15 best-selling science fiction books like The World Gives Way by Marissa Levien

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The World Gives Way

By: Marissa Levien

3.83

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

In a near-future world on the brink of collapse, a young woman born into servitude must seize her o…

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1. The Stress of Her Regard

By: Tim Powers

3.75

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

When Michael Crawford discovers his bride brutally murdered in their wedding bed, he is forced to f… read more

Similar categories in Tim Powers's The Stress of Her Regard book and Marissa Levien's The World Gives Way

  • fantasy
  • fiction

2. Sister Mine

By: Nalo Hopkinson

2.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Nalo Hopkinson--winner of the John W. Campbell Award, the Sunburst Award, and the World Fantasy awa… read more

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3. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.09

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9) book and Marissa Levien's The World Gives Way

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Because all the ways we're not normal are the way our normal homes want us to be."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"We're your penance, silly, the whole chaotic bunch of us, and as part of your penance, I say you're not done suffering us yet."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"If you want a life without terrible surprises, you should always look at the worst possible answer until you understand it all the way down to the bottom. Once you can do that, you'll know what's com…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"None of us is normal, and we'll either figure out how to pretend we are, or we'll find our doors home, and then we won't have to worry about it anymore, because all the ways we are not normal are the…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

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4. Thornhedge

By: T. Kingfisher

4.00

Format: 111 pages, Hardcover

Thornhedge is the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone … read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Thornhedge book and Marissa Levien's The World Gives Way

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Thorns die from the inside out, like priests."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"She was theirs; they were hers. The love of monsters was uncomplicated."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Two hundred years. It was immense—unthinkable—and ultimately meant nothing at all. Two years or two hundred or two thousand. The magic endures"

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Greenteeth did not slap one another—not out of any virtue, but because a slap was such a useless thing underwater. When greenteeth brawled, it was with teeth and strangling fingers, spines and claws."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

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5. The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1)

By: Megan E. O'Keefe

4.11

Format: 491 pages, Paperback

When a spy is stranded on a dead planet with her mortal enemy, she must first figure out how to sur… read more

Similar categories in Megan E. O'Keefe's The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1) book and Marissa Levien's The World Gives Way

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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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

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.32

Format: 208 pages, ebook

A young girl discovers an infinite variety of worlds in this standalone tale in the Hugo and Nebula… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8) book and Marissa Levien's The World Gives Way

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"They needed to know because a choice you make without knowing the consequences isn't any choice at all!"

-Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8)

"They have hearts. I can feel them beating. So I will build them a home and haven, as none was built for me, and I will care for them as long as I am able."

-Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8)

"Then you found a door that said to be sure, and you were sure, you were already sure, you were so sure that when you tried the knob, it wasn't locked, and you could walk right through."

-Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8)

"Some children need to escape from places that will only hurt them, or grind them away until they're nothing. And some children need to go somewhere else if they're ever going to grow into the people …"

-Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8)

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8. The Last Murder at the End of the World

By: Stuart Turton

3.68

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Wat… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Turton's The Last Murder at the End of the World book and Marissa Levien's The World Gives Way

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. 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

Similar categories in Ray Nayler's The Tusks of Extinction book and Marissa Levien's The World Gives Way

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • 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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10. We Shall Sing a Song Into the Deep

By: Andrew Kelly Stewart

3.78

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

Remy is a Chorister, one of the chosen few rescued from the surface world and raised to sing the Ho… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Kelly Stewart's We Shall Sing a Song Into the Deep book and Marissa Levien's The World Gives Way

  • apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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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 Marissa Levien's The World Gives Way

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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12. The Other Valley

By: Scott Alexander Howard

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A literary speculative novel about an isolated town neighbored by its own past and future Sixtee… read more

Similar categories in Scott Alexander Howard's The Other Valley book and Marissa Levien's The World Gives Way

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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13. The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds, #2)

By: Megan E. O'Keefe

4.21

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Dying planets, dangerous conspiracies, and secret romance abound in the second installment of the D… read more

Similar categories in Megan E. O'Keefe's The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds, #2) book and Marissa Levien's The World Gives Way

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"A woman in possession of a bomb is in want of a reason to use it." "Oh god help us, she's been reading old shit again." Kuma said. "Hanging up now," Naira said. "Tell me if anything blows up that's n…"

-Megan E. O'Keefe, The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds, #2)

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14. 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

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • 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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15. Arkhangelsk

By: Elizabeth H. Bonesteel

4.15

Format: 470 pages, Paperback

Head peace officer Anya Savelova believed her people, living on a hostile planet in the ice-bound c… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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16. The Ministry of Time

By: Kaliane Bradley

3.62

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the natu… read more

Similar categories in Kaliane Bradley's The Ministry of Time book and Marissa Levien's The World Gives Way

  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"And then when she was given a second chance, she caught the sword and came up singing."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"You'll have lived through heat waves by now, and you'll know that they make time go utterly Dali clocks."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"What was it like, to be the only one who came back? The only one who still had a body to touch, to hurt, to yearn with? The last one still able to die?"

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"He was here, by and with and in my body. He lives in me like trauma does. If you ever fall in love, you’ll be a person who was in love for the rest of your life."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

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17. The Mythic Dream

By: Dominik Parisien

3.90

Format: 368 pages, None

An all-new anthology of eighteen classic myth retellings featuring an all-star lineup of award-winn… read more

Similar categories in Dominik Parisien's The Mythic Dream book and Marissa Levien's The World Gives Way

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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18. The Lesson

By: Cadwell Turnbull

3.58

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

THE LESSON explores the nature of belief, the impact of colonialism, and asks how far are we willin… read more

Similar categories in Cadwell Turnbull's The Lesson book and Marissa Levien's The World Gives Way

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"He had mistaken his place in this story. The realization filled him with both terror and a little relief, the relief faint but present. He hoped the feeling would someday give him a measure of peace."

-Cadwell Turnbull, The Lesson

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19. The Stardust Grail

By: Yume Kitasei

3.78

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Save one world. Doom her own. From the acclaimed author of The Deep Sky comes a thrilling anti-c… read more

Similar categories in Yume Kitasei's The Stardust Grail book and Marissa Levien's The World Gives Way

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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20. The World Gives Way

By: Marissa Levien

3.83

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

In a near-future world on the brink of collapse, a young woman born into servitude must seize her o… read more

Similar categories in Marissa Levien's The World Gives Way book and Marissa Levien's The World Gives Way

  • apocalyptic
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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21. No Road Home

By: John Fram

3.84

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A young father must clear his name and protect his queer son when his wealthy new wife’s televangel… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook

20 must-read fiction books like The World Gives Way by Marissa Levien

Transform Your Habits

The Stress of Her Regard

Tim Powers

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

Seanan McGuire

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Thornhedge

T. Kingfisher

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1)

Megan E. O'Keefe

4.11

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20 best-selling fiction books like The Mythic Dream by Dominik Parisien

Transform Your Habits

Jackalope Wives And Other Stories

T. Kingfisher

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

Seanan McGuire

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Thornhedge

T. Kingfisher

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Illuminations

T. Kingfisher

4.07

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