Fractured, inside-out, uncensored, or reimagined…these are new tellings of familiar stories delivered as mysteries, romances, thrillers and science fiction.
Fractured, inside-out, uncensored, or reimagined…these are new tellings of familiar stories delivered as mysteries, romances, thrillers and science fiction.
“New adult”, “older YA”…whatever you want to call it, these are stories about people starting out in the world and finding their way while negotiating the ups and downs of friendships, relationships, sex, and real life.
Did you read Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl? Did you love it? Was it because the characters were so darn nice? Just people you’d really like to know in real life and have over for dinner?
Thought not.
It was for the twists and turns, right? The never quite knowing what was really going on? And of course to find out What Really Happened In The End, yes?
Here are more stories with unreliable narrators, stories that will yank the narrative rug out from under your readerly feet in the most delightful and unpredictable of ways.
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George R.R. Martin’s epic Song of Fire and Ice series is wildly popular, both as novels and as the tv miniseries. The following suggested reads share with GoT exquisitely developed worlds (some parallel fantasy universes, some purely historical) in which their extensive casts of characters play out the epic stories filled with dynastic war, political machination, intrigue, romance, the quest for power, and the struggle to keep the world safe against mysterious forces.
Here is what George R.R. Martin is reading. Call, text, chat, email us or stop by the library to place requests.
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Stories about what happens after the “end of the world”…who is left? How will society survive? When will mankind start over, if we even can?
For more dystopian/post-apocalyptic novels in our Young Adult collection, click here. Continue reading →