15 Best science fiction fantasy books like A Fire Born of Exile by Aliette de Bodard

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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…

If you liked the science fiction fantasy plot in A Fire Born of Exile by Aliette de Bodard , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) by Malka Ann Older

1. The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

By: Malka Ann Older

3.64

Format: 169 pages, Hardcover

The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set … read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) book and Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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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 Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"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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3. 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 Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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4. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

By: Nghi Vo

4.17

Format: 128 pages, ebook

The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) book and Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."

-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

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5. On the Fox Roads

By: Nghi Vo

4.04

Format: 29 pages, ebook

While learning the ropes from a crafty Jazz Age bank robber, a young stowaway discovers their authe… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's On the Fox Roads book and Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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6. Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction

By: Ann Leckie

4.05

Format: 403 pages, Hardcover

Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winner Ann Leckie is a modern master of the SFF genre, for… read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction book and Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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7. Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)

By: Nghi Vo

4.24

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

The Hugo and Crawford Award-Winning Series! The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singin… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4) book and Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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8. The Saint of Bright Doors

By: Vajra Chandrasekera

3.71

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults agai… read more

Similar categories in Vajra Chandrasekera's The Saint of Bright Doors book and Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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9. The Water Outlaws

By: S.L. Huang

3.81

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by a classic of martial arts literature, S. L. Huang's The Water Outlaws are bandits of de… read more

Similar categories in S.L. Huang's The Water Outlaws book and Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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10. The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

By: Samit Basu

3.59

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Shantiport was supposed to be a gateway to the stars. But the city is sinking, and its colonist rul… read more

Similar categories in Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport book and Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"You exist, and you deserve to belong."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"Usually when my life goes according to plan, it turns out the plan was made by someone else"

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"It's all very clear, I just chose not to get it, I just decided everyone who didn't agree with my vision was lying, or a fool."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"I don't want to talk about this. It's not that I think you're wrong, but it's too big for me. I'll never be able to do anything about it."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

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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

Similar categories in Bethany Jacobs's These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1) book and Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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12. Rose/House

By: Arkady Martine

3.72

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Dust jacket illustration by David Curtis. Arkady Martine, the acclaimed author of the Teixcalaan… read more

Similar categories in Arkady Martine's Rose/House book and Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar

13. The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

By: Sofia Samatar

3.94

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Celebrated author Sofia Samatar presents a mystical, revolutionary space adventure for the exhauste… read more

Similar categories in Sofia Samatar's The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain book and Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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14. Exordia

By: Seth Dickinson

3.78

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

“Anna, I came to Earth tracking a very old story, a story that goes back to the dawn of time. it’s … read more

Similar categories in Seth Dickinson's Exordia book and Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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15. Floating Hotel

By: Grace Curtis

3.70

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

This cozy debut science fiction novel tells a story of misfits, rebels, found family—and a mystery … read more

Similar categories in Grace Curtis's Floating Hotel book and Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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16. 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 Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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17. The Faithless (Magic of the Lost, #2)

By: C.L. Clark

4.30

Format: 512 pages, None

In the second installment of C.L. Clark's Magic of the Lost trilogy, soldier Touraine and princess … read more

Similar categories in C.L. Clark's The Faithless (Magic of the Lost, #2) book and Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of A Fire Born of Exile by Aliette de Bodard

18. 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 Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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19. Where Peace Is Lost

By: Valerie Valdes

4.03

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

A brand-new space fantasy novel from master world-builder Valerie Valdes! A refugee with a secret, … read more

Similar categories in Valerie Valdes's Where Peace Is Lost book and Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile

  • romance
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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20. Beyond the Dragon's Gate

By: Yoon Ha Lee

3.73

Format: 20 pages, ebook

Former Academician Anna Kim’s research into AI cost her everything. Now, years later, the military … read more

Similar categories in Yoon Ha Lee's Beyond the Dragon's Gate book and Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile

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

21. 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 Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile

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

21 best-selling fiction books like A Fire Born of Exile by Aliette de Bodard

Transform Your Habits

The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

Malka Ann Older

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Translation State

Ann Leckie

4.09

Transform Your Habits

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

Malka Ann Older

4.01

Transform Your Habits

The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

Nghi Vo

4.17

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18 Best fiction books like Translation State by Ann Leckie

Transform Your Habits

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Malka Ann Older

3.64

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System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

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Translation State

Ann Leckie

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Starter Villain

John Scalzi

4.16

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