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• How High We Go in the Dark

  a Novel

  Nagamatsu, Sequoia,

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  A deeply emotional read. This book pulls at your heartstrings and is not usually the kind of emotional rollercoaster one would expect when jumping into the futurism of Science Fiction. Although not in a faroff future, How High We Go in the Dark…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sleepless

  Manibo, Victor,

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  Never judge a book by it's cover... except with this book it was the cover that made me pull it off the shelf in the first place. It was totally unknown to me and I'm glad I got pulled in with the neon hot pink and yellow! A brand new release from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Klara and the Sun

  Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-

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  By celebrated Author Kazuo Ishiguro, this book has been shortlisted for many awards and is considered a fantastic Sci-fi read that is original, thought provoking, and relevant to our modern age. The story centers on the protagonist, Klara, an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Project Hail Mary

  a Novel

  Weir, Andy,

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  Set in the near future, it centers on junior high (middle) school-teacher-turned-astronaut Ryland Grace, who wakes up from a coma afflicted with amnesia. He gradually remembers that he was sent to the Tau Ceti solar system, 12 light-years from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Constance

  FitzSimmons, Matthew

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  A book about cloning and what happens in a world when this scientific achievement is not only done successfully, but so regularly it almost becomes nonchalant... it offers many questions and forces you the reader to come to several assumptions on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Iron Widow

  Zhao, Xiran Jay,

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  A Canadian entry into our modern science fiction list - Iron Widow is a fantastical retelling of historical Chinese lore about Chinese Empress Wu Zeitan. Incredibly accessible, and such an interesting premise that it was hard to put down. You'll…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Vanished Birds

  Jimenez, Simon, 1989-

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  A space opera of space operas! This is the kind of book I want when I sit down and think of what Science Fiction (with a focus on space) means to me. I loved this book and personally it was one of my "deep cut" favourites of the bunch. It has as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The City We Became : a Novel

  Jemisin, N. K.

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  This book draws on the pedigree of author N.K Jemisin (four times HUGO award winner) and delivers an instant classic. Something that readers 50 years from now will cite as fluently as we do with 1984. - - - In Manhattan, a young grad student gets…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Martian

  a Novel

  Weir, Andy

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  A tale about the indomitability of the human spirit to survive beyond all odds. This novel might be set on mars, but the feeling I got reading it was that it could apply to almost anywhere here on earth (or anywhere else in the universe). It's a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Station Eleven

  a Novel

  Mandel, Emily St. John, 1979-

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  One of the hidden gems that I stumbled across while researching this list. It is incredible how despite living through the COVID 19 pandemic, literature based in this landscape helps us make sense of the world we're now in. Such a neat tale of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Leviathan Wakes

  Corey, James S. A.

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  Better known as the first book in "The Expanse" (made into a hit television show) this book series gives a realistic look at what our fledgling space exploration might be in a future not so far away. It's an incredibly easy read that balances…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Road

  McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-2023

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  An interesting read and one of the "oldest" modern Sci Fi smashes on this list. The book details the grueling journey of a father and his young son over a period of several months across a landscape blasted by an unspecified cataclysm that has…Read moreRead more of this annotation