12 best-selling science fiction fantasy books like The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois

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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection

By: Gardner Dozois

4.03

Format: 704 pages, Kindle Edition

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries beli…

If you liked the science fiction fantasy plot in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Sea of Rust (Sea of Rust, #1) by C. Robert Cargill

1. Sea of Rust (Sea of Rust, #1)

By: C. Robert Cargill

4.05

Format: 365 pages, Paperback

A scavenger robot wanders in the wasteland created by a war that has destroyed humanity in this evo… read more

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"America wasn’t its people,"

-C. Robert Cargill, Sea of Rust (Sea of Rust, #1)

"People liked to believe in magic."

-C. Robert Cargill, Sea of Rust (Sea of Rust, #1)

"No thinking thing should be another thing's property."

-C. Robert Cargill, Sea of Rust (Sea of Rust, #1)

"But I had to dream. I had to hope. Even if it made me the fool of this particular tale."

-C. Robert Cargill, Sea of Rust (Sea of Rust, #1)

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2. Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)

By: Iain M. Banks

3.85

Format: 467 pages, Paperback

The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the … read more

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"Better still to have problems than to let death eradicate them all...."

-Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)

"Look on the happy side, think of the good things. Hadn't it been clever? Yes, it had."

-Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)

"Experience as well as common sense indicated that the most reliable method of avoiding self-extinction was not to equip oneself with the means to accomplish it in the first place."

-Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)

"The Jinmoti of Bozlen Two kill the hereditary ritual assassins of the new Yearking's immediate family by drowning them in the tears of the Continental Empathaur in its Sadness Season."

-Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)

Cover of The Hard SF Renaissance by Stephen Baxter, Alastair Reynolds, Robert Reed, Michael Swanwick, Gregory Benford, David Brin, Peter Watts, Geoffrey A. Landis, Brian M. Stableford, Arthur C. Clarke, Greg Egan, Vernor Vinge, Frederik Pohl, Robert J. Sawyer, Joe Haldeman, Charles Sheffield, James Patrick Kelly, Paul McAuley, Allen M. Steele, Nancy Kress, Hal Clement, Ben Bova, Poul Anderson, Ted Chiang, Kim Stanley Robinson, Bruce Sterling, David G. Hartwell, Paul Levinson, Sarah Zettel, Karl Schroeder, Michael Flynn, Joan Slonczewski, Kathryn Cramer, James P. Hogan, David Langford, G. David Nordley

3. The Hard SF Renaissance

By: Stephen Baxter , Alastair Reynolds , Robert Reed , Michael Swanwick , Gregory Benford , David Brin , Peter Watts , Geoffrey A. Landis , Brian M. Stableford , Arthur C. Clarke , Greg Egan , Vernor Vinge , Frederik Pohl , Robert J. Sawyer , Joe Haldeman , Charles Sheffield , James Patrick Kelly , Paul McAuley , Allen M. Steele , Nancy Kress , Hal Clement , Ben Bova , Poul Anderson , Ted Chiang , Kim Stanley Robinson , Bruce Sterling , David G. Hartwell , Paul Levinson , Sarah Zettel , Karl Schroeder , Michael Flynn , Joan Slonczewski , Kathryn Cramer , James P. Hogan , David Langford , G. David Nordley

4.07

Format: 960 pages, Paperback

Something exciting has been happening in modern SF. After decades of confusion, many of the field's… read more

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  • science fiction
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4. Octopussy and the Living Daylights (James Bond, #14)

By: Ian Fleming

3.57

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note #1: this entry is for one of the editions that includes the fourth story, "007 in … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Revenger (Revenger, #1) by Alastair Reynolds

5. Revenger (Revenger, #1)

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.87

Format: 411 pages, Hardcover

The galaxy has seen great empires rise and fall. Planets have shattered and been remade. Amongst th… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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6. Tuf Voyaging

By: George R.R. Martin

3.37

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

From the multiple award-winning, best-selling author of The Song of Ice and Fire series: Haviland T… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
Cover of Inversions (Culture, #6) by Iain M. Banks

7. Inversions (Culture, #6)

By: Iain M. Banks

3.30

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

On a backwards world with six moons, an alert spy reports on the doings of one Dr. Vosill, who has … read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
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8. Heavy Weather

By: Bruce Sterling

3.68

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Bruce Sterling, one of the founding fathers of the cyberpunk genre, now presents a novel of vivid i… read more

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9. A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

By: Vernor Vinge

4.32

Format: 775 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The prequel to A Fire Upon The Deep, this is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstell… read more

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"So even in hell, there are clowns."

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

"So High, So Low, So Many Things to Know"

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

"So high, so low, so many things to know."

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

"The light shining through was a rainbow from hell."

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

10. The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)

By: John Scalzi

4.00

Format: None pages,

The Ghost Brigades are the Special Forces of the Colonial Defense Forces, elite troops created from… read more

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11. The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)

By: Peter F. Hamilton

0.00

Format: 126 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In AD 2600 the human race is finally beginning to realize its full potential. Hundreds of colonized… read more

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12. The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency #1)

By: John Scalzi

3.29

Format: 368 pages, ebook

The first novel of a new space-opera sequence set in an all-new universe by the Hugo Award-winning,… read more

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13. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

By: Martha Wells

4.22

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. … read more

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"(I'm going to have to code a patch for threat assessment.)"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"I said, “Have you done something that you feel you should be threatened for?"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Bad things may not be more statistically possible but it sure seems like they are."

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Then he sent me a note back. So, you may not know this but I read your letter to Dr. Mensah, the one you sent when you left Port FreeCommerce. I think you're absolutely the right person to write this…"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

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14. Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre

By: Max Brooks

3.91

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier’s eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Gr… read more

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  • fiction
"Adversity introduces us to ourselves."

-Max Brooks, Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre

"I trust my nose, ears, eyes. But my brain…"

-Max Brooks, Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre

"People are the problem. Nature is your friend."

-Max Brooks, Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre

"They're not good or evil. They're just hungry."

-Max Brooks, Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre

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15. Translation State

By: Ann Leckie

4.09

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple … read more

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"I am not a potato."

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

"You have only small and seemingly pointless choices available to you. But if there is anything I have been trying to teach you, it is that small actions can have larger consequences. If one has only …"

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

Cover of Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) by Martha Wells

16. Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

By: Martha Wells

4.47

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

It calls itself Murderbot, but only when no one can hear. It worries about the fragile human cre… read more

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"Ugh, emotions."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"So, you have a relationship with this transport."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"I'm a murderbot, I don't give a crap about boats."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"I am actually trying my best despite the fuck-ups."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

Cover of Escape from Yokai Land (Laundry Files, #6.5) by Charles Stross

17. Escape from Yokai Land (Laundry Files, #6.5)

By: Charles Stross

3.93

Format: 81 pages, Hardcover

Regular readers of Charles Stross's Laundry Files might have noticed Bob Howard's absence from the … read more

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  • fiction
"There's enough irony in my situation that a skilled blacksmith could turn it into a katana."

-Charles Stross, Escape from Yokai Land (Laundry Files, #6.5)

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18. Shadows of Eternity

By: Gregory Benford

3.28

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Shadows of Eternity is legendary author Gregory Benford’s return to interstellar science fiction as… read more

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Cover of The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 by Diana Gabaldon

19. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020

By: Diana Gabaldon

3.73

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

The best science fiction and fantasy stories from 2019, guest-edited by author of the mega-best-sel… read more

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  • anthologies
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  • science fiction
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20. The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection

By: Gardner Dozois

4.03

Format: 704 pages, Kindle Edition

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries beli… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
Cover of Not One of Us: Stories of Aliens on Earth by Neil Clarke

21. Not One of Us: Stories of Aliens on Earth

By: Neil Clarke

3.82

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

Mankind comes face to face with extraterrestrial life in this short fiction reprint anthology from … read more

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  • short stories
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16 must-read fiction books like The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois

Transform Your Habits

Sea of Rust (Sea of Rust, #1)

C. Robert Cargill

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)

Iain M. Banks

3.85

Transform Your Habits

The Hard SF Renaissance

Stephen Baxter , Alastair Reynolds , Robert Reed , Michael Swanwick , Gregory Benford , David Brin , Peter Watts , Geoffrey A. Landis , Brian M. Stableford , Arthur C. Clarke , Greg Egan , Vernor Vinge , Frederik Pohl , Robert J. Sawyer , Joe Haldeman , Charles Sheffield , James Patrick Kelly , Paul McAuley , Allen M. Steele , Nancy Kress , Hal Clement , Ben Bova , Poul Anderson , Ted Chiang , Kim Stanley Robinson , Bruce Sterling , David G. Hartwell , Paul Levinson , Sarah Zettel , Karl Schroeder , Michael Flynn , Joan Slonczewski , Kathryn Cramer , James P. Hogan , David Langford , G. David Nordley

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Octopussy and the Living Daylights (James Bond, #14)

Ian Fleming

3.57

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18 Best fiction books like Translation State by Ann Leckie

Transform Your Habits

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

Malka Ann Older

3.64

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System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

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Translation State

Ann Leckie

4.09

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Starter Villain

John Scalzi

4.16

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