18 must-read science fiction books like The Chimera Code by Wayne Santos

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The Chimera Code

By: Wayne Santos

3.83

Format: 389 pages, Paperback

Neuromancer for a non-binary age: an action-packed techno-thriller with a side of magical realism.E…

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Cover of Away with the Fairies (Phryne Fisher, #11) by Kerry Greenwood

1. Away with the Fairies (Phryne Fisher, #11)

By: Kerry Greenwood

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

It's 1928, and the globetrotting, glamorous Phryne (rhymes with briny) is at home near Melbourne, m… read more

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  • fiction
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2. Unnatural Habits (Phryne Fisher, #19)

By: Kerry Greenwood

3.47

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

1929: Girls are going missing in Melbourne. Little, pretty golden-haired girls. And not just pretty… read more

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  • fiction

3. Raisins and Almonds (Phryne Fisher, #9)

By: Kerry Greenwood

3.65

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Phryne Fisher loves dancing, especially with gorgeous young Simon Abrahams. But Phrynes contentment… read more

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4. Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)

By: Ann Leckie

3.87

Format: None pages, Paperback

On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest. Once,… read more

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5. The City of Lost Fortunes

By: None

4.23

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The fate of New Orleans rests in the hands of a wayward grifter in this novel of gods, games, and m… read more

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6. The Green Mill Murder (Phryne Fisher, #5)

By: Kerry Greenwood

4.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Phryne Fisher is doing one of her favorite things --dancing at the Green Mill (Melbourne's premier … read more

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

By: Nghi Vo

4.24

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

The Hugo and Crawford Award-Winning Series! The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singin… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • queer
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8. The Gathering

By: C.J. Tudor

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A detective investigating a grisly crime in rural Alaska finds herself caught up in the dark secret… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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9. Escape Pod

By: Mur Lafferty

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The fifteenth anniversary of the Hugo-nominated science fiction podcast Escape Pod, featuring new a… read more

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  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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10. The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #2)

By: Garth Nix

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Return to the enchanting world of The Left-Handed Booksellers of London in this sequel by Garth Nix… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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11. Winter World (The Long Winter, #1)

By: A.G. Riddle

4.16

Format: 472 pages, Kindle Edition

A new ice age... and a shocking discovery...will change humanity forever.In the near future, a new … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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12. The Tainted Cup

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

None

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, w… read more

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  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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13. Five Minds

By: Guy Morpuss

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

ONE BODY. FIVE MINDS. ONE KILLER. The Earth's growing population has finally been controlled. Li… read more

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  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
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14. Julia

By: Sandra Newman

3.78

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

London, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous province of Oceana. It's 1984 and Julia… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"У цьому весь жах. Ти не маєш вибору, а все ж мусиш діяти точно так, ніби маєш."

-Sandra Newman, Julia

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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
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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16. The Lost Colony (The Long Winter, #3)

By: A.G. Riddle

4.18

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Can humanity survive on a new world?On Eos, the last survivors of the Long Winter face their greate… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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17. The Solar War (The Long Winter, #2)

By: A.G. Riddle

4.26

Format: 498 pages, Kindle Edition

We thought the war was over.We were wrong.They decimated Earth during the Long Winter.Now the grid … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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18. Someone You Can Build a Nest In

By: John Wiswell

4.07

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance—from the perspective of the monster—… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • queer
"No young woman of means has gone through her entire life without at least once surveying her opportunities and wishing for a dragon instead."

-John Wiswell, Someone You Can Build a Nest In

"Homily professed her love by digging a second crossbow bolt of Shersheshin's body. It was so much clearer a declaration of affection than any of those speeches spun by poets or playwrights. And stuff…"

-John Wiswell, Someone You Can Build a Nest In

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19. The Constant Rabbit

By: Jasper Fforde

4.07

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Peter Knox lives quietly in one of those small country villages that's up for the Village Garden of… read more

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  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"She was named Jocaminca fforkes, with two small 'f's - as if having two 'f's wasn't pretentious enough"

-Jasper Fforde, The Constant Rabbit

"Rabbits never drove fast. They like to enjoy the view, didn't much care for speed and besides, it was wasteful of fuel. If you want to get somewhere a long way away, just leave early. Days, if that's…"

-Jasper Fforde, The Constant Rabbit

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20. Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach

By: Kelly Robson

3.60

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover a shifting history of adventure as humanity clashes over whether to repair their ruined pl… read more

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  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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21. Bitterthorn

By: Kat Dunn

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Blumwald is a town overshadowed by an ancient curse: in a sinister castle in the depths of the wild… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • queer
"She was lost to me in a hundred little griefs I found anew each year"

-Kat Dunn, Bitterthorn

"Loneliness can be something other people do to us, and something we do to ourselves."

-Kat Dunn, Bitterthorn

"The hurtful truth of death was that it was as mundane as a meal uneaten, a cup knocked over."

-Kat Dunn, Bitterthorn

"My mother was tidied away into her grave and my stepmother unpacked her things into her place. I found myself far from home without having travelled a metre."

-Kat Dunn, Bitterthorn

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22. The Beauty of Impossible Things

By: Rachel Donohue

3.36

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Foresight is not always a gift... Natasha Rothwell leads a sheltered life with her beautiful, bo… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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23. Calamity (Uncharted Hearts, #1)

By: Constance Fay

3.79

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

Bramble's inaugural debut is equal parts steamy interstellar romance and sci-fi adventure, perfect … read more

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  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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24. Chosen Ones

By: Veronica Roth

3.59

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The first novel written for an adult audience by the mega-selling author of the Divergent franchise… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Sloanie Sloanie Macaroni"

-Veronica Roth, Chosen Ones

"Nature is bloody, and as a whole, it favors strength over compassion."

-Veronica Roth, Chosen Ones

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25. 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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  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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26. The Last Blade Priest

By: W.P. Wiles

3.91

Format: 508 pages, Paperback

Inar is Master Builder for the Kingdom of Mishig-Tenh. Life is hard after the Kingdom lost the war … read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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27. Across the Void

By: S.K. Vaughn

3.36

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A visceral space thriller—perfect for fans of Arrival and The Martian—following the sole survivor o… read more

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  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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28. Composite Creatures

By: Caroline Hardaker

3.46

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

In a society where self-preservation is as much an art as a science, Norah and Arthur are learning … read more

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  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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29. Thrill Switch

By: Tim Hawken

4.09

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

Detective Ada Byron is pumped to be assigned her first murder case–until she sees the crime scene. … read more

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  • cyberpunk
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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30. The Chimera Code

By: Wayne Santos

3.83

Format: 389 pages, Paperback

Neuromancer for a non-binary age: an action-packed techno-thriller with a side of magical realism.E… read more

Similar categories in Wayne Santos's The Chimera Code book and Wayne Santos's The Chimera Code

  • urban fantasy
  • cyberpunk
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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31. Full Speed to a Crash Landing (Chaotic Orbits, #1)

By: Beth Revis

4.03

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A high octane sexy space heist from New York Times-bestselling author Beth Revis, the first in a no… read more

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  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction

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