27 Best fiction books like Before Mars (Planetfall, #3) by Emma Newman

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Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

By: Emma Newman

4.09

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

After months of travel, Anna Kubrin finally arrives on Mars for her new job as a geologist and de f…

"It's the consistency that's important. It helps to form a pattern and that pattern is more important than the detail when it comes to changing people's minds."

-Emma Newman, Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

"It's the consistency that's important. It helps to form a pattern and that pattern is more important than the detail when it comes to changing people's minds."

-Emma Newman, Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

"I can remember my grandmother talking about the scientists before the collapse of democracy...All gone now. Doing something for the good of humankind, for the sheer ideologicial ambition of extending our footprint beyond Earth, simply isn't profitable enough."

-Emma Newman, Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

"I can remember my grandmother talking about the scientists before the collapse of democracy...All gone now. Doing something for the good of humankind, for the sheer ideologicial ambition of extending our footprint beyond Earth, simply isn't profitable enough."

-Emma Newman, Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

If you liked the fiction plot in Before Mars (Planetfall, #3) by Emma Newman , here is a list of 27 books like this:

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1. Void Star

By: Zachary Mason

3.50

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

A riveting, beautifully written, fugue-like novel of AIs, memory, violence, and mortality Not far i… read more

Similar categories in Zachary Mason's Void Star book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
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2. Echopraxia (Firefall, #2)

By: Peter Watts

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Prepare for a different kind of singularity in this follow-up to the Hugo-nominated novel Blindsigh… read more

Similar categories in Peter Watts's Echopraxia (Firefall, #2) book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • science fiction
  • space
  • fiction
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3. Noumenon

By: Marina J. Lostetter

3.00

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

With nods to Arthur C. Clarke's Rama series, the real science of Neal Stephenson's Seveneves, a tou… read more

Similar categories in Marina J. Lostetter's Noumenon book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
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4. Autonomous

By: Annalee Newitz

4.33

Format: 481 pages, Hardcover

Autonomousfeatures a rakish female pharmaceutical pirate named Jack who traverses the world in her … read more

Similar categories in Annalee Newitz's Autonomous book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
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5. This Census-Taker

By: China Miéville

4.15

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

For readers of George Saunders, Kelly Link, and Karen Russell, This Census Takeris the poignant and… read more

Similar categories in China Miéville's This Census-Taker book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
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6. Six Wakes

By: Mur Lafferty

3.63

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A space adventure set on a lone ship where the clones of a murdered crew must find their murderer -… read more

Similar categories in Mur Lafferty's Six Wakes book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • space
  • science fiction
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7. Harbinger of the Storm (Obsidian and Blood, #2)

By: Aliette de Bodard

3.66

Format: 146 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Death, magic and intrigue in this hotly-anticipated follow-up to Servant of the Underworld. A sumpt… read more

Similar categories in Aliette de Bodard's Harbinger of the Storm (Obsidian and Blood, #2) book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • mystery
  • fiction

8. Infomocracy (The Centenal Cycle, #1)

By: Malka Ann Older

3.93

Format: None pages,

It's been twenty years and two election cycles since Information, a powerful search engine monopoly… read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's Infomocracy (The Centenal Cycle, #1) book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
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9. The Clockwork Rocket (Orthogonal Trilogy #1)

By: Greg Egan

3.64

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

In Yalda's universe, light has no universal speed and its creation generates energy. On Yalda's wor… read more

Similar categories in Greg Egan's The Clockwork Rocket (Orthogonal Trilogy #1) book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • science fiction
  • space
  • fiction

10. Rupert Wong, Cannibal Chef

By: Cassandra Khaw

5.00

Format: None pages,

It's not unusual to work two jobs in this day and age, but sorcerer and former triad soldier Rupert… read more

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11. The Stars Are Legion

By: Kameron Hurley

1.50

Format: None pages,

Somewhere on the outer rim of the universe, a mass of decaying world-ships known as the Legion is t… read more

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12. Master of the House of Darts (Obsidian and Blood, #3)

By: Aliette de Bodard

4.67

Format: 46 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The year is Three Rabbit, and the storm is coming... The coronation war for the new Emperor has jus… read more

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13. The Red: First Light (The Red #1)

By: Linda Nagata

4.24

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

"There Needs To Be A War Going On Somewhere" Lieutenant James Shelley commands a high-tech squad of… read more

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14. 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

Similar categories in Martha Wells's System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
"(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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15. 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 Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
"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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16. Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

By: Mur Lafferty

3.94

Format: 369 pages, Paperback

Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, and fled to outer space to avoid it…but … read more

Similar categories in Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2) book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • audiobook
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • science fiction
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17. Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 597 pages, Audible Audio

The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for surviv… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2) book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"We can only observe the present before we go on to destroy the future."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)

"Complex life was merely the recent froth over a great vat of prokaryotes feeding and dividing and dying."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)

"Perhaps Senkovi would have approved; he who had once seen himself as the trickster god of the pantheon, before there were no more gods left to trick. Perhaps Senkovi would have recalled ancient human…"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)

"Meshner has read simplified children’s histories of the spider civilization, vocal in explaining that, these days, everything is fine and male spiders are allowed to play a full role in society. In p…"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)

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18. Permafrost

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.87

Format: 133 pages, Kindle Edition

Fix the past. Save the present. Stop the future. Alastair Reynolds unfolds a time-traveling climate… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Permafrost book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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19. Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1)

By: M.R. Carey

4.17

Format: 499 pages, Paperback

 From bestselling author M. R. Carey comes a brilliant genre-defying story of humanity's expansion … read more

Similar categories in M.R. Carey's Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1) book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
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20. Service Model

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

To fix the world they first must break it further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Service Model book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. Some Desperate Glory

By: Emily Tesh

4.06

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

While we live, the enemy shall fear us. All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge … read more

Similar categories in Emily Tesh's Some Desperate Glory book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
"While Earth's children live, the enemy shall fear us."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

"While we live, the enemy shall fear us. We are what's left. We are what must survive."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

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22. 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 Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal

23. The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The Fated Sky continued the grand sweep of alternate history begun in The Calculating Stars. It is … read more

Similar categories in Mary Robinette Kowal's The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2) book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
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24. The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

4.36

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

Mary Robinette Kowal continues her award-winning Lady Astronaut series, which began with The Calcul… read more

Similar categories in Mary Robinette Kowal's The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3) book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • audiobook
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • space
  • science fiction
"We grieved, yes. But we carried on because that was what made us human."

-Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

"We have our catechism of call signs and the high holy language of acronyms."

-Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

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25. The Blue, Beautiful World

By: Karen Lord

3.00

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

As first contact transforms the Earth, a group of gifted visionaries race to create a new future in… read more

Similar categories in Karen Lord's The Blue, Beautiful World book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
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26. Sisters of the Forsaken Stars (Our Lady of Endless Worlds, #2)

By: Lina Rather

3.81

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The sisters of the Order of Saint Rita navigate the far reaches of space and challenges of faith in… read more

Similar categories in Lina Rather's Sisters of the Forsaken Stars (Our Lady of Endless Worlds, #2) book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
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27. Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach

By: Kelly Robson

3.60

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover a shifting history of adventure as humanity clashes over whether to repair their ruined pl… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Robson's Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
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28. 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 Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"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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29. The Lesson

By: Cadwell Turnbull

3.58

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

THE LESSON explores the nature of belief, the impact of colonialism, and asks how far are we willin… read more

Similar categories in Cadwell Turnbull's The Lesson book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
"He had mistaken his place in this story. The realization filled him with both terror and a little relief, the relief faint but present. He hoped the feeling would someday give him a measure of peace."

-Cadwell Turnbull, The Lesson

Cover of Before Mars (Planetfall, #3) by Emma Newman

30. Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

By: Emma Newman

4.09

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

After months of travel, Anna Kubrin finally arrives on Mars for her new job as a geologist and de f… read more

Similar categories in Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3) book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • audiobook
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • science fiction
"It's the consistency that's important. It helps to form a pattern and that pattern is more important than the detail when it comes to changing people's minds."

-Emma Newman, Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

"I can remember my grandmother talking about the scientists before the collapse of democracy...All gone now. Doing something for the good of humankind, for the sheer ideologicial ambition of extending…"

-Emma Newman, Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

"No one wants to hear anything like the truth during these landmark times. It has to be one emotion, a positive one - unless it's a quiet, heartfelt confession of fear or nervousness that can utterly …"

-Emma Newman, Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

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31. Medusa Uploaded (The Medusa Cycle, #1)

By: Emily Devenport

3.80

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

The Executives control Oichi’s senses, her voice, her life. Until the day they kill her. An exec… read more

Similar categories in Emily Devenport's Medusa Uploaded (The Medusa Cycle, #1) book and Emma Newman's Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

  • audiobook
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • space
  • science fiction

16 must-read adult books like Before Mars (Planetfall, #3) by Emma Newman

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Marina J. Lostetter

3.00

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Six Wakes

Mur Lafferty

3.63

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System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

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Translation State

Ann Leckie

4.09

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Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Peter Watts

4.01

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System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

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Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.11

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Adrian Tchaikovsky

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