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• The Lord of the Rings

  Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973

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  "Presents the epic depicting the Great War of the Ring, a struggle between good and evil in Middle-earth, following the odyssey of Frodo the hobbit and his companions on a quest to destroy the Ring of Power."

• Jurassic Park

  a Novel

  Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008,

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  "On a remote jungle island, genetic engineers have created a dinosaur game park. But as always there is a dark side to the fantasy and after a catastrophe destroys the park's defense systems, the scientists and tourists are left fighting for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Book of Disappearance

  a Novel

  ʻĀzim, Ibtisām, 1974-

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  "What if all the Palestinians in Israel simply disappeared one day? What would happen next? How would Israelis react? These unsettling questions are posed in Azem's powerfully imaginative novel. Set in contemporary Tel Aviv forty eight hours after…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fifth Season

  Jemisin, N. K.

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  "A season of endings has begun. It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter. It starts with betrayal, and long…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Foundation

  Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992

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  "For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future--to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Three-body Problem

  Liu, Cixin

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  "Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Memory Police

  Ogawa, Yōko, 1962-

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  ""On an unnamed island off an unnamed coast, things are disappearing. First, animals and flowers. Then objects--ribbons, bells, photographs. Then, body parts. Most of the island's inhabitants fail to notice these changes, while those few imbued with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Under the Eye of the Big Bird

  a Novel

  Kawakami, Hiromi, 1958-

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  "In the distant future, humans are on the verge of extinction and have settled in small tribes across the planet under the observation and care of "Mothers." Some children are made in factories, from cells of rabbits and dolphins; some live by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Time Shelter

  a Novel

  Gospodinov, Georgi, 1968-

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  "In an apricot-colored building in Zurich, surrounded by curiously planted forget-me-nots, Gaustine has opened the first "clinic for the past," an institution that offers an inspired treatment for Alzheimer's sufferers: each floor reproduces a past…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The New Wilderness

  Cook, Diane

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  "Bea's five-year-old daughter, Agnes, is dying, by the smog and pollution of the city that they call home. There is only one alternative: the Wilderness State, the last piece of untouched, protected land, where people have been forbidden. Bea,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• On the Calculation of Volume. I

  Balle, Solvej, 1962-

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  "Tara Selter...has involuntarily stepped off the train of time: in her world, November 18th repeats itself endlessly. We meet Tara on her 122nd November 18th: she no longer experiences the changes of days, weeks, months, or seasons. She finds…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bewilderment

  a Novel

  Powers, Richard, 1957-

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  "A widowed astrobiologist and single father, Theo searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Solenoid

  Cărtărescu, Mircea,

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  "From Mircea Cărtărescu, author of Blinding: an existence (and eventually a cosmos) created by forking paths. Based on Cărtărescu's own experience as a high school teacher, Solenoid begins with the mundane details of a diarist's life and quickly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Underground Railroad

  a Novel

  Whitehead, Colson, 1969-

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  "Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bone Clocks

  a Novel

  Mitchell, David (David Stephen)

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  "Following a scalding row with her mother, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old life. But Holly is no typical teenage runaway: A sensitive child once contacted by voices she knew only as "the radio people," Holly is a lightning rod…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Prophet Song

  Lynch, Paul, 1977-

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  "On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police on her step. They have arrived to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland…Read moreRead more of this annotation