16 must-read adult books like There Before the Chaos (The Farian War, #1) by K.B. Wagers

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There Before the Chaos (The Farian War, #1)

By: K.B. Wagers

4.09

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

The battle for the throne is over. The war for the galaxy is just beginning. Hail Bristol, forme…

If you liked the adult plot in There Before the Chaos (The Farian War, #1) by K.B. Wagers , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Autonomous

By: Annalee Newitz

4.33

Format: 481 pages, Hardcover

Autonomousfeatures a rakish female pharmaceutical pirate named Jack who traverses the world in her … read more

Similar categories in Annalee Newitz's Autonomous book and K.B. Wagers's There Before the Chaos (The Farian War, #1)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • queer

2. Untitled (The Invisible Library, #5)

By: Genevieve Cogman

4.11

Format: None pages,

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3. 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

Similar categories in Martha Wells's System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) book and K.B. Wagers's There Before the Chaos (The Farian War, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"(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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4. Sleep No More (October Daye, #17)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.35

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

October is very happy with her life as the second daughter of her pureblood parents, Amandine and S… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Sleep No More (October Daye, #17) book and K.B. Wagers's There Before the Chaos (The Farian War, #1)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

By: Mur Lafferty

3.94

Format: 369 pages, Paperback

Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, and fled to outer space to avoid it…but … read more

Similar categories in Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2) book and K.B. Wagers's There Before the Chaos (The Farian War, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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6. The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2)

By: Malka Ann Older

4.01

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Investigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti reunite to solve a brand-new mystery in the follow-up to the … read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2) book and K.B. Wagers's There Before the Chaos (The Farian War, #1)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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7. Stormsong (The Kingston Cycle, #2)

By: C.L. Polk

3.88

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

After spinning an enthralling world in Witchmark, praised as a "can't-miss debut" by Booklist, and … read more

Similar categories in C.L. Polk's Stormsong (The Kingston Cycle, #2) book and K.B. Wagers's There Before the Chaos (The Farian War, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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8. The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

3.96

Format: 431 pages, Paperback

On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the east coa… read more

Similar categories in Mary Robinette Kowal's The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1) book and K.B. Wagers's There Before the Chaos (The Farian War, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. The Light Brigade

By: Kameron Hurley

3.89

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

The Light Brigade: it’s what soldiers fighting the war against Mars call the ones who come back…dif… read more

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  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"The power of the corrupt governments and entrenched corporations feels inevitable. No doubt so did the rule of kings and landowners before them. But I know better now. I know there is a greater power…"

-Kameron Hurley, The Light Brigade

"You have War of the Worlds?" I asked the knu. It returned twenty different films, sixteen editions of a text, but no radio play. Radio drama. That's the word Tanaka had used. One text said it was his…"

-Kameron Hurley, The Light Brigade

"When I’m old and dying, wheezing my guts out, my organs failing, I want to walk out the front door of some old farmhouse on my own land, maybe forty, fifty hectares of it. I want to find a cool place…"

-Kameron Hurley, The Light Brigade

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10. Soulstar (The Kingston Cycle, #3)

By: C.L. Polk

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

With Soulstar, C. L. Polk concludes her riveting Kingston Cycle, a whirlwind of magic, politics, ro… read more

Similar categories in C.L. Polk's Soulstar (The Kingston Cycle, #3) book and K.B. Wagers's There Before the Chaos (The Farian War, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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11. Machine (White Space, #2)

By: Elizabeth Bear

3.92

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

In this compelling and addictive novel set in the same universe as the critically acclaimed White S… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Bear's Machine (White Space, #2) book and K.B. Wagers's There Before the Chaos (The Farian War, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • queer
"People are so complicated."

-Elizabeth Bear, Machine (White Space, #2)

"Then, oh shit, nanotech tentacles."

-Elizabeth Bear, Machine (White Space, #2)

"Sneaky manipulative bundle of code."

-Elizabeth Bear, Machine (White Space, #2)

"Anxiety was a distraction I did not need."

-Elizabeth Bear, Machine (White Space, #2)

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12. 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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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"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)

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13. The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The Fated Sky continued the grand sweep of alternate history begun in The Calculating Stars. It is … read more

Similar categories in Mary Robinette Kowal's The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2) book and K.B. Wagers's There Before the Chaos (The Farian War, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

4.36

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

Mary Robinette Kowal continues her award-winning Lady Astronaut series, which began with The Calcul… read more

Similar categories in Mary Robinette Kowal's The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3) book and K.B. Wagers's There Before the Chaos (The Farian War, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We grieved, yes. But we carried on because that was what made us human."

-Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

"We have our catechism of call signs and the high holy language of acronyms."

-Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

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15. Velocity Weapon (The Protectorate, #1)

By: Megan E. O'Keefe

3.86

Format: 544 pages, Kindle Edition

Dazzling space battles, intergalactic politics, and rogue AI collide in Velocity Weapon, the first … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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16. Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1)

By: L.M. Sagas

3.92

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

L. M. Sagas' debut, Cascade Failure, is a highly commercial, sci-fi adventure blending J. S. Dewes'… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adventure
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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17. Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2)

By: Micaiah Johnson

4.15

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

Faced with a coming apocalypse, a woman must reckon with her past to solve a series of sudden and i… read more

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  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Wanting to shift someone's boundaries is a burden and a threat, not a gift or a compliment."

-Micaiah Johnson, Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2)

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18. Chaos Vector (The Protectorate, #2)

By: Megan E. O'Keefe

4.20

Format: 546 pages, Paperback

Dazzling space battles, intergalactic politics, and rogue AI collide in the second book in this epi… read more

Similar categories in Megan E. O'Keefe's Chaos Vector (The Protectorate, #2) book and K.B. Wagers's There Before the Chaos (The Farian War, #1)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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19. Prime Deceptions (Chilling Effect, #2)

By: Valerie Valdes

4.06

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The lovably flawed crew of La Sirena Negra and their psychic cats return in this fast-paced and out… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adventure
  • lgbt
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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20. Empress of Forever

By: Max Gladstone

3.79

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

A feminist Guardians of the Galaxy—a smart, swashbuckling, wildly imaginative adventure of a rag-ta… read more

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  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"To live is to grow secrets."

-Max Gladstone, Empress of Forever

"You’re not who you think you are,"

-Max Gladstone, Empress of Forever

"Nevers and onlys and forevers grew as you did."

-Max Gladstone, Empress of Forever

"She had never been weak enough to need meanness."

-Max Gladstone, Empress of Forever

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21. There Before the Chaos (The Farian War, #1)

By: K.B. Wagers

4.09

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

The battle for the throne is over. The war for the galaxy is just beginning. Hail Bristol, forme… read more

Similar categories in K.B. Wagers's There Before the Chaos (The Farian War, #1) book and K.B. Wagers's There Before the Chaos (The Farian War, #1)

  • audiobook
  • adventure
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer

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