A Few of Our Favorite Things 2023

Wake County Public Libraries wishes you a joyous holiday season and a Happy New Year. Our Adult Services Librarians have created our annual gift to you - this list featuring some of our favorite recent books. From novels of all genres to nonfiction and biographies, you are sure to find some books to love among these librarian favorites.
 

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1. The memory librarian: and other stories of Dirty Computer

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Author:
Monáe, Janelle
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Cary Regional - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror has 2
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Duraleigh Road - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
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"Dirty Computer introduced a world in which thoughts--as a means of self-conception--could be controlled or erased by a select few. And whether human, A.I., or other, your life and sentience was dictated by those who'd convinced themselves they had the right to decide your fate. That was until Jane 57821 decided to remember and break free. Expanding from that mythos, these stories fully explore what it's like to live in such a totalitarian existence--and...