Misc. Fiction
Dive into a captivating collection of miscellaneous fiction books. Explore diverse genres, unique stories, and hidden literary gems in our curated list of fiction reads.
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Forge of the Elders
by L. Neil Smith
In an effort to find new resources for the completely communized Earth, a team of misfits and three aged NASA shuttles go to explore an asteroid where they discover Elders who are "nautiloids," and, worst of all, "Capitalists!"--Jacket.
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The Giver
by Lois Lowry
In a future society, young Jonas is given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
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Chung Kuo
by David Wingrove
In 2215, the mega-cities of the T'ang Dynasty begin to crumble as war ripples across the earth. It is a time of change, of endings, of beginnings. And approaching through space, a ship is passing invisibly onward to its destiny. In it is the rebel DeVore, a master of stealth, thought dead by his enemies, but very much alive. He and the other exiles now turn homeward from Pluto, from Mars, and from the unknown to fight one last battle for Earth.
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Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler
In California in the year 2025, a small community is overrun by desperate scavengers, as an eighteen-year-old African American woman sets off on foot on a perilous journey northward
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The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury
For use in schools and libraries only. The tranquility of Mars is disrupted by the earthmen who have come to conquer space, colonize the planet, and escape a doomed Earth.
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Black Lotus
by Laura Joh Rowland
Ichiro Sano's investigation of a triple murder at the Black Lotus Temple in 17th century Japan leads him to suspect an orphan girl. His wife, Reiko, believes the girl is innocent and starts her own investigation.
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The Wall Around Eden
by Joan Slonczewski
Slonczewski uses her expertise as a biologist to create a novel of postnuclear ecology, which is at the same time a political science fiction novel and a tale of alien invasion.
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Gold Dust and Gunsmoke
by John Boessenecker
TALES OF GOLD RUSH OUTLAWS, GUNFIGHTERS, LAWMEN, AND VIGILANTES.
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Earth 2
by Melissa Crandall
In the tradition of Star Trek and its spin-offs, NBC launches a new television series this fall called Earth 2. It tells of a small group of people sent to survey a newly discovered planet who are stranded after a crash. Their only hope for survival is a nearly-impossible journey across the new world--a world holding unknown dangers and thrilling adventure.
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The Desert
by Colin Wilson
With the majority of humankind lorded over by a race of intelligent flesh-eating spiders, a young warrior named Nial may have the only chance to discover the secret of the spiders
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Samurai Champloo Volume 1
by Manglobe
Three strangers--a waitress, a mercenary, and a samurai--form an alliance to search for the enigmatic Sunflower Samurai. They encounter ninjas, assassins, and even a prince on a journey full of battles, danger, desperation, and companionship.
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If The South Had Won The Civil War
by MacKinlay Kantor
The Past is a strange place indeed . . . everything could have been so different so easily. Just a touch here and a tweak there . . . . MacKinlay Kantor, Pulitzer Price-winning author and master storyteller, shows us how the South could have won the Civil War: how two small shifts in history (as we know it) in the summer of 1863 could have turned the tide for the Confederacy. What would have happened to the Union, to Abraham Lincoln, to the people of the North and South, to the world? If the South Had Won the Civil War originally appeared in Look magazine nearly half a century ago. It immediately inspired a deluge of letters and telegrams from astonished readers, and became an American Classic overnight. Published in book form soon after, Kantor's masterpiece has been unavailable for a decade. Now, this much requested classic is once again available for a new generation of readers, and features a stunning cover by acclaimed Civil War artist Don Troiani, a new introduction by award-winning alternate history author Harry Turtledove, and fifteen superb illustrations by the incomparable Dan Nance. It all begins on that fateful afternoon of Tuesday, May 12, 1863, when a deplorable equestrian accident claims the life of General Ulysses S. Grant . . . .
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Little House in the Big Woods
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Five year old Laura Ingalls and her family, Pa, Ma, Mary and Baby Carrie, live in a snug log cabin in the woods of Wisconsin, a full days walk from the nearest town, Pepin. Lauraleads a traditional farm life: spending time churning butter and making cheese and maple syrup. Laura goes to town for the first time, and plays with her sister. Each night, while the wind blows, and the wolves howl, the happy sound of Pa's fiddle, brought vividly to life on this recording, keeps the family safe and warm. Little House in the Big Woods is the first book in the Laura Years series.
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Far Frontiers
by Martin Harry Greenberg
Andre Norton, Alan Dean Foster, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Robert Sawyer, and other master storytellers explore the farthest reaches of sci-fi's most classic theme: the bold frontiers of humankind's future--from life in a Dyson sphere to cities built on the ocean floor to colonies in far-flung galaxies.
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The Code Of The Woosters
by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
The superior valet Jeeves helps extricate Bertie Wooster from the many undignified situations in which he finds himself thanks to his bumbling escapades and zany adventures. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.