12 best-selling novella books like A Dream of Electric Mothers by Wole Talabi

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A Dream of Electric Mothers

By: Wole Talabi

3.89

Format: 22 pages, ebook

We’re excited to reprint “A Dream of Electric Mothers,” the 2023 Nebula Award–nominated novelette b…

"Two hours into the third session of our fourth cabinet meeting on the border dispute with the co-operative kingdom of Dahomey, my colleagues finally agree that we need to seek the dream-counsel of our electric mother."

-Wole Talabi, A Dream of Electric Mothers

If you liked the novella plot in A Dream of Electric Mothers by Wole Talabi , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. 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 Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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2. 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 Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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3. D.I.Y

By: John Wiswell

3.76

Format: 25 pages, ebook

When the the elitist institution of Ozymandias Academy and its headmaster, Vamon Kinctuarin, can't … read more

Similar categories in John Wiswell's D.I.Y book and Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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4. 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 Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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5. A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2)

By: Alix E. Harrow

3.76

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A Mirror Mended is the next installment in USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow's Fractured … read more

Similar categories in Alix E. Harrow's A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2) book and Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers

  • novella
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"You have to make the best of whatever story you were born into, and if your story happens to suck ass, well, maybe you can do some good before you go."

-Alix E. Harrow, A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2)

"everybody knows that happily is never really ever after. The truth is buried in the phrase itself, if you look it up. The original version was “happy in the ever after,"

-Alix E. Harrow, A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2)

"The mirror showed me you, out of all the possible people in all the universes,' It sounds almost like an apology. 'Why?' 'Well, what were you doing at the time?' 'I was looking into the mirror, obvio…"

-Alix E. Harrow, A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2)

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6. Even Though I Knew the End

By: C.L. Polk

3.85

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the… read more

Similar categories in C.L. Polk's Even Though I Knew the End book and Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers

  • novella
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"A warm firework blossomed in my chest, the brilliant sparks flying along my nerves. I barely stopped myself from reaching across the table for her hand."

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

"I never told her how she had saved me. I never told her how she became the dearest friend I’d ever had. I told her I loved her, but never enough. My Edith of the sparrows. My heart. My world."

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

"Ten years. It wasn't enough time, but I would live every blessed second of it. "We're going to San Fransisco." She smiled up at me. "We'll get a house in North Beach." "Right away," I said. "I've got…"

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

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7. Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3)

By: Nghi Vo

4.03

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover

Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorio… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3) book and Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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8. 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 Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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9. Ogres

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.24

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

A bleak glimpse of a world of savage tyrants, from award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky in a bea… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Ogres book and Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers

  • novella
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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10. The Difference Between Love and Time

By: Catherynne M. Valente

3.83

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Tor is pleased to reprint “The Difference Between Love and Time” by Catherynne M. Valente, as featu… read more

Similar categories in Catherynne M. Valente's The Difference Between Love and Time book and Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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11. Ivy, Angelica, Bay

By: C.L. Polk

4.16

Format: 51 pages, Kindle Edition

When Hurston Hill is threatened by a suspiciously powerful urban development firm, Miss l'Abielle s… read more

Similar categories in C.L. Polk's Ivy, Angelica, Bay book and Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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12. The River and the World Remade

By: E. Lily Yu

3.47

Format: 13 pages, ebook

When the waters rose, the people who stayed on the River learned they weathered the storms best tog… read more

Similar categories in E. Lily Yu's The River and the World Remade book and Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
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13. The Dark House

By: A.C. Wise

3.20

Format: 22 pages, ebook

A photographer’s obsession with an unsettled subject exposes two friends to a darkness that won’t b… read more

Similar categories in A.C. Wise's The Dark House book and Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
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14. Time: Marked and Mended (Graff, #3)

By: Carrie Vaughn

4.27

Format: 24 pages, ebook

Graff isn’t quite human. His people move through the galaxy collecting memories and experiences, re… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Vaughn's Time: Marked and Mended (Graff, #3) book and Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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15. Counting Casualties

By: Yoon Ha Lee

3.69

Format: 18 pages, ebook

Commander Niaja vrau Erezeng is up against an enemy that doesn’t just destroy all the beings, ships… read more

Similar categories in Yoon Ha Lee's Counting Casualties book and Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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16. A Dream of Electric Mothers

By: Wole Talabi

3.89

Format: 22 pages, ebook

We’re excited to reprint “A Dream of Electric Mothers,” the 2023 Nebula Award–nominated novelette b… read more

Similar categories in Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers book and Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers

  • nigeria
  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"Two hours into the third session of our fourth cabinet meeting on the border dispute with the co-operative kingdom of Dahomey, my colleagues finally agree that we need to seek the dream-counsel of ou…"

-Wole Talabi, A Dream of Electric Mothers

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17. Uncanny Magazine Issue 47: July/August 2022

By: Lynne M. Thomas

3.72

Format: 201 pages, Kindle Edition

Cover: The Wizard of Light by Kirbi Fagan Editorials: “The Uncanny Valley” by Lynne M. Thomas … read more

Similar categories in Lynne M. Thomas's Uncanny Magazine Issue 47: July/August 2022 book and Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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18. Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 189, June 2022

By: Neil Clarke

3.68

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each m… read more

Similar categories in Neil Clarke's Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 189, June 2022 book and Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers

  • science fiction
  • short stories
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19. I Am AI: A Novelette

By: Ai Jiang

4.11

Format: 63 pages, Paperback

If you have the opportunity to give up humanity for efficiency, mechanical invincibility, and to su… read more

Similar categories in Ai Jiang's I Am AI: A Novelette book and Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers

  • science fiction
  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
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20. Not the Most Romantic Thing (Graff, #4)

By: Carrie Vaughn

3.94

Format: 32 pages, ebook

On one of their earliest Visigoth assignments, Graff and Ell stumble into each other’s secrets (and… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Vaughn's Not the Most Romantic Thing (Graff, #4) book and Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 195, December 2022 by Neil Clarke

21. Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 195, December 2022

By: Neil Clarke

3.75

Format: 225 pages, ebook

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each m… read more

Similar categories in Neil Clarke's Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 195, December 2022 book and Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction

20 must-read fiction books like A Dream of Electric Mothers by Wole Talabi

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3.76

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Aliette de Bodard

3.89

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Malka Ann Older

3.64

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