29 Top science fiction books like The Venusian Job by Ryan T. McFadden

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The Venusian Job

By: Ryan T. McFadden

4.30

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

When you’re running from an interstellar crime lord, what better place could you find to hide than …

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1. Primary Inversion (Saga of the Skolian Empire, #1)

By: Catherine Asaro

3.00

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

The Skolian Empire rules a third of the civilized galaxy through its mastery of faster-than-light c… read more

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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

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"(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. The Kaiju Preservation Society

By: John Scalzi

3.99

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food deliv… read more

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"I lift things."

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

"So we’re the monster police, too?"

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

"...if you're only reading books because you have to, it becomes much less fun."

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

"My brain said. Just walk away. [...] But even as my brain was saying that, my body was turning back, becaus like puppies we are enculturated to turn when our name is called."

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

Cover of The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1) by Megan E. O'Keefe

4. 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

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5. 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

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"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

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6. Starter Villain

By: John Scalzi

4.16

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more

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"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

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7. The Book That Broke the World (The Library Trilogy, #2)

By: Mark Lawrence

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The second volume in the bestselling, ground-breaking Library Trilogy, following The Book That Woul… read more

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  • science fiction
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8. Disquiet Gods (Sun Eater, #6)

By: Christopher Ruocchio

4.62

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

The sixth novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fan… read more

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"Your road will not be easy, nor your burden light." "That does not matter," I said. "It must be."

-Christopher Ruocchio, Disquiet Gods (Sun Eater, #6)

"I was nothing at all. The barest drop in a limitless ocean. One photon against the infinite Dark."

-Christopher Ruocchio, Disquiet Gods (Sun Eater, #6)

"You're a good man Albee. None of us is good lord. Edward said. It's for us to do good, despite ourselves."

-Christopher Ruocchio, Disquiet Gods (Sun Eater, #6)

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9. Poster Girl

By: Veronica Roth

3.65

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

WHAT'S RIGHT IS RIGHT. Sonya Kantor knows this slogan--she lived by it for most of her life. For… read more

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"Trades rely on trust, the belief that if you give what you agree to give, you will receive what is promised."

-Veronica Roth, Poster Girl

"If your every choice is in defiance of a system, you are as much a servant of that system as someone who obeys it."

-Veronica Roth, Poster Girl

"It is the symptom of a disease that still infects our population--the desire to make everything easy, to sacrifice autonomy and privacy for convenience. That's what technology is, Ms. Kantor. A conce…"

-Veronica Roth, Poster Girl

"Just because you're not committing a crime now, by going where you go, by seeing who you see, doesn't mean that another government, another set of people with another set of priorities, won't come al…"

-Veronica Roth, Poster Girl

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10. Ashes of Man (Sun Eater, #5)

By: Christopher Ruocchio

4.54

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

The fifth novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fan… read more

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  • science fiction
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11. 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

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  • science fiction
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12. Dead Silence

By: S.A. Barnes

3.80

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

Titanic meets The Shining in S.A. Barnes’ Dead Silence, a SF horror novel in which a woman and her … read more

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"Silence has a different quality to it when you're the only one left alive. It's thicker. Heavier somehow."

-S.A. Barnes, Dead Silence

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13. Rubicon

By: J.S. Dewes

3.93

Format: 469 pages, Paperback

Sergeant Adrienne Valero wants to die. She can't. After enduring a traumatic resurrection for th… read more

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  • science fiction
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14. 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

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  • science fiction
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15. Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

By: Suzanne Palmer

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From a Hugo Award-winning author comes the second book in this action-packed sci-fi caper, starring… read more

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  • science fiction
Cover of The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark  Lawrence

16. The Book That Wouldn’t Burn

By: Mark Lawrence

None

Format: 559 pages, Hardcover

A boy has lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than empires and larger than ci… read more

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  • science fiction
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17. 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

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"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)

Cover of Heir of Uncertain Magic (Whimbrel House, #2) by Charlie N. Holmberg

18. Heir of Uncertain Magic (Whimbrel House, #2)

By: Charlie N. Holmberg

4.17

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

One man is on a journey to unravel his magical lineage in the next novel of the Whimbrel House seri… read more

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19. Hammer and Crucible (Imperial Hammer, #1)

By: Cameron Cooper

4.21

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

The interstellar array which links worlds together wakes to find it has enemies…The Fourth Carinad … read more

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  • science fiction
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20. A Dead Ship in the Deep Black (The Lyra Cycle Book 1)

By: Rene Astle

4.03

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

Rule number 1: Whatever you do, don't open the box.Well, that’s rule number two actually. Rule numb… read more

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  • science fiction
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21. The Empyrean (Galaxy of Exiles, #1)

By: Katherine Franklin

3.89

Format: 478 pages, Paperback

Emotion is a weapon. Harnessing its power could destroy worlds. Palia’s emotions are in turmoil.… read more

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  • science fiction
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22. Goodbye to the Sun (Wind Tide, #1)

By: Jonathan Nevair

3.81

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

A daring rebel pilot and a war-torn diplomat clash in an epic struggle over honor, family, and reve… read more

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  • science fiction
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23. Brendan's Way

By: Matthew Bin

3.61

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

It was like winning the lottery when Brendan Collins was approached with an offer he couldn’t refus… read more

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24. The Venusian Job

By: Ryan T. McFadden

4.30

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

When you’re running from an interstellar crime lord, what better place could you find to hide than … read more

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25. Hometown Space Pirate

By: C.G. Harris

4.19

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

Ben Roberts hears voices…alien voices. When word of his abilities spreads through the galactic g… read more

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26. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.24

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more

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Cover of Shadows of Mars (Broken Stars #1) by I.O. Adler

27. Shadows of Mars (Broken Stars #1)

By: I.O. Adler

3.79

Format: 133 pages, Kindle Edition

Save me… The message from Carmen Vincent’s mother wasn’t possible. She died in the Mars base dis… read more

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  • science fiction
Cover of Rattle Man (The Ymiran Chronicles #1) by E.H. Gaskins

28. Rattle Man (The Ymiran Chronicles #1)

By: E.H. Gaskins

4.28

Format: 391 pages, ebook

Never Give Your Name to Rattle... In the cold, empty underbelly of an ODIN-class command station… read more

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  • science fiction
Cover of The Signal Out of Space (This Fine Crew #1) by Mike Jack Stoumbos

29. The Signal Out of Space (This Fine Crew #1)

By: Mike Jack Stoumbos

4.32

Format: 444 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the Initiative! A declawed reptilian engineer. A furry medic concealing her noble … read more

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  • science fiction
Cover of Sounding Dark (The Calpurnian Wars, #1) by Jo Graham

30. Sounding Dark (The Calpurnian Wars, #1)

By: Jo Graham

3.87

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Sounding Dark is a legend, a ghost ship missing two hundred years. Now it may be the only hope for… read more

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  • science fiction
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31. Memory and Metaphor

By: Andrea Monticue

4.57

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

Civilization fell. It rose. At some point, people built starships. A millennium after the Earth … read more

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21 best-selling fiction books like Rubicon by J.S. Dewes

Transform Your Habits

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

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Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1)

M.R. Carey

4.17

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Adrian Tchaikovsky

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