28 best-selling science fiction books like Asimov's Science Fiction, July/August 2023 by Sheila Williams

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Asimov's Science Fiction, July/August 2023

By: Sheila Williams

3.55

Format: 318 pages, ebook

NOVELLA The Death Hole Bunker by Kristine Kathryn Rusch What We Will Never Be by Robert Reed N…

If you liked the science fiction plot in Asimov's Science Fiction, July/August 2023 by Sheila Williams , here is a list of 28 books like this:

Cover of Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2) by David Brin

1. Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2)

By: David Brin

4.04

Format: 458 pages, Mass Market Paperback

David Brin's Uplift novels are among the most thrilling and extraordinary science fiction ever writ… read more

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  • science fiction
"Tormentas de estrellas Sobre el fragor de las olas... ¿Nos mojaremos, amor?"

-David Brin, Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2)

"Even in dying, a Thennanin ship was reputed to be not worth putting out of its misery. In battle they were slow, unmaneuverable—and as hard to disable permanently as a cockroach."

-David Brin, Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2)

"The propensity of Earthlings to get into trouble, and to learn thereby, was the reason my owners agreed to this mad venture – although no one expected such a chain of unusual calamities as befell thi…"

-David Brin, Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2)

Cover of Lovecraft Country (Lovecraft Country, #1) by Matt Ruff

2. Lovecraft Country (Lovecraft Country, #1)

By: Matt Ruff

4.02

Format: 400 pages, ebook

The critically acclaimed cult novelist makes visceral the terrors of life in Jim Crow America and i… read more

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  • science fiction
"Then he heard it. Out in the Wood, straight ahead and much closer than before: The beast."

-Matt Ruff, Lovecraft Country (Lovecraft Country, #1)

"I’m sick of belonging to an Order that wants to change the world but can’t even change itself. I’m tired of the bullshit."

-Matt Ruff, Lovecraft Country (Lovecraft Country, #1)

"Atticus tried not to care, telling himself paperbacks were meant to be abused, but it was hard, like watching friends get knocked around."

-Matt Ruff, Lovecraft Country (Lovecraft Country, #1)

"The tea and the cookie were remarkably bland - flavourless, to be honest - but when swallowed, they produced a mild intoxication, a torpor of reason that allowed him to embrace a parley with a dead m…"

-Matt Ruff, Lovecraft Country (Lovecraft Country, #1)

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3. Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

By: Peter Watts

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched a… read more

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  • science fiction
"Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon the temptation of rhythm and music. Th…"

-Peter Watts, Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

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4. Fifty Degrees Below (Science in the Capital, #2)

By: Kim Stanley Robinson

3.77

Format: 342 pages, Paperback

After years of denial and non-action, a near-future Earth faces a crossroad when it is threatened w… read more

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  • science fiction
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5. The City & the City

By: China Miéville

3.90

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to … read more

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  • science fiction
"shit, shit, shit."

-China Miéville, The City & the City

"Same weather over here as back home," I said."

-China Miéville, The City & the City

"Is it more childish and foolish to insist that there is a conspiracy or that there is not?"

-China Miéville, The City & the City

"What had touched me sent me not into mindless silence but into a dream arena, where I was quarry."

-China Miéville, The City & the City

6. Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1)

By: Jerome K. Jerome

4.60

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Martyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J. and his friends George and Harris decide that a j… read more

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

7. 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

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  • science fiction
Cover of Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

8. Thornhedge

By: T. Kingfisher

4.00

Format: 111 pages, Hardcover

Thornhedge is the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone … read more

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"Thorns die from the inside out, like priests."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"She was theirs; they were hers. The love of monsters was uncomplicated."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Two hundred years. It was immense—unthinkable—and ultimately meant nothing at all. Two years or two hundred or two thousand. The magic endures"

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Greenteeth did not slap one another—not out of any virtue, but because a slap was such a useless thing underwater. When greenteeth brawled, it was with teeth and strangling fingers, spines and claws."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

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9. 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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  • science fiction
"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 To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky  Chambers

10. To Be Taught, If Fortunate

By: Becky Chambers

4.20

Format: 153 pages, Paperback

In her new novella, Sunday Times best-selling author Becky Chambers imagines a future in which, ins… read more

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  • science fiction
"Hope isn't about predicting the future; it's about how you approach it."

-Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

"Even if nothing ever does go wrong, I have to prepare as though it might."

-Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

"We were alive on that world. We were kings without enemies, children removed from time."

-Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

"When the world you know is out of reach, nothing is more welcome than a measurable reminder that it still exists."

-Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

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

11. 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

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera

12. The Saint of Bright Doors

By: Vajra Chandrasekera

3.71

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults agai… read more

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  • science fiction
Cover of How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1) by James S.A. Corey

13. How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.01

Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition

An astronaut’s interstellar mission is a personal journey of a thousand second chances in an exhila… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler

14. The Tusks of Extinction

By: Ray Nayler

3.85

Format: 192 pages, ebook

When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA. Moscow has res… read more

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  • science fiction
"When you bring back a long-extinct species, there's more to success than the DNA."

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"But there were links [to memories] that were broken as well. That no longer led to other memories. Were those memories still there, disconnected but whole, like planets that had escaped the gravity o…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"He was afraid to lose this memory. He returned to it often, like a person checking their pockets to make sure their keys were still there. He had lost so many memories of her. The further away he mov…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

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15. Some Desperate Glory

By: Emily Tesh

4.06

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

While we live, the enemy shall fear us. All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge … read more

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  • science fiction
"While Earth's children live, the enemy shall fear us."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

"While we live, the enemy shall fear us. We are what's left. We are what must survive."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

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16. Rose/House

By: Arkady Martine

3.72

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Dust jacket illustration by David Curtis. Arkady Martine, the acclaimed author of the Teixcalaan… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 200, May 2023 by Neil Clarke

17. Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 200, May 2023

By: Neil Clarke

4.13

Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition

Our May 2023 issue (#200) contains: - Original fiction by Naomi Kritzer ("Better Living Through Al… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of Analog Science Fiction & Fact, November/December 2023 by Trevor Quachri

18. Analog Science Fiction & Fact, November/December 2023

By: Trevor Quachri

3.73

Format: 212 pages, digest magazine

Vol. XCIII, Issue 11 & 12. Contents: 4 • Celebrate! • [Editorial (Analog)] • essay by Emily Hoc… read more

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  • science fiction
Cover of Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 203, August 2023 by Neil Clarke

19. Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 203, August 2023

By: Neil Clarke

3.71

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each m… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of I Am AI: A Novelette by Ai Jiang

20. I Am AI: A Novelette

By: Ai Jiang

4.11

Format: 63 pages, Paperback

If you have the opportunity to give up humanity for efficiency, mechanical invincibility, and to su… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2023 by Sheree Renée Thomas

21. The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2023

By: Sheree Renée Thomas

3.28

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

NOVELLAS "Best, Last, Only" - Robert Reed NOVELETS "A Creation of Birds" - Tegan Moore "Float… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2023 by Sheree Renée Thomas

22. The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2023

By: Sheree Renée Thomas

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

NOVELETTES “Mr. Catt” by Eleanor Arnason “The Weremouse of Millicent Bradley Middle School” by P… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine, May/June 2023 by Sheree Renée Thomas

23. The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine, May/June 2023

By: Sheree Renée Thomas

4.00

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

Quarterly genre anthology of Science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction and poetry. read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science fiction May/June 2022 (Vol 142, No 5 & 6) by Sheree Renée Thomas

24. The Magazine of Fantasy & Science fiction May/June 2022 (Vol 142, No 5 & 6)

By: Sheree Renée Thomas

3.71

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Fiction 10 • The Voice of a Thousand Years • 14 pages by Fawaz Al-Matrouk 24 • Cold Trade • 13 pa… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December 2022 by Sheree Renée Thomas

25. The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December 2022

By: Sheree Renée Thomas

3.98

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

NOVELETS * Sacrificial Drones - John Shirley * Optimist Cleaver's Last Transmission - J. C. Hsyu … read more

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  • science fiction
Cover of Asimov's Science Fiction, July/August 2023 by Sheila Williams

26. Asimov's Science Fiction, July/August 2023

By: Sheila Williams

3.55

Format: 318 pages, ebook

NOVELLA The Death Hole Bunker by Kristine Kathryn Rusch What We Will Never Be by Robert Reed N… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 201, June 2023 by Neil Clarke

27. Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 201, June 2023

By: Neil Clarke

3.95

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each m… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Winter 2024 by Sheree Renée Thomas

28. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Winter 2024

By: Sheree Renée Thomas

3.46

Format: 378 pages, ebook

None read more

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Cover of Analog Science Fiction & Fact, September/October 2023 by Trevor Quachri

29. Analog Science Fiction & Fact, September/October 2023

By: Trevor Quachri

3.68

Format: 212 pages, digest magazine

Vol. XCIII, Issue 9 & 10. Contents: 4 • Disappointing Ben Franklin: Tough Choices Between Safet… read more

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  • science fiction
Cover of Analog Science Fiction & Fact, July/August 2023 by Trevor Quachri

30. Analog Science Fiction & Fact, July/August 2023

By: Trevor Quachri

3.67

Format: 212 pages, digest magazine

Vol. XCIII, No. 7 & 8. Contents: 4 • Just Another Earth That Fell to Man? • [Editorial (Analog)… read more

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  • science fiction
Cover of Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 202, July 2023 by Neil Clarke

31. Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 202, July 2023

By: Neil Clarke

3.79

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

Issue 202 – July 2023 Fiction - Cheaper to Replace by Marie Vibbert - Death and Redemption, So… read more

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  • short stories

13 best-selling short stories books like Asimov's Science Fiction, July/August 2023 by Sheila Williams

Transform Your Habits

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

John Scalzi

4.18

Transform Your Habits

How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1)

James S.A. Corey

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Rose/House

Arkady Martine

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 200, May 2023

Neil Clarke

4.13

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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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John Scalzi

4.16

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