13 must-read science fiction books like All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1) by James Alan Gardner

Cover of All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1) by James Alan Gardner

All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

By: James Alan Gardner

3.80

Format: 382 pages, Paperback

Monsters are real.But so are heroes. Sparks are champions of weird science. Boasting capes and c…

"A cape?" CeeCee said. "What kind of a moron wears a cape? Oh, &%$#!"

-James Alan Gardner, All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

"A cape?" CeeCee said. "What kind of a moron wears a cape? Oh, &%$#!"

-James Alan Gardner, All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

If you liked the science fiction plot in All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1) by James Alan Gardner , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Wild Cards (Wild Cards, #1) by George R.R. Martin, Roger Zelazny, Brian Bolland, Howard Waldrop, Mike Zeck, Walter Jon Williams, Stephen Leigh, Lewis Shiner, Edward Bryant, Victor Milán, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Leanne C. Harper, John J.  Miller

1. Wild Cards (Wild Cards, #1)

By: George R.R. Martin , Roger Zelazny , Brian Bolland , Howard Waldrop , Mike Zeck , Walter Jon Williams , Stephen Leigh , Lewis Shiner , Edward Bryant , Victor Milán , Melinda M. Snodgrass , Leanne C. Harper , John J. Miller

3.69

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Just after World War 2 over New York City, an alien virus transforms human genetics and goes recess… read more

Similar categories in George R.R. Martin's Wild Cards (Wild Cards, #1) book and James Alan Gardner's All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • superheroes
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman

2. Soon I Will Be Invincible

By: Austin Grossman

3.67

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

Doctor Impossible—evil genius, diabolical scientist, wannabe world dominator—languishes in a federa… read more

Similar categories in Austin Grossman's Soon I Will Be Invincible book and James Alan Gardner's All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • superheroes
  • humor
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"One day you wake up and realize the world can be conquered..."

-Austin Grossman, Soon I Will Be Invincible

"If you're different you always know it, and you can't fix it even if you want to"

-Austin Grossman, Soon I Will Be Invincible

"It’s time to go and face them. To prepare them, as we say in the trade, a proper reception. Welcome to my island, assholes."

-Austin Grossman, Soon I Will Be Invincible

"Save the world? I don't think so. I have my reasons. The world was lost a long time ago, and nothing's going to fix it, maybe not even science."

-Austin Grossman, Soon I Will Be Invincible

3. My Life as a White Trash Zombie (White Trash Zombie, #1)

By: Diana Rowland

3.54

Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Angel Crawford is a loser. Living with her alcoholic deadbeat dad in the swamps of southern Louisia… read more

Similar categories in Diana Rowland's My Life as a White Trash Zombie (White Trash Zombie, #1) book and James Alan Gardner's All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction

4. The Flight of the Silvers (Silvers #1)

By: Daniel Price

3.80

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

This is an alternate cover edition for . Without warning, the world comes to an end for Hannah and… read more

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5. The Spider's War (The Dagger and the Coin, #5)

By: Daniel Abraham

4.15

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

The epic conclusion to The Dagger and The Coin series, perfect for fans of George R.R. Martin. Lord… read more

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Cover of Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2) by Mur Lafferty

6. Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

By: Mur Lafferty

3.94

Format: 369 pages, Paperback

Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, and fled to outer space to avoid it…but … read more

Similar categories in Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2) book and James Alan Gardner's All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. You Sexy Thing (Disco Space Opera #1)

By: Cat Rambo

3.76

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Farscape meets The Great British Bake Off in this fantastic space opera You Sexy Thing from former … read more

Similar categories in Cat Rambo's You Sexy Thing (Disco Space Opera #1) book and James Alan Gardner's All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Saevus Corax Captures the Castle (Corax Trilogy #2) by K.J. Parker

8. Saevus Corax Captures the Castle (Corax Trilogy #2)

By: K.J. Parker

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

It's important to look after your crew when you're in the battlefield salvage business. It's stress… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Parker's Saevus Corax Captures the Castle (Corax Trilogy #2) book and James Alan Gardner's All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1) by K.J. Parker

9. Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

By: K.J. Parker

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

There’s no formal training for battlefield salvage. You just have to pick things up as you go along… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Parker's Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1) book and James Alan Gardner's All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The men of Sirupat weren't fighters because they didn't want to be, and in my book there's no higher praise than that--and that's the main reason, when you come to think of it, why women are so infin…"

-K.J. Parker, Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

"Where you always go wrong is trying to persuade people with facts and arguments. It's why you can only write comedy. What gets people going is stuff that doesn't mean shit but sounds great. Blood, to…"

-K.J. Parker, Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

Cover of Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2) by Jasper Fforde

10. Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2)

By: Jasper Fforde

4.50

Format: 459 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Shades of Grey—in an exclusive edition… read more

Similar categories in Jasper Fforde's Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2) book and James Alan Gardner's All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

  • humor
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Choice," went the Word of Munsell, "leads only to dithering and unhealthy speculation over alternative outcomes. The choice to have no choice is the best choice of all."

-Jasper Fforde, Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2)

Cover of A Killing Frost (October Daye, #14) by Seanan McGuire

11. A Killing Frost (October Daye, #14)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When October is informed that Simon Torquill—legally her father, due to Faerie's archaic marriage t… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's A Killing Frost (October Daye, #14) book and James Alan Gardner's All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Someone at the door almost never means anything good outside of Girl Scout season."

-Seanan McGuire, A Killing Frost (October Daye, #14)

Cover of Head On (Lock In, #2) by John Scalzi

12. Head On (Lock In, #2)

By: John Scalzi

4.01

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

John Scalzi returns with Head On, the standalone follow-up to the New York Times bestselling and cr… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Head On (Lock In, #2) book and James Alan Gardner's All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. 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

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Service Model book and James Alan Gardner's All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

  • humor
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Aftermarket Afterlife (InCryptid, #13) by Seanan McGuire

14. Aftermarket Afterlife (InCryptid, #13)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Seanan McGuire's New York Times -bestselling and Hugo Award-nominated urban fantasy InCryptid serie… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Aftermarket Afterlife (InCryptid, #13) book and James Alan Gardner's All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson

15. Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

By: Eddie Robson

3.91

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A locked room mystery in a near future world of politics and alien diplomacy. Lydia works as tra… read more

Similar categories in Eddie Robson's Drunk on All Your Strange New Words book and James Alan Gardner's All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"We take drug abuse very seriously, Lydia."

-Eddie Robson, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

"The world has enabled so many bullshitters. It's exhausting."

-Eddie Robson, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

"if you can control the stories a culture tells about itself, you can control who they are."

-Eddie Robson, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

"There’s a particular type of alone you feel when in a room with someone who’s no longer alive, she’s discovering now, and it is the worst kind."

-Eddie Robson, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

Cover of The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

16. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

By: P. Djèlí Clark

4.05

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly… read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's The Dead Cat Tail Assassins book and James Alan Gardner's All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin

17. I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

By: Jason Pargin

4.02

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A standalone darkly humorous thriller set in modern America's age of anxiety, by New York Times bes… read more

Similar categories in Jason Pargin's I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom book and James Alan Gardner's All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

  • humor
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1) by James Alan Gardner

18. All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

By: James Alan Gardner

3.80

Format: 382 pages, Paperback

Monsters are real.But so are heroes. Sparks are champions of weird science. Boasting capes and c… read more

Similar categories in James Alan Gardner's All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1) book and James Alan Gardner's All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • canada
  • superheroes
  • lgbt
  • humor
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"A cape?" CeeCee said. "What kind of a moron wears a cape? Oh, &%$#!"

-James Alan Gardner, All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

Cover of Saturation Point by Adrian Tchaikovsky

19. Saturation Point

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.93

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

A group of scientists and soldiers are hunted by mysterious enemies in a terrifying new climate thr… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Saturation Point book and James Alan Gardner's All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2) by Ben Aaronovitch

20. The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

New York City, New York. Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young - fop, flaneur, and Englishman abroad - … read more

Similar categories in Ben Aaronovitch's The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2) book and James Alan Gardner's All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Naturalist Society by Carrie Vaughn

21. The Naturalist Society

By: Carrie Vaughn

4.28

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

In this magical tale of self-discovery from New York Times bestselling author Carrie Vaughn, a youn… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction

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