30 Top fiction books like A Stranger in the Citadel by Tobias S. Buckell

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A Stranger in the Citadel

By: Tobias S. Buckell

3.43

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

From the powerful storyteller Tobias Buckell (Crystal Rain, The Tangled Lands), a complex novel of …

"You shall not suffer a librarian to live."

-Tobias S. Buckell, A Stranger in the Citadel

"You shall not suffer a librarian to live."

-Tobias S. Buckell, A Stranger in the Citadel

If you liked the fiction plot in A Stranger in the Citadel by Tobias S. Buckell , here is a list of 30 books like this:

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1. City of Bones

By: Martha Wells

4.00

Format: 442 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Where once great galleons roamed the sea, sand ships now traverse the Great Waste, and a glitteri… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's City of Bones book and Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • post apocalyptic
  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"What magic does is to open the mind to the world and sometimes the world isn't what we think it is."

-Martha Wells, City of Bones

Cover of Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2) by Mur Lafferty

2. 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 Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

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

3. 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 Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of Alley: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito

4. Alley: Junji Ito Story Collection

By: Junji Ito

4.11

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A collection full of grotesque imagination and surreal urban legends. Every night, a young man hea… read more

Similar categories in Junji Ito's Alley: Junji Ito Story Collection book and Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • adult
  • fiction
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5. The Mars House

By: Natasha Pulley

4.02

Format: 469 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, a queer sci-fi novel about an Earth refugee a… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Pulley's The Mars House book and Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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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 Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • 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 Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4) by Nghi Vo

7. Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)

By: Nghi Vo

4.24

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

The Hugo and Crawford Award-Winning Series! The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singin… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4) book and Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera

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 Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2) by Cory Doctorow

9. The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2)

By: Cory Doctorow

4.13

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle is a high stakes thriller where the lives of t… read more

Similar categories in Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2) book and Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1) by K.J. Parker

10. Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

By: K.J. Parker

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

There’s no formal training for battlefield salvage. You just have to pick things up as you go along… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Parker's Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1) book and Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The men of Sirupat weren't fighters because they didn't want to be, and in my book there's no higher praise than that--and that's the main reason, when you come to think of it, why women are so infin…"

-K.J. Parker, Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

"Where you always go wrong is trying to persuade people with facts and arguments. It's why you can only write comedy. What gets people going is stuff that doesn't mean shit but sounds great. Blood, to…"

-K.J. Parker, Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

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

11. 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 Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • 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

Cover of The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler

13. The Tusks of Extinction

By: Ray Nayler

3.85

Format: 192 pages, ebook

When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA. Moscow has res… read more

Similar categories in Ray Nayler's The Tusks of Extinction book and Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"When you bring back a long-extinct species, there's more to success than the DNA."

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"But there were links [to memories] that were broken as well. That no longer led to other memories. Were those memories still there, disconnected but whole, like planets that had escaped the gravity o…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"He was afraid to lose this memory. He returned to it often, like a person checking their pockets to make sure their keys were still there. He had lost so many memories of her. The further away he mov…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

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14. 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 Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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15. The Tainted Cup

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

None

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, w… read more

Similar categories in Robert Jackson Bennett's The Tainted Cup book and Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Aftermarket Afterlife (InCryptid, #13) by Seanan McGuire

16. Aftermarket Afterlife (InCryptid, #13)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Seanan McGuire's New York Times -bestselling and Hugo Award-nominated urban fantasy InCryptid serie… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Aftermarket Afterlife (InCryptid, #13) book and Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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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 Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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 Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord

19. The Blue, Beautiful World

By: Karen Lord

3.00

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

As first contact transforms the Earth, a group of gifted visionaries race to create a new future in… read more

Similar categories in Karen Lord's The Blue, Beautiful World book and Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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20. Floating Hotel

By: Grace Curtis

3.70

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

This cozy debut science fiction novel tells a story of misfits, rebels, found family—and a mystery … read more

Similar categories in Grace Curtis's Floating Hotel book and Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2) by Micaiah Johnson

21. 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 Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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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22. The Navigating Fox

By: Christopher Rowe

3.74

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

Quintus Shu'al is the world's only navigating fox. He's also in disgrace after leading an expeditio… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Rowe's The Navigating Fox book and Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Ocean's Godori by Elaine U. Cho

23. Ocean's Godori

By: Elaine U. Cho

3.67

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Ocean Yoon has never felt like much of a Korean, even if she is descended from a long line of haeny… read more

Similar categories in Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori book and Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"She asks, "Do you ever want to go back to Mars?" "It's a weird little place," he replies. "Stuck in its ways. I feel more like a Martian when I'm not there, if that makes sense."

-Elaine U. Cho, Ocean's Godori

Cover of A Stranger in the Citadel by Tobias S. Buckell

24. A Stranger in the Citadel

By: Tobias S. Buckell

3.43

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

From the powerful storyteller Tobias Buckell (Crystal Rain, The Tangled Lands), a complex novel of … read more

Similar categories in Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel book and Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • post apocalyptic
  • science fiction fantasy
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You shall not suffer a librarian to live."

-Tobias S. Buckell, A Stranger in the Citadel

Cover of The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei

25. The Stardust Grail

By: Yume Kitasei

3.78

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Save one world. Doom her own. From the acclaimed author of The Deep Sky comes a thrilling anti-c… read more

Similar categories in Yume Kitasei's The Stardust Grail book and Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Escape Velocity by Victor Manibo

26. Escape Velocity

By: Victor Manibo

3.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Space Habitat Altaire is the premier luxury resort in low Earth orbit, playground of the privileged… read more

Similar categories in Victor Manibo's Escape Velocity book and Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
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27. Navola

By: Paolo Bacigalupi

3.92

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times best-selling author of Wind-Up Girl and The Water Knife comes a sweeping li… read more

Similar categories in Paolo Bacigalupi's Navola book and Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Circumference of the World by Lavie Tidhar

28. The Circumference of the World

By: Lavie Tidhar

3.43

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Caught between realities, a mathematician, a book dealer, and a mobster desperately seek a notoriou… read more

Similar categories in Lavie Tidhar's The Circumference of the World book and Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Wings Upon Her Back by Samantha Mills

29. The Wings Upon Her Back

By: Samantha Mills

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A loyal warrior in a crisis of faith must fight to regain her place and begin her life again while … read more

Similar categories in Samantha Mills's The Wings Upon Her Back book and Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Runes of Engagement by Dave Klecha

30. The Runes of Engagement

By: Dave Klecha

3.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Lord of the Rings meets Slaughterhouse-Five by way of World of Warcraft in this delirious mashu… read more

Similar categories in Dave Klecha's The Runes of Engagement book and Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Siege of Burning Grass by Premee Mohamed

31. 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 Tobias S. Buckell's A Stranger in the Citadel

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

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Martha Wells

4.00

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Natasha Pulley

4.02

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3.59

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Ann Leckie

4.05

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Vajra Chandrasekera

3.71

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