Emory Reads

A catastrophic solar flare reshapes our world order as we know it. The planet's only hope rests with the Nigerian Space Program's plan to launch a daring rescue mission to the International Space Station. Olukotun poses deep questions about technology, international ambition, identity, and space exploration in the 21st century.

Detroit-based letterpress printer Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. is celebrated for his type-driven messages of social justice. Citizen Printer tells Kennedy's inspiring story and contextualizes his important work--and offers readers tools for lifting their voices, too. Borrowing words from social justice heroes Rosa Parks, Fannie Lou Hamer, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth and others, Kennedy layers bold statements on race, capitalism, history and politics in exuberant, colorful and one-of-a-kind posters.

In the small town of Shady Palms, Illinois, Lila Macapagal and her relatives run Tita Rosie's Kitchen, serve delicious Flipino dishes, and solve crimes on the side.
Or, use the Libby app for Fulton Public Library for online copies.

A Best Book of the Year. A gripping thriller of high drama and kaleidoscopic insight into what drives us to survive. Guerrilla gardening versus a billionaire's end-times bunker. Ideals and ideologies are tested.

Over the last forty years, the mythology of Princess Diana has turned the woman who was born Diana Spencer into a symbol for almost anything. In Dianaworld, Edward White guides us through this strange precinct of a global cultural obsession. In a signature, innovative "exploded biography," White offers both a portrait of the princess; those who worked with and for her; and the many ordinary people whose connection to Diana reveals her unique and enduring legacy. White draws on a kaleidoscopic array of sources and perspectives never before used in books about Diana or the royal family.

A compelling, intimate portrait of John Hancock, going beyond the flamboyant signature to reveal the pivotal role that he had in the American Revolution This is the story of a man who deserves far more credit for his contribution to the American Revolution than he previously received--and award-winning scholar Willard Sterne Randall is determined to give him his due at last. Details all of the major moments in the Revolution, from the Boston Tea Party to the battles of Lexington and Concord to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries--"a time-spanning, genre-blurring work of storytelling magic" BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR It is not just an unforgettable novel about secrets and destinies, but a way of looking at the world that asks the timeless question: How do we live on, even after we're gone?

Murderbot meets Redshirts in a delightfully humorous tale of robotic murder from the Hugo-nominated author. To fix the world they must first break it, further. When a domesticated robot gets a nasty little idea downloaded into its core programming, they murder their owner. The robot discovers they can also do something else they never did before: They can run away. Sometimes all it takes is a nudge to overcome the limits of your programming.
The audiobook is great too and can be borrowed online from the Fulton County Public Library.

A thrilling new science fiction adventure set in a rich universe full of political intrigue. Princess Sun has finally come of age. To survive, the princess must rely on her wits and companions: her biggest rival, her secret lover, and a dangerous prisoner of war. Take the brilliance and cunning courage of Princess Leia--add in a dazzling futuristic setting where pop culture and propaganda are one and the same--and hold on tight: This is the space opera you've been waiting for.

A page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. "A tour de force of narrative nonfiction."
The audiobook version is excellent via Emory's Libby app.

In this historical YA fantasy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secrets. This young prince seeks revenge in a Roman Empire like world packed with lots of political intrigue.

An eco-thriller. What could be more commonplace than grass or a world covered over all its surface with a wind-whipped ocean of grass? But the planet Grass conceals horrifying secrets within its endless pastures. And as an incurable plague attacks all inhabited planets but this one, the prairie-like Grass begins to reveal these secrets - and nothing will ever be the same again.

Award winning medical fiction. A virus hunter at the Epidemic Intelligence Service has discovered that a long-dormant virus encoded in human DNA is about to re-awaken, with terrifying consequences for any woman about to have a child.