19 Best science fiction books like An Easy Job by Carrie Vaughn

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An Easy Job

By: Carrie Vaughn

3.99

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

An Easy Job is a short story from Carrie Vaughn, the New York Times bestselling author of the Kitty…

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1. They're Made Out of Meat

By: Terry Bisson

3.70

Format: None pages, ebook

Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 1991. read more

Similar categories in Terry Bisson's They're Made Out of Meat book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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2. 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 Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • short stories
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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3. Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law (Judge Dee, #1)

By: Lavie Tidhar

4.02

Format: 32 pages, ebook

No vampire is ever innocent… The wandering Judge Dee serves as judge, jury, and executioner for … read more

Similar categories in Lavie Tidhar's Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law (Judge Dee, #1) book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5) by Martha Wells

4. Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

By: Martha Wells

4.34

Format: 8 pages, Kindle Edition

Murderbot—the sardonic, almost-homicidal, media-loving android created by Martha Wells—has proven t… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5) book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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5. The Locked Coffin: A Judge Dee Mystery (Judge Dee, #6)

By: Lavie Tidhar

3.98

Format: 32 pages, ebook

While visiting the mysterious castle of Maidstone for an investigation, Judge Dee and Jonathan disc… read more

Similar categories in Lavie Tidhar's The Locked Coffin: A Judge Dee Mystery (Judge Dee, #6) book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • short stories
  • fiction
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6. L'Esprit de L'Escalier

By: Catherynne M. Valente

3.97

Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition

L’Esprit de L’Escalier by Catherynne M. Valente is a provocative retelling of the Greek myth, in wh… read more

Similar categories in Catherynne M. Valente's L'Esprit de L'Escalier book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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7. 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 Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
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8. Salt Water

By: Eugenia Triantafyllou

3.62

Format: 18 pages, ebook

While all her friends’ fish are changing into mermaids, is 12-year-old Anissa's fish becoming somet… read more

Similar categories in Eugenia Triantafyllou's Salt Water book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • short stories
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9. Also, the Cat

By: Rachel Swirsky

3.32

Format: 56 pages, Kindle Edition

Even death is no match for a trio of elderly, stubborn, ever-sparring sisters, who refuse to rest i… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Swirsky's Also, the Cat book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • short stories
  • fiction
"You know, life never made any sense. I guess there’s no reason for the afterlife to."

-Rachel Swirsky, Also, the Cat

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10. Judge Dee and the Three Deaths of Count Werdenfels (Judge Dee, #2)

By: Lavie Tidhar

3.89

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Judge Dee is back to solve a brand-new case involving the mysterious death of the vampire Count Wer… read more

Similar categories in Lavie Tidhar's Judge Dee and the Three Deaths of Count Werdenfels (Judge Dee, #2) book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • short stories
  • fiction
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11. Judge Dee and the Poisoner of Montmartre (Judge Dee, #3)

By: Lavie Tidhar

3.97

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Judge Dee returns to solve a new case involving a Parisian party gone wrong. But this time? Everyon… read more

Similar categories in Lavie Tidhar's Judge Dee and the Poisoner of Montmartre (Judge Dee, #3) book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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12. The Counterworld

By: James Bradley

2.51

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

A grieving mother wakes up to find all traces of her lost son have been erased as if he had never e… read more

Similar categories in James Bradley's The Counterworld book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • science fiction
  • short stories
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13. The Job at the End of the World

By: Ray Nayler

3.76

Format: 21 pages, ebook

A weary resilience worker should know better than no one is safe when the world is always ending..… read more

Similar categories in Ray Nayler's The Job at the End of the World book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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14. The Puppetmaster

By: Kemi Ashing-Giwa

3.71

Format: 15 pages, ebook

A banished warrior teaches her treacherous uncle that once made, some oaths cannot be broken...and … read more

Similar categories in Kemi Ashing-Giwa's The Puppetmaster book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • queer
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15. How to Cook and Eat the Rich

By: Sunyi Dean

3.78

Format: 9 pages, ebook

A man is offered the opportunity to partake in an exclusive, subscription-based eating club for tho… read more

Similar categories in Sunyi Dean's How to Cook and Eat the Rich book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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16. Judge Dee and the Mystery of the Missing Manuscript (Judge Dee, #5)

By: Lavie Tidhar

4.12

Format: 39 pages, ebook

Judge Dee must himself stand trial before his fellow vampires for the loss of a valuable manuscript… read more

Similar categories in Lavie Tidhar's Judge Dee and the Mystery of the Missing Manuscript (Judge Dee, #5) book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Seven Vampires: A Judge Dee Mystery (Judge Dee, #4) by Lavie Tidhar

17. Seven Vampires: A Judge Dee Mystery (Judge Dee, #4)

By: Lavie Tidhar

3.83

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Paris is burning and Judge Dee and Jonathan are on the run. To guarantee their safety, they join a … read more

Similar categories in Lavie Tidhar's Seven Vampires: A Judge Dee Mystery (Judge Dee, #4) book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • short stories
  • fiction
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18. Form 8774-D

By: Alex Irvine

3.91

Format: 54 pages, ebook

It’s just business as usual at the Bureau of Metahuman, Mutant, and Occult Affairs until an employe… read more

Similar categories in Alex Irvine's Form 8774-D book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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19. 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 Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • lgbt
  • space opera
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • queer
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20. Burning Books for Pleasure and Profit

By: K.J. Parker

3.78

Format: 27 pages, ebook

A talented bookbinder is tasked with creating a copy of a text so inflammatory it threatens to alte… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Parker's Burning Books for Pleasure and Profit book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Judge Dee and the Executioner of Epinal (Judge Dee, #7) by Lavie Tidhar

21. Judge Dee and the Executioner of Epinal (Judge Dee, #7)

By: Lavie Tidhar

4.10

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Unknown forces attempt to stop Judge Dee and Jonathan from transporting a mysterious and possibly d… read more

Similar categories in Lavie Tidhar's Judge Dee and the Executioner of Epinal (Judge Dee, #7) book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • short stories
  • fiction
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22. An Easy Job

By: Carrie Vaughn

3.99

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

An Easy Job is a short story from Carrie Vaughn, the New York Times bestselling author of the Kitty… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • space opera
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • queer
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23. The Three O’Clock Dragon

By: John Wiswell

3.80

Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition

Prosperity City’s corrupt mayor never guessed his greatest opponent would be a fire-breathing drago… read more

Similar categories in John Wiswell's The Three O’Clock Dragon book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • science fiction
  • short stories
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24. #Selfcare

By: Annalee Newitz

3.54

Format: 30 pages, ebook

From the Lambda award-winning author of Autonomous comes Annalee Newitz's Tor.com Original short st… read more

Similar categories in Annalee Newitz's #Selfcare book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
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25. You Don't Belong Where You Don't Belong

By: Kemi Ashing-Giwa

3.49

Format: 25 pages, ebook

With her friends vanishing and her home planet of Ayeshij crushed under the weight of occupation, g… read more

Similar categories in Kemi Ashing-Giwa's You Don't Belong Where You Don't Belong book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • science fiction
  • short stories
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26. The Sufficient Loss Protocol

By: Kemi Ashing-Giwa

3.41

Format: 29 pages, ebook

When an alien entity sneaks aboard a corporate spaceship, with no motive besides sabotaging the mis… read more

Similar categories in Kemi Ashing-Giwa's The Sufficient Loss Protocol book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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27. Even If Such Ways Are Bad

By: Rich Larson

3.54

Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition

A two-person crew embark on a mind-bending deep space mission inside a living wormship capable of b… read more

Similar categories in Rich Larson's Even If Such Ways Are Bad book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • space opera
  • fiction
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28. What It Means To Be A Car

By: James Patrick Kelly

3.61

Format: 15 pages, ebook

An AI car is caught between its ruthless employer and the people she hurt… read more

Similar categories in James Patrick Kelly's What It Means To Be A Car book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • science fiction
  • short stories
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29. Baby Teeth

By: Daniel Polansky

3.47

Format: 49 pages, Kindle Edition

In Daniel Polansky's latest Tor.com Original short story "Baby Teeth," a forlorn teenager's monoton… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Polansky's Baby Teeth book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • short stories
  • fiction
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30. I'll Miss Myself

By: John Wiswell

3.82

Format: 26 pages, ebook

A man using a social media app that reaches across dimensions to talk to himself in different timel… read more

Similar categories in John Wiswell's I'll Miss Myself book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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31. The Alice Run

By: Nancy Kress

3.69

Format: 35 pages, ebook

A comatose patient undergoes an experimental procedure that uses favorite childhood stories to pull… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Kress's The Alice Run book and Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job

  • science fiction
  • short stories

25 Top fiction books like An Easy Job by Carrie Vaughn

Transform Your Habits

They're Made Out of Meat

Terry Bisson

3.70

Transform Your Habits

On the Fox Roads

Nghi Vo

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law (Judge Dee, #1)

Lavie Tidhar

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

Martha Wells

4.34

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21 must-read fiction books like How to Cook and Eat the Rich by Sunyi Dean

Transform Your Habits

On the Fox Roads

Nghi Vo

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law (Judge Dee, #1)

Lavie Tidhar

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The River and the World Remade

E. Lily Yu

3.47

Transform Your Habits

Some Ways to Retell a Fairy Tale

Kathleen Jennings

3.00

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