26 Best science fiction fantasy books like Far from the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson

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Far from the Light of Heaven

By: Tade Thompson

3.51

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The colony ship Ragtime docks in the Lagos system, having traveled light-years to bring one thousan…

"Nobody like everybody," says Fin. "Some people are shitty." She sucks her teeth. "Some people are just more difficult to accept than others, and you shouldn't dislike someone because of their weakness, rather enjoy them for their strengths"

-Tade Thompson, Far from the Light of Heaven

If you liked the science fiction fantasy plot in Far from the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson , here is a list of 26 books like this:

Cover of Blindsight (Firefall, #1) by Peter Watts

1. Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

By: Peter Watts

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched a… read more

Similar categories in Peter Watts's Blindsight (Firefall, #1) book and Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
"Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon the temptation of rhythm and music. Th…"

-Peter Watts, Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Cover of The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) by Malka Ann Older

2. 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 Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

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

3. 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 Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
"(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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4. 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 Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
"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 Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky

5. Elder Race

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.11

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

In Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the local… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race book and Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders, #1) by Mur Lafferty

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 Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • mystery thriller
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • space
  • science fiction
Cover of The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2) by Malka Ann Older

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 Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • 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 Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"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. The Terraformers

By: Annalee Newitz

3.37

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Destry is a top network analyst with the Environmental Rescue Team, an ancient organization devoted… read more

Similar categories in Annalee Newitz's The Terraformers book and Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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10. Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.02

Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition

The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary … read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3) book and Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
"The essential fallacy,' Ghoti picks up, 'is that humans and other biologically evolved, calculating engines feel themselves to be sentient, when sufficient investigation suggests this is not so. And …"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

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11. Eversion

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the master of the space opera comes a dark, mind-bending adventure spread across time and spac… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Eversion book and Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • space
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
Cover of The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera

12. The Saint of Bright Doors

By: Vajra Chandrasekera

3.71

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults agai… read more

Similar categories in Vajra Chandrasekera's The Saint of Bright Doors book and Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

13. Light from Uncommon Stars

By: Ryka Aoki

4.06

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

A defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian … read more

Similar categories in Ryka Aoki's Light from Uncommon Stars book and Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Lindsey Stirling?"

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

"I shall make you feel all the joy, the terror in loving who you are."

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

"A sandwich that is more than a sandwich. Coffee that is more than coffee."

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

"When you rush, all you are doing is practicing your mistakes at a faster pace."

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

Cover of Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture, #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

14. Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture, #2)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.20

Format: 596 pages, ebook

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the second novel in an extr… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture, #2) book and Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
Cover of Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

15. Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.19

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us an extraordinary space oper… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1) book and Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
Cover of Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1) by M.R. Carey

16. Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1)

By: M.R. Carey

4.17

Format: 499 pages, Paperback

 From bestselling author M. R. Carey comes a brilliant genre-defying story of humanity's expansion … read more

Similar categories in M.R. Carey's Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1) book and Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
Cover of Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky

17. 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 Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

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

18. 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

Similar categories in Emily Tesh's Some Desperate Glory book and Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
"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

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19. Alien Clay

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . . On the distant world of Kiln li… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Alien Clay book and Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

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

20. 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 Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
Cover of Beyond the Hallowed Sky (Lightspeed Trilogy, #1) by Ken MacLeod

21. Beyond the Hallowed Sky (Lightspeed Trilogy, #1)

By: Ken MacLeod

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

'An exceptional blend of international politics, hard science, and first contact' Michael Mammay, a… read more

Similar categories in Ken MacLeod's Beyond the Hallowed Sky (Lightspeed Trilogy, #1) book and Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
Cover of Stars and Bones (Continuance #1) by Gareth L.   Powell

22. Stars and Bones (Continuance #1)

By: Gareth L. Powell

3.66

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

From the multi BSFA award-winner comes a stunningly inventive action-packed science-fiction epic ad… read more

Similar categories in Gareth L. Powell's Stars and Bones (Continuance #1) book and Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
Cover of City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

23. City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.96

Format: 500 pages, Hardcover

Arthur C. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant return to fanta… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1) book and Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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24. The Deep Sky

By: Yume Kitasei

3.71

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

Yume Kitasei's The Deep Sky is an enthralling sci fi thriller debut about a mission into deep space… read more

Similar categories in Yume Kitasei's The Deep Sky book and Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • mystery thriller
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
"...wanting to prove they were strong enough to withstand anything. Except strength could make you brittle. Big enough impact, and you splinter."

-Yume Kitasei, The Deep Sky

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 Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
Cover of A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys

26. A Half-Built Garden

By: Ruthanna Emrys

3.63

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown pollutants in the… read more

Similar categories in Ruthanna Emrys's A Half-Built Garden book and Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"They're nothing but dangerous questions."

-Ruthanna Emrys, A Half-Built Garden

Cover of Far from the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson

27. Far from the Light of Heaven

By: Tade Thompson

3.51

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The colony ship Ragtime docks in the Lagos system, having traveled light-years to bring one thousan… read more

Similar categories in Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven book and Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • mystery thriller
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
"Nobody like everybody," says Fin. "Some people are shitty." She sucks her teeth. "Some people are just more difficult to accept than others, and you shouldn't dislike someone because of their weaknes…"

-Tade Thompson, Far from the Light of Heaven

Cover of Dead Space by Kali Wallace

28. Dead Space

By: Kali Wallace

3.70

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

An investigator must solve a brutal murder on a claustrophobic space station in this tense science … read more

Similar categories in Kali Wallace's Dead Space book and Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • space
  • science fiction
"I was never given a choice, I wanted to say, but I couldn't bring myself to speak the words aloud. It was true, and it was a comforting lie. We always had a choice. It was just that the companies we …"

-Kali Wallace, Dead Space

Cover of Braking Day by Adam Oyebanji

29. Braking Day

By: Adam Oyebanji

3.98

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

On a generation ship bound for a distant star, one engineer-in-training must discover the secrets a… read more

Similar categories in Adam Oyebanji's Braking Day book and Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • space
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
Cover of The Siege of Burning Grass by Premee Mohamed

30. The Siege of Burning Grass

By: Premee Mohamed

3.93

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A stunning meditation on war, nationalism, violence and courage by a rising star of the genre. T… read more

Similar categories in Premee Mohamed's The Siege of Burning Grass book and Tade Thompson's Far from the Light of Heaven

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

30 Top fiction books like Far from the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson

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Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Peter Watts

4.01

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

Malka Ann Older

3.64

Transform Your Habits

System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

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Translation State

Ann Leckie

4.09

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18 Best fiction books like Translation State by Ann Leckie

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Malka Ann Older

3.64

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System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

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Ann Leckie

4.09

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John Scalzi

4.16

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