27 Best fiction books like The Effort by Claire Holroyde

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The Effort

By: Claire Holroyde

3.28

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When dark comet UD3 was spotted near Jupiter’s orbit, its existence was largely ignored. But to ind…

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1. Nearlyweds

By: Beth Kendrick

3.63

Format: 304 pages,

Everyone says the first year of marriage is the hardest . . . but what would you do if you found ou… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
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2. Abandon

By: Blake Crouch

3.75

Format: 148 pages,

A gripping thriller from Blake Crouch, internationally bestselling author of the Wayward Pines tril… read more

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  • fiction

3. The Dog Stars

By: Peter Heller

3.67

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

Hig somehow survived the flu pandemic that killed everyone he knows. Now his wife is gone, his frie… read more

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4. Ghost Talkers

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

4.31

Format: 66 pages, Hardcover

Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is engaged to Captain B… read more

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5. Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China

By: Leslie T. Chang

3.77

Format: None pages,

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6. Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders, #1)

By: Mur Lafferty

3.71

Format: 457 pages, Paperback

From idyllic small towns to claustrophobic urban landscapes, Mallory Viridian is constantly embroil… read more

Similar categories in Mur Lafferty's Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders, #1) book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. 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

Similar categories in Annalee Newitz's The Terraformers book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. Age of Ash (Kithamar, #1)

By: Daniel Abraham

3.68

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Kithamar is a center of trade and wealth, an ancient city with a long, bloody history where countle… read more

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  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. The Spear Cuts Through Water

By: Simon Jimenez

4.19

Format: 525 pages, Hardcover

Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal fa… read more

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  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"There is no correct way to shake hands with pain."

-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

"They fought because it was the easiest language they spoke."

-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

"I have lived a long time," she said. "And the longer I live, the more it surprises me, and saddens me, how wise the young must become to live in this world."

-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

"But the truth of the matter was they fought because Jun was grieving and Keema was terrified and Jun was exhilarated and Keema was joyful and Jun was exhausted and Keema was repulsed."

-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

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10. 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

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • 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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11. The Hollow Kind

By: Andy Davidson

3.59

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Andy Davidson's epic horror novel about the spectacular decline of the Redfern family, haunted by a… read more

Similar categories in Andy Davidson's The Hollow Kind book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. Walking to Aldebaran

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.75

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Chilling story of a lost astronaut on an alien artefact from Arthur C. Clarke award-winning Adrian … read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Walking to Aldebaran book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
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13. The Hurricane Blonde

By: Halley Sutton

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A former child starlet is plunged back into the dangerous glitter of Hollywood after discovering a … read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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14. Aurora

By: David Koepp

3.79

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Cold Storage comes a riveting, eerily plausible thriller, told with the menace a… read more

Similar categories in David Koepp's Aurora book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"on September 4, 1882, Thomas Edison would turn on the generators at Pearl Street Station, in Lower Manhattan, activating America's first power grid. Human beings were on the path to total electrical …"

-David Koepp, Aurora

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15. The Absolute Book

By: Elizabeth Knox

3.22

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

Taryn Cornick believes that the past--her sister's violent death, and her own ill-conceived revenge… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Knox's The Absolute Book book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Suddenly Taryn was furious. 'Why the hell are you always so careful?' 'What else should I be? Most of the good in the world is remedial. It's fixing things and caring for people. Taking care."

-Elizabeth Knox, The Absolute Book

"No matter how out of the ordinary demonic possession was, it was still somehow a smoker's lung cancer, a drunk's pancreatitis, a philanderer's STI - a thing she had brought upon herself by not behavi…"

-Elizabeth Knox, The Absolute Book

"Something terrible had happened in his life to send him back to her looking for revenge. He believed she had been unlucky for him and was to be blamed for some calamity, some failure or loss. But he …"

-Elizabeth Knox, The Absolute Book

"She felt the Muleskinner was less interested in enjoying her attention than figuring out what he could do for her. There were people who stole near to you, and you could sense their shadows touching …"

-Elizabeth Knox, The Absolute Book

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16. The Deep Sky

By: Yume Kitasei

3.71

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

Yume Kitasei's The Deep Sky is an enthralling sci fi thriller debut about a mission into deep space… read more

Similar categories in Yume Kitasei's The Deep Sky book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"...wanting to prove they were strong enough to withstand anything. Except strength could make you brittle. Big enough impact, and you splinter."

-Yume Kitasei, The Deep Sky

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17. Time's Mouth

By: Edan Lepucki

3.84

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Edan Lepucki comes an enthralling saga about family secrets … read more

Similar categories in Edan Lepucki's Time's Mouth book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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18. Ascension

By: Nicholas Binge

3.58

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A mind-bending speculative thriller in which the sudden appearance of a mountain in the middle of t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Binge's Ascension book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"There’s something that runs deeper than that – biological instinct, perhaps, that won’t let you go through with mutilating yourself."

-Nicholas Binge, Ascension

"People like to think empathy means being able to imagine how you'd feel in a certain situation,' she said, head tilted, holding my gaze. 'But it really doesn't. It means being able to imagine how the…"

-Nicholas Binge, Ascension

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19. The Future Is Yours

By: Dan Frey

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Two best friends create a computer that can predict the future. But what they can’t predict is how … read more

Similar categories in Dan Frey's The Future Is Yours book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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20. Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

By: Chuck Wendig

4.21

Format: 816 pages, Hardcover

Five years ago, ordinary Americans fell under the grip of a strange new malady that caused them to … read more

Similar categories in Chuck Wendig's Wayward (Wanderers, #2) book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Among Thieves (Thieves, #1) by M.J. Kuhn

21. Among Thieves (Thieves, #1)

By: M.J. Kuhn

3.69

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A high-stakes heist novel set in a gritty world of magic and malice In just over a year’s time, … read more

Similar categories in M.J. Kuhn's Among Thieves (Thieves, #1) book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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22. Loki's Ring

By: Stina Leicht

3.64

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Gita Chithra embarks on a mission through space to save the robot she loves as a daughter—or risk l… read more

Similar categories in Stina Leicht's Loki's Ring book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Spin (Captain Chase, #2) by Patricia Cornwell

23. Spin (Captain Chase, #2)

By: Patricia Cornwell

3.73

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Captain Calli Chase races against time to thwart a plot that leaves the fate of humanity hanging in… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Cornwell's Spin (Captain Chase, #2) book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Effort by Claire Holroyde

24. The Effort

By: Claire Holroyde

3.28

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When dark comet UD3 was spotted near Jupiter’s orbit, its existence was largely ignored. But to ind… read more

Similar categories in Claire Holroyde's The Effort book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • survival
  • post apocalyptic
  • apocalyptic
  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Doors of Sleep (Journals of Zaxony Delatree, #1) by Tim Pratt

25. Doors of Sleep (Journals of Zaxony Delatree, #1)

By: Tim Pratt

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

What would you do if you woke up and found yourself in a parallel universe under an alien sky? This… read more

Similar categories in Tim Pratt's Doors of Sleep (Journals of Zaxony Delatree, #1) book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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26. The Body Scout

By: Lincoln Michel

3.63

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

Kobo has some problems. His cybernetics are a decade out of date, he's got a pair of twin sister lo… read more

Similar categories in Lincoln Michel's The Body Scout book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
"...People had been predicting the death of the city for years. Would that finally drive all the people out of this sinking island? I imagined office buildings filled with screeches instead of confere…"

-Lincoln Michel, The Body Scout

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27. The Down Days

By: Ilze Hugo

3.44

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of The Book of M comes a fast-paced, character-driven literary apocalyptic novel that e… read more

Similar categories in Ilze Hugo's The Down Days book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of All Hope of Becoming Human by Lonnie Busch

28. All Hope of Becoming Human

By: Lonnie Busch

4.25

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

The world is about to change in unimaginable ways… Earthquakes rock the planet, revealing massiv… read more

Similar categories in Lonnie Busch's All Hope of Becoming Human book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Please Report Your Bug Here by Josh Riedel

29. Please Report Your Bug Here

By: Josh Riedel

3.01

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Introducing Josh Riedel's adrenaline-packed debut novel about a dating app employee who discovers a… read more

Similar categories in Josh Riedel's Please Report Your Bug Here book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Frequently Asked Questions about the Universe by Jorge Cham

30. Frequently Asked Questions about the Universe

By: Jorge Cham

4.03

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

Delightful, funny, and yet rigorous and intelligent: only Jorge and Daniel can reach this exquisite… read more

Similar categories in Jorge Cham's Frequently Asked Questions about the Universe book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • adult
  • audiobook
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31. Worst Case Scenario

By: T.J. Newman

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Following her explosive debut thriller Falling and its harrowing follow-up Drowning, #1 internation… read more

Similar categories in T.J. Newman's Worst Case Scenario book and Claire Holroyde's The Effort

  • survival
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook

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