5 Best short stories books like Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5) by James S.A. Corey

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Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.19

Format: 78 pages, ebook

A novella set in the universe of James S. A. Corey’s NYT-bestselling Expanse series, Auberon explor…

"There’s this thing when you get older where you have to make a choice. Everyone does. You have to decide whether you care more about being your best self or your real one. If you’re more loyal to who you ought to be or who you really are."

-James S.A. Corey, Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

If you liked the short stories plot in Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5) by James S.A. Corey , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

By: Martha Wells

4.15

Format: 144 pages, ebook

"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure." In a corporate-dominated space-farin… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) book and James S.A. Corey's Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
"On the entertainment feed, this is what they call an “oh shit"

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

"They don't give murderbots decent education modules on anything except murdering, even those are cheap versions."

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

"If the humans see me actually doing my job, it helps keep suspicions from forming about faulty governor modules."

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

"I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without the other."

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

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2. After the Coup (Old Man's War, #4.5)

By: John Scalzi

2.33

Format: None pages, ebook

In a universe of harsh interstellar conflict, the practice of interspecies diplomacy--when possible… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's After the Coup (Old Man's War, #4.5) book and James S.A. Corey's Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

  • space opera
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space

3. Zoe's Tale (Old Man's War, #4)

By: John Scalzi

3.27

Format: None pages,

How do you tell your part in the biggest tale in history? I ask because it's what I have to do. I'm… read more

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4. 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 James S.A. Corey's Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

  • novella
  • 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)

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5. Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.48

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson brings us a gripping story set in the Cosmer… read more

Similar categories in Brandon Sanderson's Yumi and the Nightmare Painter book and James S.A. Corey's Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I am the one that nightmares fear"

-Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

"There is more salt in this soup than there is soup."

-Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

"Pay attention. At times, this is what heroism looks like."

-Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

"Smiles, like radiation, are made more potent by proximity."

-Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

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6. The Sunlit Man

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.34

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson―creator of The Stormlight Archive, the … read more

Similar categories in Brandon Sanderson's The Sunlit Man book and James S.A. Corey's Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Try some curry powder next time. It has a much better flavor than tyranny. Less nutty."

-Brandon Sanderson, The Sunlit Man

"She knew how she liked to look. And she didn't care that others knew it was artificial. In expressing herself, the artificial became more authentic than the original."

-Brandon Sanderson, The Sunlit Man

"Your planet shouldn't have different countries. You should have conquered and unified it all." "Conquest doesn't remove countries," Nomad said. "It removes lines on a map. Unity requires something el…"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Sunlit Man

"This man might not be brilliant or clever, though he'd think himself both. Truth was, he didn't need either to be dangerous. Because he had power and power - wielded by a fool - could crush anyone, s…"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Sunlit Man

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7. 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

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) book and James S.A. Corey's Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • 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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8. Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)

By: Martha Wells

4.10

Format: 19 pages, ebook

Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory was originally given free to readers who pre-ordered Martha’… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5) book and James S.A. Corey's Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
"The Corporation Rim has always been a slave state, though it calls its institutionalized slavery “contract labor."

-Martha Wells, Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)

"It’s about being treated as a thing, isn’t it. Whether that thing is a hostage of conditional value, or a very expensively designed and equipped enslaved machine/organic intelligence. You’re a thing,…"

-Martha Wells, Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)

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9. 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

Similar categories in Steven Decker's Child of Another Kind book and James S.A. Corey's Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

  • science fiction
  • 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

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10. 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 James S.A. Corey's Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • 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 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)

"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)

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11. 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 James S.A. Corey's Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • 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)

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12. Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

By: Martha Wells

4.34

Format: 8 pages, Kindle Edition

Murderbot—the sardonic, almost-homicidal, media-loving android created by Martha Wells—has proven t… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5) book and James S.A. Corey's Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • space
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13. 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

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) book and James S.A. Corey's Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • 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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14. The Expanse Roleplaying Game

By: Steve Kenson

4.04

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The Expanse Roleplaying Game brings James S.A. Corey’s award-winning series of science fiction nove… read more

Similar categories in Steve Kenson's The Expanse Roleplaying Game book and James S.A. Corey's Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
Cover of Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5) by James S.A. Corey

15. Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.19

Format: 78 pages, ebook

A novella set in the universe of James S. A. Corey’s NYT-bestselling Expanse series, Auberon explor… read more

Similar categories in James S.A. Corey's Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5) book and James S.A. Corey's Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • hard science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"There’s this thing when you get older where you have to make a choice. Everyone does. You have to decide whether you care more about being your best self or your real one. If you’re more loyal to who…"

-James S.A. Corey, Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

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16. The Expanse

By: Corinna Sara Bechko

3.53

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A new graphic novel collection revealing secrets of the hit Amazon series!AN OFFICIAL TIE-IN TO THE… read more

Similar categories in Corinna Sara Bechko's The Expanse book and James S.A. Corey's Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
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17. The Expanse #1 Comic

By: Corinna Sara Bechko

3.54

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

A new limited series event set between Season 4 and Season 5 of Amazon's hit series The Expanse fro… read more

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  • science fiction
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18. 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)

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19. The Expanse: Dragon Tooth Vol. 2 (Expanse: Dragon Tooth, 2)

By: Andy Diggle

4.01

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Fire up the Epstein Drive and get ready to set course for the second story arc of the record-breaki… read more

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  • science fiction
  • space opera
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20. The Expanse: Dragon Tooth

By: Andy Diggle

4.06

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

The Expanse lives on at BOOM!, covering the missing years between The Babylon's Ashes and The Per… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space

15 best-selling fiction books like Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5) by James S.A. Corey

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Martha Wells

4.15

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John Scalzi

2.33

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Martha Wells

4.22

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Brandon Sanderson

4.48

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The Vital Abyss (The Expanse, #5.5)

James S.A. Corey

3.90

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Strange Dogs (The Expanse, #6.5)

James S.A. Corey

4.07

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Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

James S.A. Corey

4.37

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James S.A. Corey

4.05

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