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• Chain-gang All-stars

  Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame,

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  Fiction. An acerbic, poignant, and, at times, alarmingly pertinent dystopian novel ravages two malign institutions: one involving privately owned prisons, the other feeding America’s addiction to violent sports. Imagine The Hunger Games refashioned…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Unworthy

  a Novel

  Bazterrica, Agustina María, 1974-

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  Fiction. This heartrending postapocalyptic tale from Bazterrica (Tender Is the Flesh) examines religious devotion and the search for tenderness in a world torn apart by climate collapse. Calling to mind Cormac McCarthy and Chelsea G. Summers, this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Bookstore on Earth

  Braun-Arnold, Lily,

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  Teen Fiction. After acid rain ravages civilization and kills her parents and twin sister, 17-year-old Liz Flannery shelters in the only place that feels safe: the bookstore where she used to work, and where she now trades books with fellow…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All the Water in the World

  a Novel

  Caffall, Eiren,

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   Fiction. A young girl documents her escape from a flooded and now uninhabitable New York City. Gripping, beautifully descriptive, and likely to stay with you. (Kirkus Review)

• The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

  Clark, P. Djèlí,

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  Fiction. An undead assassin seeks to get out of an impossible contract. Well crafted, exciting, darkly comic, and just gory enough. (Kirkus Review)

• Parable of the Sower

  Duffy, Damian,

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  Fiction GN. In a postapocalyptic CA, teenager Lauren leaves what's left of her family to trek north, away from the chaos and death toward a hopefully safer place to live. Adapted from Butler's searing dystopian novel in blocky art with colors of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Called Them Giants

  Gillen, Kieron,

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  Fiction GN. Wondrous visitors encounter a desperate pocket of humanity. The quick-moving plot wraps everything up neatly. Lush visuals bring this thoughtfully constructed tale to life. (Kirkus Review)

• Yours for the Taking

  a Novel

  Korn, Gabrielle, 1989-

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  Fiction. A feminist multibillionaire’s solution to a climate change–induced housing crisis comes with a dark underbelly in this debut novel. (Kirkus Review)

• The Dream Hotel

  a Novel

  Lalami, Laila, 1968-

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  Fiction. A woman is detained under an American regime where even dreams are being surveilled. An engrossing and troubling dystopian tale. (Kirkus Review)

• How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnameable Disaster

  Leung, Muriel,

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  Fiction. Inhabitants of a New York City tenement band together to brave the “after-after.” Surreal imagery combines with poetic prose to illustrate what life and love look like when crisis becomes commonplace and everyone is grieving—even the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Prophet Song

  Lynch, Paul, 1977-

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  Fiction. As Ireland devolves into a brutal police state, one woman tries to preserve her family in this stark fable. Captivating, frightening, and a singular achievement. (Kirkus Review)

• The Butcher of the Forest

  Mohamed, Premee,

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  Fiction. Legend has it that an otherworldly realm full of mysterious humanoid creatures exists deep within Elmever forest , but no one who’s gone into the woods has ever returned to confirm or deny these rumors—save for Veris Thorn.... Readers will…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Vanishing World

  a Novel

  Murata, Sayaka, 1979-

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  Fiction. In an alternate Japan where sex between married couples is taboo and procreation relies on artificial insemination, Amane wrestles with her unconventional desires and joins her husband in a utopian Experiment City, where communal parenting…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Goliath

  Onyebuchi, Tochi,

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  Fiction. In the 2050s, those with the means are leaving the big U.S. cities for colonial outposts in space, and the infrastructure left behind is sinking groundward as materials are pilfered for transport to the colonies. For anyone who remains,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Snowglobe

  Pak, So-yŏng, 1989-

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  Teen Fiction. The world has frozen over—or nearly enough, with daily temperatures reaching minus 50 degrees and worse—and the have-nots are forced to work in power plants to feed the Snowglobe, the only place left on Earth with a temperate climate.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Starless Crown

  Rollins, James, 1961-

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  Fiction. Best-selling thriller author Rollins (Sandstorm) explores his science and zoology interests in this new genre series set on a planet that does not rotate and is plagued by extreme heat and ice. An interesting blend of science and magic,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

  Samatar, Sofia,

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  Fiction. The hidden brutality of academe and the ruthless corporate pursuit of profit have combined into a big ball of wrong in this human fleet of space leeches. But it's a wrong that no one wants to examine too closely, lest they be condemned to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• HappyHead

  Silver, Josh, 1989-

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  Teen Fiction. Being selected for the HappyHead Project seems like the best way forward for struggling teen Sebastian Seaton. Almost immediately, though, something seems off about the place—and things just get weirder from there. Silver’s debut…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gliff

  a Novel

  Smith, Ali, 1962-

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  Fiction. Two siblings find ways to get by on their own in a challenging near-future world. A dark vision brightened by the engaging craft of an inventive writer. (Kirkus Review)

• Camp Zero

  a Novel

  Sterling, Michelle Min, 1982-

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  Fiction. A young Korean American woman must forge her own path and protect her mother in an uncertain future. A love letter to what communities of women can accomplish when they work in concert. (Kirkus Review)