17 Best space opera books like The Forbidden Stars by Tim Pratt

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The Forbidden Stars

By: Tim Pratt

4.04

Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition

This “witty, heartfelt sci-fi romp” is the dazzling third installment in a diverse space opera seri…

If you liked the space opera plot in The Forbidden Stars by Tim Pratt , here is a list of 17 books like this:

1. Great North Road

By: Peter F. Hamilton

3.89

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A century from now, thanks to a technology allowing instantaneous travel across light-years, humani… read more

Similar categories in Peter F. Hamilton's Great North Road book and Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars

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2. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

By: Martha Wells

4.22

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. … read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) book and Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
"(I'm going to have to code a patch for threat assessment.)"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"I said, “Have you done something that you feel you should be threatened for?"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Bad things may not be more statistically possible but it sure seems like they are."

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Then he sent me a note back. So, you may not know this but I read your letter to Dr. Mensah, the one you sent when you left Port FreeCommerce. I think you're absolutely the right person to write this…"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

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3. Embers of War (Embers of War, #1)

By: Gareth L. Powell

3.91

Format: 411 pages, Paperback

The warship Trouble Dog was built and bred for calculating violence, yet following a brutal war, sh… read more

Similar categories in Gareth L. Powell's Embers of War (Embers of War, #1) book and Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
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4. Fleet of Knives (Embers of War, #2)

By: Gareth L. Powell

3.95

Format: 405 pages, MP3 CD

From award-winning author Gareth L. Powell, the second book in the critically acclaimed Embers of W… read more

Similar categories in Gareth L. Powell's Fleet of Knives (Embers of War, #2) book and Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • speculative fiction
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5. The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2)

By: Cory Doctorow

4.13

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle is a high stakes thriller where the lives of t… read more

Similar categories in Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2) book and Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars

  • science fiction
  • fiction
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6. 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 Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • speculative fiction
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7. The Innocent Sleep (October Daye, #18)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.21

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

For one bright, shining moment, Tybalt, King of Cats, had everything he had ever wanted. He was soo… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's The Innocent Sleep (October Daye, #18) book and Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars

  • fiction
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8. 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 Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
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9. 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 Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars

  • adventure
  • aliens
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
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10. 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 Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars

  • novels
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • speculative fiction
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11. 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 Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • speculative fiction
Cover of Machine (White Space, #2) by Elizabeth Bear

12. Machine (White Space, #2)

By: Elizabeth Bear

3.92

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

In this compelling and addictive novel set in the same universe as the critically acclaimed White S… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Bear's Machine (White Space, #2) book and Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • queer
"People are so complicated."

-Elizabeth Bear, Machine (White Space, #2)

"Then, oh shit, nanotech tentacles."

-Elizabeth Bear, Machine (White Space, #2)

"Sneaky manipulative bundle of code."

-Elizabeth Bear, Machine (White Space, #2)

"Anxiety was a distraction I did not need."

-Elizabeth Bear, Machine (White Space, #2)

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13. Light of Impossible Stars (Embers of War, #3)

By: Gareth L. Powell

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Award-winning author Gareth L. Powell delivers an explosive conclusion to his epic Embers of War tr… read more

Similar categories in Gareth L. Powell's Light of Impossible Stars (Embers of War, #3) book and Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars

  • adventure
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • speculative fiction
"Philosophy just engineering by another name."

-Gareth L. Powell, Light of Impossible Stars (Embers of War, #3)

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14. Under Fortunate Stars

By: Ren Hutchings

3.93

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Fleeing the final days of the generations-long war with the alien Felen, smuggler Jereth Keeven's f… read more

Similar categories in Ren Hutchings's Under Fortunate Stars book and Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars

  • lgbt
  • adventure
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • queer
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15. Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1)

By: L.M. Sagas

3.92

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

L. M. Sagas' debut, Cascade Failure, is a highly commercial, sci-fi adventure blending J. S. Dewes'… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Sagas's Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) book and Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars

  • lgbt
  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • queer
Cover of Beyond the Reach of Earth (Lightspeed Trilogy, #2) by Ken MacLeod

16. Beyond the Reach of Earth (Lightspeed Trilogy, #2)

By: Ken MacLeod

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

THE FERMI ARE AWAKE. With the invention of faster-than-light travel there is nowhere that humani… read more

Similar categories in Ken MacLeod's Beyond the Reach of Earth (Lightspeed Trilogy, #2) book and Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars

  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space opera
Cover of Ancestral Night (White Space, #1) by Elizabeth Bear

17. Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

By: Elizabeth Bear

3.79

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Haimey Dz thinks she knows what she wants. She thinks she knows who she is. She is wrong. … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1) book and Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • queer
"Rest,"

-Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

"I felt even more hollow than I had."

-Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

"Good thing for me you’re not a murderer."

-Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

"I was raised in a clade. There is no real me."

-Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

Cover of Terminal Alliance (Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse, #1) by Jim C. Hines

18. Terminal Alliance (Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse, #1)

By: Jim C. Hines

4.01

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

When the Krakau came to Earth, they planned to invite humanity into a growing alliance of sentient … read more

Similar categories in Jim C. Hines's Terminal Alliance (Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse, #1) book and Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars

  • adventure
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
Cover of The Forbidden Stars by Tim Pratt

19. The Forbidden Stars

By: Tim Pratt

4.04

Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition

This “witty, heartfelt sci-fi romp” is the dazzling third installment in a diverse space opera seri… read more

Similar categories in Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars book and Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars

  • lgbt
  • adventure
  • aliens
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
  • queer
Cover of Wormhole by Eric Brown

20. Wormhole

By: Eric Brown

3.81

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

An eighty year old cold case murder investigation that stretches across light years and risks the f… read more

Similar categories in Eric Brown's Wormhole book and Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
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21. Deep Black (Arcana Imperii #2)

By: Miles Cameron

4.40

Format: 510 pages, Kindle Edition

Marca Nbaro had always dreamed of serving aboard the Greatships, with their vast cargo holds and a … read more

Similar categories in Miles Cameron's Deep Black (Arcana Imperii #2) book and Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars

  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space opera

12 Top science fiction fantasy books like The Forbidden Stars by Tim Pratt

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System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

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Embers of War (Embers of War, #1)

Gareth L. Powell

3.91

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Fleet of Knives (Embers of War, #2)

Gareth L. Powell

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Artifact Space (Arcana Imperii, #1)

Miles Cameron

4.32

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17 Top fiction books like Ancestral Night (White Space, #1) by Elizabeth Bear

Transform Your Habits

Taming Flame

Therisa Peimer

4.30

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System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

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The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1)

Megan E. O'Keefe

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Translation State

Ann Leckie

4.09

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