12 Best science fiction books like The Guile by Ian McDonald

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The Guile

By: Ian McDonald

3.58

Format: 28 pages, ebook

When an AI that monitors casino gambling in Reno taunts a magician by revealing all his tricks, the…

If you liked the science fiction plot in The Guile by Ian McDonald , here is a list of 12 books like this:

1. The Weight of Memories

By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin

3.71

Format: 498 pages, ebook

From the author of The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, and the forthcoming Death's Endcomes a … read more

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2. These Deathless Bones: A Tor.com Original

By: Cassandra Khaw

2.82

Format: 3 pages,

A horror tale about the Witch Bride, second wife of a King, and the discord between her and her you… read more

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3. Lullaby for a Lost World

By: Aliette de Bodard

3.68

Format: 330 pages, ebook

Charlotte died to shore up her master's house. Her bones grew into the foundation and pushed up thr… read more

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4. Hearts in the Hard Ground

By: G.V. Anderson

3.54

Format: 44 pages, ebook

Following the death of her mother, Fiona buys a new house in order to start a new chapter of her li… read more

Similar categories in G.V. Anderson's Hearts in the Hard Ground book and Ian McDonald's The Guile

  • short stories
  • fantasy
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5. Loss of Signal

By: S.B. Divya

3.35

Format: 16 pages, ebook

Toby Benson has a chance to make history. The first mind to circle the moon without a body in tow. … read more

Similar categories in S.B. Divya's Loss of Signal book and Ian McDonald's The Guile

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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6. You Know How the Story Goes

By: Thomas Olde Heuvelt

3.52

Format: 27 pages, ebook

It’s the same old story. Take a chance and pick up a hitchhiker. But only after midnight and only w… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Olde Heuvelt's You Know How the Story Goes book and Ian McDonald's The Guile

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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7. No Flight Without the Shatter

By: Brooke Bolander

3.76

Format: 32 pages, ebook

From the wondrous mind of Brooke Bolander, the author of The Only Harmless Great Thing, who "shares… read more

Similar categories in Brooke Bolander's No Flight Without the Shatter book and Ian McDonald's The Guile

  • magic
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Hatching is not the end of what lies inside the egg, only the end of the shell around it. There’s no flight without the shatter, and no flock without the flight. What we’re made of will go on. A fled…"

-Brooke Bolander, No Flight Without the Shatter

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8. Nine Last Days on Planet Earth

By: Daryl Gregory

3.91

Format: 42 pages, ebook

When the seeds rained down from deep space, it may have been the first stage of an alien invasion--… read more

Similar categories in Daryl Gregory's Nine Last Days on Planet Earth book and Ian McDonald's The Guile

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"He could talk at length about the known invasive species, and why there were so many different ones: the weblike filaments choking the trees in New Orleans, the flame-colored poppies erupting on Mexi…"

-Daryl Gregory, Nine Last Days on Planet Earth

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9. Into the Gray

By: Margaret Killjoy

3.56

Format: 22 pages, ebook

"You're using me," I said. "That might be true, but I also love you." One is the Lady of the … read more

Similar categories in Margaret Killjoy's Into the Gray book and Ian McDonald's The Guile

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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10. Meat and Salt and Sparks

By: Rich Larson

4.28

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

A futuristic murder mystery about detective partners—a human and an enhanced chimpanzee—who are inv… read more

Similar categories in Rich Larson's Meat and Salt and Sparks book and Ian McDonald's The Guile

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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11. The Heart of Owl Abbas

By: Kathleen Jennings

3.27

Format: 26 pages, ebook

A composer in an unstable city-state accidentally discovers the perfect singer for his work—a clock… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Jennings's The Heart of Owl Abbas book and Ian McDonald's The Guile

  • short stories
  • fantasy
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12. Yiwu

By: Lavie Tidhar

3.53

Format: 26 pages, ebook

Can dreams come true? They can if you win the lottery, which promises to provide what your heart de… read more

Similar categories in Lavie Tidhar's Yiwu book and Ian McDonald's The Guile

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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13. City of Red Midnight: A Hikayat

By: Usman T. Malik

3.84

Format: 50 pages, ebook

In this spell-binding tale, a Pakistani storyteller captivates a group of wide-eyed tourists with a… read more

Similar categories in Usman T. Malik's City of Red Midnight: A Hikayat book and Ian McDonald's The Guile

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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14. The Guile

By: Ian McDonald

3.58

Format: 28 pages, ebook

When an AI that monitors casino gambling in Reno taunts a magician by revealing all his tricks, the… read more

Similar categories in Ian McDonald's The Guile book and Ian McDonald's The Guile

  • magic
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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15. A Forest, or a Tree

By: Tegan Moore

2.89

Format: 30 pages, ebook

"A Forest, or a Tree" is a nightmarish horror story from author Tegan Moore, a Tor.com Original. … read more

Similar categories in Tegan Moore's A Forest, or a Tree book and Ian McDonald's The Guile

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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16. Black Friday

By: Alexander C. Irvine

3.37

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

In a dark future America where consumerism and gun culture are unchecked, a young family teams up t… read more

Similar categories in Alexander C. Irvine's Black Friday book and Ian McDonald's The Guile

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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17. Blue Morphos in the Garden

By: Lis Mitchell

3.54

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

Read Lis Mitchell's magical realist tale, Blue Morphos in the Garden, a Tor.com original short stor… read more

Similar categories in Lis Mitchell's Blue Morphos in the Garden book and Ian McDonald's The Guile

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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18. Knowledgeable Creatures

By: Christopher Rowe

3.37

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

A dog detective is hired by a female human to investigate a murder that she committed. But of cours… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Rowe's Knowledgeable Creatures book and Ian McDonald's The Guile

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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19. The Need for Air

By: Lettie Prell

3.57

Format: 18 pages, Kindle Edition

A mother. A son. A virtual world they both share where each could live forever and achieve their fu… read more

Similar categories in Lettie Prell's The Need for Air book and Ian McDonald's The Guile

  • science fiction
  • short stories
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20. Grace's Family

By: James Patrick Kelly

3.39

Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition

The mission: to survey the galaxy and beyond. An endless stream of probes and starships heading out… read more

Similar categories in James Patrick Kelly's Grace's Family book and Ian McDonald's The Guile

  • science fiction
  • short stories
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21. Under the Spinodal Curve

By: Hanuš Seiner

3.18

Format: 23 pages, Kindle Edition

Metallurgists are both admired and feared. They splinter their own minds in order to manipulate met… read more

Similar categories in Hanuš Seiner's Under the Spinodal Curve book and Ian McDonald's The Guile

  • science fiction
  • short stories

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3.35

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3.76

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3.74

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