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Science Fiction and Fantasy

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by David Mitchell
Staff Pick
While it was hard to narrow down my list to just five "best of" picks, I didn't have to think twice about what would be my favorite book of the year. In Cloud Atlas Mitchell again uses the format of connecting short stories with recurring motifs into a... (read more)

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky
Staff Pick
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Staff Pick
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Ready Player One
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CivilWarLand in Bad Decline: Stories and a Novella
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Staff Pick
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Redshirts
by John Scalzi
Staff Pick
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The Alchemist (Insight)
by Paulo Coelho
Staff Pick
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by Yann Martel
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The Age of Miracles
by Karen Thompson Walker
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As if facing the everyday insecurities and turmoil of adolescence isn't enough, 11-year-old Julia lives within the reality of a post-apocalyptic situation as the earth's rotation begins slowing by measurable degrees each day. Relationships, personal and... (read more)

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Watership Down
by Richard Adams
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by Stephenie Meyer
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Moving to a small, dreary town is enough to cause angst in any teen, but for Isabella Swan, angst is only the beginning. Soon she's falling in love with Edward, the quintessential dark, handsome guy, who just happens to be a vampire. This is the perfect... (read more)

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Fahrenheit 451: The Temperature at Which Book Paper Catches Fire, and Burns
by Ray Bradbury
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Fahrenheit 451 is probably one of the most important books ever written. If the world of this novel comes to pass, I will be this book. (You'll have to read it to see what I mean.)... (read more)

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Cold Days: A Novel of the Dresden Files (Dresden Files)
by Jim Butcher
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And I thought it was bad when Harry was dead...... (read more)

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