15 must-read science fiction fantasy books like State Tectonics (The Centenal Cycle, #3) by Malka Ann Older

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State Tectonics (The Centenal Cycle, #3)

By: Malka Ann Older

4.00

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

One of the best books of 2018, according to Kirkus Reviews, the Chicago Review of Books, and BookRi…

"You don't remember what it was like before Information... Competing data sources tore down any idea of truth; people voted based on falsehoods. We didn't invent surveillance: there were plenty of feeds and search trackers, but they were fragmented and firewalled by governments and private companies. The surveillance was used to propagate falsehoods."

-Malka Ann Older, State Tectonics (The Centenal Cycle, #3)

"You don't remember what it was like before Information... Competing data sources tore down any idea of truth; people voted based on falsehoods. We didn't invent surveillance: there were plenty of feeds and search trackers, but they were fragmented and firewalled by governments and private companies. The surveillance was used to propagate falsehoods."

-Malka Ann Older, State Tectonics (The Centenal Cycle, #3)

If you liked the science fiction fantasy plot in State Tectonics (The Centenal Cycle, #3) by Malka Ann Older , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. The House of Binding Thorns (Dominion of the Fallen, #2)

By: Aliette de Bodard

3.89

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The multi-award-winning author of The House of Shattered Wings continues her Dominion of the Fallen… read more

Similar categories in Aliette de Bodard's The House of Binding Thorns (Dominion of the Fallen, #2) book and Malka Ann Older's State Tectonics (The Centenal Cycle, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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2. Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

By: Catherynne M. Valente

3.46

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

IN SPACE EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU SING A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and … read more

Similar categories in Catherynne M. Valente's Space Opera (Space Opera, #1) book and Malka Ann Older's State Tectonics (The Centenal Cycle, #3)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I don't see where you get off fretting about whether or not the end of the world is family-friendly."

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

"Hey there," the steely abomination said with infinite, Buddha-like compassion, "it looks like you're trying to come to grips with the existence of events and entities far beyond your experience and, …"

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

"Are you kind enough, on your little planet, not to shut that rhythm down? Not to crush underfoot the singers of songs and tellers of tales and wearers of silk? Because it's monsters who do that. Who …"

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

"But all he had up Robert's perfect sleeve was two rubbishy songs that were more gimmick than the white-hot fire of real music , the sort of music people would play over and over in their bedrooms at …"

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

3. Archivist Wasp

By: Nicole Kornher-Stace

2.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

Wasp's job is simple. Hunt ghosts. And every year she has to fight to remain Archivist. Desperate a… read more

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4. The Ruin of Angels (Craft Sequence, #6)

By: Max Gladstone

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

Max Gladstone returns with The Ruin of Angels, the sixth novel in the Craft Sequence, which The Was… read more

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5. Four Roads Cross (Craft Sequence, #5)

By: Max Gladstone

4.18

Format: 578 pages, Hardcover

The great city of Alt Coulumb is in crisis. The moon goddess Seril, long thought dead, is back--and… read more

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6. 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 Malka Ann Older's State Tectonics (The Centenal Cycle, #3)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • 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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7. 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 Malka Ann Older's State Tectonics (The Centenal Cycle, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
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8. The Terraformers

By: Annalee Newitz

3.37

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Destry is a top network analyst with the Environmental Rescue Team, an ancient organization devoted… read more

Similar categories in Annalee Newitz's The Terraformers book and Malka Ann Older's State Tectonics (The Centenal Cycle, #3)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
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9. 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

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  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2)

By: Cory Doctorow

4.13

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle is a high stakes thriller where the lives of t… read more

Similar categories in Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2) book and Malka Ann Older's State Tectonics (The Centenal Cycle, #3)

  • politics
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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11. The Tea Master and the Detective (The Universe of Xuya)

By: Aliette de Bodard

3.85

Format: 93 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the Scattered Pearls Belt, a collection of ring habitats and orbitals ruled by exiled hu… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
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12. Red Team Blues (Martin Hench #1)

By: Cory Doctorow

3.90

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

A grabby next-Tuesday thriller about cryptocurrency shenanigans that will awaken you to how the wor… read more

Similar categories in Cory Doctorow's Red Team Blues (Martin Hench #1) book and Malka Ann Older's State Tectonics (The Centenal Cycle, #3)

  • cyberpunk
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
"I miss the days when forensic accountancy and security engineering were distinct fields."

-Cory Doctorow, Red Team Blues (Martin Hench #1)

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13. 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 Malka Ann Older's State Tectonics (The Centenal Cycle, #3)

  • science fiction
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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14. 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 Malka Ann Older's State Tectonics (The Centenal Cycle, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Ghostdrift (Finder Chronicles, #4) by Suzanne Palmer

15. Ghostdrift (Finder Chronicles, #4)

By: Suzanne Palmer

4.59

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

The fourth and final installment of the Finder Chronicles, a hopepunk sci-fi caper described as Mac… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Palmer's Ghostdrift (Finder Chronicles, #4) book and Malka Ann Older's State Tectonics (The Centenal Cycle, #3)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Descent of Monsters (Tensorate, #3) by Neon Yang

16. The Descent of Monsters (Tensorate, #3)

By: Neon Yang

3.85

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

JY Yang continues to redefine the limits of silkpunk fantasy with their Tensorate novellas, which t… read more

Similar categories in Neon Yang's The Descent of Monsters (Tensorate, #3) book and Malka Ann Older's State Tectonics (The Centenal Cycle, #3)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
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17. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

By: P. Djèlí Clark

4.05

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. Empress of Forever

By: Max Gladstone

3.79

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

A feminist Guardians of the Galaxy—a smart, swashbuckling, wildly imaginative adventure of a rag-ta… read more

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  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
"To live is to grow secrets."

-Max Gladstone, Empress of Forever

"You’re not who you think you are,"

-Max Gladstone, Empress of Forever

"Nevers and onlys and forevers grew as you did."

-Max Gladstone, Empress of Forever

"She had never been weak enough to need meanness."

-Max Gladstone, Empress of Forever

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19. State Tectonics (The Centenal Cycle, #3)

By: Malka Ann Older

4.00

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

One of the best books of 2018, according to Kirkus Reviews, the Chicago Review of Books, and BookRi… read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's State Tectonics (The Centenal Cycle, #3) book and Malka Ann Older's State Tectonics (The Centenal Cycle, #3)

  • lgbt
  • politics
  • science fiction fantasy
  • cyberpunk
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
"You don't remember what it was like before Information... Competing data sources tore down any idea of truth; people voted based on falsehoods. We didn't invent surveillance: there were plenty of fee…"

-Malka Ann Older, State Tectonics (The Centenal Cycle, #3)

Cover of Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13) by Lois McMaster Bujold

20. 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

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds, #3) by Megan E. O'Keefe

21. The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds, #3)

By: Megan E. O'Keefe

4.20

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Worlds will collide and fates will be rewritten in the thrilling conclusion to the Devoured Worlds … read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Being injured is something of a lifestyle choice for Nai."

-Megan E. O'Keefe, The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds, #3)

"I may go away, sometimes. But as long as it's in my power, I'll always come back."

-Megan E. O'Keefe, The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds, #3)

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