13 must-read science fiction fantasy books like Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1) by Tade Thompson

Cover of Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1) by Tade Thompson

Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)

By: Tade Thompson

3.75

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Tade Thompson's Rosewater is the start of an award-winning, cutting edge trilogy set in Nigeria, by…

"It is never a good idea to cause pain to angels."

-Tade Thompson, Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)

"What’s a quantum extrapolator?’ I ask. ‘You are,"

-Tade Thompson, Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)

"...even the Gujarat-bot dreams of electric sheep."

-Tade Thompson, Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)

"The Yoruba say ‘o d’oju ala’ when someone dies. I will see you in dreams."

-Tade Thompson, Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)

If you liked the science fiction fantasy plot in Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1) by Tade Thompson , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2) by Ann Leckie

1. Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)

By: Ann Leckie

4.08

Format: 359 pages, Paperback

Seeking atonement for past crimes, Breq takes on a mission as captain of a troublesome new crew of … read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2) book and Tade Thompson's Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Captain,"

-Ann Leckie, Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)

"Do you even know,"

-Ann Leckie, Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)

" Not tea but blood! "

-Ann Leckie, Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)

"I’d run straight into a bulkhead trying to walk and receive data at the same time…"

-Ann Leckie, Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)

Cover of Autonomous by Annalee Newitz

2. Autonomous

By: Annalee Newitz

4.33

Format: 481 pages, Hardcover

Autonomousfeatures a rakish female pharmaceutical pirate named Jack who traverses the world in her … read more

Similar categories in Annalee Newitz's Autonomous book and Tade Thompson's Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Blindsight (Firefall, #1) by Peter Watts

3. 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

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • speculative fiction
  • 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)

4. Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)

By: Ann Leckie

3.87

Format: None pages, Paperback

On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest. Once,… read more

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5. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)

By: None

4.50

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space--and one adventurous young explorer who d… read more

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6. 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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7. Phonogram, Vol. 3: The Immaterial Girl

By: Kieron Gillen , Matthew Wilson , Clayton Cowles , Jamie McKelvie

4.00

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

The creators of the award-winning THE WICKED + THE DIVINE return to their founding critical smash, … read more

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8. Phonogram, Vol. 2: The Singles Club (Phonogram, #2)

By: Kieron Gillen , Jamie McKelvie

3.94

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

We've put you on the guest list. Don't be late! This is one night you'll never forget! The second s… read more

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Cover of Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1) by Yoon Ha Lee

9. Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)

By: Yoon Ha Lee

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The first installment of the trilogy, Ninefox Gambit, centers on disgraced captain Kel Cheris, who … read more

Similar categories in Yoon Ha Lee's Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1) book and Tade Thompson's Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Cheris, people are very simple,"

-Yoon Ha Lee, Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)

"Taking away people’s names denied their power"

-Yoon Ha Lee, Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)

"But then, war is about taking the future away from people."

-Yoon Ha Lee, Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)

"Immortality was like sex: it made idiots of otherwise rational people."

-Yoon Ha Lee, Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)

Cover of System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) by Martha Wells

10. 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

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • 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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11. 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 Tade Thompson's Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)

  • 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

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12. 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

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

Cover of Witch King by Martha Wells

13. 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
  • 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

Cover of A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) by Becky  Chambers

14. A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)

By: Becky Chambers

None

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

ASIN B08H831J18 moved to the more recent edition Centuries before, robots of Panga gained self-a… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

15. 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

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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)

Cover of The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1) by Micaiah Johnson

16. The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)

By: Micaiah Johnson

3.94

Format: 336 pages, None

An outsider who can travel between worlds discovers a secret that threatens her new home and her fr… read more

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  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Of course, humanity couldn't just look. We had to enter. We had to touch and taste and take."

-Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)

"„An angel fallen from the sky, with my name on her back so I would know the gift was meant for me."

-Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)

"It is only one world in infinite universes where this impossible happiness exists, but that is what makes it so valuable."

-Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)

"I confused routine for reliability and reliability for safety. I had no idea the chaos I was capable of holding inside me."

-Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)

Cover of The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera

17. 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

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1) by Arkady Martine

18. A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

By: Arkady Martine

4.12

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to disco… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"made in blood, acclaimed in sunlight."

-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

"Released, I am a spear in the hands of the sun."

-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

"An end to empires. An immovable object to crash an impossible force upon, and break it."

-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

"The problem with sending messages was that people responded to them, which meant one had to write more messages in reply."

-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

Cover of Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi

19. Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

By: Wole Talabi

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The debut fantasy novel from an award-winning Nigerian author presents a mythic tale of disgruntled… read more

Similar categories in Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon book and Tade Thompson's Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)

  • africa
  • nigeria
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2) by Becky  Chambers

20. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)

By: Becky Chambers

4.41

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robo… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It's one thing to be told about the world that was. It's another to see a piece of it."

-Becky Chambers, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)

Cover of Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1) by Tade Thompson

21. Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)

By: Tade Thompson

3.75

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Tade Thompson's Rosewater is the start of an award-winning, cutting edge trilogy set in Nigeria, by… read more

Similar categories in Tade Thompson's Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1) book and Tade Thompson's Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)

  • africa
  • nigeria
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It is never a good idea to cause pain to angels."

-Tade Thompson, Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)

"What’s a quantum extrapolator?’ I ask. ‘You are,"

-Tade Thompson, Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)

"...even the Gujarat-bot dreams of electric sheep."

-Tade Thompson, Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)

"The Yoruba say ‘o d’oju ala’ when someone dies. I will see you in dreams."

-Tade Thompson, Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)

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Ann Leckie

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Annalee Newitz

4.33

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Peter Watts

4.01

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3.80

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Ann Leckie

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Ann Leckie

4.22

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Seth Dickinson

4.12

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