6 must-read speculative fiction books like Sweet Dreams by Tricia Sullivan

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Sweet Dreams

By: Tricia Sullivan

3.24

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

Charlie is a dreamhacker, able to enter your dreams and mould their direction. Forget that recurrin…

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1. The Bone Clocks

By: David Mitchell

3.84

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

Following a scalding row with her mother, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old li… read more

Similar categories in David Mitchell's The Bone Clocks book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"The Future,"

-David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks

"Books’ll be back,"

-David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks

"Guys are all sperm-guns."

-David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks

"Don’t mess with the fairies."

-David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks

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2. Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

By: Catherynne M. Valente

3.46

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

IN SPACE EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU SING A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and … read more

Similar categories in Catherynne M. Valente's Space Opera (Space Opera, #1) book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I don't see where you get off fretting about whether or not the end of the world is family-friendly."

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

"Hey there," the steely abomination said with infinite, Buddha-like compassion, "it looks like you're trying to come to grips with the existence of events and entities far beyond your experience and, …"

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

"Are you kind enough, on your little planet, not to shut that rhythm down? Not to crush underfoot the singers of songs and tellers of tales and wearers of silk? Because it's monsters who do that. Who …"

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

"But all he had up Robert's perfect sleeve was two rubbishy songs that were more gimmick than the white-hot fire of real music , the sort of music people would play over and over in their bedrooms at …"

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

Cover of City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett

3. City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2)

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

4.21

Format: 484 pages, Paperback

A generation ago, the city of Voortyashtan was the stronghold of the god of war and death, the birt… read more

Similar categories in Robert Jackson Bennett's City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2) book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"You are wrong,"

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2)

"Sometimes I can’t tell if you hate this place or love it."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2)

"They have forgotten that war is momentum. War is natural. And war makes one strong."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2)

"There's no such thing as a good death, Lalith," she says. "It's just a dull, stupid thing we all have to do eventually. To ask meaning of it is to ask meaning of a shadow."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2)

Cover of Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) by Alastair Reynolds

4. Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.17

Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • science fiction
  • fiction
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5. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

By: David Mitchell

3.50

Format: 185 pages, Hardcover

In 1799, Jacob de Zoet disembarks on the tiny island of Dejima, the Dutch East India Company's remo… read more

Similar categories in David Mitchell's The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • fiction
Cover of They Lurk by Ronald Malfi

6. They Lurk

By: Ronald Malfi

3.79

Format: 201 pages, Kindle Edition

COME CLOSER . . . Five terrifying collected horror novellas newly reissued from the "modern-day … read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's They Lurk book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • thriller
  • fiction

7. Star Island (Skink, #6)

By: Carl Hiaasen

4.54

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Meet twenty-two-year-old Cherry Pye (nee Cheryl Bunterman), a pop star since she was fourteen--and … read more

Similar categories in Carl Hiaasen's Star Island (Skink, #6) book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

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8. Fourteen Days

By: Margaret Atwood

3.23

Format: 363 pages, Hardcover

Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is a s… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Atwood's Fourteen Days book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • fiction
Cover of Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1) by Nick Harkaway

9. Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

By: Nick Harkaway

4.03

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

A virtuosic mashup of Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler by way of Marvel—the story of a detective… read more

Similar categories in Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1) book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
"In her hands, a corpse is like one of those old Bibles chained up in a dusty room, not only the printed text and the rich colours of the pictures, but the records of marriages and births and deaths i…"

-Nick Harkaway, Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

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10. The House That Horror Built

By: Christina Henry

3.22

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

A single mother working in the gothic mansion of a reclusive horror director stumbles upon terrifyi… read more

Similar categories in Christina Henry's The House That Horror Built book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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11. Master Class

By: Christina Dalcher

3.76

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Every child's potential is regularly determined by a standardized measurement: their quotient (Q). … read more

Similar categories in Christina Dalcher's Master Class book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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12. The Devil and the Dark Water

By: Stuart Turton

3.84

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

A murder on the high seas. A detective duo. A demon who may or may not exist. It's 1634 and Samu… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Turton's The Devil and the Dark Water book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fantasy
"Anger makes good men stubborn and stubborn men petty."

-Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water

"You’re as dense as the mountains you were carved out of."

-Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water

"Marriage is an inconvenient convenience. It’s the shackle we accept for our safety."

-Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water

"Courage isn't an absence of fear, it's the light we find when fear is all there is."

-Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water

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13. The Future

By: Naomi Alderman

3.86

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling, award-winning author of The Power delivers a dazzling tour de force where a handfu… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Alderman's The Future book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"There’s a beautiful world on the far shore,"

-Naomi Alderman, The Future

"The day was new now, as it is new every morning."

-Naomi Alderman, The Future

"There was fog, but behind the fog there was morning."

-Naomi Alderman, The Future

"The most persistent hauntings are the ghosts of lost futures."

-Naomi Alderman, The Future

Cover of I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane

14. I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

By: Marisa Crane

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In a United States not so unlike our own, the Department of Balance has adopted a radical new form … read more

Similar categories in Marisa Crane's I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"My head feels the way watercolor looks when it bleeds."

-Marisa Crane, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

"Maybe we wanted another person to join us while we watched the world burn."

-Marisa Crane, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

"Here I was thinking my tears might move her enough to forgive me for not turning my body into a home."

-Marisa Crane, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

"We argued so often we thought we’d made a mistake marrying for love when there were things like fear and loneliness to bind you."

-Marisa Crane, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

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15. Slade House

By: David Mitchell

3.81

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

Keep your eyes peeled for a small black iron door. Down the road from a working-class British p… read more

Similar categories in David Mitchell's Slade House book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
"Coffee’s the elixir of life."

-David Mitchell, Slade House

"In racy Victorian novels, beware of young widows."

-David Mitchell, Slade House

"It takes more than holding hands and singing ‘Ebony and Ivory’."

-David Mitchell, Slade House

"Truth has this habit of changing after the fact, don't you find?"

-David Mitchell, Slade House

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16. Pretending

By: Holly Bourne

3.86

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

WHY BE YOURSELF WHEN YOU CAN BE PERFECT? 'Perceptive. Hilarious. Reassuring. Brilliant.' Laura Jan… read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's Pretending book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Beyond the Hallowed Sky (Lightspeed Trilogy, #1) by Ken MacLeod

17. Beyond the Hallowed Sky (Lightspeed Trilogy, #1)

By: Ken MacLeod

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

'An exceptional blend of international politics, hard science, and first contact' Michael Mammay, a… read more

Similar categories in Ken MacLeod's Beyond the Hallowed Sky (Lightspeed Trilogy, #1) book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
Cover of City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

18. City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.96

Format: 500 pages, Hardcover

Arthur C. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant return to fanta… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1) book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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19. Ghostwritten

By: Ronald Malfi

4.12

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

Four brand-new horror novellas from “a modern-day Algernon Blackwood” all about books, stories, man… read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Ghostwritten book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • fiction
"myself asks am i here? i've lost myself i fear"

-Ronald Malfi, Ghostwritten

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20. The Gravity of Us

By: Phil Stamper

3.61

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

As a successful social media journalist with half a million followers, seventeen-year-old Cal is us… read more

Similar categories in Phil Stamper's The Gravity of Us book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • fiction
  • young adult
"Fixing seems so permanent, so absolute. Like there’s no room for error. Aim to make things better."

-Phil Stamper, The Gravity of Us

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21. The Split

By: Sharon J. Bolton

3.84

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

The remote Antarctic island of South Georgia is about to send off its last boat of the summer--whic… read more

Similar categories in Sharon J. Bolton's The Split book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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22. The Rig

By: Roger Levy

3.74

Format: 618 pages, Paperback

On a desert planet, two boys meet, sparking a friendship that will change human society forever. On… read more

Similar categories in Roger Levy's The Rig book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • science fiction
  • crime
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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23. Utopia Avenue

By: David Mitchell

4.00

Format: 574 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited new novel from the bestselling, prize-winning author of Cloud Atlas and The Bone C… read more

Similar categories in David Mitchell's Utopia Avenue book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I is an Empire of I's."

-David Mitchell, Utopia Avenue

"Self-pity can lift one's mood."

-David Mitchell, Utopia Avenue

"America loves exclamation marks."

-David Mitchell, Utopia Avenue

"Crows tumble like socks in a drier."

-David Mitchell, Utopia Avenue

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24. The Library of Shadows

By: Rachel Moore

3.58

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

Radcliffe Prep. The third most haunted school in the country, where a student disappearance isn’t u… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Moore's The Library of Shadows book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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25. The Skeleton Key

By: Erin Kelly

3.78

Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition

THIS REUNION WILL TEAR A FAMILY APART... Summer, 2021. Nell has come home at her family's insist… read more

Similar categories in Erin Kelly's The Skeleton Key book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Catalyst Gate (The Protectorate, #3) by Megan E. O'Keefe

26. Catalyst Gate (The Protectorate, #3)

By: Megan E. O'Keefe

4.18

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

In the final book of this explosive Philip K. Dick Award-nominated space opera, the universe is und… read more

Similar categories in Megan E. O'Keefe's Catalyst Gate (The Protectorate, #3) book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X.R. Pan

27. An Arrow to the Moon

By: Emily X.R. Pan

3.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Hunter Yee has perfect aim with a bow and arrow, but all else in his life veers wrong. He’s sick of… read more

Similar categories in Emily X.R. Pan's An Arrow to the Moon book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Her face was so earnest, so sweet. When she shined her light on him, he felt safe and protected. He felt loved."

-Emily X.R. Pan, An Arrow to the Moon

"They traced each other's veins and kissed until their lips were swollen, until they thirsted from something unknown."

-Emily X.R. Pan, An Arrow to the Moon

"They traced each other's veins and kissed until their lips were swollen, until they thirsted from something unknown ."

-Emily X.R. Pan, An Arrow to the Moon

"The surface gleamed like hard candy that would dissolve on the tongue. What was that silvery garden scent, so faint and tantalizing? She held the stone up to the moonlight, and then brightness explod…"

-Emily X.R. Pan, An Arrow to the Moon

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28. The Dictator's Wife

By: Freya Berry

3.34

Format: None pages, Hardcover

'I know you would like to hate me. History is written by the victors, and these are always men...' … read more

Similar categories in Freya Berry's The Dictator's Wife book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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29. The Heart of the Circle

By: Keren Landsman

3.80

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Sorcerers fight for the right to exist and fall in love, in this extraordinary alternate world fant… read more

Similar categories in Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Sweet Dreams by Tricia Sullivan

30. Sweet Dreams

By: Tricia Sullivan

3.24

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

Charlie is a dreamhacker, able to enter your dreams and mould their direction. Forget that recurrin… read more

Similar categories in Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • crime
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
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31. Body Tourists

By: Jane Rogers

3.52

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In this version of London, there is a small, private clinic. Behind its layers of security, procedu… read more

Similar categories in Jane Rogers's Body Tourists book and Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction

15 must-read science fiction books like Sweet Dreams by Tricia Sullivan

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The Bone Clocks

David Mitchell

3.84

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Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

Catherynne M. Valente

3.46

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City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2)

Robert Jackson Bennett

4.21

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Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)

Alastair Reynolds

4.17

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Zhara (Guardians of Dawn, #1)

S. Jae-Jones

3.51

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Alexandra Christo

3.75

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A Magic Steeped in Poison (The Book of Tea, #1)

Judy I. Lin

3.83

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Axie Oh

4.11

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