Books to read if you want to believe

Updated March 20, 2026
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It Devours!
Fink, Joseph
Paper Book

It Devours follows a skeptical scientist and a devout lab assistant in Night Vale as they clash—and ultimately team up—to stop a mysterious, faith-fueled sinkhole from literally consuming their town.

The Ministry of Time
Bradley, Kaliane.
Paper Book
The romantic, historical, comedic, literary, genre-defying bestseller 'The hit of the year' Guardian 'Addictive' Independent 'Crack this book open and you'll see how time can disappear' Financial...

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
Read the award-winning, critically acclaimed, multi-million-copy-selling science-fiction phenomenon - now a Netflix Original Series from the creators of Game of Thrones. Imagine the universe as a forest, patrolled by numberless and nameless predators. In this forest,...

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
Meet Adina: a woman who has never felt at home on Earth *** A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR, JUST LANDED IN THE UK *** 'One of the best books I have read this year' KALIANE BRADLEY, Guardian 'As tender as it is witty and...
The Book Of Elsewhere
Reeves, Keanu.
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - A mind-blowing epic from Keanu Reeves and China Miéville, 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...
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.
Space hopper
Fisher, Helen
Paper Book
THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY DEBUT OF 2021 This is a story about taking a leap of faith And believing the unbelievable   They say those we love never truly leave us, and I've found that to be true. But not in the way you might expect. In fact,...
A Stroke of the Pen: ; The Lost Stories
Pratchett, Terry.
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER - A truly unmissable, beautifully illustrated collection of unearthed stories from the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett- award-winning and bestselling author, and creator of the phenomenally successful Discworld series. Twenty early short stories by...
Extinction
Preston, Douglas
Paper Book
An epic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston, perfect for fans of Michael Crichton. Extinction explores the very real effort to resurrect the woolly mammoth and other extinct megafauna from the Pleistocene Age. Erebus Resort,...
How High We Go in the Dark
Nagamatsu, Sequoia.
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2022FINALIST FOR THE BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZE 2022FINALIST FOR THE URSULA LE GUIN PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022WATERSTONES AND ESQUIRE BEST BOOKS OF 2022For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, Sequoia...

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