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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Afrofurturism, Feminist & Queer World-Building - an invitation to step into other worlds has always been at the center of our brick-and-mortar. Our first scifi/fantasy lists were built by WisCon fans, heavy on Butler and Le Guin and the other founding women of the genre. We’ve maintained our commitment to find, read, shelve, and recommend diverse voices. Browse here and find books for middle-grade and up, as the best speculative fiction crosses ages and genres!

Margaret Atwood, "The Testaments"

Margaret Atwood, "The Testaments"

$18.31

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WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE FOR FICTION The Testaments is a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that can be read on its own or as a companion to Margaret Atwood's classic, The Handmaid's Tale--one of the most talked about books of the 20th century and now a groundbreaking Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy award winning television series.

More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third: Aunt Lydia. Her complex past and uncertain future unfold in surprising and pivotal ways. With The Testaments, Margaret Atwood opens up the innermost workings of Gilead, as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes.

Samantha Shannon, The Mask Falling (The Bone Season #4)

Samantha Shannon, The Mask Falling (The Bone Season #4)

$10.79
Emily St. John Mandel, "Station Eleven"

Emily St. John Mandel, "Station Eleven"

$18.31
Susanna Clarke, "Piranesi"

Susanna Clarke, "Piranesi"

$18.36
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Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons, paperback 5/16/23

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R F Kuang, Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

R F Kuang, Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

$30.23