Best Recent Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
Explore the best recent science fiction and fantasy books of 2009! Discover top-rated titles, must-reads, and hidden gems in this curated list of 2009's finest sci-fi and fantasy novels.
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Anathem
by Neal Stephenson
Raz, a mathematician, is among a cohort of secluded scientists and philosophers who are called upon to save the world from impending catastrophe.
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The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, …
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City at the End of Time
by Greg Bear
Unable to recall anything about their own pasts, three young people living in modern-day Seattle share a disturbing vision of a far-future, decaying cityscape and …
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Valley of Day-Glo
by Nick DiChario
In this brightly satiric, postapocalyptic novel of the far future, a young Indian brave named Broadway Danny Rose embarks upon a quest across the desolate …
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The Philosopher's Apprentice
by James Morrow
A brilliant philosopher with a talent for self-destruction, Mason Ambrose gratefully accepts an offer no starving ethicist could refuse. He must travel to a private …
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Matter
by Iain M. Banks
In a world renowned even within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one man it means a desperate flight, and …
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Marsbound
by Joe Haldeman
Young Carmen Dula and her family are embarking on the adventure of a lifetime-they're going to Mars. But Carmen's rebellious streak leads her to venture …
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The Shadow Year
by Jeffrey Ford
On New York's Long Island, in the unpredictable decade of the 1960s, a young boy spends much of his free time in the basement of …
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Lavinia
by Ursula K. Le Guin
In "The Aeneid," Vergil's hero fights to claim the king's daughter, Lavinia, with whom he is destined to found an empire. Le Guin gives Lavinia …
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The Dragons of Babel
by Michael Swanwick
A war-dragon of Babel crashes in the idyllic fields of a post-industrialized Faerie and, dragging himself into the nearest village, declares himself king and makes …
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An Evil Guest
by Gene Wolfe
Following his World Fantasy Award-winning novel "Soldier of Sidon," Wolfe offers a tale of supernatural horror.
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Nation
by Terry Pratchett
The sea has taken everything. Mau is the only one left after a giant wave sweeps his island village away. But when much is taken, …
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The Gone-Away World
by Nick Harkaway
A hilarious, action-packed look at the apocalypse that combines a touching tale of friendship, a thrilling war story, and an all out kung-fu infused mission …
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Conspirator
by C. J. Cherryh
Just as the human Bren Cameron learned the customs of the alien atevi, who ruled the world except for an island ceded to a group …