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Series
Expanse volume 1
Language
English
Description
When Captain Jim Holden's ice miner stumbles across a derelict, abandoned ship, he uncovers a secret that threatens to throw the entire system into war. Attacked by a stealth ship belonging to the Mars fleet, Holden must find a way to uncover the motives behind the attack, stop a war and find the truth behind a vast conspiracy that threatens the entire human race.
Author
Series
Wayfarers (Becky Chambers) volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Joining the crew of the aging Wayfarer, loner Rosemary Harper must unexpectedly risk her life when they are offered the job of a lifetime, teaching her lessons about love and trust, and that having a family isn't the worst thing in the universe.
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 7
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Murderbot doesn’t run within normal operational parameters, ART’s crew and the humans from Preservation must protect an entire colony of humans until Murderbot figures out how to fix itself—and fast.
4) Illuminae
Author
Series
Illuminae files volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Caught in the crossfire of a megacorporation rivalry in 2575, Kady and Ezra, who have just broken up, flee their home planet on an evacuation ship that is quickly overwhelmed by a fast-spreading plague.
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Language
English
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Description
World-renowned physicist and futurist Michio Kaku explores in rich, intimate detail the process by which humanity may gradually move away from the planet and develop a sustainable civilization in outer space. He reveals how cutting-edge developments in robotics, nanotechnology, and biotechnology may allow us to terraform and build habitable cities on Mars.
Author
Series
Hitchhiker series volume 2
Language
English
Description
When all questions of space, time, matter and the nature of being have been resolved, only one question remains--"Where shall we have dinner?" The Restaurant at the End of the Universe provides the ultimate gastronomic experience, and for once there is no morning after to worry about.
9) Dead silence
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Investigating a strange distress signal, Claire Kovalik and her crew discover a luxury space-liner that vanished 20 years prior and board the vessel to find words scrawled in blood, strange movements and whispers in the dark.
10) Leviathan falls
Author
Series
Expanse volume 9
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Free after the fall of the Laconian Empire, 1,300 solar systems now must face an ancient enemy that prepares to annihilate all human life in the concluding book of the series.
11) Neptune
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When a billionaire’s daughter organizes a mission to find the truth about her father’s disappearance under Neptune’s frozen seas, she discovers something that will up-end humanity’s understanding of our origins on Earth.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the months before her one-way trip to Mars, Adri Ortiz is sent to Wichita to live with a elderly cousin and finds herself fixating on where she came from and the stories of two women who lived more than a hundred years earlier.
Author
Series
Starbound trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two star-crossed lovers must fight for survival when they crash land on a seemingly uninhabited planet"-- Provided by publisher.
16) Contagion
Author
Series
Contagion duology volume 1
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Responding to a distress call on the distant planet of Achlys, Thea Sadik and her search-and-rescue crew are confronted by a zombie-like outbreak that forces them to uncover a monstrous enemy.
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 5
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Murderbot's human associates are captured and need its help, it must choose between inertia and drastic action, in this first, full-length standalone novel about a sentient murder machine programmed for destruction.
Author
Series
Star Wars novels. Outbound flight volume 1
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballentine Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Whether teamed up with companions Amy and Rory, the enigmatic River Song, or Impossible Girl Clara, whether battling evil Daleks, the mysterious Silence, or the terrifying Weeping Angels, the adventures of the Eleventh Doctor will never fail to electrify.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Join the Twelfth Doctor as he pilots the TARDIS alongside companions Clara, Bill, and Nardole, encountering the mysterious River Song, the evil Missy, and a hoarde of monsters including Daleks, Cybermen, Zygons, Ice Warriors, and many more.
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