25 Best science fiction books like The Scarab Mission (The Billion Worlds Book 2) by James L. Cambias

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The Scarab Mission (The Billion Worlds Book 2)

By: James L. Cambias

3.63

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

A scavenger and her oddball crew are catapulted into the midst of a strange secret at the heart of …

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Cover of Blindsight (Firefall, #1) by Peter Watts

1. Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

By: Peter Watts

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched a… read more

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"Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon the temptation of rhythm and music. Th…"

-Peter Watts, Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

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2. Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1)

By: Ada Palmer

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, t… read more

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3. The Case of the Gilded Fly (Gervase Fen, #1)

By: Edmund Crispin

3.51

Format: 225 pages, Paperback

Theatre companies are notorious hotbeds of intrigue, and few are more intriguing than the company c… read more

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"la pobre virgencita rústica que espera que su caballero deje de hacer el tonto con la princesa malvada"

-Edmund Crispin, The Case of the Gilded Fly (Gervase Fen, #1)

"bruscas sacudidas del tren abofetean a los viajeros hasta dejarlos sumidos en un estado de abyecta sumisión"

-Edmund Crispin, The Case of the Gilded Fly (Gervase Fen, #1)

4. Impersonations

By: Walter Jon Williams

3.60

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

Nebula Award-winning author Walter Jon Williams returns to the sweeping space opera adventure of hi… read more

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5. The Lesser Dead

By: Christopher Buehlman

4.18

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

The secret is, vampires are real and I am one. The secret is, I'm stealing from you what is most tr… read more

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6. Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)

By: Neal Stephenson

3.93

Format: 927 pages, Paperback

Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing kn… read more

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"he's surprised your tits come wi' a head attached"

-Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)

"Your diligence is setting an example for all of us—stop it!"

-Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)

"Most men would rather be shot through with a broad-headed arrow than be described by you."

-Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)

"If money is a science, then it is a dark science...it has gone on developing...by its own rules"

-Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)

7. Norstrilia

By: Cordwainer Smith

4.00

Format: 204 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Rod McBan is only a boy from the planet 'Norstrilia', Old North Australia, where rich farmers grow … read more

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8. 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

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9. 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

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"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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10. Starter Villain

By: John Scalzi

4.16

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more

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"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

Cover of Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) by Alastair Reynolds

11. Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.36

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

From the king of modern space opera comes a new adventure in the Prefect Dreyfus series— Machine Ve… read more

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"A small request like that, who am I to turn it down? There is something you can do for me in return, though, especially now that you’re practically on our doorstep."

-Alastair Reynolds, Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

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12. 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

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13. Invisible Things

By: Mat Johnson

3.53

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

A sharp allegorical novel about a hidden human civilization, a crucial election, and a mysterious i… read more

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14. Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.02

Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition

The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary … read more

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"The essential fallacy,' Ghoti picks up, 'is that humans and other biologically evolved, calculating engines feel themselves to be sentient, when sufficient investigation suggests this is not so. And …"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

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15. Bad to the Throne (The Good Guys #15)

By: Eric Ugland

4.59

Format: 580 pages, Kindle Edition

It all comes down to this: either Montana and Clyde work together and save the Empire, or a doomsda… read more

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16. The Long Game (The Far Reaches, #4)

By: Ann Leckie

3.65

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

An inquisitive life-form finds there’s more to existence than they ever dreamed in an imaginative s… read more

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17. 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

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18. I, Starship: A Space Opera

By: Scott Bartlett

4.17

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

As a Marine, Henry Morgan would have said it was more likely he’d die from enemy fire than from bei… read more

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19. 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

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20. 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

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"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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21. Beyond the Hallowed Sky (Lightspeed Trilogy, #1)

By: Ken MacLeod

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

'An exceptional blend of international politics, hard science, and first contact' Michael Mammay, a… read more

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22. Generation Ship

By: Michael Mammay

3.83

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

In this riveting, stand-alone novel from Michael Mammay, author of  Planetside,  the beginning of a… read more

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23. Beyond the Reach of Earth (Lightspeed Trilogy, #2)

By: Ken MacLeod

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

THE FERMI ARE AWAKE. With the invention of faster-than-light travel there is nowhere that humani… read more

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24. Gun Runner

By: Larry Correia

4.22

Format: 439 pages, Hardcover

THRILLING SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURE FROM BEST-SELLING AUTHORS LARRY CORREIA AND JOHN BROWNThe Heart… read more

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25. The Best of R.A. Lafferty

By: R.A. Lafferty

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Edited and collated by Jonathan Strahan, with a volume introduction by Neil Gaiman, THE BEST OF R.A… read more

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26. 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

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27. Scale

By: Greg Egan

3.82

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

When electronics importer Cara Leon goes missing, private investigator Sam Mujrif is hired by her s… read more

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Cover of 2 Lies, 2 Thrones (The Bad Guys, #11) by Eric Ugland

28. 2 Lies, 2 Thrones (The Bad Guys, #11)

By: Eric Ugland

4.53

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

Turns out jail really puts a damper on your plans. Clyde Hatchett's latest adventure finds him w… read more

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Cover of The Scarab Mission (The Billion Worlds Book 2) by James L. Cambias

29. The Scarab Mission (The Billion Worlds Book 2)

By: James L. Cambias

3.63

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

A scavenger and her oddball crew are catapulted into the midst of a strange secret at the heart of … read more

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Cover of The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) by James S.A. Corey

30. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.24

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more

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31. Tin Can Combat (I, Starship: A Space Opera Book 2)

By: Scott Bartlett

4.37

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

When Sergeant Henry Morgan died and awoke a century later as the 'governing AI' for a starship.....… read more

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18 Best fiction books like Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) by Alastair Reynolds

Transform Your Habits

Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Peter Watts

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

Alastair Reynolds

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Europa Deep

Gary Gibson

4.17

Transform Your Habits

The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2)

Cory Doctorow

4.13

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