5 must-read science fiction books like The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He

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The Ones We're Meant to Find

By: Joan He

3.55

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Cee has been trapped on an abandoned island for three years without any recollection of how she arr…

"Most choices are made before you reach the edge."

-Joan He, The Ones We're Meant to Find

"I love you. And even if you failed me, I'd never replace you"

-Joan He, The Ones We're Meant to Find

"And I think we have even less choice over the ones we’re meant to find."

-Joan He, The Ones We're Meant to Find

If you liked the science fiction plot in The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He , here is a list of 5 books like this:

1. Pump Six and Other Stories

By: Paolo Bacigalupi

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Paolo Bacigalupi's debut collection demonstrates the power and reach of the science fiction short s… read more

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2. Jade Fire Gold

By: June C.L. Tan

3.70

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In an empire on the brink of war... Ahn is no one, with no past and no family. Altan is a lo… read more

Similar categories in June C.L. Tan's Jade Fire Gold book and Joan He's The Ones We're Meant to Find

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
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3. Taming Flame

By: Therisa Peimer

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Flaminius's days of bouncing between beds are snatched away the instant he sets eyes on his perfect… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Tightening his embrace around his wife and little Theo, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to continue being worthy of the faith you have in me."

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me feel safe and cherished, and you care deeply for our people. Why wouldn't I have faith in you?"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"I'm so proud of you I could burst, but in the interest of saving the poor cleaning staff the hassle, I would, instead, like to take you to our room and lick you from stem to stern until you beg me to…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"A virgin," Flaminius smiled deviously. "I'll take her." Instantly, surprised chatter erupted. Mother Guardian held up her hand for silence. "You cannot be serious, Sire." "Oh, but I am," he replied w…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

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4. A Magic Steeped in Poison (The Book of Tea, #1)

By: Judy I. Lin

3.83

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

For Ning, the only thing worse than losing her mother is knowing that it's her own fault. She was t… read more

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  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"In the morning, Lian and I tuck into a breakfast of fluffy baozi, fresh from the bamboo steamers of Small Wu’s kitchen m. We pull the dough apart to reveal the filling within — ground pork mixed with…"

-Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison (The Book of Tea, #1)

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5. Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel

By: Todor Bombov

4.37

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

2nd Book in Sci-Fi Series Is Set on Saturn’s Moon Homo Cosmicus-2: Titan is a sci-fi novel, sui … read more

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  • science fiction
"While an elderly man in his mid-eighties looks curiously at a porno site, his grandson asks him from afar, “‘What are you reading, grandpa?’"

-Todor Bombov, Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel

"Let’s get to know each other. My name’s William, William More, but you can call me Willy. I’m an engineer-chemist who graduated from MIT. So . . . but you’re all alike to me . . . of course, you woul…"

-Todor Bombov, Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel

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6. Child of Another Kind

By: Steven Decker

4.29

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

A little girl can look at someone and know their past. How? Why? Single mom Cynthia Pace has he… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"No,"

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

"Teacher,"

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

"We do not sleep,"

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

"They came for me the next morning."

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

Cover of A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1) by Ava Reid

7. A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

By: Ava Reid

3.78

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood… read more

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  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The only enemy is the sea."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"No one owns the right to tell a story."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"I find you very charming underneath all the smugness."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"The sea is treacherous, but women are even more treacherous."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

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8. A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

By: Hafsah Faizal

3.57

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Why save the world when you can have tea? On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a c… read more

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  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Every good love story starts with a bullet to the heart."

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

"We understand what it's like to grieve with fire and not tears."

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

"It was hard not to watch Arthie Casimir. The way she worked and schemed, at times as still as stone, other times as restless as a bee. For the most part, Arthie obscured her femininity. She was, afte…"

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

Cover of This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1) by Kalynn  Bayron

9. This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1)

By: Kalynn Bayron

4.12

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron's new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a … read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1) book and Joan He's The Ones We're Meant to Find

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
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10. The Ones We're Meant to Find

By: Joan He

3.55

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Cee has been trapped on an abandoned island for three years without any recollection of how she arr… read more

Similar categories in Joan He's The Ones We're Meant to Find book and Joan He's The Ones We're Meant to Find

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Most choices are made before you reach the edge."

-Joan He, The Ones We're Meant to Find

"I love you. And even if you failed me, I'd never replace you"

-Joan He, The Ones We're Meant to Find

"And I think we have even less choice over the ones we’re meant to find."

-Joan He, The Ones We're Meant to Find

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11. Sweet & Bitter Magic

By: Adrienne Tooley

3.70

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this debut fantasy, a witch cursed to never love meets a girl hiding her own dangerous magic, an… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Tooley's Sweet & Bitter Magic book and Joan He's The Ones We're Meant to Find

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
"She was enchanted by the witch's lips."

-Adrienne Tooley, Sweet & Bitter Magic

"Now Tamsin was nothing but bitter and dark and cold—always so impossibly cold."

-Adrienne Tooley, Sweet & Bitter Magic

"Never learn to love someone untouchable. They'll only disappoint you in the end."

-Adrienne Tooley, Sweet & Bitter Magic

"Tamsin had quite preferred the child when he was quiet, but the mother seemed pleased."

-Adrienne Tooley, Sweet & Bitter Magic

Cover of Sisters of the Snake (Ria & Rani, #1) by Sarena Nanua

12. Sisters of the Snake (Ria & Rani, #1)

By: Sarena Nanua

3.69

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A lost princess. A dark puppet master. And a race against time—before all is lost. Princess Rani… read more

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  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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13. Horrid

By: Katrina Leno

3.56

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

From the author of You Must Not Miss comes a haunting contemporary horror novel that explores theme… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The combined smell of coffee and used books felt like the intersection of all things good and necessary."

-Katrina Leno, Horrid

"The combined smell of coffee and used books felt like the intersection of all things good and necessary, as far as Jane was concerned."

-Katrina Leno, Horrid

"... her ears were overcome by the sound of her own blood sloshing angrily through her veins, the sound of crashing waves, persistent and loud."

-Katrina Leno, Horrid

"Her head was on fire, pounding. She felt like she was on a boat like the bed was gently rocking back and forth, tossed among huge rolling waves."

-Katrina Leno, Horrid

Cover of Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes, #1) by Elizabeth Lim

14. Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes, #1)

By: Elizabeth Lim

4.20

Format: 454 pages, ebook

A princess in exile, a shapeshifting dragon, six enchanted cranes, and an unspeakable curse... S… read more

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  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Let’s play a game,"

-Elizabeth Lim, Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes, #1)

"Curiosity was my greatest weakness."

-Elizabeth Lim, Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes, #1)

"Fear is just a game. You win by playing."

-Elizabeth Lim, Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes, #1)

"You are my daughter, not of my blood, but of my heart."

-Elizabeth Lim, Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes, #1)

Cover of The Ivory Key (The Ivory Key Duology, #1) by Akshaya Raman

15. The Ivory Key (The Ivory Key Duology, #1)

By: Akshaya Raman

3.73

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Magic, a prized resource, is the only thing between peace and war. When magic runs out, four estran… read more

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  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"My mother used to say that once you've made a choice, you have to act as though it's been made forever. But I don't know if I believe that's true. Our lives aren't decided by one choice, but by a ser…"

-Akshaya Raman, The Ivory Key (The Ivory Key Duology, #1)

Cover of Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1) by Zoe Hana Mikuta

16. Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)

By: Zoe Hana Mikuta

3.88

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

Two girls on opposite sides of a war discover they're fighting for a common purpose--and falling fo… read more

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  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Because I am miserable and so viciously in love with her, I eat the soup."

-Zoe Hana Mikuta, Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)

"I could hate you, but it would kill me, and that is not how I am dying for you."

-Zoe Hana Mikuta, Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)

"The whole world can rot.' Eris whispers. 'Let's just sit here and watch it happen."

-Zoe Hana Mikuta, Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)

"It's not who I want to be. I want to be soft, and I don't want to take shit from any-one."

-Zoe Hana Mikuta, Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)

Cover of I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi

17. I Hope You Get This Message

By: Farah Naz Rishi

3.53

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Seven days. Seven days. The Earth might end in seven days. When news stations start reporting th… read more

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  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Being gay is not a fruit-borne disease, you idiot."

-Farah Naz Rishi, I Hope You Get This Message

"Only five seconds of thought stand between you and a crap-ton of regret."

-Farah Naz Rishi, I Hope You Get This Message

"Just because you’ve lost all hope doesn’t mean you get to throw out hope for all of us."

-Farah Naz Rishi, I Hope You Get This Message

"The thing about the end of the world was this: either everything mattered, or nothing did."

-Farah Naz Rishi, I Hope You Get This Message

Cover of A Venom Dark and Sweet (The Book of Tea, #2) by Judy I. Lin

18. A Venom Dark and Sweet (The Book of Tea, #2)

By: Judy I. Lin

3.61

Format: 352 pages, None

The enthralling conclusion to Judy I. Lin's Book of Tea duology—A Magic Steeped in Poison and A Ven… read more

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  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The bond of family is a kind of magic all its own."

-Judy I. Lin, A Venom Dark and Sweet (The Book of Tea, #2)

"To be human is to be vulnerable. To be human is to have more power than the gods will ever wield"

-Judy I. Lin, A Venom Dark and Sweet (The Book of Tea, #2)

"We all believe we are the center of the universe, but we forget we are merely specks among the stars. Moving through the streams of possible futures, sometimes colliding."

-Judy I. Lin, A Venom Dark and Sweet (The Book of Tea, #2)

"Magic does not belong to Shénnóng. It is not unique to one god or the other. Those are human terms, human rules. All magic is the same. It is only the vessel that shapes it."

-Judy I. Lin, A Venom Dark and Sweet (The Book of Tea, #2)

Cover of Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1) by Ciannon Smart

19. Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

By: Ciannon Smart

3.20

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Divided by their order. United by their vengeance. Iraya has spent her life in a cell, but every… read more

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  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"For power, acceptance, sometimes we do what we never thought we would"

-Ciannon Smart, Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

"Though the night is flush with stars, the sky still seems like a lid of earth closing atop a grave."

-Ciannon Smart, Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

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20. Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

By: A.R. Merrydew

4.43

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

The third book in the series, ‘Inara’, prepares the reader for the aftermath of Godfrey, and his fr… read more

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"Isn’t this exciting!"

-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

"We might even make this after all,’ he hollered, but the craft didn’t reply."

-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

"If any of them fail me, I will flush them from an airlock into the pit of space, like an unwanted turd. Do I make myself clear?"

-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

"Well at least one of you present here today, has the scaly green balls to give me an honest answer,’ he said, as he broke into a hearty lizard laugh."

-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

Cover of Lo frágil y lo eterno by Bruno Puelles

21. Lo frágil y lo eterno

By: Bruno Puelles

4.53

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

INGLATERRA, 1916. Lou Crane, una joven promesa de la danza, es arrancado de los escenarios para luc… read more

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June C.L. Tan

3.70

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Therisa Peimer

4.30

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A Magic Steeped in Poison (The Book of Tea, #1)

Judy I. Lin

3.83

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Child of Another Kind

Steven Decker

4.29

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J.B. Lion

4.32

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Lisa Kaniut Cobb

4.37

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Michael G. Kramer

4.36

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