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The 37th Parallel, Ben Mezrich
***Authority (Southern Reach, #2), Jeff VanderMeer
Upgrade Soul, Ezra Clayton Daniels
***Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler
***Bitcoin Billionaires, Ben Mezrich
***Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton
Upgrading America, Zoltan Istvan
***Bad Blood, John Carreyrou
Blueprints of the Afterlife, Ryan Boudinot
Radio Free Albemuth, Philip K. Dick
***Contact, Carl Sagan
***You're on an Airplane, Parker Posey
Wool, Hugh Howey
Fragile Things, Neil Gaiman
***Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
Killing Commendatore, Haruki Murakami
The Lesson, Cadwell Turnbull
***Under the Skin, Michel Faber
Bone Dance, Emma Bull
Tokyo Ghost, Vol. 1: Atomic Garden, Rick Remender
***Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
Metropolitan (Metropolitan, #1), Walter Jon Williams
***Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1), Jeff VanderMeer
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch #1), Ann Leckie
***This Void Beckons, A.J.K. O'Donnell
Bat-Man Is Lost In A Woods, David Enos
Bikes in Space, Elly Blue
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4), J.K. Rowling
Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
Robot Visions, Isaac Asimov
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3), J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2), J.K. Rowling
***Brownsville: Stories, Oscar Casares
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #1), J.K. Rowling
Superman: Red Son, Mark Millar
Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories, Vandana Singh
Paper Girls, Vol. 1, Brian K. Vaughan
***Prime Meridian, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
Chasing Shadows (Sekret Machines #1), Tom DeLonge
The Hunt for Vulcan: . . . And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe, Thomas Levenson
Lucy, Laurence Gonzales
The Calcutta Chromosome, Amitav Ghosh
Noumenon, Marina J. Lostetter
***Sea of Rust, C. Robert Cargill
The Heart Goes Last, Margaret Atwood
***Roadside Picnic, Arkady Strugatsky
What Happened, Hillary Rodham Clinton
***Homesick for Another World: Stories, Ottessa Moshfegh
***Lab Girl, Hope Jahren
The Prey of Gods, Nicky Drayden
***The Day After Roswell, Philip J. Corso
***Saga, Vol. 7, Brian K. Vaughan
***Saga, Vol. 6, Brian K. Vaughan
***Saga, Vol. 5, Brian K. Vaughan
***Saga, Vol. 4, Brian K. Vaughan
***Saga, Vol. 3, Brian K. Vaughan
***Saga, Vol. 2, Brian K. Vaughan
***Saga, Vol. 1, Brian K. Vaughan
***Latin@ Rising: An Anthology of Latin@ Science Fiction and Fantasy, Matthew David Goodwin
Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science, Carl Sagan
Fear, L. Ron Hubbard
Ringworld (Ringworld, #1), Larry Niven
Blacksad: A Silent Hell (Blacksad, #4), Juan Díaz Canales
1984, George Orwell
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1, Alan Moore
Tales From Spaceship Earth (Blue Marble Space Short Story Collection Book 1), Jacob Haqq-Misra
***Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1), Ernest Cline
***Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1), Frank Herbert
Player Piano, Kurt Vonnegut
Seven Devils (The Brujocorridos #1), Joshua Chapa
The Underwater Welder, Jeff Lemire
The Wake, Scott Snyder
Twelve Tomorrows 2016, Bruce Sterling
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Philip K. Dick
Andrew's Brain, E.L. Doctorow
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015, John Joseph Adams
***The Shapes of Their Hearts, Melissa Scott
Lock In (Lock In, #1), John Scalzi
***The Female Man, Joanna Russ
Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins
Ant-Man: Scott Lang, David Michelinie
Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas, Garth Ennis
The Moon Moth (Graphic Novel), Jack Vance
***The New American Splendor Anthology: From Off the Streets of Cleveland, Harvey Pekar
Sin City, Vol. 2: A Dame to Kill For (Sin City, #2), Frank Miller
***The Martian, Andy Weir
Supergirl, Vol. 1: Last Daughter of Krypton, Michael  Green
The Book of Five Rings: A Graphic Novel, Sean Michael Wilson
***Sin City, Vol. 1: The Hard Goodbye (Sin City, #1), Frank Miller
***Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2), Art Spiegelman
***Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1), Art Spiegelman
Trillium, Jeff Lemire
***Mr. Spic Goes to Washington, Ilan Stavans
Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick, Matt Fraction
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act, Kieron Gillen
American Splendor Unsung Hero: The Story of Robert McNeill, Harvey Pekar
***The Trial: A Graphic Novel, David Zane Mairowitz
Sass & Sorcery (Rat Queens, #1), Kurtis J. Wiebe
***Last Day in Vietnam, Will Eisner
Batwoman, Volume 1: Hydrology, J.H. Williams III
***You are There, Jacques Tardi
Ant Colony, Michael DeForge
***The Magicians (The Magicians, #1), Lev Grossman
The Death of Superman (The Death and Return of Superman, #1), Dan Jurgens
***Daytripper, Fábio Moon
Strangers in Paradise, Pocket Book 1, Terry Moore
Black Hole, Charles Burns
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
Very Casual, Michael DeForge
***The Complete Persepolis (Persepolis, #1-4), Marjane Satrapi
Century Rain, Alastair Reynolds
Polarity, Max Bemis
The Tripods Trilogy (The Tripods, #1-3), John Christopher
The Origins of Life, David Deamer
***The Sirens of Titan, Kurt Vonnegut
Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut
***A Voyage to Arcturus, David  Lindsay
Freedom Evolves, Daniel C. Dennett
Consciousness Explained, Daniel C. Dennett
***Two Years Before the Mast and Twenty-Four Years After (Harvard Classics, #23), Richard Henry Dana Jr.
The Hobbit or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien
***Batman: The Killing Joke, Alan Moore
Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life's Origin, Robert M. Hazen
***The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God, Carl Sagan
Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street, Warren Ellis
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory, Brian Greene
Letter to a Christian Nation, Sam Harris
The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins
On the Road, Jack Kerouac
***Seventh Son (Tales of Alvin Maker, #1), Orson Scott Card
***American Gods (American Gods, #1), Neil Gaiman
Chaos: Making a New Science, James Gleick
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design, Richard Dawkins
The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin
***Cosmos, Carl Sagan
The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins
***Season of Mists (The Sandman, #4), Neil Gaiman
***Dream Country (The Sandman, #3), Neil Gaiman
***The Doll's House (The Sandman, #2), Neil Gaiman
***Preludes & Nocturnes (The Sandman, #1), Neil Gaiman
***Watchmen (Watchmen #1-12), Alan Moore
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character, Richard P. Feynman
The Gashlycrumb Tinies (The Vinegar Works, #1), Edward Gorey
Wall and Piece, Banksy