15 Best science fiction books like Shadow & Claw (The Book of the New Sun #1-2) by Gene Wolf

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Shadow & Claw (The Book of the New Sun #1-2)

By: Gene Wolf

4.60

Format: 568 pages, Hardcover

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If you liked the science fiction plot in Shadow & Claw (The Book of the New Sun #1-2) by Gene Wolf , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. King of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #2)

By: Mark Lawrence

4.18

Format: 449 pages, Hardcover

The second book in the Broken Empire series, Lawrence takes his young anti-hero one step closer to … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"The way I’d put it,"

-Mark Lawrence, King of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #2)

"I’d be happier on a horse,"

-Mark Lawrence, King of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #2)

"We’re going to need a bigger army,"

-Mark Lawrence, King of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #2)

"A Dark time comes. My time. If it offends you. Stop Me."

-Mark Lawrence, King of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #2)

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

2. 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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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"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

Cover of The Citadel of the Autarch (The Book of the New Sun #4) by Gene Wolfe

3. The Citadel of the Autarch (The Book of the New Sun #4)

By: Gene Wolfe

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Severian the Torturer continues his epic journey across the lands of Urth, a journey as fraught wit… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett

4. City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2)

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

4.21

Format: 484 pages, Paperback

A generation ago, the city of Voortyashtan was the stronghold of the god of war and death, the birt… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"You are wrong,"

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2)

"Sometimes I can’t tell if you hate this place or love it."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2)

"They have forgotten that war is momentum. War is natural. And war makes one strong."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2)

"There's no such thing as a good death, Lalith," she says. "It's just a dull, stupid thing we all have to do eventually. To ask meaning of it is to ask meaning of a shadow."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2)

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5. Absolution Gap

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.17

Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Inhibitors were designed to eliminate any life-form reaching a certain level of intelligence - … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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6. Redemption Ark

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.90

Format: 205 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Late in the twenty-sixth century, the human race has advanced enough to accidentally trigger the In… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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7. A Canticle for Leibowitz

By: Walter M. Miller Jr.

3.39

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, po… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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8. Between Two Fires

By: Christopher Buehlman

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village… read more

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  • fiction
"The only thing I say to God is my daughter's names; and it is not a prayer, it's a rebuke."

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

"He was being kissed now by his own mouth, not as lovers kiss, with tongues, but as true lovers kiss, sharing breath."

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

"A dark-haired little boy just in pants stood bewildered near the blaze, saying, as if there had been some mistake, "We live here. We live here."

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

"But it will be harder for you if you remember. Love is always harder. Love means weathering blows for another’s sake and not counting them. Love is loss of self, loss of other, and faith in the death…"

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

9. The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun #2)

By: Gene Wolfe

3.78

Format: 416 pages,

Severian is in possession of a gem considered to be "The Claw of the Conciliator", a powerful relic… read more

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10. The Sword of the Lictor

By: Gene Wolfe

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Beneath the dying sun the disgraced torturer, Severian, at last comes to his place of exile - Thrax… read more

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11. The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun #1)

By: Gene Wolfe

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in the four-volume series, The Book of the New Sun. … read more

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12. The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty, #1)

By: Ken Liu

3.28

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Two men rebel together against tyranny--and then become rivals--in this first sweeping book of an e… read more

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13. The Library at Mount Char

By: Scott Hawkins

3.44

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

A missing God. A library with the secrets to the universe. A woman too busy to notice her heart sl… read more

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14. The Wheel of Osheim (The Red Queen's War, #3)

By: Mark Lawrence

3.50

Format: 519 pages, Hardcover

From the international bestselling author of the Broken Empire Trilogy, the thrilling conclusion to… read more

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15. House of Leaves

By: Mark Z. Danielewski

4.09

Format: 710 pages, Paperback

A young family moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly w… read more

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  • fiction
"I must read. I must read. I must read."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

"Do not entrust your future to the limits of your stride."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

"Knowledge is hot water on wool. It shrinks time and space."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

"Sublime is something you choke on after a shot of tequila."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

16. The Liar's Key (The Red Queen's War, #2)

By: Mark Lawrence

3.23

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

The Red Queen has set her players on the board... Winter is keeping Prince Jalan Kendeth far from t… read more

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17. The Urth of the New Sun (The Book of the New Sun, #5)

By: Gene Wolfe

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

The long awaited sequel to Gene Wolfe's four-volume classic, The Book of the New Sun. We return to … read more

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18. A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)

By: Vernor Vinge

4.14

Format: 613 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Alternate Cover Edition can be found here. A Fire upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"We're endangered by our own success."

-Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)

"I never guessed I could cry so hard my face hurt."

-Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)

"Intelligence is the handmaiden of flexibility and change."

-Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)

"Ravna became a librarian. "The ultimate dilettante!" Lynne had teased."

-Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)

19. The Abolition of Man

By: C.S. Lewis

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0060652944 The Abolition of Man, Lewis uses his graceful prose, del… read more

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20. Shadow & Claw (The Book of the New Sun #1-2)

By: Gene Wolfe

4.00

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

The Book of the New Sunis unanimously acclaimed as Gene Wolfe's most remarkable work, hailed as "a … read more

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21. Emperor of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #3)

By: Mark Lawrence

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

King Jorg Ancrath is twenty now--and king of seven nations. His goal--revenge against his father--h… read more

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22. City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1)

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

4.09

Format: 452 pages, Paperback

The city of Bulikov once wielded the powers of the gods to conquer the world, enslaving and brutali… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"Death is for the weak."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1)

"There is no crueler hells then committee work...."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1)

"Voters might have short memories. Politicians do not."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1)

"I am lost among the seas of fate and time But at least I have love."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1)

23. Sword & Citadel (The Book of the New Sun #3-4)

By: Gene Wolfe

2.00

Format: 28 pages,

The Book of the New Sunis unanimously acclaimed as Gene Wolfe's most remarkable work, hailed as "a … read more

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24. Prince of Fools (The Red Queen's War, #1)

By: Mark Lawrence

3.57

Format: 10 pages, Hardcover

The Red Queen is old but the kings of the Broken Empire dread her like no other. For all her reign,… read more

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25. Paradise Lost

By: John Milton , John Leonard

3.84

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the… read more

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  • fiction
"What hath night to do with sleep?"

-John Milton, Paradise Lost

"Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n."

-John Milton, Paradise Lost

"Solitude sometimes is best society."

-John Milton, Paradise Lost

"Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss."

-John Milton, Paradise Lost

Cover of Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture, #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

26. Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture, #2)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.20

Format: 596 pages, ebook

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the second novel in an extr… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Howling Dark (Sun Eater, #2) by Christopher Ruocchio

27. Howling Dark (Sun Eater, #2)

By: Christopher Ruocchio

4.39

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

The second novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fa… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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28. Demon in White (Sun Eater, #3)

By: Christopher Ruocchio

4.63

Format: 784 pages, Paperback

The third novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fan… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"Great is Truth, and mighty above all things."

-Christopher Ruocchio, Demon in White (Sun Eater, #3)

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29. Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.35

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the third and final novel i… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) by James S.A. Corey

30. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.24

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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31. Shadow & Claw (The Book of the New Sun #1-2)

By: Gene Wolf

4.60

Format: 568 pages, Hardcover

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  • fiction

18 Top fiction books like Shadow & Claw (The Book of the New Sun #1-2) by Gene Wolf

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4.14

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5.00

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3.86

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