8 Best science fiction books like Gene Wolfe's Book of Days by Gene Wolfe

Cover of Gene Wolfe's Book of Days by Gene Wolfe

Gene Wolfe's Book of Days

By: Gene Wolfe

3.89

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Contents: How the Whip Came Back (1970) Of Relays and Roses (1970) Paul's Treehouse (1969) St. …

If you liked the science fiction plot in Gene Wolfe's Book of Days by Gene Wolfe , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1) by Glen Cook

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

By: Glen Cook

3.93

Format: 319 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some f… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Okay, Croaker. What the hell happened?"

-Glen Cook, The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)

"One endured with humble dignity the consequences of youthful folly."

-Glen Cook, The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)

"Nevertheless, four hours after dawn they began dying for their cause."

-Glen Cook, The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)

"Evil is relative…You can’t hang a sign on it. You can’t touch it or taste it or cut it with a sword. Evil depends on where you are standing, pointing your indicting finger."

-Glen Cook, The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)

Cover of Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany

2. Babel-17

By: Samuel R. Delany

4.25

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

Babel-17is all about the power of language. Humanity, which has spread throughout the universe, is … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910 (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century, #1) by Alan             Moore, Kevin O'Neill

3. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910 (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century, #1)

By: Alan Moore , Kevin O'Neill

3.42

Format: 83 pages, Paperback

Alan Moore's familiar cast of Victorian literary characters enters the brave new world of the 20th … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Blindsight (Firefall, #1) by Peter Watts

4. 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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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"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)

5. The Guns of Avalon (The Chronicles of Amber #2)

By: Roger Zelazny

4.00

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Across the worlds of Shadow, Corwin, prince of blood royal, heir to the throne of Amber, gathers hi… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) by Robert Graves

6. I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)

By: Robert Graves

3.44

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54. Set in the… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Other Wind (Earthsea Cycle, #6) by Ursula K. Le Guin, Samuel Roukin

7. The Other Wind (Earthsea Cycle, #6)

By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Samuel Roukin

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The greatest fantasies of the 20th century are J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Ringsand Ursula K. Le G… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction

8. Sign of the Unicorn (The Chronicles of Amber #3)

By: Roger Zelazny

4.22

Format: 206 pages, Mass Market Paperback

He who rules Amber rules the one true world. He who thwarts Amber invites the wrath of Amber betray… read more

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9. Viriconium Nights

By: M. John Harrison

3.99

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

Contents: The Lamia and Lord Cromis (1971) Lamia Mutable (1972) Viriconium Knights (1981) Events Wi… read more

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10. Blood Music

By: Greg Bear

3.84

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Vergil Ulam has created cellular material that can outperform rats in laboratory tests. When the au… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"It is the bullet you don’t hear that gets you."

-Greg Bear, Blood Music

"Thought moves like a dissociation of leaves across a lawn in a breeze."

-Greg Bear, Blood Music

"Nothing is lost. Nothing is forgotten. It was in the blood, the flesh. And now, it is forever."

-Greg Bear, Blood Music

"He held her hand and shook his head. "They're inside, part of us by now. They are us. Where can we escape?"

-Greg Bear, Blood Music

11. The Word for World is Forest

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.36

Format: 189 pages, ebook

Centuries in the future, Terrans have established a logging colony & military base named "New Tahit… read more

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12. The Floating Gods

By: M. John Harrison

3.92

Format: None pages,

Third book in the Viriconium sequence. The city is beset by a mysterious plague that affects the ar… read more

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13. The Hand of Oberon (The Chronicles of Amber #4)

By: Roger Zelazny

4.03

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Across the mysterious Black Road, demons swarm into Shadow. The ancient, secret source of the royal… read more

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14. Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said

By: Philip K. Dick

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Jason Tavener woke up one morning to find himself completely unknown. The night before he had been … read more

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15. Nine Princes in Amber (The Chronicles of Amber #1)

By: Roger Zelazny

3.75

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Amber, the one real world, wherein all others, including our own Earth, are but Shadows. Amber burn… read more

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16. Lord of Light

By: Roger Zelazny , Sönmez Güven

3.90

Format: None pages, Paperback

Earth is long since dead. On a colony planet, a band of men has gained control of technology, made … read more

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17. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

By: Stephen King

3.92

Format: 495 pages, Hardcover

In this collection, Stephen King once again assembles a generous array of unforgettable, tantalizin… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"An old man's body is nothing but a sack in which he carries aches and indignities."

-Stephen King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

"...there will always be books. ... Books are real objects . Books are friends . ... They're also ideas and emotions."

-Stephen King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

"...Fritz Leiber, the great fantasist and science fiction writer...called books 'the scholar's mistress'...the one who made no demands and always took him in..."

-Stephen King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

"I hate the assumption that you can't write about something because you haven't experienced it, and not just because it assumes a limit on the human imagination, which is basically limitless. It also …"

-Stephen King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

18. The October Country

By: Ray Bradbury

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Ray Bradbury's second short story collection is back in print, its chilling encounters with funhous… read more

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19. 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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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"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)

Cover of White Holes by Carlo Rovelli

20. White Holes

By: Carlo Rovelli

4.10

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A mesmerizing trip to the strange world of white holes from the bestselling author of Seven Brief L… read more

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Cover of Gene Wolfe's Book of Days by Gene Wolfe

21. Gene Wolfe's Book of Days

By: Gene Wolfe

3.89

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Contents: How the Whip Came Back (1970) Of Relays and Roses (1970) Paul's Treehouse (1969) St. … read more

Similar categories in Gene Wolfe's Gene Wolfe's Book of Days book and Gene Wolfe's Gene Wolfe's Book of Days

  • collections
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy

11 must-read fiction books like Gene Wolfe's Book of Days by Gene Wolfe

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The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)

Glen Cook

3.93

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Babel-17

Samuel R. Delany

4.25

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910 (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century, #1)

Alan Moore , Kevin O'Neill

3.42

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Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Peter Watts

4.01

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The Druid of Shannara (Heritage of Shannara, #2)

Terry Brooks

3.77

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Junji Ito , Naomi Kokubo

3.40

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The Citadel of the Autarch (The Book of the New Sun #4)

Gene Wolfe

5.00

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Sofia Samatar

4.14

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