16 must-read fantasy books like Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1) by Craig Alanson

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Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

By: Craig Alanson

4.26

Format: 299 pages, Paperback

We were fighting on the wrong side, of a war we couldn't win. And that was the good news.  The R…

"The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon come ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There go the good old days, when humans only got killed by each other."

-Craig Alanson, Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

If you liked the fantasy plot in Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1) by Craig Alanson , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)

By: Ray Porter , Dennis E. Taylor

4.37

Format: 311 pages, Audible Audio

Bob Johansson didn't believe in an afterlife, so waking up after being killed in a car accident was… read more

Similar categories in Ray Porter's For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2) book and Craig Alanson's Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

  • humor
  • space opera
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"What does kaheerakah mean?"

-Ray Porter, For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)

"I always wanted to be a bad influence."

-Ray Porter, For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)

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2. Warship (Black Fleet Trilogy, #1)

By: Joshua Dalzelle

4.09

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

In the 25th century humans have conquered space. The advent of faster-than-light travel has opened … read more

Similar categories in Joshua Dalzelle's Warship (Black Fleet Trilogy, #1) book and Craig Alanson's Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

  • military fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • audiobook
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3. The Forever Life (The Forever, #1)

By: Craig Robertson

3.96

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

Immortal, alone, and broken. To live forever, love must die. Major Jon Ryan is a cocky fighter pilo… read more

Similar categories in Craig Robertson's The Forever Life (The Forever, #1) book and Craig Alanson's Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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4. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.28

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate Cover Edition can be found here. Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and… read more

Similar categories in Dennis E. Taylor's We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) book and Craig Alanson's Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

  • humor
  • space opera
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Above my pay grade!"

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

"Thank God for family. And than GOD for a couple of miles of distance."

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

"Um. Ways in which a sentence beginning with the word "missiles" could be a good thing... Nope. I got nuthin'."

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

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5. Fear the Sky (The Fear Saga, #1)

By: Stephen Moss

4.07

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

In eleven years time, a million members of an alien race will arrive at Earth. Years before they en… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Moss's Fear the Sky (The Fear Saga, #1) book and Craig Alanson's Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

  • military fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

6. Outland

By: Dennis E. Taylor

3.86

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

"When the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts, it's up to six university students and their experimenta… read more

Similar categories in Dennis E. Taylor's Outland book and Craig Alanson's Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

7. Hell Divers (Hell Divers #1)

By: Nicholas Sansbury Smith

4.00

Format: None pages, Audio

More than two centuries after World War III poisoned the planet, the final bastion of humanity live… read more

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8. Infinite

By: Jeremy Robinson

3.58

Format: 376 pages,

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9. All These Worlds (Bobiverse, #3)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.57

Format: 140 pages,

Being a sentient spaceship really should be more fun. But after spreading out through space for alm… read more

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10. Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)

By: Matt Dinniman

4.53

Format: 446 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition of ASIN B08BKGYQXW The apocalypse will be televised! A man. His ex-… read more

Similar categories in Matt Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1) book and Craig Alanson's Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

  • humor
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4) by Dennis E. Taylor

11. Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.29

Format: 17 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 16 hours and 57 minutes Civil war looms in the Bobiverse in this brand-new, ep… read more

Similar categories in Dennis E. Taylor's Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4) book and Craig Alanson's Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

  • humor
  • space opera
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Subtlety: I no haz it."

-Dennis E. Taylor, Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)

"Sadly, it was like most political arguments. No one was willing to debate their base assumptions or justify them or compromise on them. The simple tactic being that if you repeated your assertion oft…"

-Dennis E. Taylor, Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)

"We'd gotten onto the concept or morality and Frida had just asked Theresa how she could have any sense of morality without a deity to define what was or was not moral. [...] "What deities give you ar…"

-Dennis E. Taylor, Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)

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12. The Singularity Trap

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.05

Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio

After scrimping and saving for two years, Ivan Pritchard lands a berth with the mining ship Mad Ast… read more

Similar categories in Dennis E. Taylor's The Singularity Trap book and Craig Alanson's Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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13. The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6)

By: Matt Dinniman

4.70

Format: 694 pages, Kindle Edition

A pantheon of forgotten gods. An old grudge between a talk show host, an heiress, and the man they … read more

Similar categories in Matt Dinniman's The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6) book and Craig Alanson's Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

  • humor
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2) by Matt Dinniman

14. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2)

By: Matt Dinniman

4.56

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

"The training levels have concluded. Now the games may truly begin." The ratings and views are o… read more

Similar categories in Matt Dinniman's Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2) book and Craig Alanson's Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

  • humor
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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15. Roadkill

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.09

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Three 20-somethings are all that stands between an otherworldly threat and the survival of Earth in… read more

Similar categories in Dennis E. Taylor's Roadkill book and Craig Alanson's Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

  • humor
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Earthside (Quantum Earth, #2) by Dennis E. Taylor

16. Earthside (Quantum Earth, #2)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.02

Format: 8 pages, Audible Audio

The fate of mankind is in the hands of a group of 20-something science nerds in the sequel to Outla… read more

Similar categories in Dennis E. Taylor's Earthside (Quantum Earth, #2) book and Craig Alanson's Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3) by Matt Dinniman

17. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3)

By: Matt Dinniman

4.51

Format: 534 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the Gun Show! The top ten list is populated. The sponsorship program is open. The di… read more

Similar categories in Matt Dinniman's The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3) book and Craig Alanson's Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

  • humor
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1) by Craig Alanson

18. Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

By: Craig Alanson

4.26

Format: 299 pages, Paperback

We were fighting on the wrong side, of a war we couldn't win. And that was the good news.  The R… read more

Similar categories in Craig Alanson's Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1) book and Craig Alanson's Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

  • military fiction
  • humor
  • space opera
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon come ships of a technologically ad…"

-Craig Alanson, Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

Cover of The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4) by Matt Dinniman

19. The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4)

By: Matt Dinniman

4.58

Format: 632 pages, Kindle Edition

New Achievement! Total, Utter Failure. You failed a quest less than five minutes after you recei… read more

Similar categories in Matt Dinniman's The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4) book and Craig Alanson's Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

  • humor
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5) by Matt Dinniman

20. The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5)

By: Matt Dinniman

4.68

Format: 726 pages, Kindle Edition

Attention. Attention. The gates are down. The hunters are loose. Run, Run, Run. A lush jungle te… read more

Similar categories in Matt Dinniman's The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5) book and Craig Alanson's Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

  • humor
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse #5) by Dennis E. Taylor

21. Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse #5)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.38

Format: 11 pages, Audiobook

The number one best-selling series that Audible listeners call “wonderfully entertaining”, “packed … read more

Similar categories in Dennis E. Taylor's Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse #5) book and Craig Alanson's Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

  • humor
  • space opera
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • audiobook

18 Best fiction books like Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1) by Craig Alanson

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For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)

Ray Porter , Dennis E. Taylor

4.37

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Warship (Black Fleet Trilogy, #1)

Joshua Dalzelle

4.09

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The Forever Life (The Forever, #1)

Craig Robertson

3.96

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We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

Dennis E. Taylor

4.28

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18 Best fiction books like Earthside (Quantum Earth, #2) by Dennis E. Taylor

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The Unmaking Engine (The World Walker, #2)

Ian W. Sainsbury

3.50

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Starter Villain

John Scalzi

4.16

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The Quantum Chain (Joseph Bridgeman, #4)

Nick Jones

4.26

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The Observer Effect (Joseph Bridgeman, #3)

Nick Jones

4.21

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