12 Top space books like The Light Years by R.W.W. Greene

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The Light Years

By: R.W.W. Greene

3.76

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A long-lost battleship and an arranged marriage may hold the key to faster-than-light travel and hu…

If you liked the space plot in The Light Years by R.W.W. Greene , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1) by Hannu Rajaniemi

1. The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1)

By: Hannu Rajaniemi

4.16

Format: None pages,

Jean le Flambeur gets up in the morning and has to kill himself before his other self can kill him … read more

Similar categories in Hannu Rajaniemi's The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1) book and R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
Cover of The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1) by Megan E. O'Keefe

2. 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 R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • queer
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 R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • 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)

Cover of The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2) by Malka Ann Older

4. The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2)

By: Malka Ann Older

4.01

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Investigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti reunite to solve a brand-new mystery in the follow-up to the … read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2) book and R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1) by Bethany Jacobs

5. These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1)

By: Bethany Jacobs

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

A dangerous cat-and-mouse quest for revenge. An empire that spans star systems, built on the bones … read more

Similar categories in Bethany Jacobs's These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1) book and R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years

  • lgbt
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • queer
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6. 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 R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
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7. The Thousand Earths

By: Stephen Baxter

3.95

Format: 586 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2145AD John Hackett's adventure is just beginning. In Year 30, Mela's story is coming to a cl… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Baxter's The Thousand Earths book and R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
Cover of Stars and Bones (Continuance #1) by Gareth L.   Powell

8. 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 R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
Cover of Arkhangelsk by Elizabeth H. Bonesteel

9. 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

Similar categories in Elizabeth H. Bonesteel's Arkhangelsk book and R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
Cover of Descendant Machine (Continuance #2) by Gareth L.   Powell

10. 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

Similar categories in Gareth L. Powell's Descendant Machine (Continuance #2) book and R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • space
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11. 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 R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years

  • lgbt
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • queer
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12. A Quantum Love Story

By: Mike Chen

3.67

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The only thing harder than finding someone in a time loop is losing them. Grieving her best friend… read more

Similar categories in Mike Chen's A Quantum Love Story book and R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of Boundless (The Lost Fleet: Outlands, #1) by Jack Campbell

13. Boundless (The Lost Fleet: Outlands, #1)

By: Jack Campbell

4.32

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

Admiral John "Black Jack" Geary may have saved the Alliance only to destroy it, in this thrilling a… read more

Similar categories in Jack Campbell's Boundless (The Lost Fleet: Outlands, #1) book and R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
Cover of Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh

14. Do You Dream of Terra-Two?

By: Temi Oh

3.65

Format: 520 pages, Hardcover

When an Earth-like planet is discovered, a team of six teens, along with three veteran astronauts, … read more

Similar categories in Temi Oh's Do You Dream of Terra-Two? book and R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
"Plenus annis abiit, plenus honoribus,"

-Temi Oh, Do You Dream of Terra-Two?

"In the darkness, every fear finds a face."

-Temi Oh, Do You Dream of Terra-Two?

"Loving anything is bound to the pain of losing it."

-Temi Oh, Do You Dream of Terra-Two?

"What would you die for? Willingly die for? I’d probably say nothing at all."

-Temi Oh, Do You Dream of Terra-Two?

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15. Paradise-1

By: David Wellington

3.83

Format: 681 pages, Paperback

When Special Agent Petrov and Dr. Lei Zhang are woken up from cryogenic sleep, dragged freezing and… read more

Similar categories in David Wellington's Paradise-1 book and R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
Cover of The Light Years by R.W.W. Greene

16. The Light Years

By: R.W.W. Greene

3.76

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A long-lost battleship and an arranged marriage may hold the key to faster-than-light travel and hu… read more

Similar categories in R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years book and R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • queer
Cover of Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13) by Lois McMaster Bujold

17. Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.62

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

When Rozakajin, road-weary bandit and army deserter, spots a hapless blond young man in a country i… read more

Similar categories in Lois McMaster Bujold's Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13) book and R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of Re-Coil by J.T. Nicholas

18. Re-Coil

By: J.T. Nicholas

3.59

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Out on a salvage mission with a skeleton crew, Carter Langston is murdered by animated corpses left… read more

Similar categories in J.T. Nicholas's Re-Coil book and R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
"I'd sat on the sidelines for too long, hid from the responsibility, if such existed, to my fellow man. I could do as I'd done for decades, keep my head down, live my life. And everyone else be damned…"

-J.T. Nicholas, Re-Coil

Cover of Rebel (Ascent to Empire #2) by David Weber

19. Rebel (Ascent to Empire #2)

By: David Weber

4.76

Format: 612 pages, Kindle Edition

HE NEVER WANTED TO BE A REBEL The Five Hundred, the elite families who rule the Terran Federatio… read more

Similar categories in David Weber's Rebel (Ascent to Empire #2) book and R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years

Cover of Stolen Earth by J.T. Nicholas

20. Stolen Earth

By: J.T. Nicholas

3.65

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Firefly meets The Expanse in a future where humanity has destroyed the Earth through ecological dis… read more

Similar categories in J.T. Nicholas's Stolen Earth book and R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
Cover of Alien Agendas (Solar Warden Book, #3) by Ian Douglas

21. Alien Agendas (Solar Warden Book, #3)

By: Ian Douglas

4.17

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Reptilian aliens, Nazis in space, time-traveling humans, kidnapped girlfriends, government psychics… read more

Similar categories in Ian Douglas's Alien Agendas (Solar Warden Book, #3) book and R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years

  • science fiction

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