9 best-selling science fiction books like Alternate Routes (Vickery and Castine #1) by Tim Powers

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Alternate Routes (Vickery and Castine #1)

By: Tim Powers

3.66

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Something weird is happening to the Los Angeles freeways—phantom cars, lanes from nowhere, and some…

If you liked the science fiction plot in Alternate Routes (Vickery and Castine #1) by Tim Powers , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of The Last Dragonslayer (The Last Dragonslayer, #1) by Jasper Fforde

1. The Last Dragonslayer (The Last Dragonslayer, #1)

By: Jasper Fforde

3.88

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

In the good old days, magic was indispensable; it could both save a kingdom and clear a clogged dra… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Quark," said the Quarkbeast."

-Jasper Fforde, The Last Dragonslayer (The Last Dragonslayer, #1)

"Love and magic are like oil and water--they just don't mix."

-Jasper Fforde, The Last Dragonslayer (The Last Dragonslayer, #1)

"Soothsayers are like that. They see many futures but never their own."

-Jasper Fforde, The Last Dragonslayer (The Last Dragonslayer, #1)

"That's the thing about destiny: It can't be predicted, and it's usually pretty odd."

-Jasper Fforde, The Last Dragonslayer (The Last Dragonslayer, #1)

Cover of Pride's Spell (Sin du Jour, #3) by Matt Wallace

2. Pride's Spell (Sin du Jour, #3)

By: Matt Wallace

3.75

Format: 271 pages, ebook

The team at Sin du Jour--New York's exclusive caterers-to-the-damned--find themselves up against th… read more

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

3. 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
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"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)

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4. The Thousand Names (The Shadow Campaigns, #1)

By: Django Wexler

4.80

Format: None pages,

Enter an epic fantasy world that echoes with the thunder of muskets and the clang of steel--but whe… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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5. Heavy Weather

By: Bruce Sterling

3.68

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Bruce Sterling, one of the founding fathers of the cyberpunk genre, now presents a novel of vivid i… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction

6. Shadow of Victory (Honorverse: Saganami Island, #4)

By: David Weber

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Mesan Alignment is revealed, and, for Honor Harrington and the Manticoran Star Kingdom, this me… read more

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7. Castaway Odyssey

By: Eric Flint , Ryk E. Spoor

3.62

Format: None pages,

#5 in the Boundary series universe, and sequel to Castaway Planet, by New York Times multiple best-… read more

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8. Three Hearts and Three Lions

By: Poul Anderson

4.48

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

The gathering forces of the Dark Powers threatened the world of man. The legions of Faery, aided by… read more

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9. Chain of Command

By: Frank Chadwick

3.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

New Military SF from legendary game creator Frank Chadwick. Lieutenant Sam Bitka finds himself comm… read more

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10. All Clear (All Clear, #2)

By: Connie Willis

3.48

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In Blackout, award-winning author Connie Willis returned to the time-traveling future of 2060--the … read more

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11. The Road to Roswell

By: Connie Willis

3.74

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

A delightful novel about alien invasions, conspiracies, and the incredibly silly things people are … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) by Alastair Reynolds

12. Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.36

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

From the king of modern space opera comes a new adventure in the Prefect Dreyfus series— Machine Ve… read more

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  • science fiction
  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"A small request like that, who am I to turn it down? There is something you can do for me in return, though, especially now that you’re practically on our doorstep."

-Alastair Reynolds, Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

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13. You Sexy Thing (Disco Space Opera #1)

By: Cat Rambo

3.76

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Farscape meets The Great British Bake Off in this fantastic space opera You Sexy Thing from former … read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Uncompromising Honor (Honor Harrington, #14) by David Weber

14. Uncompromising Honor (Honor Harrington, #14)

By: David Weber

4.34

Format: 1093 pages, Kindle Edition

Uncompromising Courage. Uncompromising Vengeance. Uncompromising Honor. The Solarian League—for hu… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Knot of Shadows (Penric and Desdemona, #11) by Lois McMaster Bujold

15. Knot of Shadows (Penric and Desdemona, #11)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.30

Format: 111 pages, Kindle Edition

When a corpse is found floating face-down in Vilnoc harbor that is not quite as dead as it seems, T… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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16. The Book of Elsewhere

By: Keanu Reeves

3.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Garth Marenghi's Incarcerat by Garth Marenghi

17. Garth Marenghi's Incarcerat

By: Garth Marenghi

3.93

Format: 407 pages, Kindle Edition

Garth Marenghi - Frightenerman, Darkscribe, Doomsage - is back with volume two of his TerrorTome . … read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Dead Letters: Episodes of Epistolary Horror by Jacob Steven Mohr

18. Dead Letters: Episodes of Epistolary Horror

By: Jacob Steven Mohr

4.29

Format: 436 pages, Kindle Edition

Some horrors were never meant to be unearthed. Evil lurks within the pages of Dead Letters: Epis… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
"A new year for new sins."

-Jacob Steven Mohr, Dead Letters: Episodes of Epistolary Horror

Cover of Grantville Gazette, Volume IX (Grantville Gazette, #9) by Eric Flint

19. Grantville Gazette, Volume IX (Grantville Gazette, #9)

By: Eric Flint

3.96

Format: None pages, ebook

This edition of the Grantville Gazette Volume 9 is derived directly from the online edition at http… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Alternate Routes (Vickery and Castine #1) by Tim Powers

20. Alternate Routes (Vickery and Castine #1)

By: Tim Powers

3.66

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Something weird is happening to the Los Angeles freeways—phantom cars, lanes from nowhere, and some… read more

Similar categories in Tim Powers's Alternate Routes (Vickery and Castine #1) book and Tim Powers's Alternate Routes (Vickery and Castine #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • ghosts
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • supernatural
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982 by Chris Nashawaty

21. The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982

By: Chris Nashawaty

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From legendary entertainment journalist and author of Caddyshack comes a rollicking history of 1980… read more

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Jasper Fforde

3.88

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3.75

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4.01

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4.36

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Gary Gibson

4.17

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Cory Doctorow

4.13

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