27 must-read science fiction books like Extracurricular Activities by Yoon Ha Lee

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Extracurricular Activities

By: Yoon Ha Lee

3.79

Format: 55 pages, ebook

A space opera adventure set in a distant future where an undercover agent has to go behind enemy li…

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1. The House of Binding Thorns (Dominion of the Fallen, #2)

By: Aliette de Bodard

3.89

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The multi-award-winning author of The House of Shattered Wings continues her Dominion of the Fallen… read more

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  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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2. Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

By: Catherynne M. Valente

3.46

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

IN SPACE EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU SING A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
"I don't see where you get off fretting about whether or not the end of the world is family-friendly."

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

"Hey there," the steely abomination said with infinite, Buddha-like compassion, "it looks like you're trying to come to grips with the existence of events and entities far beyond your experience and, …"

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

"Are you kind enough, on your little planet, not to shut that rhythm down? Not to crush underfoot the singers of songs and tellers of tales and wearers of silk? Because it's monsters who do that. Who …"

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

"But all he had up Robert's perfect sleeve was two rubbishy songs that were more gimmick than the white-hot fire of real music , the sort of music people would play over and over in their bedrooms at …"

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

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3. Red as Blood and White as Bone

By: Theodora Goss

3.54

Format: 337 pages, ebook

Red as Blood and White as Boneby Theodora Goss is a dark fantasy about a kitchen girl obsessed with… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Empire Games (Empire Games #1) by Charles Stross

4. Empire Games (Empire Games #1)

By: Charles Stross

4.18

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

The year is 2020. It's seventeen years since the Revolution overthrew the last king of the New Brit… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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5. Six Wakes

By: Mur Lafferty

3.63

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A space adventure set on a lone ship where the clones of a murdered crew must find their murderer -… read more

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  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fiction

6. The Cat Who Walked a Thousand Miles

By: Kij Johnson

3.78

Format: None pages, ebook

The heroic quest of a single cat. When a fire destroys her home and scatters her colony, Small Cat … read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1) by Hannu Rajaniemi

7. The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1)

By: Hannu Rajaniemi

4.16

Format: None pages,

Jean le Flambeur gets up in the morning and has to kill himself before his other self can kill him … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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8. 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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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
"(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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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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  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • queer
"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 Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) by Alastair Reynolds

10. Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.36

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

From the king of modern space opera comes a new adventure in the Prefect Dreyfus series— Machine Ve… read more

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  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
"A small request like that, who am I to turn it down? There is something you can do for me in return, though, especially now that you’re practically on our doorstep."

-Alastair Reynolds, Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

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11. Witch King

By: Martha Wells

3.71

Format: 415 pages, Hardcover

"I didn't know you were a... demon." "You idiot. I'm the demon." Kai's having a long day in Marth… read more

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  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Mother bared her fangs. "Stop being overdramatic." Kai would have loved to, if dramatic things would stop happening to him."

-Martha Wells, Witch King

Cover of Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5) by Martha Wells

12. Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

By: Martha Wells

4.34

Format: 8 pages, Kindle Edition

Murderbot—the sardonic, almost-homicidal, media-loving android created by Martha Wells—has proven t… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5) book and Yoon Ha Lee's Extracurricular Activities

  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
Cover of The Angel of Khan el-Khalili (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.2) by P. Djèlí Clark

13. The Angel of Khan el-Khalili (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.2)

By: P. Djèlí Clark

3.94

Format: 32 pages, ebook

A girl visits a bazaar in Cairo, seeking a favor from a mysterious angelic being. This story fir… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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14. Season of Skulls (Laundry Files, #12; New Management, #3)

By: Charles Stross

4.20

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

Season of Skulls continues Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross's Lovecraftian Laundry Files se… read more

Similar categories in Charles Stross's Season of Skulls (Laundry Files, #12; New Management, #3) book and Yoon Ha Lee's Extracurricular Activities

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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15. The Counterworld

By: James Bradley

2.51

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

A grieving mother wakes up to find all traces of her lost son have been erased as if he had never e… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • adult
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16. Time: Marked and Mended (Graff, #3)

By: Carrie Vaughn

4.27

Format: 24 pages, ebook

Graff isn’t quite human. His people move through the galaxy collecting memories and experiences, re… read more

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  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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17. Counterweight

By: Djuna

3.06

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From one of South Korea's most revered science fiction writers, an absorbing tale of corporate intr… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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18. Two Truths and a Lie

By: Sarah Pinsker

3.79

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

Stella thought she’d made up a lie on the spot, asking her childhood friend if he remembered the st… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"In that moment, she remembered Chris Bethel, pre-transition, playing Viola in Twelfth Night like a person who knew what it was to be shipwrecked on a strange shore. Good for him."

-Sarah Pinsker, Two Truths and a Lie

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19. The City in the Middle of the Night

By: Charlie Jane Anders

3.50

Format: 366 pages, Hardcover

Would you give up everything to change the world? Humanity clings to life on January--a colonize… read more

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  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Most people die for stupid reasons. The most anyone can hope for is to make some noises before that happens."

-Charlie Jane Anders, The City in the Middle of the Night

"I treat this decision the way I learned to treat my memory-panic. I stop, and I give myself space to feel all the worst emotions. Then I move forward."

-Charlie Jane Anders, The City in the Middle of the Night

"Part of how they make you obey is by making obedience seem peaceful, while resistance is violence. But really, either choice is about violence, one way or another."

-Charlie Jane Anders, The City in the Middle of the Night

"I can't do this thing anymore, where we live in a tiny space and pretend it's the whole world. People always have brand-new reasons for doing the same thing over and over."

-Charlie Jane Anders, The City in the Middle of the Night

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20. The Sisters of Saint Nicola of The Almost Perpetual Motion vs the Lurch

By: Garth Nix

3.92

Format: 34 pages, ebook

A new short story from Garth Nix, best-selling author of the Old Kingdom series.In this raucous, st… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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21. Into the Gray

By: Margaret Killjoy

3.56

Format: 22 pages, ebook

"You're using me," I said. "That might be true, but I also love you." One is the Lady of the … read more

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  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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22. The Tale of Clancy the Scrivener

By: Ramsey Shehadeh

3.68

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

After a fraught, improbably long life, a post-apocalyptic archivist resigned to cataloging ephemera… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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23. Burning Books for Pleasure and Profit

By: K.J. Parker

3.78

Format: 27 pages, ebook

A talented bookbinder is tasked with creating a copy of a text so inflammatory it threatens to alte… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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24. An Easy Job

By: Carrie Vaughn

3.99

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

An Easy Job is a short story from Carrie Vaughn, the New York Times bestselling author of the Kitty… read more

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  • lgbt
  • space opera
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • queer
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25. The Three O’Clock Dragon

By: John Wiswell

3.80

Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition

Prosperity City’s corrupt mayor never guessed his greatest opponent would be a fire-breathing drago… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
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26. Sinew and Steel and What They Told (Graff, #2)

By: Carrie Vaughn

3.85

Format: 23 pages, ebook

Pilot Graff has been keeping a big secret from his closest friends, the captain and crew of a pirat… read more

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  • lgbt
  • space opera
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • queer
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27. Not the Most Romantic Thing (Graff, #4)

By: Carrie Vaughn

3.94

Format: 32 pages, ebook

On one of their earliest Visigoth assignments, Graff and Ell stumble into each other’s secrets (and… read more

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  • lgbt
  • space opera
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • queer
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28. Even If Such Ways Are Bad

By: Rich Larson

3.54

Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition

A two-person crew embark on a mind-bending deep space mission inside a living wormship capable of b… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • space opera
  • fiction
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29. Engines of Oblivion (The Memory War, #2)

By: Karen Osborne

3.78

Format: 448 pages, ebook

Karen Osborne continues her science fiction action and adventure series the Memory War with Engines… read more

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  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • queer
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30. I'll Miss Myself

By: John Wiswell

3.82

Format: 26 pages, ebook

A man using a social media app that reaches across dimensions to talk to himself in different timel… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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31. Extracurricular Activities

By: Yoon Ha Lee

3.79

Format: 55 pages, ebook

A space opera adventure set in a distant future where an undercover agent has to go behind enemy li… read more

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  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • queer

28 must-read fiction books like Extracurricular Activities by Yoon Ha Lee

Transform Your Habits

The House of Binding Thorns (Dominion of the Fallen, #2)

Aliette de Bodard

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

Catherynne M. Valente

3.46

Transform Your Habits

Red as Blood and White as Bone

Theodora Goss

3.54

Transform Your Habits

Empire Games (Empire Games #1)

Charles Stross

4.18

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17 Top fiction books like Sinew and Steel and What They Told (Graff, #2) by Carrie Vaughn

Transform Your Habits

On the Fox Roads

Nghi Vo

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law (Judge Dee, #1)

Lavie Tidhar

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

Martha Wells

4.34

Transform Your Habits

The Little Witch

M. Rickert

3.59

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