By Ben H. Winters

When a secret cabal of radical scientific revolutionaries launches an attack on Russian high society's high-tech lifestyle, the classic love story's heroes--Anna Karenina and Count Alexei Vronsky--must fight back with all their courage, all their gadgets, and all the power of a sleek new cyborg model like nothing the world has ever seen.

By Jack Dann

Featuring stories by James Morrow, Terry Dowling, Garth Nix and Robert Silverberg, this spellbinding collection of steampunk and supernatural tales breathes new life into the Victorian and Edwardian ghost story for a new generation of readers.

By Philip Pullman
Series His Dark Materials

Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.

Became the movie: The Golden Compass.

By Meljean Brook
Series Iron Seas Novels
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

When a dead body is dropped from an airship onto Rhys Trahaearn's doorstep, Detective Inspector Mina Wentworth uncovers the victim's identity—and stumbles upon a conspiracy that threatens the lives of everyone in England.

By Alan Moore
Series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

In 1898, as the glory days of the British Empire were waning, an incredible band of adventurers - including Allan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Mina Harker, and the Invisible Man - was brought together to save England in its hour of greatest need.

Became the movie: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

By Félix J. Palma

A skeptical H. G. Wells investigates time-travel.

By Gail Carriger

When Alexia Tarabotti, a soulless spinster with the ability to negate supernatural powers, accidentally kills a vampire, her life goes from bad to worse when the appalling Lord Macconm a gorgeous werewolf, is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate.

By Gail Carriger
Series Parasol Protectorate

“When Alexia, a soulless spinster with the ability to negate supernatural powers, accidentally kills a vampire, her life goes from bad to worse when Lord Maccon, a gorgeous werewolf, is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate (From the Publisher).”

By Paolo Bacigalupi
Recommended By Jessikah Chautin, Community Engagement Specialist

"Living in a future where food is scarce, Anderson Lake tries to find ways to exploit this need, as he comes into conflict with Jaidee, an official of the Environmental Ministry, and encounters Emiko, an engineered windup girl who has been discarded by her creator (From the Publisher)."