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New York 2140

By Kim Stanley Robinson

According to the author, rising sea levels will undoubtedly turn Manhattan into a "SuperVenice," in just over a century. Boats have replaced cars but the unstoppable city continues to operate. Despite reading almost like nonfiction, Robinson's world is intricately painted with such sci-fi features as airships, innovative sky-bridges and environmental dangers that we have to overcome in order to survive.

$18 at Amazon (Available March 14)

South and West:
From a Notebook

By Joan Didion

Learn about America's past (and more than likely its future) from the incomparable Joan Didion's 40-year-old field notes from two reporting trips—one a road trip through the backroads of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama; the other covering the Patty Hearst trial for Rolling Stone in 1976.

$11.30 at Amazon (Available March 7)

The Wanderers

By Meg Howery

Station Eleven meets The Martian in this brilliantly inventive novel about three astronauts training for the first-ever mission to Mars, an experience that will push the boundary between real and unreal, test their relationships and leave each of them—along with their families—changed forever.

$19.80 at Amazon (Available March 14)

The Rules Do Not Apply

By Ariel Levy

"I wanted what we all want: everything," writes Levy in her excellent memoir. "We want a mate who feels like family and a lover who is exotic, surprising." The author brings you along as she builds an unconventional life and then watches it all fall apart with astonishing speed. But for all the pain, it's darkly funny all over the place.

$16 at Amazon (Available March 14)

The Americans

March 7, 10 pm ET on FX

Returning for its penultimate season, The Americans feels much closer to the bone this year with news and rumors of Russian involvement and interference with American politics. There are still plenty of tricks up the sleeves of our Reagan-era spy couple.

Trial & Error

March 14, 10 pm ET on NBC

From Making a Murderer to The Jinx, true crime has never been more popular so it was only a matter of time before someone spoofed the genre. In this mockumentary-style show, a poetry professor played by John Lithgow is accused of murdering his wife and a New York lawyer comes to his defense, but realizes he's got an uphill battle ahead.