Best Modern Science Fiction Novels - April 2024

Case Closed?: Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science

Egypt's first female pharaoh disappears around 1457 BCE --- was she murdered? Find out how DNA closes the case. The ancient Arabian Peninsula city of Ubar vanishes, seemingly without trace. Find out how old maps and modern space shuttles help solve the mystery. Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition to find the Northwest Passage is never heard from again. Find out how spectroscopy points to some probable explanations. Case Closed? examines these and six other mysteries from ancient and modern times. Accompanied by photos, maps, diagrams and illustrations, this book reveals how modern science shed... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1554533635
• ASIN: 1554533635
• ISBN: 1554533635
• Manufacturer: Kids Can Press

CyberStorm (Cyber Series Book 1)

The incredibly realistic story of one family's struggle to survive the destruction of New York in a massive terror attack. Million-copy bestseller now in development for film by 20th Century Fox."I couldn't put it down...shows how dangerous our transition to an interconnected infrastructure has become." Karic Allega, Joint Military Cyber Command, US NAVYNEW YORK GOES DARK IN THE DEAD OF WINTER...A TERRIFYING MYSTERY BEGINS...BUT WHO IS THE ENEMY? AND WILL THEY STRIKE AGAIN?Mike Mitchell is an average New Yorker struggling just to keep his family together when a string of disasters shreds the b... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00BT4QRHG
• ASIN: B00BT4QRHG
• Manufacturer: Matthew Mather ULC

Among Others (Hugo Award Winner - Best Novel)

Winner of the 2011 Nebula Award for Best NovelWinner of the 2012 Hugo Award for Best NovelStartling, unusual, and yet irresistably readable, Among Others is at once the compelling story of a young woman struggling to escape a troubled childhood, a brilliant diary of first encounters with the great novels of modern fantasy and SF, and a spellbinding tale of escape from ancient enchantment.Raised by a half-mad mother who dabbled in magic, Morwenna Phelps found refuge in two worlds. As a child growing up in Wales, she played among the spirits who made their homes in industrial ruins. But her mind... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0765331721
• ASIN: 0765331721
• ISBN: 0765331721
• Brand: Tor Books
• Manufacturer: Tor Books

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future.Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden.Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1451673310
• UPC: 642688055004
• ASIN: 1451673310
• ISBN: 9781451673319
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

The Atlantis Gene: A Thriller (The Origin Mystery, Book 1)

THE GREATEST MYSTERY OF ALL TIME...THE HISTORY OF HUMAN ORIGINS...WILL BE REVEALED.* * *Read the novel that started it all: The Atlantis Gene is the first book in A.G. Riddle's bestselling Origin Mystery trilogy, which has sold OVER THREE MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE, been translated into twenty languages, and is in development to be a major motion picture!* * *70,000 years ago, the human race almost went extinct.We survived, but no one knows how.Until now.The countdown to the next stage of human evolution is about to begin, and humanity might not survive this time.* * *Off the coast of Antarctica... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1940026016
• ASIN: 1940026016
• ISBN: 1940026016
• Brand: Brand: Modern Mythology
• Manufacturer: Modern Mythology

The Secret Lake: A children's mystery adventure

A lost dog, a hidden time tunnel and a secret lake. A page-turning time travel adventure for children aged 8-11. Now enjoyed by thousands of young readers! When Stella and her younger brother, Tom, move to their new London home, they become mystified by the disappearances of Harry, their elderly neighbour’s small dog. Where does he go? And why does he keep reappearing wet-through? Their quest to solve the riddle over the summer holidays leads to a boat buried under a grassy mound, and a tunnel that takes them to a secret lake. Who is the boy rowing towards them who looks so terrified? And w... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0956932304
• ASIN: 0956932304
• ISBN: 0956932304
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Well Said Press

Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel

• ASIN: B000SEGHT6
• ASIN: B000SEGHT6
• Manufacturer: The Dial Press

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War.“The best true spy story I have ever read.”—JOHN LE CARRÉ If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see his nation's communism as both crimi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1101904216
• ASIN: 1101904216
• ISBN: 1101904216
• Manufacturer: Broadway Books

Sister Sable (The Mad Queen Book 1)

THE FIRST TENET OF THE WIND: Do not get caught.Sister Sable has lived by the first tenet for seven years, but when an unexpected accident reveals the runaway nun to the clergy, she is forced to embrace the remaining four.THE SECOND TENET OF THE WIND: Win by any means.With the King’s spymaster committed to killing her, and his general regretting he didn’t, Sable enters a deadly game.THE THIRD TENET OF THE WIND: The purpose of picking up a blade is to cut the enemy.Scaring them is discretionary.THE FOURTH TENET OF THE WIND: Have no preferred weapon. Even so, she likes the axe.THE FIFTH TENET... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0135HUFPY
• ASIN: B0135HUFPY

Code 7: Cracking the Code for an Epic Life

Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and upGuided Reading Level: H-M | Lexile® Measure: 500L - 600LKid-Tested, Parent and Teacher Approved.Mom's Choice Award Gold Recipient - Children's AnthologiesRoyal Dragonfly Award Winner - Children's Chapter BookWishing Shelf Award Winner - Children's Chapter Book"Code 7 engages kids through entertaining stories that reveal important insights about character, integrity, and social responsibility. This book is an inspiration to children who wish to pursue their passions and bring original ideas into the world." - Adam Grant, NYTBS New York Times ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1940556007
• ASIN: 1940556007
• ISBN: 1940556007
• Brand: Candy Wrapper Inc
• Manufacturer: Candy Wrapper Inc.

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

• ASIN: B00ICN066A
• ASIN: B00ICN066A
• Manufacturer: Harper

The Handmaid's Tale

#1 New York Times bestseller Look for The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, available now.   An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss.  In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 038549081X
• ASIN: 038549081X
• ISBN: 038549081X
• Brand: AMERICAN WEST BOOKS
• Manufacturer: Anchor

Legends: Stories By The Masters of Modern Fantasy

• ASIN: 0765300354
• ASIN: 0765300354
• ISBN: 0765300354
• Brand: Brand: Tor Fantasy
• Manufacturer: Tor Fantasy

Platoon F: Comedy Sci-Fi Bundle (Platoon F eBook Bundle 3)

Find out what the F in Platoon F truly means...Nearly 1,500 pages of sci-fi absurdity are just a click away. **Get the complete series today!**The SSMC Reluctant (Book 1)An identity change. A space ship that travels on rails. A new captain who never saw this coming.Commodore Don Harr is being punished due to a military mistake. He has been physically altered, given a new identity, and placed in charge of the antiquated ship known as The SSMC Reluctant. Their first task is to fly the old beast around the planet in celebration of her fiftieth anniversary. But during flight, new orders arrive. Ha... [Read More]

• ASIN: B073WH4KDM
• ASIN: B073WH4KDM
• Manufacturer: Crimson Myth Press

Modern Classic Short Novels Of Science Fiction

The novella is, in the words of Gardner Dozois, "a perfect length for a science fiction story: long enough to enable you to flesh out the details of a strange alien world or a bizarre future society...and yet, still short enough for the story to pack a real punch."The thirteen masterpieces assembled in Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction travel to the farthest reaches of the imagination, through realms of immortality, along alternate paths of time and across vast galaxies to explore the best of all imaginable worlds.

• ASIN: B00NKBSID2
• ASIN: B00NKBSID2
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin

The Year's Best Science Fiction

Presents some of the best science fiction short stories written in

• UPC: 55390665

Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels - eBook

From one of the best-known editors in modern science fiction, this lively and authoritative guide will appeal to both newcomers and connoisseurs of the genre alike. Informative and readable, David Pringle's choices focus on landmark

• UPC: 733794071
• Rating: 5.0

Battlefield Earth : Science Fiction New York Times Best Seller

It's the year 3000 A.D. and Man has become an endangered species under the ruthless rule of an alien

• UPC: 53811654
• Rating: 3.333

The Best Science Fiction of the Year : Volume Three

Third volume of a best-of-the-year science fiction short story anthology edited by Hugo Award-winning editor Neil

• UPC: 550829512

The Best of the Best, Volume 2 : 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels

For more than twenty years The Year's Best Science Fiction has been recognized as the best collection of short science fiction writing in the universe and an essential resource for every science fiction fan. In

• UPC: 25678243
• Rating: 3.5

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection

"The thirty-six stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now"--Page 4 of

• UPC: 44780477
• Rating: 5.0

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection

The multiple Locus Award-winning annual collection of the year's best science fiction stories, with an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science

• UPC: 415598537

The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2015 Edition - eBook

This seventh volume of the year's best science fiction and fantasy features over thirty stories by some of the genre's greatest authors, including Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Cory Doctorow, James Patrick Kelly, Yoon Ha Lee,

• UPC: 228674886
• Rating: 4.0

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection - eBook

From Cyberspace to outer space, from the Dark Continent to the speed of light, the dozens of stories in this terrific collection represent the year's finest offerings in imaginative fiction.Among the twenty-eight tales assembled here

• UPC: 363304135
• Rating: 2.0

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection - eBook

The twenty-three stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our being, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are

• UPC: 728072562
• Rating: 3.0

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction Ninth Series 1959 BCE HC Book with DJ

• UPC: 163971872408
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 15 USD