7 Best space opera books like Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1) by Kate Elliott

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Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

By: Kate Elliott

3.92

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

GENDER-SWAPPED ALEXANDER THE GREAT ON AN INTERSTELLAR SCALE Princess Sun has finally come of age…

If you liked the space opera plot in Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1) by Kate Elliott , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. 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 Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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2. 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 Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • 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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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 Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"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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4. 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 Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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6. 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 Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • 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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7. Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction

By: Ann Leckie

4.05

Format: 403 pages, Hardcover

Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winner Ann Leckie is a modern master of the SFF genre, for… read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction book and Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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9. The Spare Man

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Tesla Crane, a brilliant inventor and an heiress, is on her honeymoon on an interplanetary space li… read more

Similar categories in Mary Robinette Kowal's The Spare Man book and Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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10. The Water Outlaws

By: S.L. Huang

3.81

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by a classic of martial arts literature, S. L. Huang's The Water Outlaws are bandits of de… read more

Similar categories in S.L. Huang's The Water Outlaws book and Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

  • audiobook
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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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 Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"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 Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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13. 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 Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"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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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 Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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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 Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Finder (Finder Chronicles, #1) by Suzanne Palmer

16. Finder (Finder Chronicles, #1)

By: Suzanne Palmer

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From Hugo Award-winning debut author Suzanne Palmer comes an action-packed sci-fi caper starring Fe… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Palmer's Finder (Finder Chronicles, #1) book and Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"your species has such wonderful contradictions that we find you a maddening puzzle."

-Suzanne Palmer, Finder (Finder Chronicles, #1)

"F--- that," she interrupted. "If everyone always waited till they felt ready, we'd all still be fish living on trees."

-Suzanne Palmer, Finder (Finder Chronicles, #1)

"Where do you feel your pull?" the Shielder asked. "That's how you become unstuck, by going where you are meant to be drawn, or where there are unfinished drawings of you that need completion."

-Suzanne Palmer, Finder (Finder Chronicles, #1)

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17. Exordia

By: Seth Dickinson

3.78

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

“Anna, I came to Earth tracking a very old story, a story that goes back to the dawn of time. it’s … read more

Similar categories in Seth Dickinson's Exordia book and Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Dead Country (The Craft Wars, #1) by Max Gladstone

18. Dead Country (The Craft Wars, #1)

By: Max Gladstone

4.17

Format: 239 pages, Paperback

Since her village chased her out with pitchforks, Tara Abernathy has resurrected gods, pulled down … read more

Similar categories in Max Gladstone's Dead Country (The Craft Wars, #1) book and Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1) by Kate Elliott

19. Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

By: Kate Elliott

3.92

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

GENDER-SWAPPED ALEXANDER THE GREAT ON AN INTERSTELLAR SCALE Princess Sun has finally come of age… read more

Similar categories in Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1) book and Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

  • audiobook
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2) by Micaiah Johnson

20. Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2)

By: Micaiah Johnson

4.15

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

Faced with a coming apocalypse, a woman must reckon with her past to solve a series of sudden and i… read more

Similar categories in Micaiah Johnson's Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2) book and Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Wanting to shift someone's boundaries is a burden and a threat, not a gift or a compliment."

-Micaiah Johnson, Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2)

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21. Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

By: Elizabeth Bear

3.79

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Haimey Dz thinks she knows what she wants. She thinks she knows who she is. She is wrong. … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1) book and Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Rest,"

-Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

"I felt even more hollow than I had."

-Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

"Good thing for me you’re not a murderer."

-Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

"I was raised in a clade. There is no real me."

-Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

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3.64

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4.22

Transform Your Habits

Translation State

Ann Leckie

4.09

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Mur Lafferty

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Therisa Peimer

4.30

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Martha Wells

4.22

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Megan E. O'Keefe

4.11

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Ann Leckie

4.09

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