14 Best science fiction books like The War of Two Worlds by Poul Anderson

The War of Two Worlds

By: Poul Anderson

3.42

Format: None pages, None

The twenty-year Earth-Mars war was finally over. What was left of Earth - its crumbled cities, its …

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Cover of The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3) by Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Bolen

1. The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs , John Bolen

3.87

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

John Carter risks everything to rescue his wife, Princess Dejah Thoris, from the clutches of his ev… read more

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"I should at least die as I had lived—fighting."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

"It is strange how new and unexpected conditions bring out unguessed ability to meet them."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

"If there be a fate that is sometimes cruel to me, there surely is a kind and merciful Providence which watches over me."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

"If I sometimes seem to take too great pride in my fighting ability, it must be remembered that fighting is my vocation."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

Cover of The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) by N.K. Jemisin

2. The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

By: N.K. Jemisin

4.30

Format: 468 pages, Paperback

This is the way the world ends. Again. Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a wo… read more

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"Never forget what you are."

-N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

"Nothing to do but follow your crazy, though."

-N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

"Much of history is unwritten. Remember this."

-N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

"Even the least of us must serve the greater good."

-N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

Cover of Son Tiryaki by Müfit Özdeş

3. Son Tiryaki

By: Müfit Özdeş

3.95

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Son Tiryaki, Metis Bilimkurgu dizisinde yayımlanan, Türkiyeli bir yazar elinden çıkma ilk ve tek ki… read more

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Cover of Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5) by Isaac Asimov

4. Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.07

Format: 528 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Golan Trevize, former Councilman of the First Foundation, has chosen the future, and it is Gaia. A … read more

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"The Galaxy seems to be crowded with things I don't understand."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)

"Where is the world whose people don't prefer a comfortable, warm, and well-worn belief, however illogical, to the chilly winds of uncertainty?"

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)

"There are always individuals who pit their minds against the general modes of thought and who are arrogant enough to feel that they alone are right and that the many are wrong."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)

"Are you truly a robot?" "Truly, sir," said Daneel. Pelorat's face seemed to shine with joy. He said, "There are references to a robot named Daneel in the old legends. Are you named in his honor?" "I …"

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)

Cover of The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge (Stainless Steel Rat, #5) by Harry Harrison

5. The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge (Stainless Steel Rat, #5)

By: Harry Harrison

3.96

Format: 196 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The second adventure of slippery Jim diGriz the Robin Hood of the far future, robbing the rich to g… read more

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Cover of Roadside Picnic by Theodore Sturgeon, Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Antonina W. Bouis, None

6. Roadside Picnic

By: Theodore Sturgeon , Arkady Strugatsky , Boris Strugatsky , Antonina W. Bouis , None

4.14

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger,… read more

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"Keep your head high,"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Los halagos son el bálsamo de los complejos."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"You need money so you don’t have to think about money."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Щастие за всички даром и нека никой да не бъде пренебрегнат!"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

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7. The Eye of the Heron

By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Virginia Kidd

3.80

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In Victoria on a former prison colony, two exiled groups--the farmers of Shantih and the City dwell… read more

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"Violence gains nothing, killing wins nothing—only sometimes nothing is what people want. Death is what they want. And they get it."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Eye of the Heron

"And so, because he won't let himself be hurt, he does wrong to those he loves best. And then he sees that, and after all, it hurts him."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Eye of the Heron

"The wind and light on rock top hill and his voice and the rest, all the rest. All the days and lights and winds and years that would have been and that would not be. That should be and were not becau…"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Eye of the Heron

"I like men very much, but sometimes ... they're so stupid, so stuffed with theories .... They go in straight lines only, and won't stop. It's dangerous to do that. It's dangerous to leave everything …"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Eye of the Heron

Cover of Lost Legacy by Robert A. Heinlein, Lyle Monroe

8. Lost Legacy

By: Robert A. Heinlein , Lyle Monroe

3.50

Format: 218 pages,

First published in Super Science Stories, November 1941, as Lost Legion by Lyle Monroe. read more

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9. The Space Merchants (The Space Merchants, #1)

By: Frederik Pohl , C.M. Kornbluth

3.00

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover edition can be found . It is the 22nd Century, an advertisement-drenched world … read more

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Cover of Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison

10. Make Room! Make Room!

By: Harry Harrison

3.44

Format: 220 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published in 1966, Harrison's novel of an overpopulated urban jungle, a divided class system-… read more

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Cover of The Stainless Steel Rat (Stainless Steel Rat, #4) by Harry Harrison

11. The Stainless Steel Rat (Stainless Steel Rat, #4)

By: Harry Harrison

3.67

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the vastness of space, the crimes just get bigger and Slippery Jim diGriz, the Stainless Steel R… read more

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12. Red Planet

By: Robert A. Heinlein

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jim Marlow and his strange-looking Martian friend Willis were allowed to travel only so far. But on… read more

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13. Double Star

By: Robert A. Heinlein

3.43

Format: 42 pages, Mass Market Paperback

One minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was -- as usual -- in a bar, drinking away his troubl… read more

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14. The Gods of Mars (Barsoom, #2)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.67

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

1886. John Carter, forever 30, returns to Mars and again fights enemies with green Tars Tarka and r… read more

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15. Rite of Passage

By: Alexei Panshin

3.98

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

In 2198, one hundred and fifty years after the desperate wars that destroyed an overpopulated Earth… read more

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16. Rocannon's World

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.32

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

Adapted & expanded from the short story "The Dowry of Angyar". A world shared by three native human… read more

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Cover of Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) by James S.A. Corey

17. Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.31

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars … read more

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"GOODY. MY SPLEEN IS COLLAPSING. HURRY UP."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

"Fish and company start to smell after three days."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

"Nothing like a little shared racism to build ties with the boss."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

"Part of his mind was screaming, but it was a distant one and easy to ignore."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

18. The Word for World is Forest

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.36

Format: 189 pages, ebook

Centuries in the future, Terrans have established a logging colony & military base named "New Tahit… read more

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19. The Status Civilization

By: Robert Sheckley

4.08

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Will Barrent had no memory of his crime . . . but he found himself shipped across space to a brutal… read more

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20. . . . And Then There Were None

By: Eric Frank Russell

3.80

Format: 275 pages,

A short science-fiction book depicting a Terran ship, whose crew generally ascribe to social hierar… read more

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21. The War of Two Worlds

By: Poul Anderson

3.42

Format: None pages, None

The twenty-year Earth-Mars war was finally over. What was left of Earth - its crumbled cities, its … read more

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18 Top fiction books like Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) by James S.A. Corey

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Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

William Gibson

3.89

Transform Your Habits

The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

Joe Abercrombie

4.21

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We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

Dennis E. Taylor

4.28

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Liu Cixin , Joel Martinsen

4.41

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