11 Top short stories books like The Nearest by Greg Egan

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The Nearest

By: Greg Egan

3.63

Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition

When a detective, a new mother, is assigned to the case of a horrific triple murder, it appears to …

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1. Dead Pig Collector

By: Warren Ellis

3.81

Format: 215 pages, ebook

From the wicked imagination of award-winning writer Warren Ellis comes DEAD PIG COLLECTOR, a love s… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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2. 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 fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • speculative 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)

3. Something Happened Here, But We’re Not Quite Sure What It Was

By: Paul McAuley

2.75

Format: None pages, ebook

Something Happened Here, But We're Not Quite Sure What It Wasby Paul McAuley is a complex sf story … read more

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4. The Wandering Earth

By: Liu Cixin , Holger Nahm , None , None

3.73

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

First published in Science Fiction World, July 2000. I've never seen the night, nor seen a star; I'… read more

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5. The Weight of Memories

By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin

3.71

Format: 498 pages, ebook

From the author of The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, and the forthcoming Death's Endcomes a … read more

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6. True Names

By: Vernor Vinge , Marvin Minsky , Bob Walters

4.13

Format: None pages, Paperback

Disaffected computer wizard "Mr. Slippery" (True Name Roger Pollack) is an early adopter of a new f… read more

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7. The Night Cyclist

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.88

Format: None pages, ebook

"The Night Cyclist" by Stephen Graham Jones is a horror novelette about a middle-aged chef whose ni… read more

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8. Service Model

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

To fix the world they first must break it further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
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9. Alien Clay

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . . On the distant world of Kiln li… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
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10. L'Esprit de L'Escalier

By: Catherynne M. Valente

3.97

Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition

L’Esprit de L’Escalier by Catherynne M. Valente is a provocative retelling of the Greek myth, in wh… read more

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  • adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • speculative fiction
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11. World Engines: Destroyer

By: Stephen Baxter

3.82

Format: 576 pages, Kindle Edition

Hundreds of years in the future, on a stagnating and almost empty Earth, a space shuttle pilot from… read more

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  • mystery
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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12. Come See the Living Dryad

By: Theodora Goss

3.71

Format: 33 pages, Kindle Edition

"Come See the Living Dryad" by Theodora Goss is a fantasy about a contemporary woman investigating … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
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13. Counting Casualties

By: Yoon Ha Lee

3.69

Format: 18 pages, ebook

Commander Niaja vrau Erezeng is up against an enemy that doesn’t just destroy all the beings, ships… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
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14. For He Can Creep

By: Siobhan Carroll

4.22

Format: 30 pages, ebook

Nineteenth century poet Christopher Smart has been committed to St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics be… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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15. Theft of Fire

By: Devon Eriksen

4.23

Format: 500 pages, ebook

At the frozen edge of the solar system lies a hidden treasure which could spell their fortune or th… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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16. The Time Invariance of Snow

By: E. Lily Yu

3.36

Format: 25 pages, ebook

The Devil made a mirror. A physicist broke it and shards fall through reality and changed everythin… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
"Love ’em, leave ’em. Sometimes I even leave them alive"

-E. Lily Yu, The Time Invariance of Snow

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17. Beyond the Dragon's Gate

By: Yoon Ha Lee

3.73

Format: 20 pages, ebook

Former Academician Anna Kim’s research into AI cost her everything. Now, years later, the military … read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • adult
  • fiction
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18. The Dominion of Leviathan

By: Manish Melwani

3.84

Format: 48 pages, ebook

A thrilling space opera short story from Singaporean writer Manish Melwani, "The Dominion of Leviat… read more

Similar categories in Manish Melwani's The Dominion of Leviathan book and Greg Egan's The Nearest

  • science fiction
  • short stories
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19. Old Media

By: Annalee Newitz

3.38

Format: 25 pages, ebook

The story of a freed slave and a robot professor, trying to figure out what it means to be in love … read more

Similar categories in Annalee Newitz's Old Media book and Greg Egan's The Nearest

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
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20. The Nearest

By: Greg Egan

3.63

Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition

When a detective, a new mother, is assigned to the case of a horrific triple murder, it appears to … read more

Similar categories in Greg Egan's The Nearest book and Greg Egan's The Nearest

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • 21st century
  • speculative fiction
  • mystery
  • science fiction
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21. Brainbox

By: Christian Cantrell

3.61

Format: None pages, ebook

When the Earth begins cooling unexpectedly, humanity is left with only a few degrees of habitable l… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction

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