19 must-read science fiction books like The Stars We Raised by Xiu Xinyu

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The Stars We Raised

By: Xiu Xinyu

3.62

Format: 18 pages, ebook

We’re delighted to share “The Stars We Raised” by Xiu Xinyu, translated from Chinese by Judy Yi Zho…

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1. Everything That Isn't Winter

By: Margaret Killjoy

3.96

Format: None pages, ebook

Does a renewed world still have a place for those who only know how to destroy? While defending a t… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

2. The Weight of Memories

By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin

3.71

Format: 498 pages, ebook

From the author of The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, and the forthcoming Death's Endcomes a … read more

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3. Totem Poles

By: Bruce Sterling , Rudy Rucker

3.81

Format: 320 pages,

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4. These Deathless Bones: A Tor.com Original

By: Cassandra Khaw

2.82

Format: 3 pages,

A horror tale about the Witch Bride, second wife of a King, and the discord between her and her you… read more

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5. Lullaby for a Lost World

By: Aliette de Bodard

3.68

Format: 330 pages, ebook

Charlotte died to shore up her master's house. Her bones grew into the foundation and pushed up thr… read more

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6. Waiting on a Bright Moon: A Tor.com Original

By: J.Y. Yang

3.84

Format: None pages,

Xin is an ansible, using her song magic to connect the originworld of the Imperial Authority and it… read more

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7. Elephants and Corpses

By: Kameron Hurley

0.00

Format: None pages,

The corpse-jumping body mercenary Nev is used to filling other people's shoes. When his assistant T… read more

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8. The Landlady

By: Roald Dahl

4.00

Format: 279 pages,

The Landlady is a brilliant gem of a short story from Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the ta… read more

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9. Excerpts from a Film (1942-1987)

By: A.C. Wise

3.96

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

Excerpts from a Film (1942-1987) by A.C. Wise is a disturbing horror novelette about a young woman,… read more

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10. 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

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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11. 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

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
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12. Some Ways to Retell a Fairy Tale

By: Kathleen Jennings

3.00

Format: 4 pages, Kindle Edition

Delicately balancing between poetry and prose, award-winning author and illustrator Kathleen Jennin… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
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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

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  • short stories
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14. 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

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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15. 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

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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16. 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

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
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17. Nine Last Days on Planet Earth

By: Daryl Gregory

3.91

Format: 42 pages, ebook

When the seeds rained down from deep space, it may have been the first stage of an alien invasion--… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
"He could talk at length about the known invasive species, and why there were so many different ones: the weblike filaments choking the trees in New Orleans, the flame-colored poppies erupting on Mexi…"

-Daryl Gregory, Nine Last Days on Planet Earth

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18. The Ones Who Look

By: Katharine Duckett

3.71

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Ethical Empire built the gate to heaven, and their employees hold the keys. By offering custom-buil… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
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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

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
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20. Any Way the Wind Blows

By: Seanan McGuire

3.70

Format: 19 pages, Kindle Edition

In the original Tor.com story Any Way the Wind Blows, New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGu… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
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21. 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

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • 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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22. 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

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
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23. Victory Citrus Is Sweet

By: Thoraiya Dyer

3.44

Format: 32 pages, ebook

An unexpected encounter with a mysterious life form turns a simple trip to Mercury into a historic … read more

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  • 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

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
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25. Yiwu

By: Lavie Tidhar

3.53

Format: 26 pages, ebook

Can dreams come true? They can if you win the lottery, which promises to provide what your heart de… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
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26. 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

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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27. The Woman Carrying a Corpse

By: Chi Hui

2.93

Format: 6 pages, ebook

We’re excited to reprint “The Woman Carrying a Corpse” by Chi Hui, translated from Chinese by Judit… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
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28. The Stars We Raised

By: Xiu Xinyu

3.62

Format: 18 pages, ebook

We’re delighted to share “The Stars We Raised” by Xiu Xinyu, translated from Chinese by Judy Yi Zho… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
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29. Painless

By: Rich Larson

4.06

Format: 23 pages, Kindle Edition

A man who can't feel pain has been bio-engineered to be a killing machine, but he refuses to give i… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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30. The New Prometheus (The Mongolian Wizard, #9)

By: Michael Swanwick

3.81

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

The New Prometheus is the ninth story in the Mongolian Wizard universe. Hugo and Nebula Award-winni… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
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31. Recoveries

By: Susan Palwick

3.61

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

Two women who have been friends since they were children—one a recovering alcoholic brought up by p… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy

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