8 Best science fiction fantasy books like The Future Is Blue by Catherynne M. Valente

Cover of The Future Is Blue by Catherynne M. Valente

The Future Is Blue

By: Catherynne M. Valente

3.95

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Thirteen stories unlike any others. In the title story, Theodore Sturgeon Award-winning novelett…

"A sorrow is a resourceful beast."

-Catherynne M. Valente, The Future Is Blue

"A sorrow is a resourceful beast."

-Catherynne M. Valente, The Future Is Blue

"My heart yields dividends unseen; thou art my soul's annuity."

-Catherynne M. Valente, The Future Is Blue

"My heart yields dividends unseen; thou art my soul's annuity."

-Catherynne M. Valente, The Future Is Blue

If you liked the science fiction fantasy plot in The Future Is Blue by Catherynne M. Valente , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 2: Fluff My Life by Skottie Young

1. I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 2: Fluff My Life

By: Skottie Young

4.06

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

All hail Gertrude, the new Queen of Fairyland. After thirty years of wreaking havoc across this mag… read more

Similar categories in Skottie Young's I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 2: Fluff My Life book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Future Is Blue

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Southern Cross, Vol. 1 by Becky Cloonan, Lee Loughridge, Serge LaPointe, Andy Belanger

2. Southern Cross, Vol. 1

By: Becky Cloonan , Lee Loughridge , Serge LaPointe , Andy Belanger

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

Now boarding: Southern Cross, tanker flight 73 to Titan. Alex Braith is tracing her sister's steps … read more

Similar categories in Becky Cloonan's Southern Cross, Vol. 1 book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Future Is Blue

  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark

3. A Dead Djinn in Cairo

By: P. Djèlí Clark

3.66

Format: 341 pages, ebook

Egypt, 1912. In an alternate Cairo infused with the otherworldly, the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantm… read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's A Dead Djinn in Cairo book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Future Is Blue

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde

4. Shades of Grey

By: Jasper Fforde

4.11

Format: 559 pages,

From the bestselling author of Thursday Next-- a brilliant new novel about a world where social ord… read more

Similar categories in Jasper Fforde's Shades of Grey book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Future Is Blue

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Warm Up  (Villains, #0.5) by Victoria Schwab, None

5. Warm Up (Villains, #0.5)

By: Victoria Schwab , None

3.86

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

It's been 297 days since David died-and came back. He may have survived the avalanche, but the afte… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Schwab's Warm Up (Villains, #0.5) book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Future Is Blue

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

6. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

By: Angela Carter

3.92

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the B… read more

Similar categories in Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Future Is Blue

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Her hair falls down like tears"

-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

"ordered me a sky from a florist"

-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

"My spite was sharp as broken glass"

-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

"My father lost me to the Beast at cards"

-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

7. War of the Foxes

By: Richard Siken

3.75

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

In this long-awaited follow-up to Crush, Yale Series of Younger Poets prize-winner Richard Siken tu… read more

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8. Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black

By: Cookie Mueller

4.49

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

Cookie trips through her forty-year odyssey on this planet—from LSD to shopping at the A&P, from bi… read more

Similar categories in Cookie Mueller's Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Future Is Blue

  • short stories
Cover of City of Bones by Martha Wells

9. City of Bones

By: Martha Wells

4.00

Format: 442 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Where once great galleons roamed the sea, sand ships now traverse the Great Waste, and a glitteri… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's City of Bones book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Future Is Blue

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"What magic does is to open the mind to the world and sometimes the world isn't what we think it is."

-Martha Wells, City of Bones

10. 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 Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) by Malka Ann Older

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

By: Malka Ann Older

3.64

Format: 169 pages, Hardcover

The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set … read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Future Is Blue

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4) by Becky  Chambers

12. The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

By: Becky Chambers

4.41

Format: 336 pages, ebook

With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has g… read more

Similar categories in Becky Chambers's The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4) book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Future Is Blue

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"The gendered expectations of parenting were dissolving, but even though women could be found working in creches now, there was still an enormous difference between the person who produced an egg and …"

-Becky Chambers, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

"In traditional Aeluon culture, a mother was not a parent. Parents were men and shon. Parents went to school for it. Parents were the people who actually raised children, not those who had done the ea…"

-Becky Chambers, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

"Then, what is your reason?' 'I don't know!' Pei rubbed her face in frustration. 'There is no reason why I don't want to do this! I'm healthy! I'm clearly capable! Everybody I know who's ever gone to …"

-Becky Chambers, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

"Just because there’s no one living on a planet does not mean it’s yours for the taking. Do you not see how dangerous that mindset is? Do you not think that treating the galaxy as if it is something t…"

-Becky Chambers, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

Cover of Undercover (Into Shadow, #5) by Tamsyn Muir

13. Undercover (Into Shadow, #5)

By: Tamsyn Muir

4.01

Format: 59 pages, Kindle Edition

When a stranger comes to town, secrets are sure to come out. New York Times bestselling author Tams… read more

Similar categories in Tamsyn Muir's Undercover (Into Shadow, #5) book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Future Is Blue

  • short stories
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"The dancer moaned and scrabbled at the cage mesh. She made guttural honks of frustration and excitement. The raspberry mouth opened to reveal the long black tongue and pointed pink teeth. It was a lo…"

-Tamsyn Muir, Undercover (Into Shadow, #5)

Cover of A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1) by P. Djèlí Clark

14. A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)

By: P. Djèlí Clark

4.03

Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition

Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark returns to his popular alternate Cairo universe… read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1) book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Future Is Blue

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Before God, our blood means nothing. Virtue is in deeds, not the skin."

-P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)

"Fatma had heard enough. Should have known the kid wouldn't be an honest broker, not with all the wallahis he threw around."

-P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)

"I don’t have sad tales to tell you. I’m not some tragic character from a story, lost between two worlds. I revel in who I am. What I am."

-P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)

"The three of them sat there - A Ministry agent, a half-djinn, and a cat (likely), staring out past the balcony to the sleeping city they somehow had to find a way to save."

-P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)

Cover of Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6) by John Scalzi

15. Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6)

By: John Scalzi

4.18

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

An artificial intelligence on a star-spanning mission explores the farthest horizons of human poten… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6) book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Future Is Blue

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
Cover of The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3) by P. Djèlí Clark

16. The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3)

By: P. Djèlí Clark

3.98

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 returns to the alternate Cairo of Clark's short fiction, where humans … read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3) book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Future Is Blue

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor

17. Remote Control

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.85

Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition

The new book by Nebula and Hugo Award-winner, Nnedi Okorafor."She’s the adopted daughter of the Ang… read more

Similar categories in Nnedi Okorafor's Remote Control book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Future Is Blue

  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson

18. Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

By: Eddie Robson

3.91

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A locked room mystery in a near future world of politics and alien diplomacy. Lydia works as tra… read more

Similar categories in Eddie Robson's Drunk on All Your Strange New Words book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Future Is Blue

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"We take drug abuse very seriously, Lydia."

-Eddie Robson, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

"The world has enabled so many bullshitters. It's exhausting."

-Eddie Robson, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

"if you can control the stories a culture tells about itself, you can control who they are."

-Eddie Robson, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

"There’s a particular type of alone you feel when in a room with someone who’s no longer alive, she’s discovering now, and it is the worst kind."

-Eddie Robson, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

Cover of Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry) by Andrea Gibson

19. Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

By: Andrea Gibson

4.43

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In Andrea Gibson's latest collection, they continue their artful and nuanced looks at gender, roman… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Gibson's Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry) book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Future Is Blue

  • adult
"There will be music for you one day."

-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

"My "yes" never fit into the "no" of this world."

-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

"Come tender as the trees forgiving the books for asking to be made."

-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

"It isn't that you don't like boys. It's that you only like boys you want to be"

-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

Cover of Grand Theft Astro by Scott  Meyer

20. Grand Theft Astro

By: Scott Meyer

3.65

Format: None pages, Audiobook

From the author of the “Magic 2.0” series comes an outer space caper where it’s the thief who’s hav… read more

Similar categories in Scott Meyer's Grand Theft Astro book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Future Is Blue

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Future Is Blue by Catherynne M. Valente

21. The Future Is Blue

By: Catherynne M. Valente

3.95

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Thirteen stories unlike any others. In the title story, Theodore Sturgeon Award-winning novelett… read more

Similar categories in Catherynne M. Valente's The Future Is Blue book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Future Is Blue

  • adult fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • collections
  • anthologies
  • dystopia
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"A sorrow is a resourceful beast."

-Catherynne M. Valente, The Future Is Blue

"My heart yields dividends unseen; thou art my soul's annuity."

-Catherynne M. Valente, The Future Is Blue

"Kid, nobody really gets anywhere in this life. Everybody just picks someplace to hunker down and barricade themselves in. Some of us just got better bricks than others."

-Catherynne M. Valente, The Future Is Blue

"You can't get into the real meat of hatred and eternal enmity without love and betrayal, without that, it's just an argument with occasional gun music. The good stuff, the all-obliterating all-annihi…"

-Catherynne M. Valente, The Future Is Blue

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Skottie Young

4.06

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3.66

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Ann Leckie

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Martha Wells

4.15

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