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Obsidio by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao...Categorized as:
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Gemina by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
A New York Times Bestseller. Brace 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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![The Winner's Kiss by Marie Rutkoski]()
The Winner's Kiss by Marie Rutkoski
Some kisses come at a price. War has begun. Arin is in the thick of it with untrustworthy new allies and the empire as his enemy. Though he has convinced himself that he no longer loves Kestrel, Arin hasn’t forgotten her, or how she became exactly the kind of person he has always despised... -
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Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 4 by Kiiro Yumi, Hiro Arikawa
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIn the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable... -
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Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 3 by Kiiro Yumi
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves--the Library Forces! Iku is witness to a disturbance during a Board of Education speech on protecting children from the danger of books... -
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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... -
![The Girl Who Dared to Think by Bella Forrest]()
The Girl Who Dared to Think by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 19 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...Categorized as:
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The Gender Plan by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 27 ratings"I just had to believe we'd dealt a death blow of our own. That today would be the beginning of the end. .. ". Ready for the explosive PENULTIMATE BOOK in The Gender Game series? (As we move toward the grand finale in Book 7: The Gender End). Pre-order now! -
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Insignia by S.J. Kincaid
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsThe earth is in the middle of WWIII in Insignia , the first entry in S. J. Kincaid's fast-paced sci-fi adventure trilogy perfect for fans of Ender's Game . The planet's natural resources are almost gone, and war is being fought to control the assets of the solar system. The enemy is winning. The salvation may be Tom Raines. Tom doesn't seem like a hero... -
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The Gender Lie by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 36 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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![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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Morrighan by Mary E. Pearson
A richly illustrated and romantic origin story of Mary E. Pearson's Remnant universe, the world of the BookTok sensations Dance of Thieves and Vow of Thieves and the New York Times-bestselling Remnant Chronicles...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 Gender Secret by Bella Forrest
The 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 Saints by Lex Thomas
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA cross between the Gone series and Lord of the Flies, Quarantine #2: The Saints contunues this frenetically paced and scary young adult series that illustrates just how deadly high school can be. Nothing was worse than being locked in—until they opened the door. .. McKinley High has been a battle ground for eighteen months since a virus outbreak led to a military quarantine of the school... -
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Sky on Fire by Emmy Laybourne
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsTrapped in a superstore by a series of escalating disasters, including a monster hailstorm and terrifying chemical weapons spill, brothers Dean and Alex learned how to survive and worked together with twelve other kids to build a refuge from the chaos. But then strangers appeared, destroying their fragile peace, and bringing both fresh disaster and a glimmer of hope...Categorized as:
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![The Returning by Rachelle Dekker]()
The Returning by Rachelle Dekker
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsTwenty years have passed since Carrington and Remko Brant's baby, Elise, was kidnapped and they were forced to leave her captive in the Authority City. Though they fled with the Seers far from Authority reach, they've never given up hope of rescuing their daughter from the man who betrayed them...Categorized as:
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Division 5 by Krista Street
With freedom, comes choice. Dr. Meghan Forester’s dream has finally come true. A vaccine for the deadly Makanza virus is spreading throughout the world. Borders are open. The Kazzies are free. But just when happiness and hope are infiltrating society, Meghan’s world comes tumbling down. Davin’s first love reappears. The Kazzies are incessantly harassed. A young girl falls gravely ill...Categorized as:
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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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Flame by Amy Kathleen Ryan
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIn the thrilling conclusion to the Sky Chasers series Waverly, Kieran, and Seth struggle to survive on-board the New Horizon—and take down their enemies before it's too late. Waverly and the other members of the Empyrean have scattered, and their home ship has been destroyed... -
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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...Categorized as:
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![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...Categorized as:
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Sowing by Angie Grigaliunas
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 7 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...Categorized as:
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The Program by Suzanne Young
In Sloane’s world, true feelings are forbidden, teen suicide is an epidemic, and the only solution is The Program. Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone. With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only proven course of treatment. Sloane’s parents have already lost one child; Sloane knows they’ll do anything to keep her alive... -
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![Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau]()
Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 57 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... -
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In a Handful of Dust by Mindy McGinnis
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe only thing bigger than the world is fear. Lucy’s life by the pond has always been full. She has water and friends, laughter and the love of her adoptive mother, Lynn, who has made sure that Lucy’s childhood was very different from her own. Yet it seems Lucy’s future is settled already—a house, a man, children, and a water source—and anything beyond their life by the pond is beyond reach...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...Categorized as:
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Rebel Born by Amy A. Bartol
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 27 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...Categorized as:
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Irrelevant by Sarah Addison-Fox
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 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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Free to Fall by Lauren Miller
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 35 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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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. After more than a year on the run, with clues to her parents’ whereabouts within her grasp, she may finally find a place to settle down...Categorized as:
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![Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis]()
Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsRegret was for people with nothing to defend, people who had no water. Lynn knows every threat to her pond: drought, a snowless winter, coyotes, and, most importantly, people looking for a drink. She makes sure anyone who comes near the pond leaves thirsty, or doesn't leave at all. Confident in her own abilities, Lynn has no use for the world beyond the nearby fields and forest...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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Willful Machines by Tim Floreen
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn the near future, scientists create what may be a new form of life: an artificial human named Charlotte. All goes well until Charlotte escapes, transfers her consciousness to the Internet, and begins terrorizing the American public. Charlotte's attacks have everyone on high alert—everyone except Lee Fisher, the closeted son of the US president... -
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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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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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The Defiant by Lisa M. Stasse
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this gripping conclusion to The Forsaken Trilogy, Alenna’s loyalties are put the ultimate test—and it’s one of life and death. Alenna Shawcross and the others who escaped the wheel are working toward an all-out assault on the United Northern Alliance. The plan is to dismantle it from the inside—and Alenna is one of the few people who can access the organization’s inner sanctum...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... -
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The Leveller by Julia Durango
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 28 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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![The Vault of Dreamers by Caragh M. O'Brien]()
The Vault of Dreamers by Caragh M. O'Brien
Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars · 31 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
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...Categorized as:
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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... -
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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. ” - Donny Meader...Categorized as:
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Argonauts by Kevin Kneupper
Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSome called her a sorceress, though what she did was science. Medea was a genomancer, a programmer of human genetic code. She could extend someone’s life, turn an ugly duckling into a startling beauty, and cure the most stubborn of diseases. She’d have spent her life helping those who needed it, if only she could have. But the Argo Corporation didn’t pay her to help people...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: 3.75 of 5 stars · 44 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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Talker 25 by Joshua McCune
Rated: 3.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDebut author Joshua McCune's gritty and heart-pounding novel is a masterful reimagining of popular dragon fantasy lore, set in a militant future reminiscent of Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker and Ann Aguirre's Outpost...Categorized as:
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