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  • Cover of Flowers for Algernon
    Flowers for AlgernonNovel

    Daniel Keyes · standalone novel · 1966

    Sad in tone, about genetic engineering and loneliness.

    “A man with a low IQ becomes the subject of an experimental medical procedure which raises his IQ well over genius level.”

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  • Cover of We Could Be Heroes
    We Could Be HeroesNovel

    Mike Chen · standalone novel · 2021

    About amnesia and psychic powers, set in our world.

    “Jamie woke up in an empty apartment with no memory and only a few clues to his identity, but with the ability to read and erase other people's memories - a power he uses to hold up banks to buy coffee, cat food and books.”

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  • Cover of Kairos
    KairosSeries

    series · 11 books · 1962

    completed

    Science fiction.

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  • Cover of Renegades (Marissa Meyer)
    Renegades (Marissa Meyer)Series

    series · 3 books · 2017

    Tense in tone, set in our world and near future.

    “Marissa Meyer's trilogy, continuing through Archenemies and Supernova, plays the two factions' history against the leads' divided loyalties; Meyer has said she doesn't plan to extend the series further.”

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  • Cover of The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune)
    The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune)Series

    series · 3 books · 2020

    Lighthearted in tone.

    “The Extraordinaries follows Nick Bell, a fanfiction-writing teenager with ADHD who is infatuated with his city's resident superhero, Shadow Star, and decides the only way to get noticed is to become extraordinary himself.”

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  • Cover of Heroine Complex
    Heroine ComplexSeries

    series · 7 books · 2016

    Urban fantasy.

    “Evie Tanaka is the put-upon personal assistant to Aveda Jupiter, her childhood best friend and San Francisco's most beloved superheroine.”

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