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Doing Time: a hilarious new spinoff from the Chronicles of St Mary’s series

Jodi Taylor

Introducing The Time Police, the brand-new series from international bestseller Jodi Taylor - an irresistible spinoff from The Chronicles of St Mary’s series.

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Hard Time: a bestselling time-travel adventure like no other

Jodi Taylor

Book 2 in the internationally bestselling Time Police series, a spin-off from the Chronicles of St Mary’s.

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Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

Octavia E. Butler’s masterpiece and ground-breaking exploration of power and responsibility, for fans of The Handmaid’s Tale.

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Hold Up the Sky

Cixin Liu

A collection of award-winning hard science fiction short stories.

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Gideon the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

Tamsyn Muir’s necromantic science fantasy debut Gideon the Ninth is the most fun you’ll ever have with a skeleton.

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Harrow the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

Lesbian necromancers return to space in the hotly-anticipated sequel to Gideon the Ninth, the USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Indie Bestselling novel.

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Nona the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

Tamsyn Muir’s New York Times and USA Today bestselling Locked Tomb Series continues with Nona …the Ninth?

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Terminal Boredom: Stories

Izumi Suzuki

The first English language publication of the work of Izumi Suzuki, a legend of Japanese science fiction and a countercultural icon.

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Fall or, Dodge in Hell

Neal Stephenson

From one of the greatest speculative writers of our time comes an epic saga of life and death, power and technology, and a future that isn’t as far away as…

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How Long ‘til Black Future Month?

N. K. Jemisin

Double Hugo award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N. K. Jemisin sharply examines modern society in her first short story collection

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This is How You Lose the Time War

Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone

WINNER OF THE HUGO AND NEBULA AWARDS: Two time-travelling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters - and fall in love in this…

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Children of Time

Adrian Tchaikovsky

A race for survival among the stars… Humanity’s last survivors escaped earth’s ruins to find a new home. But when they find it, can their desperation overcome its dangers?

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The City in the Middle of the Night

Charlie Jane Anders

A haunting, futuristic tale of a young girl who just might save humanity - if she can stay alive.

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Borne

Jeff VanderMeer

The dark, dangerous, funny and uplifting new novel from the author of Annihilation, the inspiration for the major motion picture directed by Alex Garland.

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An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

Hank Green

In his #1 New York Times bestselling novel, Hank Green spins a cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she’s part of something bigger…

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Artemis

Andy Weir

Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you’re not a rich tourist or an eccentric…

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Under The Skin

Michel Faber

One of Michel Faber’s best-loved novels - an utterly compulsive and mysterious masterpiece - now in a Canons edition with an introduction by David Mitchell.

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Oryx and Crake (Maddaddam, Book1)

Margaret Atwood

The outrageous imagination of Margaret Atwood has never been better. Dark, witty, scary and very credible, this is a mystery, an adventure story, a page-turner and a brilliant novel. Shortlisted…

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The Year of the Flood

Margaret Atwood

An epic of biblical proportions, The Year of the Flood is a feast of imagination and a journey to the end of the world.

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MaddAddam

Margaret Atwood

Bringing together characters from Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood, this thrilling conclusion to Atwood’s dystopian trilogy confirms the ultimate endurance of humanity, community, and love.

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Rosewater (Wormwood, Book 1)

Tade Thompson

Rosewater is the start of a vibrant and compellingly told trilogy by one of science fiction’s most engaging new voices - perfect for fans of N. K. Jemisin’s The Fifth…

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The Rosewater Insurrection: Book 2 of the Wormwood Trilogy

Tade Thompson

The second volume in a vibrant and compellingly told trilogy by one of science fiction’s most engaging new voices - perfect for fans of N. K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season…

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The Rosewater Redemption: Book 3 of the Wormwood Trilogy

Tade Thompson

In this powerful finale to the award-winning Wormwood trilogy, life in the newly independent city state of Rosewater isn’t everything its citizens were expecting …

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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Robert A. Heinlein

The extraordinary objectivist science fiction classic by Robert A. Heinlein

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Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: Volume 1

Philip K Dick

The ten short stories which inspired the hit TV series Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, from the author of BLADE RUNNER and MINORITY REPORT, with new material by the producers…

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The Martian

Andy Weir

I’m stranded on Mars. I have no way to communicate with Earth. I’m in a Habitat designed to last 31 days. If the Oxygenator breaks down, I’ll suffocate. If the…

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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, Book 1)

Becky Chambers

the most hopeful, charming and cosy novel to curl up with.

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Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

The Metaverse is cyberspace home to avatars and software daemons, where anything and just about everything goes. Newly available on the Street - the Metaverse’s main drag - is Snow…

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Metro 2033

Dmitry Glukhovsky

The basis of three bestselling computer games Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light, and Metro: Exodus. After the nuclear holocaust a new fear is born - underground…

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The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin

A literary masterpiece from one of the great writers of our time: ‘Ursula Le Guin is a chemist of the heart’ David Mitchell

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Dune (Dune, Book 1)

Frank Herbert

The bestselling science fiction novel of all time, with nearly ten million copies in print.

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Authority (Southern Reach, Book 2)

Jeff VanderMeer

‘A contemporary masterpiece’ Guardian

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Acceptance (Southern Reach, Book 3)

Jeff VanderMeer

In this climactic volume of the Southern Reach trilogy, reality mutates and mysteries resolve, but now that so many questions have answers, the consequences are no less profound – or…

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The Three-Body Problem

Cixin Liu

After a spate of apparent suicides among elite scientists, nanotech engineer Wang Miao is asked to infiltrate a secretive cabal. During his investigation, Wang is inducted into a mysterious online…

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The Dark Forest

Cixin Liu

The universe is a forest, patrolled by numberless and nameless predators. In this forest, others are hell, a dire existential threat. Stealth is survival. Any civilisation that reveals its location…

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Death’s End

Cixin Liu

The final installment of China’s best-selling, award-winning apocalyptic space opera trilogy that ranges from the 1960s to the heat death of the Universe.

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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, Book 1)

Octavia E. Butler

The first Earthseed novel by ground-breaking writer Octavia E. Butler that feel like a prophetic nod to our current world.

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Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, Book 2)

Octavia E. Butler

The sequel to Parable of the Sower by ground-breaking writer Octavia E. Butler that feel like a prophetic nod to our current world.

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The Bone Clocks

David Mitchell

The dazzling new novel from the bestselling author of Cloud Atlas.

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Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and winner of the Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year

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The Paper Menagerie

Ken Liu

The first collection of Ken Liu’s multi-award-winning science fiction and fantasy short stories.

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Solaris

Stanislaw Lem

The classic sci-fi novel in a beautiful new edition.

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Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, Book 1)

Ann Leckie

The record-breaking debut novel that won every major science fiction award in 2014, Ancillary Justice is the story of a warship trapped in a human body and her search for…

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Seveneves

Neal Stephenson

The astounding new novel from the master of science fiction.

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Embassytown

China Mieville

An enthralling novel from the award-winning author of Kraken and The City & The City

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Perdido Street Station

China Mieville

Brilliantly imaginative urban fantasy on a colossal scale from an award-winning author

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Iron Council

China Mieville

The third novel in his amazing imaginative sequence focused on the fabulous city of New Crobuzon and its very special world

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Foundation (Foundation, Book 1)

Isaac Asimov

The first volume in Issac Asimov’s world-famous saga, winner of the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Novel Series.

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Sci-fi

Doing Time: a hilarious new spinoff from the Chronicles of St Mary’s series

Hard Time: a bestselling time-travel adventure like no other

Kindred

Hold Up the Sky

Gideon the Ninth

Harrow the Ninth

Nona the Ninth

Terminal Boredom: Stories

Fall or, Dodge in Hell

How Long ‘til Black Future Month?

This is How You Lose the Time War

Children of Time

The City in the Middle of the Night

Borne

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

Artemis

Under The Skin

Oryx and Crake (Maddaddam, Book1)

The Year of the Flood

MaddAddam

Rosewater (Wormwood, Book 1)

The Rosewater Insurrection: Book 2 of the Wormwood Trilogy

The Rosewater Redemption: Book 3 of the Wormwood Trilogy

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: Volume 1

The Martian

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, Book 1)

Snow Crash

Metro 2033

The Left Hand of Darkness

Dune (Dune, Book 1)

Authority (Southern Reach, Book 2)

Acceptance (Southern Reach, Book 3)

The Three-Body Problem

The Dark Forest

Death’s End

Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, Book 1)

Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, Book 2)

The Bone Clocks

Cloud Atlas

The Paper Menagerie

Solaris

Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, Book 1)

Seveneves

Embassytown

Perdido Street Station

Iron Council

Foundation (Foundation, Book 1)