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• Binti

  Okorafor, Nnedi,

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  Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Interstellar Megachef

  Lakshminarayan, Lavanya,

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  Stepping off a long-haul star freighter from Earth, Saras Kaveri has one bag of clothes, her little flying robot Kili... and an invitation to compete in the galaxy's most watched, most prestigious cooking show. Interstellar MegaChef is the showcase…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

  Chambers, Becky,

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  Rosemary Harper doesn't expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers a bed, a chance to explore the galaxy, and some distance from her past. The crew is diverse: Sissix, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Navigational Entanglements

  Bodard, Aliette de,

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  Jockeying navigator clans guide spaceships through the Hollows: an area of space populated by the mysterious but deadly creatures known as Tanglers. When a Tangler escapes the Hollows for the first time in living memory, each clan must send a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ocean's Echo

  Maxwell, Everina,

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  Rich socialite, inveterate flirt, and walking disaster Tennalhin Halkana can read minds. Tennal, like all neuromodified "readers," is a security threat on his own, but when controlled, readers are a rare asset. Not only can they read minds, but they…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ocean's Godori

  Cho, Elaine U.,

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  Ocean Yoon has never felt very Korean, even if she is descended from a long line of haenyeo, Jeju Island's beloved female divers. She doesn't like soju, constantly misses cultural references, and despite her love of the game, people still say that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Project Hail Mary

  Weir, Andy,

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  The sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission to save both humanity and the earth, Ryland Grace is hurtled into the depths of space when he must conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.

• Radiance

  Valente, Catherynne M., 1979-

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  Severin Unck's father is a famous director of Gothic romances in an alternate 1986 in which talking movies are still a daring innovation due to the patent-hoarding Edison family. Rebelling against her father's films of passion, intrigue, and spirits…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Red Rising

  Brown, Pierce, 1988-

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  Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he spends his life…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Some Desperate Glory

  Tesh, Emily,

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  Kyr is one of the best warriors of her generation, the sword of a dead planet. When Command assigns her brother to certain death and relegates her to Nursery to bear sons until she dies trying, she knows she must take humanity's revenge into her own…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Stars Too Fondly

  Hamilton, Emily (Science fiction author),

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  When they accidentally steal a spaceship, Cleo and her friends are soon en route to Proxima Centauri, and as they go deeper into space, the laws of physics start twisting, old mysteries come back to life and Cleo's battle with the hologram of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sweep of Stars

  Broaddus, Maurice,

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  The Muungano empire strived and struggled to form a utopia when they split away from old earth. Freeing themselves from the endless wars and oppression of their home planet in order to shape their own futures and create a far-reaching coalition of…Read moreRead more of this annotation