11 must-read science fiction books like Retief: The Yillian Way by Keith Laumer

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Retief: The Yillian Way

By: Keith Laumer

3.79

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Once again it is up to Jamie Retief to save another diplomatic mission. Terra has recently signed a…

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1. Empire

By: Clifford D. Simak , Kevin Green

3.37

Format: 150 pages, Audiobook

In a future time, the solar system is powered by one energy source, controlled by one huge organisa… read more

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2. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.05

Format: 243 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ninety-year-old General Fentiman was definitely dead, but no one knew exactly when he had died—and … read more

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"Exactly. He is the Most Unlikely Person, and that is why Sherlock Holmes would suspect him at once."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

"I have a peculiar instinct about pubs. I can find one blindfold in a pea-souper with both hands tied behind me."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

"Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

"I’m determined never to be a parent. Modern manners and the break-up of the fine old traditions have simply ruined the business. I shall devote my life and fortune to the endowment of research on the…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

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3. Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Rustic old Riddlesdale Lodge was a Wimsey family retreat filled with country pleasures and the thri… read more

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"Fou!"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"Boil my brains!"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"I am abso-bally-lutely positive"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"The departure of the church-going element had induced a more humanitarian atmosphere."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

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4. Star Born (Pax/Astra, #2)

By: Andre Norton

3.90

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

When Raf Kurbi's Terran spaceship burst into unexplored skies of the far planet Astra and was immed… read more

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  • science fiction
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5. Gray Lensman (Lensman, #4)

By: E.E. "Doc" Smith

3.99

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

The action in Gray Lensman picks up immediately where Galactic Patrol left off, in the middle of th… read more

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6. Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.07

Format: 264 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The wealthy Agatha Dawson is dead--a trifle sooner than expected--but there are no apparent signs o… read more

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"It doesn't do for people, especially doctors, to go about 'thinking' things. They may get into frightful trouble."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

"…After all, it isn't really difficult to write books. Especially if you either write a rotten story in good English or a good story in rotten English, which is as far as most people seem to get nowad…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

"I sleuth, you know. For a hobby. Harmless outlet for natural inquisitiveness, don't you see, which might otherwise strike inward and produce introspection an' suicide. Very natural, healthy pursuit -…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

"Miss Climpson," said Lord Peter, "is a manifestation of the wasteful way in which this country is run. Look at electricity, Look at water-power. Look at the tides. Look at the sun. Millions of power …"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

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7. The Velvet Glove

By: Harry Harrison

3.50

Format: 224 pages,

Harry Max Harrison was best known for his character the Stainless Steel Rat and for his novel Make … read more

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  • science fiction
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8. The Repairman

By: Harry Harrison

3.13

Format: 192 pages, kindle

My boss leaned back, wiped his hands on his handkerchief and gave me Lecture Forty-four on Company … read more

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9. Armageddon 2419 A.D.

By: Philip Francis Nowlan

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The original 'Buck Rogers' SF classic. Thrill to the adventures of Anthony "Buck" Rodgers is one of… read more

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10. Uprooted

By: Naomi Novik

4.57

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

"Our Dragon doesn't eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We… read more

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11. More Than Human

By: Theodore Sturgeon

4.50

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

There's Lone, the simpleton who can hear other people's thoughts and make a man blow his brains out… read more

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12. Arm of the Law

By: Harry Harrison

4.39

Format: None pages,

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13. At the Earth's Core (Pellucidar, #1)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.85

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

At the Earth's Core is a 1914 fantasy novel by Burroughs, the 1st in his series about the hollow ea… read more

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14. Project Mastodon

By: Clifford D. Simak

3.76

Format: 336 pages,

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15. The Creatures That Time Forgot

By: Ray Bradbury

4.10

Format: 64 pages,

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16. Kampus

By: James E. Gunn

4.17

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

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17. Toy Shop

By: Harry Harrison

4.02

Format: 288 pages,

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18. Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)

By: Jim Butcher

4.07

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

HARRY DRESDEN -- WIZARD Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable… read more

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19. Lord Tedric (Lord Tedric #1)

By: E.E. "Doc" Smith , Gordon Eklund

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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20. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

By: Martha Wells

4.22

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. … read more

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"(I'm going to have to code a patch for threat assessment.)"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"I said, “Have you done something that you feel you should be threatened for?"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Bad things may not be more statistically possible but it sure seems like they are."

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Then he sent me a note back. So, you may not know this but I read your letter to Dr. Mensah, the one you sent when you left Port FreeCommerce. I think you're absolutely the right person to write this…"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

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21. Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

By: Martha Wells

4.31

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall. When M… read more

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"Tural left with the air of escaping before things got worse."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"The only thing worse than humans infantilizing bots was bots infantilizing themselves."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"Humans so the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"Humans do the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

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22. Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

By: Martha Wells

4.47

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

It calls itself Murderbot, but only when no one can hear. It worries about the fragile human cre… read more

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"Ugh, emotions."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"So, you have a relationship with this transport."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"I'm a murderbot, I don't give a crap about boats."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"I am actually trying my best despite the fuck-ups."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

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23. Lorelei of the Red Mist: Planetary Romances

By: Leigh Brackett

3.93

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Picking up where Martian The Early Brackett left off, this volume collects 12 more tales of strang… read more

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  • science fiction
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24. Retief: The Yillian Way

By: Keith Laumer

3.79

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Once again it is up to Jamie Retief to save another diplomatic mission. Terra has recently signed a… read more

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