix
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAlien meets Alexandra Bracken’s The Darkest Minds in this thrilling debut novel about prison-guard-in-training, Kenzie, who is taken hostage by the superpowered criminal teens of the Sanctuary space station—only to have to band together with them when the station is attacked by mysterious creatures.Kenzie holds one truth above all: the company is everything...Categorized as:
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![Starflight by Melissa Landers]()
Starflight by Melissa Landers
Life in the outer realm is a lawless, dirty, hard existence, and Solara Brooks is hungry for it. Just out of the orphanage, she needs a fresh start in a place where nobody cares about the engine grease beneath her fingernails or the felony tattoos across her knuckles...Categorized as:
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![Renegade Rule by Ben Kahn, Rachel Silverstein]()
Renegade Rule by Ben Kahn, Rachel Silverstein
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsPrepare for competitive gaming like you've never seen it!The Manhattan Mist have beaten the odds to land themselves in the national championships for Renegade Rule, one of the hottest virtual reality games in existence. But they're in for competition fiercer than they ever imagined, and one team member's entire future could be at stake...Categorized as:
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![Kissing Ezra Holtz by Brianna R. Shrum]()
Kissing Ezra Holtz by Brianna R. Shrum
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA fun, witty, light-hearted romantic comedy— The Rosie Project , for teensSeventeen-year-old Amalia Yaabez and Ezra Holtz couldn’t be more different. They’ve known (and avoided) each other their whole lives; she unable to stand his buttoned-up, arrogant, perfect disposition, and he unwilling to deal with her slacker, rule-breaking way of moving through the world... -
![Heart of the Sun by Mia Sheridan]()
Heart of the Sun by Mia Sheridan
For a limited time only. From mega-bestseller and TikTok sensation Mia Sheridan comes an all-new epic second-chance romance with an unexpected and gritty speculative twist, in deluxe paperback with beautiful sprayed edges and foil detail... -
![The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow]()
The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsCan a girl who risks her life for books and an Ilori who loves pop music work together to save humanity? A beautiful and thrilling debut novel for fans of Marie Lu and Veronica Roth.When a rebel librarian meets an Ilori commander...Two years ago, a misunderstanding between the leaders of Earth and the invading Ilori resulted in the death of one-third of the world's population...Categorized as:
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![Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston]()
Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Ana is a scoundrel by nurture and an outlaw by nature. Found as a child drifting through space with a sentient android called D09, Ana was saved by a fearsome space captain and the grizzled crew she now calls family. But D09—one of the last remaining illegal Metals—has been glitching, and Ana will stop at nothing to find a way to fix him...Categorized as:
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![Us Dark Few by Alexis Patton]()
Us Dark Few by Alexis Patton
Khalani is a Prisoner.Takeshi is a Guard.Both are slaves to the Underground.Khalani Kanes has never stood on the surface of the earth. In the underground city of Apollo, faith and dreams are as absent as the sun. She longed to visit Genesis, the infamous Domed City and the final place where humanity lives aboveground...Categorized as:
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![Radio Silence by Alyssa Cole]()
Radio Silence by Alyssa Cole
Arden Highmore is majorly cynical, but even she wouldn’t have predicted the end of the world–or at least the world as she knew it. One winter day, everything modern society has grown to rely on–electricity, cell phones, and, unfortunately, plumbing—stops working. Arden and her best friend, John, flee to his family’s cabin near the Canadian border... -
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Rogue Princess by B.R. Myers
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA princess fleeing an arranged marriage teams up with a snarky commoner to foil a rebel plot in B.R. Myers' Rogue Princess , a gender-swapped sci-fi YA retelling of Cinderella .Princess Delia knows her She must choose a prince to marry in order to secure an alliance and save her failing planet. Yet she secretly dreams of true love, and feels there must be a better way... -
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Rated by Melissa Grey
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSocieties thrive on order, and the Rating System is the ultimate symbol of organized social mobility. The higher it soars, the more valued you are. The lower it plummets, the harder you must work to improve yourself. For the students at the prestigious Maplethorpe Academy, every single thing they do is reflected in their ratings, updated daily and available for all to see...Categorized as:
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![The Love Hypothesis by Laura Steven]()
The Love Hypothesis by Laura Steven
Rated: 3.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAn LGBT romantic comedy with a twist from the Comedy Women in Print prize winner Laura Steven, author of The Exact Opposite of Okay. A hilarious love story with bite, for fans of Sex Education, Booksmart, Becky Albertalli's Love, Simon and Jenny Han's To All The Boys I've Loved Before.Physics genius Caro Kerber-Murphy knows she’s smart...Categorized as:
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![Pixels of You by Ananth Hirsh, Yuko Ota]()
Pixels of You by Ananth Hirsh, Yuko Ota
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA human and human-presenting AI slowly become friends—and maybe more—in this moving YA graphic novel from award-winning writers Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota, and illustrator J.R. Doyle.“A sweet, smart tale of art, bitterness, enmity, and camaraderie.”— New York Times bestselling author Cory DoctorowIn a near future, augmentation and AI changed everything and nothing...Categorized as:
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