13 Best science fiction books like Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett

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Destroyer of Light

By: Jennifer Marie Brissett

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A 2021 Kirkus Best of the Year Book A 2021 Kirkus Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book The Mat…

If you liked the science fiction plot in Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Autonomous

By: Annalee Newitz

4.33

Format: 481 pages, Hardcover

Autonomousfeatures a rakish female pharmaceutical pirate named Jack who traverses the world in her … read more

Similar categories in Annalee Newitz's Autonomous book and Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction

2. Radiance

By: Catherynne M. Valente

4.14

Format: 222 pages, Hardcover

Radianceis a decopunk pulp SF alt-history space opera mystery set in a Hollywood--and solar system-… read more

Similar categories in Catherynne M. Valente's Radiance book and Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

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3. The Sun and the Void (The Warring Gods #1)

By: Gabriela Romero Lacruz

3.33

Format: 511 pages, Paperback

In a lush world inspired by the history and folklore of South America, a sweeping epic fantasy of c… read more

Similar categories in Gabriela Romero Lacruz's The Sun and the Void (The Warring Gods #1) book and Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

  • mythology
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I thought tinieblas were nothing but a story—just a word for shadows. Tales to scare children into obedience. Horror tales are inspired by reality."

-Gabriela Romero Lacruz, The Sun and the Void (The Warring Gods #1)

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4. Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)

By: Sue Lynn Tan

4.10

Format: 503 pages, Hardcover

Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from th… read more

Similar categories in Sue Lynn Tan's Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1) book and Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

  • retellings
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"Never again would I be content to remain in the shadows."

-Sue Lynn Tan, Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)

"Everyone has their own troubles; some lay them bare while others hide them better."

-Sue Lynn Tan, Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)

"Some scars are carved into our bones - a part of who we are, shaping what we become."

-Sue Lynn Tan, Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)

"I do care," he ground out. "despite my sense, my judgement and honor - I cannot help but care."

-Sue Lynn Tan, Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)

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5. Star Eater

By: Kerstin Hall

3.52

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

All martyrdoms are difficult. Elfreda Raughn will avoid pregnancy if it kills her, and one way o… read more

Similar categories in Kerstin Hall's Star Eater book and Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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6. The Cabinet

By: Kim Un-Su

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Munhakdongne Novel Award, South Korea’s most prestigious literary prize. Cabinet 1… read more

Similar categories in Kim Un-Su's The Cabinet book and Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"There are two types of lives people can live,' he said. 'The kind of life in which one writes in a diary every day, and the kind of life in which one doesn't. They're as different as a country with a…"

-Kim Un-Su, The Cabinet

"I wonder if my lost time is rolling around somewhere. I could have loved someone with that time -- I could have done something beautiful for someone. But I've nothing to show for that lost time. No w…"

-Kim Un-Su, The Cabinet

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7. 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

Similar categories in Vajra Chandrasekera's The Saint of Bright Doors book and Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. The Seep

By: Chana Porter

3.66

Format: 203 pages, Hardcover

Trina Goldberg-Oneka is a trans woman whose life is irreversibly altered in the wake of a gentle—bu… read more

Similar categories in Chana Porter's The Seep book and Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Grief is happy memories."

-Chana Porter, The Seep

"…interrogate the depths of your sadness or you’ll drown."

-Chana Porter, The Seep

"Deeba had been a vegan long before the aliens came. Some people didn’t need cosmic intervention to know how to be good."

-Chana Porter, The Seep

"How have we never met before? they said again and again, but what they really meant was How have I only just begun to love you?"

-Chana Porter, The Seep

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9. The Scourge Between Stars

By: Ness Brown

3.59

Format: 165 pages, Paperback

Ness Brown's The Scourge Between Stars is a tense, claustrophobic sci-fi/horror blend set aboard a … read more

Similar categories in Ness Brown's The Scourge Between Stars book and Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
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10. The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

By: H.G. Parry

3.98

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The ultimate book-lover's fantasy, featuring a young scholar with the power to bring literary chara… read more

Similar categories in H.G. Parry's The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep book and Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We’ve read our own myths into the world."

-H.G. Parry, The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

"Where the light was strongest, there were no buildings."

-H.G. Parry, The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

"There is not a poem on earth that doesn't make sense to anyone."

-H.G. Parry, The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

"Things in writing exist. They are not always true. But they exist."

-H.G. Parry, The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

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11. The Genesis of Misery

By: Neon Yang

3.44

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

An immersive, electrifying space-fantasy from Neon Yang, author of The Black Tides of Heaven, full … read more

Similar categories in Neon Yang's The Genesis of Misery book and Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

  • retellings
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
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12. Escape Velocity

By: Victor Manibo

3.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Space Habitat Altaire is the premier luxury resort in low Earth orbit, playground of the privileged… read more

Similar categories in Victor Manibo's Escape Velocity book and Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
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13. The Brides of Maracoor (Another Day, #1)

By: Gregory Maguire

3.63

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Volume one, The Brides of Maracoor, finds Elphaba’s granddaughter, Rain, washing ashore on a foreig… read more

Similar categories in Gregory Maguire's The Brides of Maracoor (Another Day, #1) book and Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

  • retellings
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The most evident life was cats, for cats refused to comply with instructions in the best of times, and they saw to their own safety faster than the ordinary human narcissist could blink."

-Gregory Maguire, The Brides of Maracoor (Another Day, #1)

"Death comes as a shock even when it is inevitable. The world reasserts itself. It says, I keep going whether you do or not. I am indifferent to your need for constancy, says the world, and my indiffe…"

-Gregory Maguire, The Brides of Maracoor (Another Day, #1)

Cover of The Pandora Room (Ben Walker, #2) by Christopher Golden

14. The Pandora Room (Ben Walker, #2)

By: Christopher Golden

3.40

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

When what appears to be the original Pandora's Box is discovered in an ancient city, neighboring co… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Golden's The Pandora Room (Ben Walker, #2) book and Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of We Have Always Been Here by Lena  Nguyen

15. We Have Always Been Here

By: Lena Nguyen

3.52

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

This psychological sci-fi thriller from a debut author follows one doctor who must discover the sou… read more

Similar categories in Lena Nguyen's We Have Always Been Here book and Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
Cover of Prime Deceptions (Chilling Effect, #2) by Valerie Valdes

16. Prime Deceptions (Chilling Effect, #2)

By: Valerie Valdes

4.06

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The lovably flawed crew of La Sirena Negra and their psychic cats return in this fast-paced and out… read more

Similar categories in Valerie Valdes's Prime Deceptions (Chilling Effect, #2) book and Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Always the First to Die by R.J. Jacobs

17. Always the First to Die

By: R.J. Jacobs

3.36

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

For fans of Riley Sager with a classic slasher twist comes a chilling thriller following a former h… read more

Similar categories in R.J. Jacobs's Always the First to Die book and Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. Activation Degradation

By: Marina J. Lostetter

3.79

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

This is a standalone novel exploring sentience and artificial intelligence through the lenses of co… read more

Similar categories in Marina J. Lostetter's Activation Degradation book and Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
"You can grow attached to a hammer, it's still a hammer. You can think you care for someone and still utilize them, abuse them, like a tool."

-Marina J. Lostetter, Activation Degradation

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19. Destroyer of Light

By: Jennifer Marie Brissett

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A 2021 Kirkus Best of the Year Book A 2021 Kirkus Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book The Mat… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light book and Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

  • retellings
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
Cover of Arkangel (Sigma Force, #18) by James Rollins

20. Arkangel (Sigma Force, #18)

By: James Rollins

4.32

Format: 499 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times master of international thrillers comes the story of a global hunt acros… read more

Similar categories in James Rollins's Arkangel (Sigma Force, #18) book and Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

  • science fiction
  • fiction
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21. The Madness

By: Dawn Kurtagich

3.91

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Beware what waits in the shadows… With one unexpected email from her estranged best friend, Lucy… read more

Similar categories in Dawn Kurtagich's The Madness book and Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

  • retellings
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction

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4.10

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3.64

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4.09

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