Fiction / Science Fiction Books in the SEC Library
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The Science Fiction Collection at Houghton Library consists largely of 20th-century trade paperbacks, magazines, fanzines, and prozines.
“Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.” - Albert Camus
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All Systems Red: Murderbot diaries; bk. 1 by
Call Number: PS3573.E4932 A79 2019Publication Date: 2019-01-22Hugo Award for Best Novella, 2018
Nebula Award for Best Novella, 2018
Alex Award, 2018
Locus Award, 2018
Verge's Best Books, 2017 -
Ancillary Justice by
Call Number: PS3612.E3353 A83 2013Awards: Nebula Award for Best Novel, 2013.
Awards: BSFA Award for Best Novel, 2013.
Awards: Hugo Award for Best Novel, 2014.
Awards: Arthur C. Clarke Award, 2014.
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Artificial Condition: Murderbot diaries; bk. 2 by
Call Number: PS3573.E4932 A89 2018Publication Date: 2018-05-08Hugo Award Winner for Best Novella, 2019
Nebula Award Finalist for Best Novella, 2018
Locus Science Fiction Foundation-Locus Award for Best Novella, 2019 -
The Atlas Six by
Call Number: PS3602.L3476 A94 2022 -
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 by
Call Number: PS648.S3 B467 2021 -
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 by
Call Number: PS648.S3 B4672Publication Date: 2022-11-01 -
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 by
Call Number: PS648.S3 B4672 2023Publication Date: 2023-10-17 -
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024 by
Call Number: PS648.S3 B467 2024Publication Date: 2024-10-22 -
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Binti: Home by
Call Number: PS3615.K67 B56 2017The thrilling sequel to the Hugo and Nebula-winning Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, and a finalist for the 2018 Hugo and Nommo Awards. -
Blue Mars by
Call Number: PS3568.O2893 B58 2021Mars trilogy; book 3
Hugo Award for Best Novel, 1997 -
The Calculating Stars by
Call Number: PS3611.O74948 C35 2018Publication Date: 2018-07-03Lady Astronaut novels, bk. 1
Winner 2019 Hugo Award for Best Novel
Winner 2018 Nebula Award for Best Novel
Winner 2019 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel -
The candy house : a novel by
Call Number: PS3555.G292 C36 2022Publication Date: 2022-04-05Sequel to: Visit from the Goon Squad -
Changing planes : stories by
Call Number: PS3562.E42 C48 2020Publication Date: 2020-10-13Winner of the PEN/Malamud Award for Short Story -
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Diverse futures : science fiction and authors of color by
Call Number: PS648.S3 S25 2021 -
Don't read poetry : a book about how to read poems by
Call Number: PS303 .B87 2023Publication Date: 2023-05-09 -
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Exhalation by
Call Number: PS3603.H53 A6 2020 -
Exit Strategy: Murderbot diaries; bk. 4 by
Call Number: PS3573.E4932 E95 2018Publication Date: 2018-10-02 -
The Fated Sky by
Call Number: PS3611.O74948 F38 2018Publication Date: 2018-08-21Lady Astronaut novels, bk. 2 -
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Foundation and Empire by
Call Number: PS3551.S5 F596 1991Publication Date: 1991-10-01Foundation saga; book 2 -
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Green Mars by
Call Number: PS3568.O2893 G7 2021Mars trilogy; book 2
Hugo Award for Best Novel, 1994 -
A Half-Built Garden by
Call Number: PS3605.M886 H35 2022 -
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Her body and other parties : stories by
Call Number: PS3613.A2725243 A6 2017Publication Date: 2017-10-03National Book Award Finalist, 2017
Lambda Literary Award, Lesbian Fiction, 2018
National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize : Best First Book in Any Genre, 2017 -
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In Ascension: a novel by
Call Number: PR6113.A2628 I53 2024Publication Date: 2024-02-27Awards: The Booker Prize, 2023 Longlisted -
In the Lives of Puppets by
Call Number: PS3611.L86 I5 2023New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune invites you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts. -
James : a novel by
Call Number: PS3555.V34 J36 2024Publication Date: 2024-03-19National Book Award Winner -
Kindred: a Graphic Novel Adaptation by
Call Number: PN6727.D836 K56 2017 & onlinePublication Date: 2017-01-10Great Graphic Novels for Teens. Top Ten. (YALSA) 2018. -
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The Last Great Road Bum by
Call Number: PS3570.O22 L37 2020 -
The Last Murder at the End of the World by
Call Number: PR6120.U79 L37 2024Publication Date: 2024-05-21 -
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The Left Hand of Darkness by
Call Number: PS3562.E42 2016A deluxe hardcover edition of the queen of science fiction's trailblazing novel about a planet full of genderless beings--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman. -
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Light from Uncommon Stars by
Call Number: PS3601.O38 L54 2021Publication Date: 2021-09-28Hugo Award Finalist
2022 Alex Award Winner
2022 Stonewall Book Award Winner -
The Love Songs of W. E. B. du Bois: a novel by
Call Number: PS3560.E365 2021 -
The maniac by
Call Number: PR9309.9.L33 M36 2023Publication Date: 2023-10-03Named One of the 10 Best Books of 2023 by The Washington Post and Publishers Weekly -
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The memory librarian: and other stories of dirty computer by
Call Number: PS3613.O52266 M46 2022 -
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The Ministry for the Future by
Call Number: PS3568.O2893 M56 2020 & ebookFrom legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a vision of climate change unlike any ever imagined. -
Neruda on the park : a novel by
Call Number: PS3614.A84 N47 2023 -
Network Effect: Murderbot diaries; bk. 5 by
Call Number: PS3573.E4932 N48 2020Publication Date: 2020-05-05Nebula Award for best novel, 2020 -
The night watchman : a novel by
Call Number: PS3555.R42 2020Awards: Pulitzer Prize in Letters Fiction Winner, 2021 -
Old babes in the wood : stories by
Call Number: PR9199.3.A8 O43 2023 & onlinePublication Date: 2023-03-07 -
On Earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel by
Call Number: PS3622.U96 O52 2019 & Ebook -
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Orbital : a novel by
Call Number: PR6108.A7875 O73 2023Publication Date: 2023-12-05Awards: Booker Prize, 2024 -
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Parable of the Sower by
Call Number: PS3552.U827 P37 2016 -
Parable of the Sower: a Graphic Novel Adaptation by
Call Number: PN6727.D836 O38 2020Publication Date: 2020-01-28 -
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Reality and other stories by
Call Number: PR6062.A4863 R43 2021 -
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Rogue Protocol: Murderbot diaries; bk. 3 by
Call Number: PS3573.E4932 R64 2018Publication Date: 2018-08-07 -
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Second Foundation by
Call Number: PS3551.S5 S4 1991Publication Date: 1991-10-01The third novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series. -
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by
Call Number: PS3618.E5478 S48 2018 -
The Silence A Novel by
Call Number: PS3554.E4425 S55 2021 & ebook -
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The Terraformers : a novel by
Call Number: PS3614.E588 T47 2023 -
There There by
Call Number: PS3615.R32 T48 2018One of the New York Times 10 best books of the year
Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize
Winner of the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award -
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The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer by
Call Number: PN6737.P34 T48 2015A debut graphic biography that transforms one of the most compelling scientific collaborations into a hilarious series of adventures. -
Tomorrow's parties : life in the anthropocene by
Call Number: PN6120.95.S33 T66 2022Publication Date: 2022-08-23Twelve visions of living in a climate-changed world. -
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by
Call Number: PS3626.E95 T66 2022Publication Date: 2022-07-05 -
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The Twilight World by
Call Number: DS890.O53 H4713 2022The national bestseller by the great filmmaker Werner Herzog. In his first novel, Herzog tells the incredible story of Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese soldier who defended a small island in the Philippines for twenty-nine years after the end of World War II. -
Ubik by
Call Number: PS3554.I3 U24 2012Publication Date: 2012-04-17Named one of Time's 100 Best Books, Ubik is a mind-bending, classic novel about the perception of reality from Philip K. Dick, the Hugo Award-winning author of The Man in the High Castle. -
Wake : the hidden history of women-led slave revolts by
Call Number: E447 .H35 2022Publication Date: 2022-06-21 -
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When We Cease to Understand the World by
Call Number: PQ8098.422.A215 V4713 2020Publication Date: 2021-09-28A fictional examination of the lives of real-life scientists and thinkers whose discoveries resulted in moral consequences beyond their imagining. -
The world keeps ending, and the world goes on by
Call Number: PS3603.H653 W67 2022Publication Date: 2022-11-01 -
You Dreamed of Empires: a novel by
Call Number: PQ7298.15.N636 T813 2024Publication Date: 2024-01-09 -