Top New Science Fiction Books in July 2021

Tetley Abednego is the most beloved girl in Garbagetown, but she’s the only one who knows it. She’s the only one who knows a lot of things: that Garbagetown is the most wonderful place in the world, that it’s full of hope, that you can love someone and 66{13aab5633489a05526ae1065595c074aeca3e93df6390063fabaebff206207ec} hate them all at the same time.

But Earth is a terrible mess, hope is a fragile thing, and a lot of people are very angry with her. Then Tetley discovers a new friend, a terrible secret, and more to her world than she ever expected.

Buy The Past Is Red by Catherynne M. Valente.

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

Type: Novel
Publisher: Tordotcom
Release date: July 13

Den of Geek says: Chambers’ Wayfarers series is the pinnacle of “soft” science fiction in the sense that it sets out to be unflappably kind while also building a universe of sometimes-warring humans and aliens. Now she shifts to a different setting with a similar tone and careful attention to the soil that lets the human heart bloom.

Publisher’s summary: It’s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend.