How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

We all, unfortunately, have a general idea of how a pandemic can change the world. But what if a global plague so deadly spread throughout the world that tens of...

Posted by Kimberly M. on September 1, 2025

The Last Beekeeper by Julie Carrick Dalton

With the perfect amount of mystery, worldbuilding, and character building, The Last Beekeeper, is very compelling.

Posted by Kimberly M. on June 1, 2023

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

It’s been centuries since anyone has seen a robot, but when Sibling Dex travels to a remote hermitage on a quest they end up meeting Splendid Speckled Mosscap, a “wild-built”...

Posted by Adult Services on October 12, 2021

Bird Box by Josh Malerman

Malorie is overwhelmed. Having recently discovered she is pregnant, and with the father of her child disappearing from her life, she only has her sister, Shannon, to rely on. Malorie...

Posted by Alex C. on September 3, 2019

Insurgent by Robert Schwentke

The “simulations” that were so important to the first movie retain their relevance here, offering opportunities for approximately three additional and extra-trippy action scenes. If action is what you want,...

Posted by Book Rex on March 2, 2018

Gyo: Complete Deluxe Edition by Junji Ito

The horror of this seinen manga begins when Tadashi, a young Japanese man, and Kaori, his girlfriend with an ultra-sensitive nose, begin to smell the creeping stench of death as...

Posted by Book Rex on August 9, 2017

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Wade Watts lives in “the stacks”, a trailer park where homes are stacked one atop another in high-rise slums. Set in the near-future where an energy crisis has rendered the...

Posted by Book Rex on July 19, 2017

The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier

The monster apocalypse has begun in 13-year old Jack Sullivan’s town, and he is holed up in his tricked-out treehouse, protected by a moat and catapults. He’s resourceful and has...

Posted by Adrian L. on July 13, 2017