12 must-read speculative fiction books like January Fifteenth by Rachel Swirsky

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January Fifteenth

By: Rachel Swirsky

3.40

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

“One of the best speculative writers of the last decade.”—John Scalzi January Fifteenth—the day …

If you liked the speculative fiction plot in January Fifteenth by Rachel Swirsky , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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

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

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  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
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2. 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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  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
"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 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

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  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
Cover of The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) by Nghi Vo

4. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

By: Nghi Vo

4.17

Format: 128 pages, ebook

The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more

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  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."

-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

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

5. 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 Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
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6. 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

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  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
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7. 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 Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
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8. The City Inside

By: Samit Basu

3.31

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

“They'd known the end times were coming but hadn’t known they’d be multiple choice.”Joey is a Reali… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
"They're on display. Indi's making sure her body catches the light as it changes colour off his smartatt reads, always a spectacular angle, never missing a beat, turning and placing his partner in an …"

-Samit Basu, The City Inside

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9. Tread of Angels

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

3.48

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

Celeste, a card sharp with a penchant for trouble, takes on the role of advocatus diaboli, to defen… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Roanhorse's Tread of Angels book and Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth

  • novella
  • adult
  • fiction
"He’s playing some kind of game. One I haven’t quite unraveled yet. But I know a man looking to cheat when I see one, and Ibrahim is as sharp as they come. But he’s underestimated me, Mariel. Underest…"

-Rebecca Roanhorse, Tread of Angels

Cover of Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3) by Nghi Vo

10. Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3)

By: Nghi Vo

4.03

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover

Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorio… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3) book and Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
Cover of The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu

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

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
"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 Into the Windwracked Wilds (The Up-and-Under, #3) by A. Deborah Baker

12. Into the Windwracked Wilds (The Up-and-Under, #3)

By: A. Deborah Baker

4.00

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

Adventurous readers of Kelly Barnhill and Cat Valente's Fairyland books will be sure to soar among … read more

Similar categories in A. Deborah Baker's Into the Windwracked Wilds (The Up-and-Under, #3) book and Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
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13. 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 Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
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14. Ogres

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.24

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

A bleak glimpse of a world of savage tyrants, from award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky in a bea… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Ogres book and Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
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15. These Prisoning Hills

By: Christopher Rowe

3.55

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

These Prisoning Hills is a post-apocalyptic Appalachian "weird fiction" novella by Hugo and Nebula … read more

Similar categories in Christopher Rowe's These Prisoning Hills book and Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth

  • novella
  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
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16. Emergent Properties

By: Aimee Ogden

3.57

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Emergent Properties is the touching adventure of an intrepid A.I. reporter hot on the heels of brew… read more

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  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
Cover of Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson

17. Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

By: Eddie Robson

3.91

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A locked room mystery in a near future world of politics and alien diplomacy. Lydia works as tra… read more

Similar categories in Eddie Robson's Drunk on All Your Strange New Words book and Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
"We take drug abuse very seriously, Lydia."

-Eddie Robson, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

"The world has enabled so many bullshitters. It's exhausting."

-Eddie Robson, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

"if you can control the stories a culture tells about itself, you can control who they are."

-Eddie Robson, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

"There’s a particular type of alone you feel when in a room with someone who’s no longer alive, she’s discovering now, and it is the worst kind."

-Eddie Robson, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

Cover of The Legacy of Molly Southbourne (Molly Southbourne, #3) by Tade Thompson

18. The Legacy of Molly Southbourne (Molly Southbourne, #3)

By: Tade Thompson

3.69

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

From Arthur C. Clarke Award-winner Tade Thompson, The Legacy of Molly Southbourne continues his chi… read more

Similar categories in Tade Thompson's The Legacy of Molly Southbourne (Molly Southbourne, #3) book and Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth

  • science fiction
  • novella
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys

19. 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

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

-Ruthanna Emrys, A Half-Built Garden

Cover of Self-Portrait with Nothing by Aimee Pokwatka

20. Self-Portrait with Nothing

By: Aimee Pokwatka

3.50

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

If a picture paints a thousand worlds... Abandoned as an infant on the local veterinarian’s fron… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Pokwatka's Self-Portrait with Nothing book and Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth

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

21. 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 Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
Cover of Sisters of the Forsaken Stars (Our Lady of Endless Worlds, #2) by Lina Rather

22. Sisters of the Forsaken Stars (Our Lady of Endless Worlds, #2)

By: Lina Rather

3.81

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The sisters of the Order of Saint Rita navigate the far reaches of space and challenges of faith in… read more

Similar categories in Lina Rather's Sisters of the Forsaken Stars (Our Lady of Endless Worlds, #2) book and Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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23. The Keeper's Six

By: Kate Elliott

3.63

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

Kate Elliott's action-packed The Keeper's Six features a world-hopping, bad-ass, spell-slinging mot… read more

Similar categories in Kate Elliott's The Keeper's Six book and Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
Cover of The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang

24. The Genesis of Misery

By: Neon Yang

3.44

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

An immersive, electrifying space-fantasy from Neon Yang, author of The Black Tides of Heaven, full … read more

Similar categories in Neon Yang's The Genesis of Misery book and Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of High Times in the Low Parliament by Kelly Robson

25. High Times in the Low Parliament

By: Kelly Robson

3.23

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Kelly Robson is back with fairies, scribes, and many many kisses in High Times in the Low Parliamen… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Robson's High Times in the Low Parliament book and Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
Cover of January Fifteenth by Rachel Swirsky

26. January Fifteenth

By: Rachel Swirsky

3.40

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

“One of the best speculative writers of the last decade.”—John Scalzi January Fifteenth—the day … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth book and Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • politics
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • dystopia
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
Cover of Liberty's Daughter by Naomi Kritzer

27. Liberty's Daughter

By: Naomi Kritzer

4.06

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

Beck Garrison lives on a seastead — an archipelago of constructed platforms and old cruise ships, a… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Kritzer's Liberty's Daughter book and Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
Cover of Mr. Breakfast by Jonathan Carroll

28. Mr. Breakfast

By: Jonathan Carroll

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Graham Patterson’s life has hit a dead end. His career as a comedian is failing. The love of his li… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Carroll's Mr. Breakfast book and Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Rosebud by Paul Cornell

29. Rosebud

By: Paul Cornell

3.41

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

“An elegant, elegiac examination of identity, fictionality, God and humanity itself”―Tamsyn Muir A… read more

Similar categories in Paul Cornell's Rosebud book and Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
Cover of Recoveries by Susan Palwick

30. Recoveries

By: Susan Palwick

3.61

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

Two women who have been friends since they were children—one a recovering alcoholic brought up by p… read more

Similar categories in Susan Palwick's Recoveries book and Rachel Swirsky's January Fifteenth

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
Cover of Face by Joma West

31. Face

By: Joma West

3.15

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Life is competitive; all the best babies are designed now. Schuyler and Madeline Burroughs have … read more

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

31 best-selling fiction books like January Fifteenth by Rachel Swirsky

Transform Your Habits

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

Malka Ann Older

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Translation State

Ann Leckie

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2)

Malka Ann Older

4.01

Transform Your Habits

The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

Nghi Vo

4.17

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Implied Spaces

Walter Jon Williams

3.76

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Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

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Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

Seanan McGuire

4.09

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Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction

Ann Leckie

4.05

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