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The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMurder. Secrets. Sacrifice: Three women seek the truth of the empire's past. And the truth they find has the power to ignite a war in the sequel to The Final Strife, the continuation of a visionary fantasy trilogy inspired by Africa and Arabia.Anoor is the first blue-blooded ruler of the Wardens' Empire. But when she is accused of a murder she didn't commit, her reign is thrown into turmoil... -
One Day You'll Leave Me by Debra Flores
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat would you be willing to give up for the person you love? Your life? Your memories? Everybody and everything you've ever known? Karen Stephens is an ordinary woman living an ordinary life in the year 2010. Until the day she hears something. A song, an unfamiliar one that moves her in a way she cannot understand or explain... -
The Collected Short Stories by Satyajit Ray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe best short stories of Satyajit RayBest known for his immensely popular Feluda mysteries and the adventures of Professor Shonku, Satyajit Ray was also one of the most skilful short story writers of his generation. Ray’s short stories often explore the macabre and the supernatural, and are marked by the sharp characterization and trademark wit that distinguish his films... -
If Tomorrow Doesn't Come by Jen St. Jude
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWe Are Okay meets They Both Die at the End in this YA debut about queer first love and mental health at the end of the world-and the importance of saving yourself, no matter what tomorrow may hold.Avery Byrne has secrets. She's queer; she's in love with her best friend, Cass; and she's suffering from undiagnosed clinical depression... -
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La flor y la muerte by Iria G. Parente, Selene M. Pascual
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMarte, 2628. Olympus es una gran corporación que se extiende por la galaxia y divide a la sociedad en trece Servicios basados en las funciones de los antiguos dioses olímpicos.Asha es una hades y lleva toda la vida rodeada de muerte.Ianthe es una deméter y lleva toda la vida enraizada en la soledad... -
The Calderan Problem by Joseph R. Lallo
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Calderan Problem is the fourth high-flying, swashbuckling adventure in the Free-Wrench series from Joseph R. Lallo, author of the Book of Deacon and Big Sigma series. Several months have passed since Nita’s last adventure in the fug, and though she has spent them back in her native Caldera, she has never been busier... -
Black Knight by Svetlana R. Ivanova
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAntonina Black, or just Nina, is a wise-mouthed but wounded girl. She is sent to live with her aunt in America. After leaving her homeland Russia, Nina tries to adjust to a new life with her homophobic cousins and American high school. But her life begins to take a strange new turn when an enigmatic girl shows up. Allecra Knight is a gorgeous blonde mystery... -
Radio by Sophia Elaine Hanson, Sophia Slade
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the traumatic events at the dreaded prison Red Bay, Ronja is hanging by a thread. Whispers trail her through the Belly, carrying rumors of her borderline supernatural voice. Plagued by nightmares and haunted by the memories of those she could not save, she clings to the promise that her gift will soon become the weapon of the Anthem... -
Thronebreakers by Rebecca Coffindaffer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPerfect for fans of Aurora Rising, The Hunger Games, and Three Dark Crowns, this electrifying duology closer is jam-packed with tension and thrills that will hook readers from its first page.Alyssa Farshot never wanted to rule the empire. But to honor her uncle’s dying wish, she participated in the crownchase, a race across the empire’s 1,001 planets to find the royal seal and win the throne... -
Fated by Teri Terry
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI'm just one girl. What can I do?Sam's cosy life as daughter of the Deputy Prime Minister is about to end. These are turbulent times. Borders have closed and protests are turning violent. The government blames the country's youth, and is cracking down hard. Mobile phones are blocked, gatherings are banned and dissent is brutally crushed.Sam is torn between family loyalty and doing what is right... -
Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction by Joshua Whitehead
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThis exciting and groundbreaking fiction anthology showcases a number of new and emerging 2SQ (Two-Spirit and queer Indigenous) writers from across Turtle Island. These visionary authors show how queer Indigenous communities can bloom and thrive through utopian narratives that detail the vivacity and strength of 2SQness throughout its plight in the maw of settler colonialism's histories... -
Rebel Robin by A.R. Capetta
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDiscover the backstory of the new Stranger Things fan favorite, Robin, played by Maya Hawke! The perfect read while you're waiting for Season 4 to drop on Netflix! High school is a monster, and it's eating everyone Robin knows. As sophomore year starts, Robin's Odd Squad friends have decided to try to be just like everyone else... -
Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Arc of a Scythe series continues with stories that span the timeline. Storylines continue. Origin stories are revealed. And new Scythes emerge...There are still countless tales of the Scythedom to tell. Centuries passed between the Thunderhead cradling humanity and Scythe Goddard trying to turn it upside down... -
The Worst of All Possible Worlds by Alex White
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe greatest dangers hide the brightest treasures in this bold, planet-hopping science fiction adventure series.The crew of the legendary Capricious may have gone legitimate, but they're still on the run... -
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The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIn her breathtaking debut—part space odyssey, part sapphic rom-com—Emily Hamilton tells a tale of galaxy-spanning friendship, improbable love, and found family. So, here’s the thing: Cleo and her friends really, truly didn’t mean to steal this spaceship... -
Ghosts & Ashes by F.T. Lukens
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree months have passed since the events of The Star Host, and Ren is living aboard the Star Stream under the watchful eyes of the Phoenix Corps. Plagued by vivid nightmares that ravage the ship in his sleep, he struggles to prove he isn’t a threat and fears he has traded one captor for another... -
Becoming Elektra by Christian Handel
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSie bestimmen, wer du bistWenn dein Leben eine Lüge ist ... Als die junge und schöne Elektra Hamilton bei einem Reitunfall ums Leben kommt, erhält Isabel ein unerwartetes Angebot. Sie, die Elektra wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten ist, soll deren Platz einnehmen. Sie muss lediglich für immer verschweigen, wer sie wirklich ist... -
The Barriers by Katie French
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook Five in the best-selling young adult dystopian series, The Breeders Riley hasn't seen her boyfriend Clay or her nine-year-old brother Ethan for two months. Between violent road gangs and ongoing clashes between the Breeders and the Free Colonies, are they even still alive? But Riley will never stop looking... -
Bajo el metal by Irene Morales
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJapón, 2304.Hotaro e Ichiro son dos mecatrónicos de los bajos fondos de la desértica ciudad de Tokio. Su fama de aceptar cualquier encargo, por truculento o retorcido que sea, lleva a un capo de la mafia a proponerles un nuevo y jugoso trabajo: arreglar y actualizar al último neómano del país, un androide ilegal al que planea subastar entre las altas esferas... -
The Moments by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBailey Sayers has a decision to make. That decision will impact her entire life. If she says something, she risks embarrassment and her heart. If she doesn’t say something, she may never know if Jenna Cabot feels the same way about her. In Path I, Bailey risks it all and asks Jenna out on a date on their high school graduation day... -
Promises Stronger Than Darkness by Charlie Jane Anders
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPromises Stronger Than Darkness marks the final installment of the international bestselling author Charlie Jane Anders's absolutely heart-stopping YA series, Unstoppable.They're the galaxy's most wanted—and our only hope... -
Ninguém nasce herói by Eric Novello
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNum futuro em que o Brasil é liderado por um fundamentalista religioso, o Escolhido, o simples ato de distribuir livros na rua é visto como rebeldia... -
The Block by Ben Oliver
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the second book of The Loop trilogy, Luka is trapped in a fate worse than death. But now that he knows the truth about what he and his fellow inmates are being used for, it's more important than ever that he not only escape, but that he build an army.Luka in a prisoner once again. But this time it's a fate worse than death... -
The Outrage by William Hussey
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"You know, when you live in a time of progress, it seems that progress is the only possible way. The idea that everything we'd gained, all of those hard-won rights, could be taken away from us, and that open minds could be closed again? But then the Outrage happened."Welcome to England, where the Protectorate enforces the Public Good... -
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Defying Doomsday by Tsana Dolichva, Octavia Cade
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTeens form an all-girl band in the face of an impending comet.A woman faces giant spiders to collect silk and protect her family.New friends take their radio show on the road in search of plague survivors.A man seeks love in a fading world... -
Honor Bound by Rachel Caine, Ann Aguirre
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsZara Cole was a thief back on Earth, but she’s been recently upgraded to intergalactic fugitive. On the run after a bloody battle in a covert war that she never expected to be fighting, Zara, her co-pilot Beatriz, and their Leviathan ship Nadim barely escaped the carnage with their lives. Now Zara and her crew of Honors need a safe haven, far from the creatures who want to annihilate them... -
Star Wars: The High Republic: Path of Vengeance (Star Wars: The High Republic by Cavan Scott
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe thrilling conclusion to Quest of the Jedi storytelling from the #1 New York Times best-selling High Republic initiative! An enthralling and relentlessly paced young adult adventure set in the world of the High Republic, 150 years before stories of Phase Light of the Jedi... -
Midnight Horizon by Daniel José Older
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is an Alternate Edition of Book ISBN: 9781368060677Two hundred years before the events of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, in the era of the glorious High Republic, the Jedi are the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy! Another exciting young adult adventure featuring Jedi and Jedi Padawans as they fight the nefarious villains known as the Nihil!The New York Times bestselling series...Categorized as:
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Max and the Multiverse by Zachry Wheeler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings* Gold Medal Winner - Global Ebook AwardsIt's spring break and Max is stuck at home all by himself. Just the way he likes it. He games online, feasts on junk, and wonders why his cat can suddenly talk.Thanks to a bizarre mishap, Max has started shifting between parallel universes whenever he falls asleep. A curious affliction, and one that steadily erodes his sanity... -
Dreaming Metal by Melissa Scott
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsScott returns to the world of her earlier novel, Dreamships, and, as in several of her novels, takes up the theme of artificial intelligence. Persephone is a planet racked by class struggle and economic and political upheaval... -
A&B by J.C. Lillis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEighteen-year-old Barrie Krumholtz is a super-tall optimist hell-bent on a single goal: securing a slot on Pop University, a reality show for singer-songwriters helmed by her #1 musical idol. When she humiliates herself on national TV and loses a spot in the finals to smug balladeer Ava Alvarez, the door to Barrie’s well-hidden dark side swings open... -
Magda und Ben by Thomas Thiemeyer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDer Kampf der Geschlechter steuert seinem Höhepunkt entgegen. Als die Frauenarmee immer tiefer ins Herz der Männerstadt vorrückt, treffen ein alter Mann und eine alte Frau aufeinander - und machen eine unglaubliche Entdeckung: Magda, die oberste Heilerin, und Benedikt, der Prior der Abtei, waren vor fünfundsechzig Jahren ein junges Paar, das durch den Virus auseinandergerissen wurde... -
Valhalla by Ari Bach
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Harmony Ink Press Young Adult Title Violet MacRae is one of the aimless millions crowding northern Scotland. In the year 2330, where war is obsolete and only brilliant minds are valued, she emerges into adulthood with more brawn than brains and a propensity for violence. People dismiss her as a relic, but world peace is more fragile than they know... -
Playing With Fire by Sherry D. Ficklin
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne brilliant young hacker.One experimental government aircraft.One chance to keep it all from going up in flames.Still recovering from her troubled past, Farris is no stranger to change. But when the military transfers her father across the country to an experimental aircraft squadron, settling in to a new life is the least of her problems... -
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Somos astronautas by Clara Cortés
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCuatro amigos, un verano lleno de preguntas y la inmensidad del futuro por delante.Cuatro amigos viven en un pueblo de Florida y están a punto de acabar el último año de instituto. Se sienten perdidos y aplazan una y otra vez el momento de plantearse qué quieren hacer con sus vidas... -
Little Birds: A collection of short stories by Hannah Lee Kidder
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis best-selling debut of short stories is a collection of glimpses into some of the darkest corners of our lives–the lies we tell ourselves, the ways we hurt others, the painful truths we pretend to face. Each story is a raw, unflinchingly human experience... -
Natural Selection by Malinda Lo
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI was born on Earth, not Kurra. I'm not human,even though I try to be. My people, the Imria, think I'm a little unusual because of that. They call me an Earthsider: as if I've crossed a line, chosen a side. Gone native. Before she met her girlfriend Reese, before she knew the role she would play in the fate of two worlds, Amber was a fifteen-year-old Imrian torn between two identities... -
The Rule of All by Ashley Saunders, Leslie Saunders
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs America’s twenty-first-century revolution reaches its endgame, twin sisters must outrun, and outlive, the Common enemy.Outlaw twin sisters Ava and Mira Goodwin were born to defy Texas’s tyrannical and oppressive Governor Roth. They inspired millions across the country to liberate themselves and fight to live free under the new Common rule... -
Revolution by Jenna Black
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNadia Lake and Nate Hayes find themselves at the center of a horrifying conspiracy in this conclusion to the series that began with Replica.At the conclusion of Resistance, Nadia Lake and the Replica of her best friend, Nate Hayes, found themselves at the center of a horrifying conspiracy... -
Nokkosvallankumous by Siiri Enoranta
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDharan on aina ollut se jonka harteille kaikki lankeaa, se joka johdattaa maailman vallankumoukseen, se joka korjaa kaiken ja se jonka vuoksi kaikki tuhoutuu. Vayu ei ole koskaan ollut kukaan. He kohtaavat todellisuudessa, jossa aurinko ei ole paistanut enää vuosiin, sivistyksen tukirakenteet ovat murtuneet, ja resuiset Nokkoslapset kytevät kapinaansa vallatussa huvipuistossa... -
What We Pretend to Be by Shaun David Hutchinson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo set the stage: in We are the Ants, Henry Denton has spent years being periodically abducted by aliens. Then the aliens give him an ultimatum: The world will end in 144 days, and all Henry has to do to stop it is push a big red button... -
Waiting for You Online by Xi He Qing Ling, 羲和清零
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAt the age of 15, He Jin found himself a “husband” in an online game, their love was filled with loving affection and sweetness. However, because his study was being interfered with, his parent cut off the internet, he didn’t even have a chance to say goodbye and had to disappear from the game... -
Cuando vimos la luz by Alba N.F. (Kalisdice)
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDos mundos opuestos la Superficie y el Subterráneo, la luz y la oscuridad, y un amor prohibido que lo cambiará todo. La primera novela de la ilustradora nacionalKalisdice.Dos mundos. Un amor imposible. Y una decisión que lo cambiará todo.Desde que Leónidas nació, la única vida que ha conocido ha sido bajo la autoridad de Exced... -
Antihéroes by Iria G. Parente, Selene M. Pascual
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMe llamo Yeray Ayala y tengo un secreto. Este libro que tienes entre las manos contiene mi historia, la de otros inadaptados y la clave que nos une a todos: tenemos poderes. Sí, lo sé, vas a pensarte que esto es ficción. Todo el mundo hace los mismo, porque sois unos aburridos que habéis dejado de creer en la magia... -
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The Machines of Bellatrix by Cary Caffrey
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAlcyone is gone. The Independent stronghold on Scorpii is destroyed. Sigrid and her sisters have fled the Federation to make a new home on the remote world of Medea. But with a price on her head the size of a planet, and pursued across the galaxy by the Council for Trade and Finance, Sigrid knows she and her sisters are not safe... -
Cartas desde el desierto by Manu Carbajo
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEn un futuro no muy lejano, La Mili vuelve a ser obligatoria para todos los jóvenes que cumplan dieciséis años. Hacerla implica muchas cosas, pero hay una a la que todos temen: El Desierto. El peor sitio al que te pueden mandar es un lugar tan árido y aislado que nadie sabe decir con exactitud dónde está... -
What We Did While You Were Gone by Rory Power
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat We Did While You Were Gone is a 26-page short story featuring Hetty, Reese, and Byatt from Wilder Girls and set early in their friendship, prior to the events of the book... -
Feeder by Patrick Weekes
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLori Fisher hunts monsters. Not with a sword or a gun, but with an interdimensional creature called Handler. Together they take down “feeders”—aliens who prey on mankind. When Lori touches a feeder, Handler’s impossibly large jaws appear and drag the beast into another dimension... -
Dissension by Stacey Berg
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor four hundred years, the Church has led the remnants of humanity as they struggle for survival in the last inhabited city. Echo Hunter 367 is exactly what the Church created her to be: loyal, obedient, lethal. A clone who shouldn’t care about anything but her duty. Who shouldn’t be able to... -
The Chosen Twelve by James Breakwell
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Hunger Games meets Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy in this breathless survival thriller.Lord of the Flies meets Philip K Dick. There are 22 candidates. There are 12 seats.The last interstellar colony ship is down to its final batch of humans after the robots in charge unhelpfully deleted the rest...
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