20 must-read science fiction books like The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 5 by Allan Kaster

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The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 5

By: Allan Kaster

3.97

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

An unabridged collection spotlighting the best hard science fiction stories published in 2020 by cu…

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Cover of The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1) by Agatha Christie

1. The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)

By: Agatha Christie

3.85

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

Tommy Beresford and Prudence 'Tuppence' Cowley are young, in love… and flat broke. Just after Great… read more

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"It's dangerous to know too much."

-Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)

"Youth is a failing only too easily outgrown."

-Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)

"Shades of Pelmanism!’ said Tommy, and relapsed into silence."

-Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)

"Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best."

-Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)

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2. Diaspora

By: Greg Egan

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

By the end of the 30th century humanity has the capability to travel the universe, to journey beyon… read more

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3. Permutation City (Subjective Cosmology #2)

By: Greg Egan

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The story of a man with a vision - immortality : for those who can afford it is found in cyberspace… read more

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4. Echopraxia (Firefall, #2)

By: Peter Watts

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Prepare for a different kind of singularity in this follow-up to the Hugo-nominated novel Blindsigh… read more

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5. The Seventh Bride

By: T. Kingfisher

3.09

Format: None pages,

Rhea is an ordinary miller's daughter, engaged to be married under suspicious circumstances to a ma… read more

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6. Martian Time-Slip

By: Philip K. Dick

4.09

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

On the arid colony of Mars the only thing more precious than water may be a ten-year-old schizophre… read more

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7. The Gods Themselves

By: Isaac Asimov

4.33

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Protiv gluposti i bogovi sami bore se uzalud. U ne toliko dalekoj buducnosti, otkricem principa raz… read more

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8. The Olympian Affair (The Cinder Spires, #2)

By: Jim Butcher

4.25

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

The characters are off on a diplomatic mission to another Spire. A bunch of representatives of vari… read more

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9. Europa Deep

By: Gary Gibson

4.17

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Echogenesis and Stealing Light comes a gripping 22nd Century adventure set among… read more

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10. 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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11. 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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12. Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches, #5)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.87

Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition

A revolutionary experiment in space opens a woman’s eyes to the meaning of solitude in a thought-pr… read more

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13. Antarctica Station

By: A.G. Riddle

4.02

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

In Antarctica, a groundbreaking experiment will change everything. Dr. Laura Reynolds had it all… read more

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14. Termination Shock

By: Neal Stephenson

3.83

Format: 708 pages, Hardcover

A visionary technothriller about climate change. Neal Stephenson's sweeping, prescient new nove… read more

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15. Randomize

By: Andy Weir

3.53

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

In the near future, if Vegas games are ingeniously scam-proof, then the heists have to be too, in t… read more

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16. The Object

By: Joshua T. Calvert

4.19

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Deep space holds secrets……and one astronomer for NASA has found a big one.But it’s not what she thi… read more

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17. The Lost Soul of the City (Nameless: Season Two, #1)

By: Dean Koontz

4.21

Format: 109 pages, Kindle Edition

A gun. A mission. No memories. Nameless is back to hunt down an architect of chaos in #1 New York T… read more

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Cover of 2023 SciFi Anthology (The Science Fiction Novelists, #3) by S.A. Gibson

18. 2023 SciFi Anthology (The Science Fiction Novelists, #3)

By: S.A. Gibson

3.90

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

Hunger by Marc NeufferThe Committee by DJ CamdenTime Seeds by Marc NeufferThe Ghost and the Machine… read more

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19. 2022 SciFi Anthology (The Science Fiction Novelists, #2)

By: E.J. Runyon

3.86

Format: 151 pages, Kindle Edition

Be prepared for wonder and amazement. * Bits of terror, * Aliens, * Twisted reality, * Dystopia… read more

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  • anthologies
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20. The Doors of Eden

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.87

Format: 609 pages, ebook

Lee’s best friend went missing on Bodmin Moor, four years ago. She and Mal were chasing rumours of … read more

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21. Carpathians

By: Paul Dixon

4.34

Format: 560 pages, Kindle Edition

An epic First Contact story on a galactic scale. Humans have reached the stars, but there is no ev… read more

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Cover of Artifact (Saturn's Legacy #1) by Joshua James

22. Artifact (Saturn's Legacy #1)

By: Joshua James

4.19

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS, SATURN HID AN ALIEN SECRET. IN 2065, HUMANITY WILL FIND IT. Lowell Carpe… read more

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23. Cascade (Saturn's Legacy #2)

By: Joshua James

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

OPERATION CASCADE IS UNDERWAY. The changes on Enceladus are causing ripples throughout the solar… read more

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24. Lineage (Saturn's Legacy #3)

By: Joshua James

4.42

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

THE DEVASTATING CONCLUSION. The destructive power of the Artifact on Enceladus is now clear, but… read more

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25. Awakened (Saturn's Legacy #4)

By: Joshua James

4.47

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

EARTH FACES ITS GREATEST THREAT YET.A catastrophic accident at one of the ancient alien portals unl… read more

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Cover of 2024 SciFi Anthology (The Science Fiction Novelists, #4) by S.A. Gibson

26. 2024 SciFi Anthology (The Science Fiction Novelists, #4)

By: S.A. Gibson

3.87

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

For Lovers of Speculative Science Fiction This, our fourth, anthology brings you a collection of 2… read more

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27. Spring Into SciFi : 2023 Edition

By: Andrew M. Ferrell

3.88

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

Spring Into SciFi returns with more tales spanning space exploration, alien contact, advanced techn… read more

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28. The Genesis Signal: Science Fiction Thriller

By: Dominik A. Meier

3.90

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

2077. In the greatest feat of strength in history, 900 chosen people are put into cryogenic sleep i… read more

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Cover of 2024 High Caliber Awards by J.F. Holmes

29. 2024 High Caliber Awards

By: J.F. Holmes

4.50

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

The Cannon High Caliber Awards are an annual contest for new writers. In it we ask them to submit a… read more

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30. The Incident: Space Thriller

By: Joshua T. Calvert

4.28

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

On the International Space Station......an unthinkable disaster occurs.Was it an accident?ESA astro… read more

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31. The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 5

By: Allan Kaster

3.97

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

An unabridged collection spotlighting the best hard science fiction stories published in 2020 by cu… read more

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  • anthologies

9 Best fiction books like Antarctica Station by A.G. Riddle

Transform Your Habits

Antarctica Station

A.G. Riddle

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Object

Joshua T. Calvert

4.19

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Deep Freeze (Revival #1)

Michael C. Grumley

4.03

Transform Your Habits

The Ancient Code (The Ancient Secrets #1)

T.S. Falk

4.27

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