15 must-read science fiction books like The Effigy Engine: A Tale of the Red Hats by Scott Lynch

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The Effigy Engine: A Tale of the Red Hats

By: Scott Lynch

4.00

Format: 39 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet the Honorable Company of Red Hats. Misfits, eccentrics, pranksters, nonconformists... and prof…

If you liked the science fiction plot in The Effigy Engine: A Tale of the Red Hats by Scott Lynch , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of The Silver Spike (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #3.5) by Glen Cook

1. The Silver Spike (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #3.5)

By: Glen Cook

3.96

Format: 313 pages, Mass Market Paperback

...embedded in the trunk of the scion of the godtree, it contains the essence of the maddest of the… read more

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  • war
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Bleak Seasons (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #6) by Glen Cook

2. Bleak Seasons (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #6)

By: Glen Cook

3.94

Format: 316 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Let me tell you who I am, on the chance that these scribblings do survive....I am Murgen, Standard… read more

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  • war
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell by Brandon Sanderson

3. Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.17

Format: 50 pages,

Originally appearing in the Dangerous Women anthology and now available as a solo ebook, Shadows fo… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Hush now, my dear one... be not afraid. Night comes upon us, but sunlight will break. Sleep now, my dear one... let your tears fade. Darkness surrounds us, but someday we'll wake...."

-Brandon Sanderson, Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell

"What would it take?" she asked. "For you to see a miracle instead of a coincidence?" "It would take a miracle,obviously," Silence said, picking up her knife. "Instead of just a coincidence."

-Brandon Sanderson, Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell

Cover of Sword of the North (Grim Company, #2) by Luke Scull

4. Sword of the North (Grim Company, #2)

By: Luke Scull

3.50

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Some legends never die... In The Grim Company, Luke Scull introduced a formidable and forbidding ba… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Dreams of Steel (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #5) by Glen Cook

5. Dreams of Steel (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #5)

By: Glen Cook

4.19

Format: 294 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Croaker has fallen and, following the Company's disastrous defeat at Dejagore, Lady is one of the f… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Life of the Mind (The End of All Things, #1) by John Scalzi

6. The Life of the Mind (The End of All Things, #1)

By: John Scalzi

3.91

Format: 24 pages,

Part one of the four parts of the full-length novel, The End of All Things. A down-on-his-luck Colo… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of This Hollow Union (The End of All Things, #2) by John Scalzi

7. This Hollow Union (The End of All Things, #2)

By: John Scalzi

3.91

Format: 24 pages,

Part two of the four parts making up the full-length novel, The End of All Things. Desperate times … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Writer and the Witch by Robin Sloan

8. The Writer and the Witch

By: Robin Sloan

3.79

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The title doesn't lie: This is a story about a young writer and an old witch who meet on a lonely r… read more

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  • fantasy
  • short stories
  • magic
  • fiction

9. Orconomics: A Satire (The Dark Profit Saga, #1)

By: J. Zachary Pike

3.88

Format: 588 pages, Paperback

Brimming with swords, sorcery, and wit, Orconomics: A Satire introduces Arth, a world much like our… read more

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10. She is the Darkness (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #7)

By: Glen Cook

4.09

Format: 349 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The wind whines and howls with bitter breath. Lightning snarls and barks. Rage is an animate force … read more

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11. The Spider's War (The Dagger and the Coin, #5)

By: Daniel Abraham

4.15

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

The epic conclusion to The Dagger and The Coin series, perfect for fans of George R.R. Martin. Lord… read more

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12. Perfect State

By: Brandon Sanderson

3.89

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Legion and the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive comes an action-… read more

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13. 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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Cover of Blitz (The Checquy Files, #3) by Daniel O'Malley

14. Blitz (The Checquy Files, #3)

By: Daniel O'Malley

4.04

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

September, 1940. Three women of the Checquy, the secret organization tasked with protecting Britain… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
"In their day to day lives apprentices were always under pressure to remain discreet, concealing their true nature from the civilians around them. It was heady to be plunged into a situation where eve…"

-Daniel O'Malley, Blitz (The Checquy Files, #3)

Cover of The Book That Broke the World (The Library Trilogy, #2) by Mark  Lawrence

15. The Book That Broke the World (The Library Trilogy, #2)

By: Mark Lawrence

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The second volume in the bestselling, ground-breaking Library Trilogy, following The Book That Woul… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1) by James   Logan

16. The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1)

By: James Logan

4.02

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Lukan Gardova is a cardsharp, academy dropout, and―thanks to a duel that ended badly―the disgraced … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5) by Martha Wells

17. Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

By: Martha Wells

4.34

Format: 8 pages, Kindle Edition

Murderbot—the sardonic, almost-homicidal, media-loving android created by Martha Wells—has proven t… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z. Hossain

18. The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday

By: Saad Z. Hossain

4.06

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

Cuando Melek Ahmar, uno de los siete Señores Djinn, despierta de su encierro milenario, apenas reco… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Gurung smiled. "I know just where to find many people needing decapitation. But first, a nap."

-Saad Z. Hossain, The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday

"Vomit, piss, blood, and unlikely amounts of semen pooled on almost every level surface, accompanied by lewd graffiti and knife marks gouging the walls, as well as various fist-sized holes, burns, aci…"

-Saad Z. Hossain, The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday

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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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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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20. Dark One

By: Brandon Sanderson

3.68

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Some worlds are made to be broken. Paul Tanasin is a young man haunted by visions of a dark and … read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2) by Suzanne Palmer

21. Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)

By: Suzanne Palmer

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From a Hugo Award-winning author comes the second book in this action-packed sci-fi caper, starring… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Finder (Finder Chronicles, #1) by Suzanne Palmer

22. Finder (Finder Chronicles, #1)

By: Suzanne Palmer

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From Hugo Award-winning debut author Suzanne Palmer comes an action-packed sci-fi caper starring Fe… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"your species has such wonderful contradictions that we find you a maddening puzzle."

-Suzanne Palmer, Finder (Finder Chronicles, #1)

"F--- that," she interrupted. "If everyone always waited till they felt ready, we'd all still be fish living on trees."

-Suzanne Palmer, Finder (Finder Chronicles, #1)

"Where do you feel your pull?" the Shielder asked. "That's how you become unstuck, by going where you are meant to be drawn, or where there are unfinished drawings of you that need completion."

-Suzanne Palmer, Finder (Finder Chronicles, #1)

Cover of Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (The Siege, #1) by K.J. Parker

23. Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (The Siege, #1)

By: K.J. Parker

4.08

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

This is the story of Orhan, son of Siyyah Doctus Felix Praeclarissimus, and his history of the Grea… read more

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  • war
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it."

-K.J. Parker, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (The Siege, #1)

"My guess is, they couldn't sleep, and they had the kind of generous nature that reckons insomnia isn't something you hoard all for yourself, you share it with your friends and loved ones."

-K.J. Parker, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (The Siege, #1)

"My belief is, either you understand things or you understand people. Nobody can do both. Frankly, I’m happier with things. I understand stuff like tensile strength, shearing force, ductility, work ha…"

-K.J. Parker, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (The Siege, #1)

Cover of Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5) by James S.A. Corey

24. Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.19

Format: 78 pages, ebook

A novella set in the universe of James S. A. Corey’s NYT-bestselling Expanse series, Auberon explor… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
"There’s this thing when you get older where you have to make a choice. Everyone does. You have to decide whether you care more about being your best self or your real one. If you’re more loyal to who…"

-James S.A. Corey, Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

Cover of The Scavenger Door (Finder Chronicles, #3) by Suzanne Palmer

25. The Scavenger Door (Finder Chronicles, #3)

By: Suzanne Palmer

4.17

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

From a Hugo Award-winning author comes the third book in this action-packed sci-fi caper, starring … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Sorry if I've inconvenienced you," Fergus said, feeling not sorry at all. "Oh no, not at all!" the agent said, as if there had been no sarcasm in Fergus's words. "Chaos is a delight. Without it, noth…"

-Suzanne Palmer, The Scavenger Door (Finder Chronicles, #3)

Cover of King Bullet (Sandman Slim, #12) by Richard Kadrey

26. King Bullet (Sandman Slim, #12)

By: Richard Kadrey

4.15

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The incredible finale of the page-turning, high-octane Sandman Slim series filled with an explosive… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Great Change (and Other Lies) by Joe Abercrombie

27. The Great Change (and Other Lies)

By: Joe Abercrombie

4.18

Format: 77 pages, Kindle Edition

The Great Change (and Other Lies) is a novella-length collection that gathers four short stories re… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Girl and the Moon (Book of the Ice, #3) by Mark  Lawrence

28. The Girl and the Moon (Book of the Ice, #3)

By: Mark Lawrence

4.25

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In the third exhilarating novel in this dazzling epic fantasy series, a young outcast will fight ag… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
Cover of The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0) by Christopher Buehlman

29. The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)

By: Christopher Buehlman

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Enter the fray in this luminous new adventure from Christopher Buehlman, set during the war-torn, g… read more

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  • war
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"To be loved by a man is to be issued a decree as written in advance and as presented to others. To receive a woman's love is to have a very personal letter written on one's body."

-Christopher Buehlman, The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)

Cover of The Effigy Engine: A Tale of the Red Hats by Scott Lynch

30. The Effigy Engine: A Tale of the Red Hats

By: Scott Lynch

4.00

Format: 39 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet the Honorable Company of Red Hats. Misfits, eccentrics, pranksters, nonconformists... and prof… read more

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  • war
  • magic
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1) by James Alan Gardner

31. All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

By: James Alan Gardner

3.80

Format: 382 pages, Paperback

Monsters are real.But so are heroes. Sparks are champions of weird science. Boasting capes and c… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"A cape?" CeeCee said. "What kind of a moron wears a cape? Oh, &%$#!"

-James Alan Gardner, All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

26 Best fiction books like The Effigy Engine: A Tale of the Red Hats by Scott Lynch

Transform Your Habits

The Silver Spike (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #3.5)

Glen Cook

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Bleak Seasons (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #6)

Glen Cook

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell

Brandon Sanderson

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Sword of the North (Grim Company, #2)

Luke Scull

3.50

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27 Best fiction books like This Hollow Union (The End of All Things, #2) by John Scalzi

Transform Your Habits

Angles of Attack (Frontlines, #3)

Marko Kloos

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Lines of Departure (Frontlines, #2)

Marko Kloos

3.52

Transform Your Habits

Have Space Suit—Will Travel

Robert A. Heinlein

4.37

Transform Your Habits

This Hollow Union (The End of All Things, #2)

John Scalzi

3.91

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