9 Top science fiction books like The Down Days by Ilze Hugo

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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…

If you liked the science fiction plot in The Down Days by Ilze Hugo , here is a list of 9 books like this:

1. Remnant Population

By: Elizabeth Moon

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

For forty years, Colony 3245.12 has been Ofelia's home. On this planet far away in space and time f… read more

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2. Notes from the Burning Age

By: Claire North

3.74

Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition

From one of the most imaginative writers of her generation comes an extraordinary vision of the fut… read more

Similar categories in Claire North's Notes from the Burning Age book and Ilze Hugo's The Down Days

  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Grief never leaves, but life layers itself on top of the pain"

-Claire North, Notes from the Burning Age

"You do not fix grief; there is no pill. You only wait, and be there, and let time pass."

-Claire North, Notes from the Burning Age

"Here's the history of the world for you. Here's what the burning left behind. You want gods, and all you get are people."

-Claire North, Notes from the Burning Age

"Why I joined Temple!" Lah would say. "Tea, nice music, decent architecture!" "And the devotion of your life to awe, gratitude, compassion, and respect?" "Yes yes yes - all that stuff too."

-Claire North, Notes from the Burning Age

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3. Feed Them Silence

By: Lee Mandelo

3.52

Format: 105 pages, Hardcover

Lee Mandelo dives into the minds of wolves in Feed Them Silence, a novella of the near future.What … read more

Similar categories in Lee Mandelo's Feed Them Silence book and Ilze Hugo's The Down Days

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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4. 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 Ilze Hugo's The Down Days

  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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5. Wildoak

By: C.C. Harrington

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Maggie’s stutter makes going to school hard. She will do almost anything to avoid speaking in class… read more

Similar categories in C.C. Harrington's Wildoak book and Ilze Hugo's The Down Days

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. Carmilla: The First Vampire

By: Amy Chu

3.40

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Before Dracula, before Nosferatu, there was...CARMILLA. At the height of the Lunar New Year in 1… read more

Similar categories in Amy Chu's Carmilla: The First Vampire book and Ilze Hugo's The Down Days

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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7. Do You Remember Being Born?

By: Sean Michaels

3.83

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

FINALIST FOR THE 2023 PARAGRAPHE HUGH MACLENNAN AWARD FOR FICTION Scotiabank Giller Prize-winner… read more

Similar categories in Sean Michaels's Do You Remember Being Born? book and Ilze Hugo's The Down Days

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I opened my eyes: soft light, morning, cool. The shimmer of a dream as it departed. I have always enjoyed waking up to different weather, as if the world's been up to something in the night."

-Sean Michaels, Do You Remember Being Born?

"A poem-shaped space, I thought. A poem-shaped space. I tried to hold a poem-shaped space in my mind. Sometimes the work of life is like preparing a bedroom for a guest: sweeping the floor, emptying t…"

-Sean Michaels, Do You Remember Being Born?

"Some of what makes us human is our smallness. The brevity of our lifespans, the shortness of our memories, the narrowness of each person's field of vision. My Marian-ness is in the slender sample of …"

-Sean Michaels, Do You Remember Being Born?

"Art is husbandry, I thought. It is an experiment in imaginary kinship. Bring together this mare and this stallion; this marriage and this moon; this sun and this daughter. Poems, paintings, pop songs…"

-Sean Michaels, Do You Remember Being Born?

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8. 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 Ilze Hugo's The Down Days

  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • 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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9. 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 Ilze Hugo's The Down Days

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City, #1) by Cassandra Khaw

10. The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City, #1)

By: Cassandra Khaw

3.66

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling authors Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey have teamed up to deliver a dark new story wi… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Khaw's The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City, #1) book and Ilze Hugo's The Down Days

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Julie felt its hunger ripple eover her, listened: It was waiting for the city to die. It would wait forever. It did not need this to come to pass now. It was used to waiting. It knew, in the way of g…"

-Cassandra Khaw, The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City, #1)

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11. Organ Meats

By: K-Ming Chang

3.35

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Two girls are bound by red string and canine heritage in this vivid tale about female companionship… read more

Similar categories in K-Ming Chang's Organ Meats book and Ilze Hugo's The Down Days

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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12. Brat

By: Gabriel Smith

3.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From a provocative new literary talent, a hilarious and haunted novel featuring an unlikable protag… read more

Similar categories in Gabriel Smith's Brat book and Ilze Hugo's The Down Days

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I chose this one. This is the one I care about."

-Gabriel Smith, Brat

Cover of Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle  Korn

13. Yours for the Taking

By: Gabrielle Korn

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what's left of Brooklyn, and though they love each… read more

Similar categories in Gabrielle Korn's Yours for the Taking book and Ilze Hugo's The Down Days

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix (Remixed Classics)

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this gothic YA remix of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, a teen boy tries to discover the reason behind hi… read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix (Remixed Classics) book and Ilze Hugo's The Down Days

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Down Days by Ilze Hugo

15. 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 Ilze Hugo's The Down Days

  • africa
  • south africa
  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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16. My Name Is Iris

By: Brando Skyhorse

3.37

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

Brando Skyhorse, the PEN/Hemingway Award—winning author of The Madonnas of Echo Park, returns with … read more

Similar categories in Brando Skyhorse's My Name Is Iris book and Ilze Hugo's The Down Days

  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Camp Cacophony (Mystwick, #0.5) by Jessica Khoury

17. Camp Cacophony (Mystwick, #0.5)

By: Jessica Khoury

3.87

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

It’s two months before Amelia’s big audition for the Mystwick School of Musicraft. If she gets in, … read more

Similar categories in Jessica Khoury's Camp Cacophony (Mystwick, #0.5) book and Ilze Hugo's The Down Days

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. Roll with It

By: Jamie Sumner

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The story of an irrepressible girl with cerebral palsy whose life takes an unexpected turn when she… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Sumner's Roll with It book and Ilze Hugo's The Down Days

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Official Stardew Valley Cookbook by ConcernedApe

19. The Official Stardew Valley Cookbook

By: ConcernedApe

4.64

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The first official cookbook from the immensely popular Stardew Valley, featuring more than 50 delig… read more

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Cover of Rise of the Mages (The Age of Ire, #1) by Scott Drakeford

20. Rise of the Mages (The Age of Ire, #1)

By: Scott Drakeford

3.69

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A young warrior and his improbable band of allies face impossible odds as they seek to rescue his b… read more

Similar categories in Scott Drakeford's Rise of the Mages (The Age of Ire, #1) book and Ilze Hugo's The Down Days

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of I Am My Country: And Other Stories by Kenan Orhan

21. I Am My Country: And Other Stories

By: Kenan Orhan

4.04

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A fiercely imaginative debut story collection by “a startling talent who can seemingly do anything”… read more

Similar categories in Kenan Orhan's I Am My Country: And Other Stories book and Ilze Hugo's The Down Days

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction

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