12 Best science fiction books like The Dirt on Our Shoes by Neal Shusterman

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The Dirt on Our Shoes

By: Neal Shusterman

4.01

Format: 50 pages, Unknown Binding

T-Bin has been traveling through space for years to deposit its passengers on a new planet, to give…

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Cover of The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3) by Rick Riordan

1. The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3)

By: Rick Riordan

4.28

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

He's b-a-a-ack! Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sadie Kane can't seem to keep Apophis, the c… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
"Stop smiling!"

-Rick Riordan, The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3)

"You never know!"

-Rick Riordan, The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3)

"There’s my baby!"

-Rick Riordan, The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3)

"If anyone asks you if you’re taken,"

-Rick Riordan, The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3)

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2. A Day In the Life

By: Shaun Tan

2.87

Format: 50 pages, Unknown Binding

An artist takes us through his day, from his own particular perspective. A short story from Guys O… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Frost and Fire by Ray Bradbury

3. Frost and Fire

By: Ray Bradbury

4.20

Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition

The Creatures That Time Forgot • novella by Ray Bradbury (variant of Frost and Fire) - First publis… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • short stories
  • young adult
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4. Bouncing the Grinning Goat

By: Shannon Hale

3.86

Format: 50 pages, Unknown Binding

Spark has stolen her brother’s armor and his sword, and now she’s looking for a job. But this job i… read more

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  • fiction
  • short stories
  • young adult
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5. Rise of the RoboShoes

By: Tom Angleberger

2.75

Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition

First they were given AutoLaces, then NanoGyroWheels, then FissionSoles and TurboBrains…and then th… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • young adult
Cover of The Son of Sobek (Percy Jackson & Kane Chronicles Crossover, #1) by Rick Riordan

6. The Son of Sobek (Percy Jackson & Kane Chronicles Crossover, #1)

By: Rick Riordan

4.11

Format: 559 pages, ebook

In this audio e-book short story narrated by Rick Riordan, Carter Kane is investigating rumored sig… read more

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  • fiction
  • short stories
  • young adult
Cover of Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1) by Patricia C. Wrede, Peter de Sève

7. Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1)

By: Patricia C. Wrede , Peter de Sève

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Cimorene is everything a princess is notsupposed to be: headstrong, tomboyish, smart - and bored. S… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived, #1) by Lauren Tarshis, Scott Dawson, Georgina Ball

8. The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived, #1)

By: Lauren Tarshis , Scott Dawson , Georgina Ball

5.00

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The most terrifying events in history are brought vividly to life in this new fictional series! In … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2) by Rick Riordan

9. The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

By: Rick Riordan

4.19

Format: 452 pages, Hardcover

Ever since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed in the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
"Think about Isis,"

-Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

"Courage. Hope. Sacrifice."

-Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

"the answer to every problem involved penguins"

-Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

"The right choice is hardly ever the easy choice."

-Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

Cover of Other Worlds by D.J. MacHale, Ray Bradbury, Rick Riordan, Jon Scieszka, Neal Shusterman, Eric S. Nylund, Shaun Tan, Shannon Hale, Kenneth Oppel, Rebecca Stead, Tom Angleberger, None, Greg Ruth

10. Other Worlds

By: D.J. MacHale , Ray Bradbury , Rick Riordan , Jon Scieszka , Neal Shusterman , Eric S. Nylund , Shaun Tan , Shannon Hale , Kenneth Oppel , Rebecca Stead , Tom Angleberger , None , Greg Ruth

3.91

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

Ten incredible trips into the unknown await you... Blast off with: * Percy Jackson and the Singer o… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • short stories
  • young adult
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11. Timeline

By: Michael Crichton

3.87

Format: 489 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In an Arizona desert, a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-fou… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"In reality, time doesn't pass; we pass. Time itself is invariant. It just is. Therefore, past and future aren't separate locations, the way New York and Paris are separate locations. And since the pa…"

-Michael Crichton, Timeline

"Because in the late twentieth century, you couldn't seriously ask other people to think that you believed in honor and truth, and the purity of the body, the defense of women, the sanctity of true lo…"

-Michael Crichton, Timeline

"In other centuries, human beings wanted to be saved, or improved, or freed, or educated. But in our century, they want to be entertained. The great fear is not of disease or death, but of boredom. A …"

-Michael Crichton, Timeline

"But where will this mania for entertainment end? What will people do when they get tired of television? When they get tired of movies? We already know the answer—they go into participatory activities…"

-Michael Crichton, Timeline

Cover of The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1) by Rick Riordan

12. The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)

By: Rick Riordan

4.10

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Since his mother's death six years ago, Carter Kane has been living out of a suitcase, traveling th… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
"Right."

-Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)

"Oh, god,"

-Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)

"It takes strength and courage to admit the truth."

-Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)

"Why did adults have to be so thick? They always say “tell the truth,"

-Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)

13. The Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #3)

By: Rick Riordan

3.65

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Magnus Chase, a once-homeless teen, is a resident of the Hotel Valhalla and one of Odin's chosen wa… read more

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14. Specials (Uglies, #3)

By: Scott Westerfeld

4.00

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

"Special Circumstances": The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellen… read more

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15. Plan B

By: Rebecca Stead

3.98

Format: None pages, ebook

Nathan has been locked in his room ever since "it" started growing back. They're going to come for … read more

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16. Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

By: Rick Riordan , John Rocco

3.59

Format: 32 pages,

Who could tell the origin stories of the gods of Olympus better than a modern-day demigod? Percy Ja… read more

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17. More Happy Than Not

By: Adam Silvera

2.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Part Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, part Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Un… read more

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18. Wash Day Diaries

By: Jamila Rowser

4.35

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

From writer Jamila Rowser and artist Robyn Smith comes a captivating graphic novel love letter to t… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Void (The Far Reaches, #2) by Veronica Roth

19. Void (The Far Reaches, #2)

By: Veronica Roth

3.86

Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition

An intergalactic luxury cruise to a distant port is a world unto itself in this piercing short myst… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
"... I realized that what's out there is oblivious to us. There's no menace to it, because there's no intent. We're just fragile, and we break sometimes. And time keeps moving. I don't know. I think i…"

-Veronica Roth, Void (The Far Reaches, #2)

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20. 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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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • short stories
  • young adult
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21. Falling Bodies (The Far Reaches, #3)

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

3.68

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

A young man caught between two disparate worlds searches for his place in the universe in a wrenchi… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6) by John Scalzi

22. Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6)

By: John Scalzi

4.18

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

An artificial intelligence on a star-spanning mission explores the farthest horizons of human poten… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • short stories
  • young adult
Cover of How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1) by James S.A. Corey

23. How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.01

Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition

An astronaut’s interstellar mission is a personal journey of a thousand second chances in an exhila… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches, #5) by Nnedi Okorafor

24. Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches, #5)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.87

Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition

A revolutionary experiment in space opens a woman’s eyes to the meaning of solitude in a thought-pr… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles, #5.1) by Rick Riordan

25. Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles, #5.1)

By: Rick Riordan

4.01

Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition

The trouble starts when Apollo introduces Percy and his friend Grover the satyr to the Chryseae Cel… read more

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  • fiction
  • short stories
  • young adult
"Grover pulled a blindfold out of his pocket and suggested Pin the Tail on the Human, which made me kind of nervous since I was the only human."

-Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles, #5.1)

"Since she is a dryad, Juniper’s life source is tied to a juniper bush back on Long Island, but Grover explained that she can take short trips away from home as long as she keeps a handful of fresh ju…"

-Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles, #5.1)

Cover of Amari and the Great Game (Supernatural Investigations, #2) by B.B. Alston

26. Amari and the Great Game (Supernatural Investigations, #2)

By: B.B. Alston

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this magical second book in the New York Times and Indie bestsel… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of The Librarian of Auschwitz: The Graphic Novel by Salva Rubio

27. The Librarian of Auschwitz: The Graphic Novel

By: Salva Rubio

4.18

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this graphic novel tells the in… read more

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  • young adult
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28. On the Plus Side

By: Jenny L. Howe

3.77

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

What Not to Wear and Queer Eye meet All the Feels in this sparkling romantic comedy by Jenny L. How… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Dirt on Our Shoes by Neal Shusterman

29. The Dirt on Our Shoes

By: Neal Shusterman

4.01

Format: 50 pages, Unknown Binding

T-Bin has been traveling through space for years to deposit its passengers on a new planet, to give… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • short stories
  • young adult
Cover of The Klack Bros. Museum by Kenneth Oppel

30. The Klack Bros. Museum

By: Kenneth Oppel

3.57

Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition

A train gets waylaid in the middle of nowhere, and Luke and his dad find themselves with four hours… read more

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  • fiction
  • short stories
  • young adult
Cover of The Warlords of Recess by Eric S. Nylund

31. The Warlords of Recess

By: Eric S. Nylund

3.65

Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition

Josh and Tony aren’t any great shakes on the basketball court—but with the fate of the planet on th… read more

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  • science fiction
  • young adult

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Ray Bradbury

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