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For highly-reviewed, recently published science fiction novels (late 2024 to mid-2025), consider these critically acclaimed options that have generated significant buzz: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley: This novel, a Booker Prize winner in 2024 and a New York Times Bestseller, blends time travel, romance, and historical fiction as a civil servant is recruited to work for a secret government agency that rescues people from the past. Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky: A story that follows Charles, a robot servant who, after a fault causes him to inadvertently murder his owner, ventures into a disintegrating world where an entire robot ecosystem is struggling to find purpose. Tchaikovsky is a highly regarded author in modern sci-fi. Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer: The surprise fourth volume in the author's Southern Reach series, which returns to the mysterious, cut-off coastal region known as Area X. The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville: A unique collaboration that tells the story of an 80,000-year-old warrior struggling with loneliness and existence. The Bones Beneath My Skin by T.J. Klune: This novel follows a journalist who gets caught up in a web of government conspiracies and alien encounters, wrapped around a heartwarming story of found family. Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor: The latest from the award-winning author follows a struggling writer whose career takes off after she writes a blockbuster science fiction novel. Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky: This 2024 novel, highly recommended by critics, places an exiled professor in an off-world labor camp on a planet with a dangerous ecosystem and profound, mysterious alien secrets. Other Notable Recent Releases (Late 2024) The Mars House by Natasha Pulley The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino The Book of Love by Kelly Link These books offer a mix of different sci-fi subgenres, from space opera and dystopian fiction to time travel and philosophical inquiries, and have all been positively received in the last year.