2025 NoveList Reading Challenge - August- Read a Cli-Fi, Hope Punk, or Solar Punk title!Like this list

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• Light From Uncommon Stars

  Aoki, Ryka,

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  To reclaim her damned soul, a gifted, but cursed violinist must take on seven students and try to entice each to trade their soul for fame while a starship captain races to stop the end of existence.

• Blue Skies

  a Novel

  Boyle, T. Coraghessan,

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  When a social media influencer buys a Burmese python from her local pet shop, she sets in motion a series of increasingly dire events that ensnares her entire family.

• The Ministry of Time

  a Novel

  Bradley, Kaliane,

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  A time travel romance, a spy thriller, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all.

• A Psalm for the Wild-built

  Chambers, Becky,

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  Centuries after robots gained self-awareness and vanished, a tea monk’s life is disrupted by a robot fulfilling an old promise to check in. The robot must find out what people need before returning. Becky Chambers’s new series explores whether…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• To Each This World

  Czerneda, Julie, 1955-

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  A trio of Humans must work with their mysterious alien allies to rescue any descendants they can find on those worlds. Something is out there, determined to claim the cosmos for itself, and only on Earth will Humans be safe. Or will they? The…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The First Bright Thing

  Dawson, J. R. (Omaha teaching artist),

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  Ringmaster--Rin, to those who know her best--can jump to different moments in time as easily as her wife, Odette, soars from bar to bar on the trapeze; and the circus they lead is a rare home and safe haven for magical misfits and outcasts, known as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lost Cause

  Doctorow, Cory,

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  It’s thirty years from now. We’re making progress, mitigating climate change, slowly but surely. But what about all the angry old people who can’t let go?

• The Mighty Red

  a Novel

  Erdrich, Louise,

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  In Argus, North Dakota, a wedding intertwines the lives of Gary, Kismet, Hugo, and Crystal. Amidst personal struggles and love triangles, they face broader themes of time, climate change, and economic turmoil. The novel explores the complexities of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sacrifice of Darkness

  Gay, Roxane,

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  Follow one woman's powerful journey through this new landscape as she discovers love, family, and the true light in a world seemingly robbed of any. As she challenges notions of identity, guilt, and survival she'll find that no matter the darkness,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Way

  Groner, Cary,

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  It’s 2048, and the world has been ravaged by a lethal virus. With few exceptions, only the young have survived. Cities and infrastructures have been destroyed, and the natural world has reclaimed the landscape in surprising ways, with herds of wild…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Stars Too Fondly

  a Novel

  Hamilton, Emily, (Science fiction author),

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  In her breathtaking debut—part space odyssey, part sapphic rom-com—Emily Hamilton weaves a suspenseful, charming, and irresistibly joyous tale of fierce friendship, improbable love, and wonder as vast as the universe itself.

• Troubled Waters

  a Novel

  Heglar, Mary Annaïse,

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  Trapped in a lonely cycle of mourning, Corrine, when she unwittingly resurrects family ghosts while honoring her brother's spirit, turns to her grandmother for help, forcing them both to come to terms with what it means to be a family, black women…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Canopy Keepers

  Henry, Veronica G.,

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  Disgraced fire chief Syrah Carthan, when another devastating wildfire breaks out, is pulled back into action, discovers an underground secret society that could save or destroy the world, forcing her to make a choice between human loyalty and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dispossessed

  a Novel

  Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018

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  A physicist from isolated Anarres travels to the mother planet, Urras, in hopes of dissolving the hatred that exists between them.

• The Memory Librarian

  and Other Stories of Dirty Computer

  Monáe, Janelle,

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  In a world where a few can control or erase thoughts, lives are dictated by those who claim the right to decide others’ fates. This changes when Jane 57821 chooses to remember and break free. The stories delve into living under such totalitarian…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Terraformers

  Newitz, Annalee, 1969-

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  As part of the Environmental Rescue Team, Destry is dedicated to terraforming the planet Sask-E until she discovers a city full of people that shouldn't exist, and as she uncovers more about their past, she starts to question the mission she's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Scattered All Over the Earth

  Tawada, Yōko, 1960-

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  In the near future, Japan has vanished, remembered only as the land of sushi. Hiruko, a former citizen and climate refugee, teaches immigrant children in Denmark using her invented language, Panska. As she searches for others who speak her mother…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Service Model

  Tchaikovsky, Adrian, 1972-

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  Humanity relies on artificial labor and service. When a robot gets a malicious idea and murders its owner, it discovers it can also run away. Entering a wider world, the robot finds the human hierarchy crumbling and a robot ecosystem seeking new…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Afterglow

  Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors

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  Hopeful and forward-looking futuristic short stories that explore how the power of storytelling can help create the world we need.