15 must-read space books like Plutoshine by Lucy Kissick

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Plutoshine

By: Lucy Kissick

3.88

Format: 410 pages, Hardcover

Terraforming - the megascale-engineering of a planet's surface to one more Earth-like - is now comm…

If you liked the space plot in Plutoshine by Lucy Kissick , here is a list of 15 books like this:

1. The Wandering Earth

By: Liu Cixin , Holger Nahm , None , None

3.73

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

First published in Science Fiction World, July 2000. I've never seen the night, nor seen a star; I'… read more

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2. Translation State

By: Ann Leckie

4.09

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple … read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Translation State book and Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space
  • fiction
"I am not a potato."

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

"You have only small and seemingly pointless choices available to you. But if there is anything I have been trying to teach you, it is that small actions can have larger consequences. If one has only …"

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

Cover of Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) by Alastair Reynolds

3. 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 Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • mystery
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"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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4. 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 Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • science fiction
  • fiction
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5. 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

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • space
  • science fiction
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6. The Spare Man

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Tesla Crane, a brilliant inventor and an heiress, is on her honeymoon on an interplanetary space li… read more

Similar categories in Mary Robinette Kowal's The Spare Man book and Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • space
  • science fiction
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7. Venomous Lumpsucker

By: Ned Beauman

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dark and witty story of environmental collapse and runaway capitalism from the Booker-listed auth… read more

Similar categories in Ned Beauman's Venomous Lumpsucker book and Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
"I can’t believe this!"

-Ned Beauman, Venomous Lumpsucker

"It didn’t feel—at least in this moment—as if she’d lost them. It felt—and perhaps this was a self-protective reflex, her body refusing to take another blow— as if they’d never really been down there …"

-Ned Beauman, Venomous Lumpsucker

Cover of Artifact Space (Arcana Imperii, #1) by Miles  Cameron

8. 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 Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • space
Cover of Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1) by M.R. Carey

9. 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 Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space
  • fiction
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10. In Ascension

By: Martin MacInnes

3.79

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

An astonishing novel about a young microbiologist investigating an unfathomable deep vent in the oc… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
"I questioned what else I had already missed so far, in my own life, simply through the limits of my character."

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

"Once he had committed to this life, there was no way he could get out of it. He was angry at us, his daughters, because the financial demands of our existence bound him to it."

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

"I kind of love it. It's so macabre. The reason we haven't seen or heard from anything off-world is that reaching off-world status is a civilisational death knell. Life either gets stuck there or dest…"

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

"The air was thick with teeming life, just as the oceans and the rivers were. A spoonful of seawater or a pinch of soil between your fingers held billions of living things. We were blind to this out o…"

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

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11. Some Desperate Glory

By: Emily Tesh

4.06

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

While we live, the enemy shall fear us. All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge … read more

Similar categories in Emily Tesh's Some Desperate Glory book and Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • science fiction
  • space
  • fiction
"While Earth's children live, the enemy shall fear us."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

"While we live, the enemy shall fear us. We are what's left. We are what must survive."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

Cover of House of Open Wounds (The Tyrant Philosophers, #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

12. House of Open Wounds (The Tyrant Philosophers, #2)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.51

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to a… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's House of Open Wounds (The Tyrant Philosophers, #2) book and Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
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13. 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 Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
Cover of Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

14. 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 Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • space
Cover of Beyond the Hallowed Sky (Lightspeed Trilogy, #1) by Ken MacLeod

15. 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 Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
  • space
Cover of Stars and Bones (Continuance #1) by Gareth L.   Powell

16. 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 Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • space
Cover of Mal Goes to War: A Novel by Edward Ashton

17. Mal Goes to War: A Novel

By: Edward Ashton

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The humans are fighting again. Go figure. As a free A.I., Mal finds the war between the modded and… read more

Similar categories in Edward Ashton's Mal Goes to War: A Novel book and Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Descendant Machine (Continuance #2) by Gareth L.   Powell

18. Descendant Machine (Continuance #2)

By: Gareth L. Powell

4.11

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

From the award-winning author comes a gripping, fast-paced and fascinating science fiction adventur… read more

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

19. 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 Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • science fiction
Cover of Metronome by Tom   Watson

20. Metronome

By: Tom Watson

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An eerie, striking debut by an award-winning author for fans of Emma Stonex, Francine Toon and Mega… read more

Similar categories in Tom Watson's Metronome book and Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
  • science fiction
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21. Frontier

By: Grace Curtis

3.62

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Saints and preachers, librarians and horse thieves, lawmakers and lawbreakers, and a crash-survivin… read more

Similar categories in Grace Curtis's Frontier book and Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • science fiction
  • space
  • fiction
Cover of The Red Scholar's Wake by Aliette de Bodard

22. The Red Scholar's Wake

By: Aliette de Bodard

3.22

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Xích Si: bot maker, data analyst, mother, scavenger. But those days are over now-her ship has just … read more

Similar categories in Aliette de Bodard's The Red Scholar's Wake book and Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • science fiction
  • space
  • fiction
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23. Braking Day

By: Adam Oyebanji

3.98

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

On a generation ship bound for a distant star, one engineer-in-training must discover the secrets a… read more

Similar categories in Adam Oyebanji's Braking Day book and Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • space
  • science fiction
Cover of The Flight of the Aphrodite by S.J. Morden

24. The Flight of the Aphrodite

By: S.J. Morden

3.82

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

A thrilling standalone science fiction space adventure from Philip K. Dick award-winning author S.J… read more

Similar categories in S.J. Morden's The Flight of the Aphrodite book and Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • space
Cover of Beyond the Burn Line by Paul McAuley

25. Beyond the Burn Line

By: Paul McAuley

3.53

Format: 455 pages, Kindle Edition

A novel about posthuman Earth, colonisation, Ufology, and secret histories. It's two hundred thous… read more

Similar categories in Paul McAuley's Beyond the Burn Line book and Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • science fiction
  • novels
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Plutoshine by Lucy Kissick

26. Plutoshine

By: Lucy Kissick

3.88

Format: 410 pages, Hardcover

Terraforming - the megascale-engineering of a planet's surface to one more Earth-like - is now comm… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine book and Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • mystery thriller
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • science fiction
Cover of A Fire Born of Exile by Aliette de Bodard

27. A Fire Born of Exile

By: Aliette de Bodard

4.05

Format: 426 pages, Hardcover

The Scattered Pearls Belt is a string of habitats under tight military rule . . . where the powerfu… read more

Similar categories in Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile book and Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Coral Bones by E.J. Swift

28. The Coral Bones

By: E.J. Swift

4.11

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

This is what it looks like when coral dies. Present day. Marine biologist Hana Ishikawa is racin… read more

Similar categories in E.J. Swift's The Coral Bones book and Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
Cover of Creation Node by Stephen Baxter

29. Creation Node

By: Stephen Baxter

3.57

Format: 436 pages, Kindle Edition

In the year 2255, of all the sentient beings in her universe, it was a woman named Salma, twenty ye… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Beyond the Light Horizon (Lightspeed Trilogy, #3) by Ken MacLeod

30. 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 Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine

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

31. 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

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction

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