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Nancy Pearl is a regular commentator about books on NPR'sMorning Edition and NPR affiliate stations KUOW in Seattle and KWGS in Tulsa.

Nancy Pearl's Sci-Fi Picks

Nancy Pearl
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Librarian Nancy Pearl gives Weekday listeners her recommendations for science-fiction titles (and a few fantasy novels, too). Here are Nancy's picks:

  • "Angelmaker" by Nick Harkaway
  • "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman
  • "Pandora’s Star" by Peter Hamilton
  • "Darwin’s Radio" by Greg Bear
  • "Space Cadet" by Robert Heinlein
  • "Red Planet" by Robert Heinlein
  • The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • "Among Others" by Jo Walton
  • "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
  • "The Gate To Women’s Country" by Sheri Tepper
  • "Grass" by Sheri Tepper
  • "The Dispossessed" by Ursula K. LeGuin
  • "Matched" by Ally Condie
  • "Shadow and Bone" by Leigh Bardugo
  • "Territory" by Emma Bull
  • "Nine Princes In Amber" by Roger Zelazny

Nancy Pearl is a regular commentator about books on NPR's Morning Edition and NPR affiliate stations KUOW in Seattle and KWGS in Tulsa.