Books to read if you want to believe

Updated March 20, 2026
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The Ministry of Time
Bradley, Kaliane
Paper Book
⭐ The sensational Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller ⭐ ⭐ Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and a finalist for a Hugo Award ⭐ 'The hit of the year' ...

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.

Beautyland
Bertino, Marie-Helene
Paper Book
A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times Book Review, Esquire, Time, Elle, The Boston Globe, Literary Hub, The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Goodreads, WBEZ Chicago, Book Riot, The Christian Science Monitor, Mother...
The great transition : a novel
Fuller Googins, Nick
Paper Book
This richly imaginative, immersive, and "electrifyingly relevant" (William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author) debut novel follows a shocking disappearance amid the climate crisis of our near future--perfect for fans of Station Eleven and The Last Thing...
The Book Of Elsewhere
Reeves, Keanu.
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - A mind-blowing epic from Keanu Reeves and China Mieville, unlike anything these two genre-bending pioneers have created before, inspired by the world of the BRZRKR comic books. 'An exceptionally innovative collaboration from two remarkable...
Only the Astronauts
Dovey, Ceridwen.
Paper Book
'Ceridwen Dovey has a rare, wild genius. The stories in Only the Astronauts are extraordinary, funny, delightful and moving. Dovey sees tenderly what it is to be human - from a perspective that is out-of-this-world imaginative.' Anna Funder Adrift in outer space, a...
Sea of tranquility
Mandel, Emily St. John
Paper Book
From Vancouver Island in 1912 to a dark colony of the moon three hundred years later. The Sunday Times bestseller, Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel is a story of parallel worlds and possibilities that plays with the very line along which time should run.
Meru
Divya, S. B.
Paper Book
One woman and her pilot are about to change the future of the species in an epic space opera about aspiration, compassion, and redemption by Hugo and Nebula Award finalist S. B. Divya. For five centuries, human life has been restricted to Earth, while posthuman descendants called...
Space hopper
Fisher, Helen
Paper Book
Pre-order JOE NUTHIN'S GUIDE TO LIFE, the extraordinary new Helen Fisher novel, out in paperback Summer 2024. THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY DEBUT OF 2021 This is a story about taking a leap of faith And believing the unbelievable  
A Stroke of the Pen: ; The Lost Stories
Pratchett, Terry.
Paper Book
Far away and long ago, when dragons still existed and the only arcade game was ping-pong in black and white, a wizard cautiously entered a smoky tavern in the evil, ancient, foggy city of Morpork... A truly unmissable, beautifully illustrated collection of unearthed...
Extinction : a novel
Preston, Douglas J.
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.
How high we go in the dark
Nagamatsu, Sequoia
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE * ROXANE GAY'S AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB PICK * FINALIST FOR THE URSULA K. LE GUIN PRIZE "Moving and thought-provoking . . . offering psychological insights in lyrical prose while seriously exploring speculative conceits." --...

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