13 Best space opera books like World Engines: Destroyer by Stephen Baxter

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World Engines: Destroyer

By: Stephen Baxter

3.82

Format: 576 pages, Kindle Edition

Hundreds of years in the future, on a stagnating and almost empty Earth, a space shuttle pilot from…

If you liked the space opera plot in World Engines: Destroyer by Stephen Baxter , here is a list of 13 books like this:

1. House of Suns

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.73

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Six million years ago, at the dawn of the star-faring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's House of Suns book and Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer

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2. Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.36

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

From the king of modern space opera comes a new adventure in the Prefect Dreyfus series— Machine Ve… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) book and Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer

  • space opera
  • artificial intelligence
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
"A small request like that, who am I to turn it down? There is something you can do for me in return, though, especially now that you’re practically on our doorstep."

-Alastair Reynolds, Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

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3. 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 Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer

  • science fiction
  • fiction
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4. Eversion

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the master of the space opera comes a dark, mind-bending adventure spread across time and spac… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Eversion book and Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer

  • time travel
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • space
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1) by James S.A. Corey

5. How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.01

Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition

An astronaut’s interstellar mission is a personal journey of a thousand second chances in an exhila… read more

Similar categories in James S.A. Corey's How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1) book and Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
Cover of Elysium Fire (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #2) by Alastair Reynolds

6. Elysium Fire (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #2)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.07

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

Ten thousand city-state habitats orbit the planet Yellowstone, forming a near-perfect democratic hu… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Elysium Fire (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #2) book and Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • space
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
"The place is of no concern to them. They've left it to fester. An informational dead zone. The abstraction doesn't penetrate here, by design. The dome rebuffs it. The family craved their privacy, the…"

-Alastair Reynolds, Elysium Fire (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #2)

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7. Artifact Space (Arcana Imperii, #1)

By: Miles Cameron

4.32

Format: 578 pages, Kindle Edition

Out in the darkness of space, something is targeting the Greatships.With their vast cargo holds and… read more

Similar categories in Miles Cameron's Artifact Space (Arcana Imperii, #1) book and Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
Cover of Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3) by Charles Cumming

8. Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3)

By: Charles Cumming

4.25

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Veteran agent Lachlan Kite―“a spy for the 21st century” ( Daily Mail )―reckons with the fallout fro… read more

Similar categories in Charles Cumming's Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3) book and Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer

  • fiction
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9. The Object

By: Joshua T. Calvert

4.19

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Deep space holds secrets……and one astronomer for NASA has found a big one.But it’s not what she thi… read more

Similar categories in Joshua T. Calvert's The Object book and Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer

  • science fiction
  • space
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. I, Starship: A Space Opera

By: Scott Bartlett

4.17

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

As a Marine, Henry Morgan would have said it was more likely he’d die from enemy fire than from bei… read more

Similar categories in Scott Bartlett's I, Starship: A Space Opera book and Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer

  • science fiction
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11. 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 Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer

  • science fiction fantasy
  • artificial intelligence
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
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12. Alien Clay

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . . On the distant world of Kiln li… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Alien Clay book and Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

13. Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.35

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the third and final novel i… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3) book and Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
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14. Beyond the Hallowed Sky (Lightspeed Trilogy, #1)

By: Ken MacLeod

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

'An exceptional blend of international politics, hard science, and first contact' Michael Mammay, a… read more

Similar categories in Ken MacLeod's Beyond the Hallowed Sky (Lightspeed Trilogy, #1) book and Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer

  • time travel
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
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15. Stars and Bones (Continuance #1)

By: Gareth L. Powell

3.66

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

From the multi BSFA award-winner comes a stunningly inventive action-packed science-fiction epic ad… read more

Similar categories in Gareth L. Powell's Stars and Bones (Continuance #1) book and Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • artificial intelligence
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
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16. Ruins of the Earth (Ruins of the Earth #1)

By: Christopher Hopper

4.21

Format: 650 pages, Kindle Edition

Un secreto enterrado en la Antártida por miles de años. Y un sargento muy cabreado por tener que ha… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Hopper's Ruins of the Earth (Ruins of the Earth #1) book and Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
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17. The Art of War

By: Peter Cawdron

4.53

Format: 431 pages, Kindle Edition

Commander Lisa Chao works in the US Navy’s Strategic Planning Center in Pearl Harbor. When tensions… read more

Similar categories in Peter Cawdron's The Art of War book and Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer

  • science fiction
  • audiobook
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18. Weaponized

By: Neal Asher

3.90

Format: 542 pages, Kindle Edition

With the advent of new AI technology, Polity citizens now possess incredible lifespans. Yet they st… read more

Similar categories in Neal Asher's Weaponized book and Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. World Engines: Destroyer

By: Stephen Baxter

3.82

Format: 576 pages, Kindle Edition

Hundreds of years in the future, on a stagnating and almost empty Earth, a space shuttle pilot from… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer book and Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer

  • time travel
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • artificial intelligence
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • space
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Tempest by Peter Cawdron

20. The Tempest

By: Peter Cawdron

4.32

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

Marc and Emma are on the graveyard shift onboard the Sycorax, an interstellar spacecraft bound for … read more

Similar categories in Peter Cawdron's The Tempest book and Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer

  • science fiction
  • space
Cover of The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) by James S.A. Corey

21. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.24

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more

Similar categories in James S.A. Corey's The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) book and Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook

17 must-read fiction books like World Engines: Destroyer by Stephen Baxter

Transform Your Habits

Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

Alastair Reynolds

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Europa Deep

Gary Gibson

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Eversion

Alastair Reynolds

3.98

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How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1)

James S.A. Corey

4.01

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18 Best fiction books like Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) by Alastair Reynolds

Transform Your Habits

Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Peter Watts

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

Alastair Reynolds

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Europa Deep

Gary Gibson

4.17

Transform Your Habits

The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2)

Cory Doctorow

4.13

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