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VPL - Books Just For You - Fiction including Fantasy, and Science Fiction

For a reader who has enjoyed the Broken Earth series by N.K. Jemisin, His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman, and Babel, by R.F. Kuang.

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  • In this new science fiction offering, the founder of a desert utopia finds out that she is the reincarnation of a man whose actions are reprehensible to the community's members.
    Book, 2023Hamilton, Ontario : Stelliform Press, [2023] — FIC SF
  • In this indigenous dystopian novel, an apocalyptic event results in a high percentage of birth mutations, and all pregnant women are corralled into government-run birthing centers.
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017] — FIC
  • Susanna Clarke offers an alternative version of England during the Regency period in this hefty, ironic, and witty tome, with a fantastical bent. For fans of "Babel".
    Book, 2004London : Bloomsbury, 2004. — FIC FAN
  • For fans of Babel. A troubled young woman who discovers that she can see ghosts becomes attached to a secretive and powerful society based at Yale University and tasked with overseeing the activities of the eight other secret societies on campus.
    Book, 2019New York : Flatiron Books, [2019] — FIC
  • A work of dystopian fiction in which the US government enacts legislation opposing foreign cultural influence, and begins to seize custody of children whose parents are “un-American”. Bird’s father instructs his son, who is a bi-racial Asian, to…
    Book, 2022[Toronto] : Viking, 2022. — FIC
  • Winner of the 2019 Arthur C. Clarke Award. "In addition to providing a gritty and intricately plotted science fiction mystery, Thompson’s opening of the Wormwood Trilogy considers what it means to be human." — Booklist. For fans of Broken Earth…
    Book, 2016Lexington, KY : Apex Publications, 2016. — FIC SF
  • Though a YA book, this 1st in the Old Kingdom series will appeal to fans of His Dark Materials. It is a coming of age fantasy as Sabriel, a necromancer, must save her father who is trapped in death.
    Book, 1995New York : HarperCollins, c1995. — YA FIC
  • This mythological fantasy features Achilles and Patroclus's bond of love and loyalty being tested on the battlefield during the Trojan War.
    Book, 2012New York : Ecco, c2012. — FIC
  • "This exciting post-apocalyptic debut, with its heady combination of smartly drawn characters, Wild West feel, and twisty plot, is a must-read for fantasy enthusiasts." - Library Journal. Winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel. Book 1 in…
    Book, 2018New York, New York : Saga Press, [2018] — FIC
  • In this book of alternate history and fantasy, Cora runs away from the plantation where she is a slave and makes her way to the Underground Railroad, which is a secret network of tunnels and trains under the earth.
    Book, 2016New York : Doubleday, [2016] — FIC
  • In this alternate history, the Third Reich and Imperial Japan won World War II. Endowed with superhuman abilities after enduring medical experimentation by Nazi doctors, 17-year-old Ya-el is determined to win the Axis Tour, a motorcycle race across…
    Book, 2015New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group, 2015. — YA FIC
  • Contains 3 novels from a great science fiction writer. These classic works of science fiction are recommended for fans of Broken Earth series.
    Book, 2022New York : A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2022. — FIC SF