20 Top science fiction books like The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal

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The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The Fated Sky continued the grand sweep of alternate history begun in The Calculating Stars. It is …

If you liked the science fiction plot in The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3) by Ann Leckie

1. Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)

By: Ann Leckie

4.22

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

Ancillary Mercy is the third book in the trilogy that began with Ancillary Justice. For a moment… read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3) book and Mary Robinette Kowal's The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"Please, sir."

-Ann Leckie, Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)

"I’ve been thinking about it, since you said it,"

-Ann Leckie, Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)

"The point is, there is no point. Choose your own!"

-Ann Leckie, Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)

"There was not ... universal enthusiasm at the prospect of treating Humans as Significant beings."

-Ann Leckie, Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)

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2. Provenance (Imperial Radch)

By: Ann Leckie

3.84

Format: 481 pages, Kindle Edition

Though she knows her brother holds her mother's favor, Ingray is determined to at least be consider… read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Provenance (Imperial Radch) book and Mary Robinette Kowal's The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"Diplomat does not mean nice,"

-Ann Leckie, Provenance (Imperial Radch)

3. A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)

By: None

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Lovelace was once merely a ship's artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in an new body, follow… read more

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4. Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)

By: None , Becky Chambers

4.12

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are fr… read more

Similar categories in None's Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3) book and Mary Robinette Kowal's The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
"We're our own warning."

-None, Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)

"I am seventy-nine years old. If I want dessert twice ... I get dessert twice."

-None, Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)

"If you never leave, you'll always wonder.  You'll wonder what your life could've been, if you did the right thing. Well... scratch that. You'll always wonder if you did the right thing, no matter wha…"

-None, Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)

"We are the wealthiest species alive today. We want for nothing. Without us, there would be no tunnels, no ambi, no galactic map. But we achieved these things through subjugation. Violence. We destroy…"

-None, Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)

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5. The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

By: Malka Ann Older

3.64

Format: 169 pages, Hardcover

The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set … read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) book and Mary Robinette Kowal's The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) by Martha Wells

6. 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 Mary Robinette Kowal's The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • 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)

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7. The Polymorph

By: Max Nowaz

4.29

Format: None pages, ebook

Arbitrator, Jim Brown is returning to Earth after completing a successful mission to put down a rev… read more

Similar categories in Max Nowaz's The Polymorph book and Mary Robinette Kowal's The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
"One thing I have learnt is that you may do a lot of evil things, but if you are ever afforded a chance to be good, then you should take it. You will feel better about yourself."

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

"If you always try to subjugate people by coercion, because you are strong, then sooner or later you will run into somebody who is just as strong, if not stronger. Then you'll be in trouble."

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

"He was planning to take my shape and marry you. Then he was going to kill your father and take over his business empire." "And you? What are your plans?" "I have no plans to kill your father."

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

"Every morning when I wake up, I ask myself, "Why was I born?" Then I answer myself, "You were born to be successful." If you can learn to define your own success and not let others dictate it, you ca…"

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

Cover of The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4) by Becky  Chambers

8. The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

By: Becky Chambers

4.41

Format: 336 pages, ebook

With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has g… read more

Similar categories in Becky Chambers's The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4) book and Mary Robinette Kowal's The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
"The gendered expectations of parenting were dissolving, but even though women could be found working in creches now, there was still an enormous difference between the person who produced an egg and …"

-Becky Chambers, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

"In traditional Aeluon culture, a mother was not a parent. Parents were men and shon. Parents went to school for it. Parents were the people who actually raised children, not those who had done the ea…"

-Becky Chambers, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

"Then, what is your reason?' 'I don't know!' Pei rubbed her face in frustration. 'There is no reason why I don't want to do this! I'm healthy! I'm clearly capable! Everybody I know who's ever gone to …"

-Becky Chambers, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

"Just because there’s no one living on a planet does not mean it’s yours for the taking. Do you not see how dangerous that mindset is? Do you not think that treating the galaxy as if it is something t…"

-Becky Chambers, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

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9. The Kaiju Preservation Society

By: John Scalzi

3.99

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food deliv… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's The Kaiju Preservation Society book and Mary Robinette Kowal's The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
"I lift things."

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

"So we’re the monster police, too?"

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

"...if you're only reading books because you have to, it becomes much less fun."

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

"My brain said. Just walk away. [...] But even as my brain was saying that, my body was turning back, becaus like puppies we are enculturated to turn when our name is called."

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

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10. 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 Mary Robinette Kowal's The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • 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

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11. Starter Villain

By: John Scalzi

4.16

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Starter Villain book and Mary Robinette Kowal's The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

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12. 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

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • 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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13. Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

By: Martha Wells

4.26

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

SciFi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is again on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCr… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
"I was tired of pretending to be human. I needed a break."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"Pretending bad things aren’t happening is not a great survival strategy."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"I hate caring about stuff. But apparently once you start, you can't just stop."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"I didn’t want to see helpless humans. I’d rather see smart ones rescuing each other."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

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14. A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

By: Arkady Martine

4.32

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one ca… read more

Similar categories in Arkady Martine's A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2) book and Mary Robinette Kowal's The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
"I thought you hated them,"

-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

"On the flagship Weight of the Wheel : “You’d have to ask medical,"

-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

"exile happened in the heart and the mind long before it happened to the body"

-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

"Mahit couldn't decide if she was horrified, proud, or simply, deliciously, hideously intrigued."

-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

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15. Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

By: Martha Wells

4.31

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall. When M… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6) book and Mary Robinette Kowal's The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
"Tural left with the air of escaping before things got worse."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"The only thing worse than humans infantilizing bots was bots infantilizing themselves."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"Humans do the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"Humans so the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

Cover of Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4) by Martha Wells

16. Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

By: Martha Wells

4.38

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it res… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4) book and Mary Robinette Kowal's The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
"Why is this ship so old and shitty?"

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"I was having an emotion, and I hate that."

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"Once I started telling the truth, it was hard to stop."

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"But they were humans— who knows why they did anything?"

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

Cover of Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) by Martha Wells

17. Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

By: Martha Wells

4.47

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

It calls itself Murderbot, but only when no one can hear. It worries about the fragile human cre… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
"Ugh, emotions."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"So, you have a relationship with this transport."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"I'm a murderbot, I don't give a crap about boats."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"I am actually trying my best despite the fuck-ups."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

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18. 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

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

19. Some Desperate Glory

By: Emily Tesh

4.06

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

While we live, the enemy shall fear us. All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge … read more

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  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
"While Earth's children live, the enemy shall fear us."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

"While we live, the enemy shall fear us. We are what's left. We are what must survive."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

Cover of The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal

20. The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The Fated Sky continued the grand sweep of alternate history begun in The Calculating Stars. It is … read more

Similar categories in Mary Robinette Kowal's The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2) book and Mary Robinette Kowal's The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)

  • historical
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • alternate history
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
Cover of The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) by James S.A. Corey

21. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.24

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook

20 must-read fiction books like The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal

Transform Your Habits

Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)

Ann Leckie

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Provenance (Imperial Radch)

Ann Leckie

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)

None , Becky Chambers

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

Malka Ann Older

3.64

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19 Top fiction books like Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3) by Becky Chambers

Transform Your Habits

Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)

Ann Leckie

4.08

Transform Your Habits

All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

Martha Wells

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)

Ann Leckie

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)

None , Becky Chambers

4.12

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