20 must-read space books like Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2) by Suzanne Palmer

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Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

By: Suzanne Palmer

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From a Hugo Award-winning author comes the second book in this action-packed sci-fi caper, starring…

If you liked the space plot in Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2) by Suzanne Palmer , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) by Martha Wells

1. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

By: Martha Wells

4.22

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. … read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"(I'm going to have to code a patch for threat assessment.)"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"I said, “Have you done something that you feel you should be threatened for?"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Bad things may not be more statistically possible but it sure seems like they are."

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Then he sent me a note back. So, you may not know this but I read your letter to Dr. Mensah, the one you sent when you left Port FreeCommerce. I think you're absolutely the right person to write this…"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Cover of The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1) by Megan E. O'Keefe

2. The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1)

By: Megan E. O'Keefe

4.11

Format: 491 pages, Paperback

When a spy is stranded on a dead planet with her mortal enemy, she must first figure out how to sur… read more

Similar categories in Megan E. O'Keefe's The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
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3. Translation State

By: Ann Leckie

4.09

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple … read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Translation State book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"I am not a potato."

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

"You have only small and seemingly pointless choices available to you. But if there is anything I have been trying to teach you, it is that small actions can have larger consequences. If one has only …"

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

Cover of Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) by Alastair Reynolds

4. Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.36

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

From the king of modern space opera comes a new adventure in the Prefect Dreyfus series— Machine Ve… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • audiobook
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • science fiction
"A small request like that, who am I to turn it down? There is something you can do for me in return, though, especially now that you’re practically on our doorstep."

-Alastair Reynolds, Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

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5. Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

By: Mur Lafferty

3.94

Format: 369 pages, Paperback

Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, and fled to outer space to avoid it…but … read more

Similar categories in Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • aliens
  • space
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
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6. Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders, #1)

By: Mur Lafferty

3.71

Format: 457 pages, Paperback

From idyllic small towns to claustrophobic urban landscapes, Mallory Viridian is constantly embroil… read more

Similar categories in Mur Lafferty's Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders, #1) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • space
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2)

By: Malka Ann Older

4.01

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Investigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti reunite to solve a brand-new mystery in the follow-up to the … read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • mystery
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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8. Witch King

By: Martha Wells

3.71

Format: 415 pages, Hardcover

"I didn't know you were a... demon." "You idiot. I'm the demon." Kai's having a long day in Marth… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Witch King book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Mother bared her fangs. "Stop being overdramatic." Kai would have loved to, if dramatic things would stop happening to him."

-Martha Wells, Witch King

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9. Elysium Fire (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #2)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.07

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

Ten thousand city-state habitats orbit the planet Yellowstone, forming a near-perfect democratic hu… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Elysium Fire (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #2) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • space
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
"The place is of no concern to them. They've left it to fester. An informational dead zone. The abstraction doesn't penetrate here, by design. The dome rebuffs it. The family craved their privacy, the…"

-Alastair Reynolds, Elysium Fire (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #2)

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10. The Last Watch (The Divide, #1)

By: J.S. Dewes

3.96

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

The Expanse meets Game of Thrones in J. S. Dewes's fast-paced, sci-fi adventure The Last Watch, whe… read more

Similar categories in J.S. Dewes's The Last Watch (The Divide, #1) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • space
  • audiobook
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11. The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

By: Samit Basu

3.59

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Shantiport was supposed to be a gateway to the stars. But the city is sinking, and its colonist rul… read more

Similar categories in Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
"You exist, and you deserve to belong."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"Usually when my life goes according to plan, it turns out the plan was made by someone else"

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"It's all very clear, I just chose not to get it, I just decided everyone who didn't agree with my vision was lying, or a fool."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"I don't want to talk about this. It's not that I think you're wrong, but it's too big for me. I'll never be able to do anything about it."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

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12. Service Model

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

To fix the world they first must break it further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Service Model book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Lyorn (Vlad Taltos, #17) by Steven Brust

13. Lyorn (Vlad Taltos, #17)

By: Steven Brust

4.44

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

All The World's A Happy Stage. Until the knives come out... Lyorn is the newest adventure in Steven… read more

Similar categories in Steven Brust's Lyorn (Vlad Taltos, #17) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • science fiction
Cover of These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1) by Bethany Jacobs

14. These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1)

By: Bethany Jacobs

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

A dangerous cat-and-mouse quest for revenge. An empire that spans star systems, built on the bones … read more

Similar categories in Bethany Jacobs's These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
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15. Rose/House

By: Arkady Martine

3.72

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Dust jacket illustration by David Curtis. Arkady Martine, the acclaimed author of the Teixcalaan… read more

Similar categories in Arkady Martine's Rose/House book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • audiobook
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • science fiction
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16. Rubicon

By: J.S. Dewes

3.93

Format: 469 pages, Paperback

Sergeant Adrienne Valero wants to die. She can't. After enduring a traumatic resurrection for th… read more

Similar categories in J.S. Dewes's Rubicon book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
Cover of Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

17. Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.35

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the third and final novel i… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • audiobook
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18. Mal Goes to War: A Novel

By: Edward Ashton

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The humans are fighting again. Go figure. As a free A.I., Mal finds the war between the modded and… read more

Similar categories in Edward Ashton's Mal Goes to War: A Novel book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. Machine (White Space, #2)

By: Elizabeth Bear

3.92

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

In this compelling and addictive novel set in the same universe as the critically acclaimed White S… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Bear's Machine (White Space, #2) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • aliens
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
"People are so complicated."

-Elizabeth Bear, Machine (White Space, #2)

"Then, oh shit, nanotech tentacles."

-Elizabeth Bear, Machine (White Space, #2)

"Sneaky manipulative bundle of code."

-Elizabeth Bear, Machine (White Space, #2)

"Anxiety was a distraction I did not need."

-Elizabeth Bear, Machine (White Space, #2)

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20. Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

By: Suzanne Palmer

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From a Hugo Award-winning author comes the second book in this action-packed sci-fi caper, starring… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • aliens
  • space
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
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21. Emergent Properties

By: Aimee Ogden

3.57

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Emergent Properties is the touching adventure of an intrepid A.I. reporter hot on the heels of brew… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Ogden's Emergent Properties book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • mystery
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
Cover of The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds, #2) by Megan E. O'Keefe

22. The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds, #2)

By: Megan E. O'Keefe

4.21

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Dying planets, dangerous conspiracies, and secret romance abound in the second installment of the D… read more

Similar categories in Megan E. O'Keefe's The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds, #2) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"A woman in possession of a bomb is in want of a reason to use it." "Oh god help us, she's been reading old shit again." Kuma said. "Hanging up now," Naira said. "Tell me if anything blows up that's n…"

-Megan E. O'Keefe, The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds, #2)

Cover of The Immortality Thief (The Kystrom Chronicles, #1) by Taran Hunt

23. The Immortality Thief (The Kystrom Chronicles, #1)

By: Taran Hunt

4.09

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

The Immortality Thief is a ridiculously fun, fast paced, seat-of-your-pants read full of treasure h… read more

Similar categories in Taran Hunt's The Immortality Thief (The Kystrom Chronicles, #1) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • aliens
  • space
  • audiobook
Cover of Velocity Weapon (The Protectorate, #1) by Megan E. O'Keefe

24. Velocity Weapon (The Protectorate, #1)

By: Megan E. O'Keefe

3.86

Format: 544 pages, Kindle Edition

Dazzling space battles, intergalactic politics, and rogue AI collide in Velocity Weapon, the first … read more

Similar categories in Megan E. O'Keefe's Velocity Weapon (The Protectorate, #1) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • space
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) by L.M. Sagas

25. Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1)

By: L.M. Sagas

3.92

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

L. M. Sagas' debut, Cascade Failure, is a highly commercial, sci-fi adventure blending J. S. Dewes'… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Sagas's Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
Cover of The Exiled Fleet (The Divide, #2) by J.S. Dewes

26. The Exiled Fleet (The Divide, #2)

By: J.S. Dewes

4.25

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

J. S. Dewes continues her fast paced, science fiction action adventure with The Exiled Fleet, where… read more

Similar categories in J.S. Dewes's The Exiled Fleet (The Divide, #2) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • audiobook
Cover of Chaos Vector (The Protectorate, #2) by Megan E. O'Keefe

27. Chaos Vector (The Protectorate, #2)

By: Megan E. O'Keefe

4.20

Format: 546 pages, Paperback

Dazzling space battles, intergalactic politics, and rogue AI collide in the second book in this epi… read more

Similar categories in Megan E. O'Keefe's Chaos Vector (The Protectorate, #2) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
Cover of Catalyst Gate (The Protectorate, #3) by Megan E. O'Keefe

28. Catalyst Gate (The Protectorate, #3)

By: Megan E. O'Keefe

4.18

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

In the final book of this explosive Philip K. Dick Award-nominated space opera, the universe is und… read more

Similar categories in Megan E. O'Keefe's Catalyst Gate (The Protectorate, #3) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • audiobook
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29. Activation Degradation

By: Marina J. Lostetter

3.79

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

This is a standalone novel exploring sentience and artificial intelligence through the lenses of co… read more

Similar categories in Marina J. Lostetter's Activation Degradation book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"You can grow attached to a hammer, it's still a hammer. You can think you care for someone and still utilize them, abuse them, like a tool."

-Marina J. Lostetter, Activation Degradation

Cover of Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13) by Lois McMaster Bujold

30. Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.62

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

When Rozakajin, road-weary bandit and army deserter, spots a hapless blond young man in a country i… read more

Similar categories in Lois McMaster Bujold's Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds, #3) by Megan E. O'Keefe

31. The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds, #3)

By: Megan E. O'Keefe

4.20

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Worlds will collide and fates will be rewritten in the thrilling conclusion to the Devoured Worlds … read more

Similar categories in Megan E. O'Keefe's The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds, #3) book and Suzanne Palmer's Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"Being injured is something of a lifestyle choice for Nai."

-Megan E. O'Keefe, The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds, #3)

"I may go away, sometimes. But as long as it's in my power, I'll always come back."

-Megan E. O'Keefe, The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds, #3)

31 Top fiction books like Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2) by Suzanne Palmer

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Martha Wells

4.22

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Megan E. O'Keefe

4.11

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Translation State

Ann Leckie

4.09

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Alastair Reynolds

4.36

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4.11

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4.17

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