Juvenile Fiction
The City of Ember by Jean DuPrau
J DUPRAU
Series: Ember
In the year 241, 12-year old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.
Enchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Engdahl
J ENGDAHL
When young Elana unexpectedly joins the team leaving the spaceship to study the planet Andrecia, she becomes an integral part of an adventure involving three very different civilizations, each one centered on the third planet from the star in its own solar system.
The Winds of Mars by H. M. Hoover
J HOOVER
When rebel forces strike against her father, the all-powerful president of Mars, teenage Annalyn finds her comfortable existence turned upside-down and her life threatened from unexpected sources.
Cyberia by Chris Lynch
J LYNCH
In a future where electronic surveillance has taken the place of love, a veterinarian is putting computer chips in animals to control them, and those creatures choose young Zane, who understands their speech, to release captives and bring them to a technology-free safety zone.
The Girl Who Owned a City by O.T. Nelson
J NELSON
When a plague sweeps over the earth killing everyone except children under twelve, ten-year-old Lisa organizes a group to rebuild a new way of life.
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trent Stewart
J STEWART
After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules. Sequel follows.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
J VERNE
A nineteenth-century science fiction tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and undersea world, which anticipated many of the scientific achievements of the twentieth century.
Teen/Young Adult Fiction
The Diary of Pelly D by L.J. Adlington
YA ADLINGT
When Toni V, a construction worker on a futuristic colony, finds the diary of a teenage girl whose life has been turned upside-down by holocaust-like events, he begins to question his own beliefs. Sequel follows
Feed by M.T. Anderson
YA ANDERSO
In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.
London Calling by Edward Bloor
YA BLOOR
Seventh-grader Martin Conway believes that his life is monotonous and dull until the night the antique radio he uses as a night-light transports him to the bombing of London in 1940.
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
YA CARD
Series: Ender
An outstanding tale of the child-hero Ender Wiggin, who must fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race if mankind is to survive. Winner of the Nebula and Hugo Awards.
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
YA CLEMENT
When fifteen-year-old Bobby wakes up and finds himself invisible, he and his parents and his new blind friend Alicia try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
YA COLLINS
Series: The Hunger Games trilogy
Sixteen-year-old Katniss accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death.
The Sky Inside by Clare Dunkle
YA DUNKLE
Martin lives in a perfect world--until the day a stranger arrives to take away all of the little children, including Martin's sister.
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
YA FARMER
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patron, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
Among the Hidden by Margaret Haddix
YA HADDIX
Series: Shadow children
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.
Siberia by Ann Halam
YA HALAM
After spending two years at a prison school, thirteen-year-old Sloe sets off on a trek across frozen wastelands, tending to the secret "seeds" of wild animals her mother left in her care, trying to reach a new life for all of them.
The Giver by Lois Lowry
YA LOWRY
Series: The Giver trilogy
(1994 Newbery Medal Winner) Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Secret Under My Skin by Janet McNaughton
YA MCNAUGH
In the year 2368, humans exist under dire environmental conditions and one young woman, rescued from a work camp and chosen for a special duty, uses her love of learning to discover the truth about the planet's future and her own dark past.
The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness
YA NESS
Alternate chapters follow teenagers Todd and Viola, who become separated as the Mayor's oppressive new regime takes power in New Prentisstown, a space colony where residents can hear each other's thoughts.
The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
YA PATTERS
Series: Maximum Ride
After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "birdkids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.
The Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen
YA PAULSEN
While backpacking in the desert, thirteen-year-old Mark falls into a tube of blue light and is transported into a more primitive world, where he must use his knowledge and skills to survive.
Life as We Knew It by Susan Pfeffer
YA PFEFFER
Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. Sequel follows
The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick
YA PHILBRI
After an earthquake has destroyed much of the planet, an epileptic teenager nicknamed Spaz begins the heroic fight to bring human intelligence back to the Earth of a distant future.
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
YA WESTERF
Series: Uglies
In a world in which everyone is transformed into a stunning beauty at age 16, Tally has doubts.
Teen/YA Graphic Novels
Cowboy Bebop, Shooting Star by Cain Kuga
YA Graphic Novels-COWBOY.STAR
Series: Cowboy Bebop Shooting Star
The bounty hunters of the spaceshop Bebop have time to reconsider their chosen profession when they become caught in the crossfire of a mafia grudge match.
Lost World by Osama Tezuka
YA Graphic Novels-TEZUKA
When a rogue planet approaches Earth, a team of scientists voyage to the world and discover a land out of the ancient past-a planet populated by dinosaurs!
Adult Graphic Novels (located in non-fiction collection)
Y, the Last Man by Brian Vaughan
741.5 VAUGHAN
Series: Y, the Last Man
A mysterious plague has killed every man on earth except Yorick Brown, who was somehow spared.
Serenity by Joss Whedon
741.5 WHEDON
Captain Mal Reynolds and the crew of the "Serenity" find themselves in the middle of a war between a fierce military force and cannibalistic savages five hundred years in the future.
Adult Fiction
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
ADAMS
Join the hapless hero Arthur Dent as he travels the galaxy with his intrepid pal Ford Prefect, getting into horrible messes and generally wreaking hilarious havoc.
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
ASIMOV
This science fiction novel tells the stories of the robots of which he dreamed, from the first days of their creation to the days of their ultimate sophistication.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
BRADBUR
In a society in which books are outlawed, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read.
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
BURGESS
In the Slav-oriented state of the future, the Lower Orders are in ascendance and happy hooligans roam the London streets, bashing senior citizens in the eyes with bicycle chains
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
ELLISON
The novel describes growing up in a black community in the South, and retreating amid violence and confusion to the basement lair of the Invisible Man he imagines himself to be.
Neuromancer by William Gibson
GIBSON
The novel tells the story of a washed-up computer hacker hired by a mysterious employer to pull off the ultimate hack. It was Gibson's debut novel and the beginning of the Sprawl trilogy.
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
HEINLEI
In a futuristic military adventure a recruit goes through the roughest boot camp in the universe and into battle with the Terran Mobile Infantry in what historians would come to call the First Interstellar War.
Dune by Frank Herbert
HERBERT
Paul Atreides, the son of a betrayed duke, is given up for dead on a desert planet and adopted by the nomadic people who live there.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
HUXLEY
A satirical novel about the utopia of the future, a world in which babies are decanted from bottles and the great Ford is worshipped.
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
KEYES
Mentally retarded Charlie Gordon participates in an experiment which turns him into a genius but only temporarily.
1984 by George Orwell
ORWELL
George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future that presents a startling and haunting vision of the world, so powerful that it is completely convincing from start to finish.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
SHELLEY
A young student who uncovers the secret of animating lifeless matter and, by assembling body parts, creates a monster that vows revenge on his creator after being rejected from society.
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
WELLS
As Earth is invaded by alien tripod fighting machines, one family fights for survival.
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