14 must-read science fiction books like ...and Other Disasters by Malka Ann Older

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...and Other Disasters

By: Malka Ann Older

4.29

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Fiction. Poetry. ...AND OTHER DISASTERS, the smart and moving collection of short fiction and poetr…

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Cover of Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1) by Ada Palmer

1. Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1)

By: Ada Palmer

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, t… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction

2. Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga [Publication] #5.1-5.3)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

3.81

Format: None pages, Paperback

Limited edition volume. Contents: Frame story that follows Miles' time on Earth in Brothers in Arms… read more

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Cover of The Archive Undying (The Downworld Sequence, #1) by Emma Mieko Candon

3. The Archive Undying (The Downworld Sequence, #1)

By: Emma Mieko Candon

3.31

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

War machines and AI gods run amok in The Archive Undying, national bestseller Emma Mieko Candon's b… read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
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4. The Terraformers

By: Annalee Newitz

3.37

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Destry is a top network analyst with the Environmental Rescue Team, an ancient organization devoted… read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
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5. Roman Stories

By: Jhumpa Lahiri

3.80

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Rome—metropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi-faceted and metaphysical—is … read more

Similar categories in Jhumpa Lahiri's Roman Stories book and Malka Ann Older's ...and Other Disasters

  • short stories
  • fiction
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6. Untethered Sky

By: Fonda Lee

3.90

Format: 150 pages, Hardcover

From World Fantasy Award-winning author Fonda Lee comes Untethered Sky, an epic fantasy fable about… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
"People have short memories, but nature is patient and implacable."

-Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky

"When you love a person, you are expected to give them their freedom, but when you love a monster, you keep it caged."

-Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky

"I know this as much as God knows every creature, because I once thought there was no reason for me to be alive, no logic to survival, no meaning to be found past endurance of loss, yet there was."

-Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky

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7. The Saint of Bright Doors

By: Vajra Chandrasekera

3.71

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults agai… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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8. The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

By: Samit Basu

3.59

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Shantiport was supposed to be a gateway to the stars. But the city is sinking, and its colonist rul… read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
"You exist, and you deserve to belong."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"Usually when my life goes according to plan, it turns out the plan was made by someone else"

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"It's all very clear, I just chose not to get it, I just decided everyone who didn't agree with my vision was lying, or a fool."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"I don't want to talk about this. It's not that I think you're wrong, but it's too big for me. I'll never be able to do anything about it."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

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9. Rose/House

By: Arkady Martine

3.72

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Dust jacket illustration by David Curtis. Arkady Martine, the acclaimed author of the Teixcalaan… read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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10. The Tiger Came to the Mountains

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.83

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

Mexico, 1917. On a farm during the violent tumult of revolution, a more immediate threat prowls in … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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11. Bitter (Pet, #0.5)

By: Akwaeke Emezi

4.12

Format: 272 pages, ebook

Bitter is thrilled to have been chosen to attend Eucalyptus, a special school where she can focus o… read more

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  • fiction
"Miss Virtue looked amused. "How do you know your way is the right way?" "I don't. But we moving with love, and I figure that can't be wrong."

-Akwaeke Emezi, Bitter (Pet, #0.5)

"The foster parents had said that she would end up nowhere, then you could make up wherever you wanted to be, you could make it real. You could, for example, paint it into existence."

-Akwaeke Emezi, Bitter (Pet, #0.5)

"Bitter had no interest in the revolution. She was seventeen and she thought it was ridiculous that adults wanted young people to be the ones saving the world, as if her generation was the one that ha…"

-Akwaeke Emezi, Bitter (Pet, #0.5)

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12. The Vanished Birds

By: Simon Jimenez

4.07

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

A mysterious child lands in the care of a solitary woman, changing both of their lives forever in t… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"She was amused by how much she enjoyed Dana's surprise kisses, and the impromptu hand-holding; displays of affection she had been averse to in other couples, finding it trite and ostentatious, as if …"

-Simon Jimenez, The Vanished Birds

Cover of The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho

13. The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

By: Zen Cho

3.63

Format: 176 pages, ebook

Zen Cho returns with a found family wuxia fantasy that combines the vibrancy of old school martial … read more

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  • fiction
"Nobody talks about it. It’s not that kind of war."

-Zen Cho, The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

"You cannot stay rich in times like these without eating sin."

-Zen Cho, The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

Cover of Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction by Sheree Renée Thomas

14. Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction

By: Sheree Renée Thomas

3.79

Format: 514 pages, Hardcover

From an award-winning team of editors comes an anthology of thirty-two original stories showcasing … read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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15. New Suns 2: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

By: Nisi Shawl

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The stunning follow-up to the multiple-award-winning anthology of SFF by people of colourOctavia E.… read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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16. Even Greater Mistakes: Stories

By: Charlie Jane Anders

3.83

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In her short story collection, Even Greater Mistakes, Charlie Jane Anders upends genre cliches and … read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
"Books are the best way to discover what people thought before you were born."

-Charlie Jane Anders, Even Greater Mistakes: Stories

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17. The Wings Upon Her Back

By: Samantha Mills

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A loyal warrior in a crisis of faith must fight to regain her place and begin her life again while … read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Bikes, the Universe, and Everything: Feminist, Fantastical Tales of Bikes and Books (Bikes in Space) by Elly Blue

18. Bikes, the Universe, and Everything: Feminist, Fantastical Tales of Bikes and Books (Bikes in Space)

By: Elly Blue

3.91

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Ever gotten lost in a book? Or on your bicycle? Or both at once, by falling through a portal on the… read more

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19. Auxiliary: London 2039

By: Jon Richter

3.81

Format: 223 pages, Paperback

The silicon revolution left Dremmler behind, but a good detective is never obsolete. London is q… read more

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  • science fiction
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20. ...and Other Disasters

By: Malka Ann Older

4.29

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Fiction. Poetry. ...AND OTHER DISASTERS, the smart and moving collection of short fiction and poetr… read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's ...and Other Disasters book and Malka Ann Older's ...and Other Disasters

  • poetry
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction

18 Top fiction books like ...and Other Disasters by Malka Ann Older

Transform Your Habits

Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1)

Ada Palmer

3.50

Transform Your Habits

The Archive Undying (The Downworld Sequence, #1)

Emma Mieko Candon

3.31

Transform Your Habits

The Terraformers

Annalee Newitz

3.37

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21 Top fiction books like Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction by Sheree Renée Thomas

Transform Your Habits

The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

Malka Ann Older

3.64

Transform Your Habits

The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

Nghi Vo

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)

Nghi Vo

4.24

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The Saint of Bright Doors

Vajra Chandrasekera

3.71

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