Earlier in the summer, we asked you to vote for your favorite science fiction and fantasy reads of the past decade — so here are 50 fabulous reads, curated by our expert judges and you, the readers.
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Uncovered review by Filomena Scotto DiVetta, ACLS Galloway Branch
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James is a book that once you pick it up you will not want to put it down! This book was recommended by my coworker Christine, and I am so happy that she told me to read it. It is a good read from start to finish!
This book is a
murder mystery with ghosts in it! It takes place between two different decades.
Each chapter switches between Viv
and Carly. Viv is a young woman who moves to Fell, New York, in
1982. She starts to work night shifts at a motel. During her time there, weird
things happen, and she is drawn to murders that have taken place in Fell.
Carly, who is Viv’s niece, moves to Fell in 2017. Just like her aunt, she
starts to work at the same motel. The reason she is there is to find out what
happened to her aunt Viv, who vanished from the motel in 1982.
This book kept me on the edge of my seat with its twist and turns. I could not stop reading it and did not want it to end! The author did such an amazing job writing the storyline and the characters. This is a book I will be recommending to everyone!
Although personal anecdotes are included throughout, Rafia Zakaria's aim is not to explore her own pain but to retrace the history of how white feminism has caused unending trauma through centuries.
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This year's Summer Poll is all about the past decade in science fiction and fantasy, so we asked critic Jason Sheehan to come up with his own list of the new sci-fi that's blowing his mind.
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Jaime Cortez's debut collection, Gordo, is set in and around the same dusty California town that inspired John Steinbeck. It's a lovely portrait of a time and place that still manages to be universal.
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