12 must-read thriller books like The Last Astronaut by David Wellington

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The Last Astronaut

By: David Wellington

3.61

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Mission Commander Sally Jansen is Earth’s last astronaut–and last hope–in this gripping near-future…

If you liked the thriller plot in The Last Astronaut by David Wellington , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Parasite by Darcy Coates

1. Parasite

By: Darcy Coates

3.84

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

They're closer than you think... A guard discovers an unusual lifeform on her remote moon outpost. … read more

Similar categories in Darcy Coates's Parasite book and David Wellington's The Last Astronaut

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • aliens
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
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2. Ship of Fools

By: Richard Paul Russo

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

Home to generations of humans, the starship Argonos has wandered aimlessly throughout the galaxy fo… read more

Similar categories in Richard Paul Russo's Ship of Fools book and David Wellington's The Last Astronaut

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
Cover of The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch

3. The Gone World

By: Tom Sweterlitsch

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Inception meets True Detective in this science-fiction thriller of spellbinding tension and stagger… read more

Similar categories in Tom Sweterlitsch's The Gone World book and David Wellington's The Last Astronaut

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

4. 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

Similar categories in Peter Watts's Blindsight (Firefall, #1) book and David Wellington's The Last Astronaut

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • 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)

5. Hull Zero Three

By: Greg Bear

3.25

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A starship hurtles through the emptiness of space. Its destination-unknown. Its purpose-a mystery. … read more

Similar categories in Greg Bear's Hull Zero Three book and David Wellington's The Last Astronaut

6. Contagion

By: Erin Bowman

4.25

Format: None pages, ebook

IT GOT IN US After receiving an urgent SOS from a work detail on a distant planet, a skeleton crew … read more

Similar categories in Erin Bowman's Contagion book and David Wellington's The Last Astronaut

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7. Europa Deep

By: Gary Gibson

4.17

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Echogenesis and Stealing Light comes a gripping 22nd Century adventure set among… read more

Similar categories in Gary Gibson's Europa Deep book and David Wellington's The Last Astronaut

  • science fiction
  • fiction
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8. Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1)

By: M.R. Carey

4.17

Format: 499 pages, Paperback

 From bestselling author M. R. Carey comes a brilliant genre-defying story of humanity's expansion … read more

Similar categories in M.R. Carey's Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1) book and David Wellington's The Last Astronaut

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. The Luminous Dead

By: Caitlin Starling

3.66

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

A thrilling, atmospheric debut with the intensive drive of The Martian and Gravity and the creeping… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Starling's The Luminous Dead book and David Wellington's The Last Astronaut

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. Dead Silence

By: S.A. Barnes

3.80

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

Titanic meets The Shining in S.A. Barnes’ Dead Silence, a SF horror novel in which a woman and her … read more

Similar categories in S.A. Barnes's Dead Silence book and David Wellington's The Last Astronaut

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Silence has a different quality to it when you're the only one left alive. It's thicker. Heavier somehow."

-S.A. Barnes, Dead Silence

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11. Ghost Station

By: S.A. Barnes

3.57

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space horror novel from S.… read more

Similar categories in S.A. Barnes's Ghost Station book and David Wellington's The Last Astronaut

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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12. The Scourge Between Stars

By: Ness Brown

3.59

Format: 165 pages, Paperback

Ness Brown's The Scourge Between Stars is a tense, claustrophobic sci-fi/horror blend set aboard a … read more

Similar categories in Ness Brown's The Scourge Between Stars book and David Wellington's The Last Astronaut

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • aliens
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
Cover of Dead Space by Kali Wallace

13. Dead Space

By: Kali Wallace

3.70

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

An investigator must solve a brutal murder on a claustrophobic space station in this tense science … read more

Similar categories in Kali Wallace's Dead Space book and David Wellington's The Last Astronaut

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
"I was never given a choice, I wanted to say, but I couldn't bring myself to speak the words aloud. It was true, and it was a comforting lie. We always had a choice. It was just that the companies we …"

-Kali Wallace, Dead Space

Cover of No Way (Frank Kitteridge #2) by S.J. Morden

14. No Way (Frank Kitteridge #2)

By: S.J. Morden

4.14

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

In the sequel to the terrifying science fiction thriller, One Way, returning home from Mars may mea… read more

Similar categories in S.J. Morden's No Way (Frank Kitteridge #2) book and David Wellington's The Last Astronaut

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • space
  • audiobook
Cover of One Way by S.J. Morden

15. One Way

By: S.J. Morden

3.61

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

It's the dawn of a new era - and we're ready to colonize Mars. But the company that's been contract… read more

Similar categories in S.J. Morden's One Way book and David Wellington's The Last Astronaut

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Astronaut by David Wellington

16. The Last Astronaut

By: David Wellington

3.61

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Mission Commander Sally Jansen is Earth’s last astronaut–and last hope–in this gripping near-future… read more

Similar categories in David Wellington's The Last Astronaut book and David Wellington's The Last Astronaut

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • aliens
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Salvation Day by Kali Wallace

17. Salvation Day

By: Kali Wallace

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A lethal virus is awoken on an abandoned spaceship in this incredibly fast-paced, claustrophobic th… read more

Similar categories in Kali Wallace's Salvation Day book and David Wellington's The Last Astronaut

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
Cover of Salvaged by Madeleine Roux

18. Salvaged

By: Madeleine Roux

3.53

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

A WOMAN ON THE RUN. A CAPTAIN ADRIFT IN SPACE. ONE OF THEM IS INFECTED WITH AN ALIEN PARASITE. … read more

Similar categories in Madeleine Roux's Salvaged book and David Wellington's The Last Astronaut

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • aliens
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
Cover of Beyond the Light Horizon (Lightspeed Trilogy, #3) by Ken MacLeod

19. Beyond the Light Horizon (Lightspeed Trilogy, #3)

By: Ken MacLeod

4.11

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

'IF YOU LIKE SCIENCE FICTION YOU WILL LOVE THIS. . . A ROLLICKING GOOD READ' Scotsman on Beyond the… read more

Similar categories in Ken MacLeod's Beyond the Light Horizon (Lightspeed Trilogy, #3) book and David Wellington's The Last Astronaut

  • science fiction
Cover of Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2) by M.R. Carey

20. Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2)

By: M.R. Carey

4.36

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

Following the critically acclaimed Infinity Gate comes the second and final novel in the Pandominio… read more

Similar categories in M.R. Carey's Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2) book and David Wellington's The Last Astronaut

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Hippie Chick: Coming of Age in the '60s by Ilene English MA  MFT

21. Hippie Chick: Coming of Age in the '60s

By: Ilene English MA MFT

3.91

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

In Hippie Chick , a rebellious teenager finds her mother dead in the bathroom. To save her from liv… read more

Similar categories in Ilene English MA MFT's Hippie Chick: Coming of Age in the '60s book and David Wellington's The Last Astronaut

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4.18

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3.33

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4.02

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4.06

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