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This Month’s Best New Science Fiction
 
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Book cover for Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins
Fans of Emily St. John Mandel and This Is How You Lose the Time War, don’t miss this!
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • An AI mother mourns her human daughter — and generations intertwine
  • “Original and thoughtful… This is highly recommended” (Locus)
  • Plays with genre and form to create a rich portrait of the human experience
  • Told entirely through obituaries and newspaper clippings
FEATURED IN:
Locus, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, The Boston Globe, Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Booklist
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Book cover for Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer
An ‘unforgettable’ new release (Time) from the author of Annihilation
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • “Simultaneously unlike anything else VanderMeer has done and also perfectly in line with the works that came before it” (Literary Hub)
  • Named one of 2024’s most anticipated books by The New York Times, Time, The Washington Post, and more
  • Explore forays into the terrifying unknown that predate the events of the Southern Reach trilogy
FEATURED IN:
Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Locus, The Washington Post, Wired, Scientific American, Esquire, Bustle, Vulture, Parade, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, New York Post, Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, The Millions, Literary Hub
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Book cover for How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnameable Disaster by Muriel Leung
The eclectic tenants of one NYC building navigate a city decimated by acid rain
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Residents include a romantic radio host and the ghost of a cockroach
  • This postapocalyptic novel is “mesmerizing” and “wildly original” (Publishers Weekly)
  • “Each boldly drawn point-of-view character adds a new layer to the story and texture to the world” (Kirkus Reviews)
FEATURED IN:
People, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for An Earthquake Is a Shaking of the Surface of the Earth by Anna Moschovakis
As seismic shifts disrupt society, one woman traverses the abandoned streets…
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • A poetic, thought-provoking dystopian that echoes our own reality
  • Penned by an International Booker Prize winner and named a highly anticipated fall read by the Los Angeles Times
  • “Terribly intelligent… Unsettling and insightful” (Locus)
FEATURED IN:
Locus, Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist
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Book cover for The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024 by Collected Authors
The best of the best in speculative short fiction, selected by Wool author Hugh Howey
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Expect stories by Rebecca Roanhorse, James S. A. Corey, Ann Leckie, and other heavy hitters
  • Full of mind-bending and entertaining premises, from sentient spaceships to supernatural hit men
  • Essential to any science fiction collection
  • “A fitting choice for right when the days start to become shorter” (Literary Hub)
FEATURED IN:
Locus, Reactor, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Nether Station by Kevin J. Anderson
Something terrible lurks deep in a wormhole, and humanity is about to unleash it
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • One spaceship’s crew hunts for answers in the remnants of an alien civilization
  • “A fun, pulpy mix of science fiction and cosmic horror that clearly admires, and pays homage to, H. P. Lovecraft” (The New York Times)
  • Penned by a New York Times bestselling author
FEATURED IN:
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Locus, Reactor, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for The Swarm by Andy Marino
Deadly swarms of cicadas push humanity to the brink of extinction
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Love The X-Files? Try this
  • A “sprawling apocalyptic epic” (Publishers Weekly) like nothing you’ve read before
  • “A high-stakes, action-packed, and compelling band-of-survivors tale” (Library Journal)
FEATURED IN:
Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist, BookPage, Literary Hub
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Book cover for And the Mighty Will Fall by K. B. Wagers
Die Hard meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • What’s meant to be a peaceful intergalactic government deal goes horribly wrong
  • Four humans are the only defense against all-out war
  • “Filled with snappy dialogue and vivid world-building” (Library Journal starred review)
FEATURED IN:
Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for Revenant-X by David Wellington
Deep in space, a human colony lies deserted… or is it?
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Stranded on a remote planet, can the eclectic Artemis crew survive the deadly threats that await?
  • From an author who “combines hard sci-fi world-building with tense mystery” (Publishers Weekly)
  • Haunting science fiction that will keep you turning the pages
FEATURED IN:
New Scientist, Library Journal
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Book cover for Asylum by Una McCormack