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Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra—the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter—has finally …

Dragon's egg by Robert L. Forward

In a moving story of sacrifice and triumph, human scientists establish a relationship with intelligent lifeforms--the cheela--living on Dragon's Egg, …

Pinocchio (Large Print Edition) by Carlo Collodi

A wooden puppet full of tricks and mischief wants more than anything else to become a real boy.

Last Exit by Max Gladstone

Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Sophie Aldred

Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky

A junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the locals he has sworn to study to save a planet …

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set …

克拉拉与太阳 by Kazuo Ishiguro, 宋佥

克拉拉是一个专为陪伴儿童而设计的太阳能人工智能机器人（AF），具有极高的观察、推理与共情能力。她坐在商店展示橱窗里，注视着街头路人以及前来浏览橱窗的孩子们的一举一动。她始终期待着很快就会有人挑中她，不过，当这种永久改变境遇的可能性出现时，克拉拉却被提醒不要过分相信人类的诺言。

在《克拉拉与太阳》这部作品中，石黑一雄通过一位令人难忘的叙述者的视角，观察千变万化的现代社会，探索了一个根本性的问题：究竟什么是爱？

Hammers on Bone (Persons Non Grata, #1) by Cassandra Khaw

Catalyst Gate by Megan E. O'Keefe

Nudge: improving decisions about health, wealth, and happiness by Richard H. Thaler

Thaler and Sunstein develop libertarian paternalism as a middle path between command-and-control and strict-neutrality choice architectures. Libertarian paternalism protects humans …

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will …

Quantum of Nightmares by Charles Stross (The New Management, #2)

Red Thunder (Thunder and Lightning, #1) by John Varley

Invisible Sun (Empire Games, #3) by Charles Stross