From the Earth to the Moon (1865)

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

1979 · 287 pages · 24 reviews

Others: Overwhelmingly positive

Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana is drawn back repeatedly through time to the slave quarters, and each time the stay grows longer, more arduous, and more dangerous until it is uncertain whether or not Dana’s life will end, long before it has a chance to begin.

A Hero for WondLa

Tony DiTerlizzi

2012 · 464 pages · 1 review

Others: Positive

Raised underground by a robot, twelve-year-old Eva Nine finally finds all she ever wanted in the human colony of New Attica, but something very bad is going on there and unless Eva and her friends stop it, it could mean the end of life on Orbona.

A Thousand Pieces Of You

Claudia Gray

2014 · 372 pages · 1 review

Others: Positive

Marguerite's physicist parents' most astonishing invention, called the Firebird, allows users to jump into multiple universes. When her father is murdered, the killer (her parents' handsome, enigmatic assistant, Paul) escapes into another dimension. Marguerite refuses to let him go free, so she races after him through different universes. Before long she begins to question Paul's guilt as well as her own heart. She discovers the truth of her father's death is far more sinister than she expected.

Across a Star-Swept Sea

Diana Peterfreund

2013 · 464 pages · 1 review

Others: Mixed

Across the Universe

Beth Revis

2011 · 9 reviews

Others: Mostly positive

Allegiant

Veronica Roth

2011 · 526 pages · 5 reviews

Others: Overwhelmingly positive

The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered -- fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories. But Tris's new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature -- and of herself -- while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love.