Science Fiction Reading List

SCIENCE FICTION
READING LIST
THE ENDER’S GAME SERIES
by Orson Scott CARD
The human race faces annihilation. An alien menace is hovering
on the horizon, ready to strike. And if humanity is to be defended,
the government must create the greatest military commander
in history. The brilliant young Ender Wiggin is their last hope.
But first he must survive the rigours of a brutal military training
program - to prove that he can be the leader of all leaders. A
saviour for mankind must be produced, through whatever means
possible. But will they create a hero or a monster?
THE EVERLIFE SERIES
by Gena SHOWALTER
Seventeen-year-old Tenley Lockwood has spent the past thirteen
months in the Prynne Asylum for her refusal to let her parents
choose where she’ll live - after she dies. Firstlife is merely a dress
rehearsal and real life begins after death. In the Everlife there
are two realms of power: Troika and Myriad, long-time enemies
and deadly rivals. Both would do anything to recruit Tenley, but
soon she finds herself on the run, caught in a tug-of-war between
realms.
THE LORIEN LEGACIES SERIES
by Pittacus LORE
In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a
fifteen-year-old who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to
develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other
six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who
destroyed their planet, Lorien.

THE LIFESPAN OF STARLIGHT SERIES
by John FLANAGAN
In 2084, three teenagers discover the secret to time travel. At first
their jumps cover only a few seconds, but soon they master the
technique and combat their fear of jumping into the unknown.
It’s dangerous. It’s illegal. And it’s utterly worth it for the fullbody
bliss of each return. Could they travel as far as ten years,
to escape the authorities? But before they jump they must sure,
once you trip forwards, there’s no coming back.
OTHERBOUND
by Corinne DUYVIS
A seventeen-year-old boy finds that every time he closes his eyes,
he’s drawn into the body of a mute servant girl from another
world--a world that’s growing increasingly more dangerous, and
where many things are not as they seem.
CHASING THE STARS
by Malorie BLACKMAN
What happens when love brings loss? When love brings hate?
Olivia and her twin brother Aidan are heading alone back to Earth
following the virus that wiped out the rest of their crew, and their
family. Nathan is part of a community heading in the opposite
direction. But on their journey, Nathan’s ship is attacked and
most on board are killed. Nathan and Olivia’s lives unexpectedly
collided, and they’re instantly attracted to each other, but is it
possible to live out a happy ever after?

THE FIREBIRD SERIES
by Claudia GRAY
As the daughter of two prominent physicists, Marguerite is no
stranger to wild scientific theories. Her mother’s latest invention
is a device called the Firebird, which allows people to leap into
other dimensions-and has catapulted them to instant fame. But
then Marguerite’s father is murdered, and her parent’s research
stolen. All the evidence points to their enigmatic assistant Paul,
but before the law can touch him, he slips into another dimension.
But as she gets closer to Paul, she realizes she may be chasing the
wrong guy...
THE TRIAD OF BEING SERIES
by Traci HARDING
Taren has studied everything from genetics to quantum physics,
astrophysics and ESP. All this knowledge led her to an earthshattering
conclusion. But her research and hidden psychic
powers have made her a pawn in a very deadly game.
THE STARBOUND SERIES
by Amie KAUFMAN
A young socialite and a war hero crash on an uncharted planet in
this timeless and romantic love story about hope and survival in
the face of unthinkable odds

THE DR WHO : ELEVENTH DOCTOR
GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES
by VARIOUS AUTHORS
With a force of personality capable of bending time itself and all
the energy of a star’s exploding heart, the Doctor blasts into the
hollow, tragic life of a woman with so much to offer - and giver
her the chance to scream “Geronimo!” at the thrills, colors and
terrors of an infinite universe.
OTHERBOUND
by Corinne DUYVIS
A seventeen-year-old boy finds that every time he closes his eyes,
he’s drawn into the body of a mute servant girl from another
world--a world that’s growing increasingly more dangerous, and
where many things are not as they seem.
AFTER EDEN
by Helen DOUGLAS
When mysterious new boy Ryan Westland shows up at her
school, Eden Anfield is intrigued. On the face of it, he’s a typical
American teenager. So how come he doesn’t recognise pizza and
hasn’t heard of Hitler? What puzzles Eden most, however, is the
interest he’s taking in her. As Eden falls in love with Ryan, she
stumbles across a book in Ryan’s bedroom - a biography of her
best friend - written fifty years in the future. Unravelling Ryan’s
secret, she discovers he has one unbelievably important purpose
... and she might just have destroyed his only chance of success.

THE STAR TREK SEEKERS SERIES
by VARIOUS AUTHORS
An all-new Star Trek series begins! A new mission: The late twentythird
century—Starfleet’s golden age of exploration. Desperate
to stay one step ahead of its rivals, the Federation sends two
starships, the scout Sagittarius and the cruiser Endeavour, to
plumb the secrets of the vast region known as the Taurus Reach.
NERVE
by Jeanne RYAN
As a player in NERVE, an anonymous game of dares broadcast live
online, high-schooler Vee is unhappy to be watched constantly
but finds it exhilarating to be paired with handsome Ian taking
ever riskier dares--until the stakes become too high.
THE MORTALITY DOCTRINE SERIES
by James DASHNER
For Michael and the other gamers, the VirtNet can make your
wildest fantasies become real. And the more hacking skills you
have, the more fun. Who wants to play by the rules anyway? But
some rules were made for a reason. One gamer has been taking
people hostage inside the VirtNet with horrific consequences.
The government needs Michael to track down the rogue gamer,
but the risk is enormous and the line between game and reality
could be blurred forever.

THE RED RISING SERIES
by John FLANAGAN
Darrow is a Helldiver, one of a hundred generations of people
who live beneath the surface of Mars, spending their lives toiling
to mine the precious elements that will allow the planet to be
terraformed. The Earth is dying, and Darrow and his people are
the only hope humanity has left. Until the day Darrow learns that
it is all a lie. That Mars has been habitable - and inhabited - for
generations, by a class of people calling themselves the Golds.
Darrow disguises himself as a Gold and infiltrates their command
school.
DOCTOR WHO
by VARIOUS AUTHORS
This print edition is the culmination of a year-long series of
ebooks to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the hit BBC series,
Doctor Who. Eleven stories, eleven authors, eleven unique
interpretations of the Doctor: his terrifying alien enemies and his
time-travelling adventures. The authors involved in this exciting
project are Eoin Colfer, Michael Scott, Marcus Sedgwick, Philip
Reeve, Patrick Ness, Richelle Mead, Malorie Blackman, Alex
Scarrow, Charlie Higson, Derek Landy and Neil Gaiman.
THE ILLUMINAE FILES SERIES
by Amie KAUFMAN
The year is 2575, and two rival mega-corporations are at war over
a planet that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge
of the universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people
living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them, exes Kady and
Ezra - who are barely even talking to each other - are forced to
fight their way onto the evacuating fleet, with an enemy warship
in hot pursuit. But the warship is the least of their problems.

THE TIME RIDERS SERIES
by Alex SCARROW
Liam O’Connor should have died at sea in 1912.
Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010.
Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026.
Yet moments before death, someone mysteriously appeared and
said, ‘Take my hand ...’
But Liam, Maddy and Sal aren’t rescued. They are recruited by an
agency that no one knows exists, with only one purpose—to fix
broken history
THE DOUBLE SHADOW
by Sally GARDNER
Arnold Ruben has created a memory machine, a utopia housed
in a picture palace, where the happiest memories replay forever,
a haven in which he and his precious daughter can shelter from
the war-clouds gathering over 1937 Britain. But on the day of
her seventeenth birthday Amaryllis leaves Warlock Hall and the
world she has known and wakes to find herself in a desolate and
disturbing place.
TOUCH
by Claire NORTH
He tried to take my life. Instead I took his. It was a long time ago.
I remember it was dark, and I didn’t see my killer until it was too
late. As I died, my hand touched his. That’s when the first switch
took place. Suddenly, I was looking through the eyes of my killer,
and I was watching myself die. Now switching is easy. I can jump
from body to body, have any life, be anyone. Some people touch
lives. Others take them. I do both.