Books to read if you want to believe

Updated March 20, 2026
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The Ministry of Time
Bradley, Kaliane.
Paper Book
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF SUMMER 2024 * A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * HUGO AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVEL * WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR SCIENCE FICTION * A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, VANITY FAIR, ESQUIRE<...

A civil servant helps supervise time‑displaced historical figures in modern Britain, sparking political intrigue and an unexpected love story.

The dark forest
Liu, Cixin
Paper Book
The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem! Over 1 million copies of the Three-Body Problem series sold in North America PRAISE FOR THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM SERIES: "A mind-bending epic."--The New York Times * "War...

Sequel/second book in trilogy popular on Netflix Three Body Problem

Humanity confronts an existential cosmic threat after learning that revealing one’s existence in the universe invites annihilation.

The down days : a novel
Hugo, Ilze
Paper Book
In the vein of The Book of M comes a fast-paced, character-driven literary apocalyptic novel that explores life, love, and loss in a post-truth society. In the aftermath of a deadly outbreak--reminiscent of the 1962 event of mass hysteria that was the Tanganyika...
The Book Of Elsewhere
Reeves, Keanu.
Paper Book
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An "action-packed [and] profoundly stylish" (Los Angeles Times) epic from Keanu Reeves and China Miéville, unlike anything these two genre-bending pioneers have created before, inspired by the world of the BRZRKR...
Sea of tranquility
Mandel, Emily St. John
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BESTSELLER "One of [Mandel's] finest novels and one of her most satisfying forays into the arena of speculative fiction yet." --The New York Times  "Mandel's sensational sixth novel offers immense pleasures of puzzle box plotting and...
The hidden girl and other stories
Liu, Ken
Paper Book
Includes stories featured in Pantheon--now an animated series on AMC+ "I know this is going to sound hyperbolic, but when I'm reading Ken Liu's stories, I feel like I'm reading a once-in-a-generation talent. I'm in awe." --Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author...
Extinction
Preston, Douglas
Paper Book
With Extinction, #1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston has written a page-turning thriller in the Michael Crichton mode that explores the possible and unintended dangers of the very real efforts to resurrect the woolly mammoth and other long-extinct animals.

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