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Reading Recommendations: Archived booklists

This guide provides the resources to assist you in locating what to read next. Browse the resources below or check with the Reference Librarian at your Delaware Public Library for Reader's Advisory assistance.

Afrofuturism

Dive into the worlds of Afrofuturism, where science fiction becomes a lens for viewing perspectives on Black identity, the history of Africa, and the African diaspora." - www.NoveList.com

Among the Stars

Adventurous stories of space exploration, settling distant planets or making first contact make up these gripping stories.

- www.NoveList.com

Solarpunk 4/22

Solarpunk, a science fiction sub-genre, offers a more hopeful take, in which technology has led to solutions. www.bookriot.com

4/22

In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream 3/22

Cli-Fi 9/21

After the End 6/21

Tech Gone Awry 5/21

5/21

Cyberpunk 4/21

Combining advanced technology and a more broken down social order - www.bookriot.com

4/21

Sci-Fi Locked Room Mysteries 3/21

The locked room whodunnit is a stalwart of the mystery genre, but it doesn't always have to be on earth! - www.barnesandnoble.com

3/21

Space Operas 2/21

Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfaremelodramatic adventure, interplanetary battles, chivalric romance, and risk-taking. 

2/21

Robots 1/21

Robot apocalypses? Check. Sentient AI? You betcha. Robot adventure books? We’ve got those here, too! https://www.nerdmuch.com/best-robot-books/

1/21

Deadly Germs 12/20

Apocalypse by disease

12/20

Feminist Dystopias 11/20

Read these after A Handmaid's Tale

11/20

One Possible Future 11/20

Read the following and feel better about the world you live in while simultaneously terrified for what the future will bring. - www.bookriot.com

11/20

Stellar Legends 7/20

These books touch the stars without leaving behind the legends of the past  - www.epicreads.com

 Click each title to see all available formats (e-book, e-audio)

7/20

Steampunk 6/20

Steampunk is a genre of science fiction that has a historical setting and typically features steam-powered machinery rather than advanced technology.

 Click each title to see all available formats (e-book, e-audio)

 

6/20

Pandemics 5/20

Is there anything scarier than an outbreak of disease? These bone-chilling fictional pandemics will make you want to crawl under the covers. www.bookriot.com

Click each title to see all formats (e-book, e-audio), if available.

5/20

What If + Whodunit 4/20

Science Fiction + Crime - Library Journal

4/20

Solarpunk 1/20

Optimistic SciFi - www.portalist.com

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