For Readers

Science Fiction

Take a trip to the future or to the stars with this month’s science fiction display!

Light from uncommon stars by Aoki, Ryka

The windup girl by Bacigalupi, Paolo.

Octavia E. Butler : kindred, fledgling, collected stories by Butler, Octavia E.

A beginning at the end by Chen, Mike

Attack surface by Doctorow, Cory.

Dune by Herbert, Frank.

The children of men by James, P. D.

The fifth season by Jemisin, N. K.

The vanished birds by Jimenez, Simon

Otaku by Kluwe, Chris

Ancillary justice by Leckie, Ann.

Station eleven : a novel by Mandel, Emily St. John

A memory called empire by Martine, Arkady

2312 by Robinson, Kim Stanley.

The collapsing empire by Scalzi, John

One Day All This Will Be Yours by Tchaikovsky, Adrian

Project Hail Mary : a novel by Weir, Andy

Far from the light of heaven by Thompson, Tade.

Defekt by Cipri, Nino

The perishing : a novel by Deón, Natashia.

Noor by Okorafor, Nnedi

The employees : a workplace novel of the 22nd century by Ravn, Olga

The Russian-Ukraine War

The people, politics, history and culture

Everything flows by Grossman, Vasiliĭ Semenovich.

Lost kingdom : the quest for empire and the making of the Russian nation, from 1470 to the present by Plokhy, Serhii

Crimea : the Great Crimean War, 1854-1856 by Royle, Trevor.

The gates of Europe : a history of Ukraine by Plokhy, Serhii

Borderland : a journey through the history of Ukraine by Reid, Anna.

Red famine : Stalin's war on Ukraine by Applebaum, Anne

In wartime : stories from Ukraine by Judah, Tim

The Ukrainian night : an intimate history of revolution by Shore, Marci

Who lost Russia? : how the world entered a new Cold War by Conradi, Peter (Journalist)

Putin's kleptocracy : who owns Russia? by Dawisha, Karen.

Putin country : a journey into the real Russia by Garrels, Anne

Voices from Chernobyl by Aleksievich, Svetlana.

Midnight in Chernobyl : the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster by Higginbotham, Adam

War in 140 characters : how social media is reshaping conflict in the twenty-first century by Patrikarakos, David

I will die in a foreign land : a novel by Pickhart, Kalani

Mass Teen Choice Book Award

Did you know there was is a new award that will be chosen by Massachusetts teens? The Mass Teen Choice Book Award, or MTCBA, is the only award in the Bay State that invites students in grades 7-12 to select their top new books of the year! The library has copies of all the books on the list for you to read and choose your favorite. Voting opens September 1-23!

Snapdragon by Leyh, Kat

The inheritance games by Barnes, Jennifer

This poison heart by Bayron, Kalynn

Don't ask me where I'm from by De Leon, Jennifer

In the wild light by Zentner, Jeff

Punching the Air by Zoboi, Ibi

Fallout : spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown by Sheinkin, Steve

Not My Problem by Smyth, Ciara

Clap when you land by Acevedo, Elizabeth

Firekeeper's daughter by Boulley, Angeline

We Are Not Free by Chee, Traci

Flamer by Curato, Mike

Legendborn (Reprint) by Deonn, Tracy

Not So Pure and Simple by Giles, Lamar

You should see me in a crown by Johnson, Leah (Young adult author)

Nubia. Real one by McKinney, L. L.

Heartstopper. Volume 1 by Oseman, Alice

Stamped : racism, antiracism, and you by Reynolds, Jason

The girls I've been by Sharpe, Tess

Cemetery boys by Thomas, Aiden

The magic fish by Trung, Le Nguyen