17 best-selling space opera books like Lockdown Tales by Neal Asher

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Lockdown Tales

By: Neal Asher

4.49

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Best-selling author Neal Asher was far from idle during the isolation of lockdown; he kept himself …

"Perhaps the possibility of me being eaten at any moment was interfering with my rationality."

-Neal Asher, Lockdown Tales

If you liked the space opera plot in Lockdown Tales by Neal Asher , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Dogs of War (Dogs of War, #1)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.24

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

My name is Rex. I am a good dog. Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bris… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Dogs of War (Dogs of War, #1) book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • fiction
"My name is Rex. I am a Good Dog."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Dogs of War (Dogs of War, #1)

"Sometimes it is hard because we have to make choices. I remember when having to make choices scared me more than anything else except Master being angry with me. Now I know that making choices is the…"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Dogs of War (Dogs of War, #1)

"There are still fierce pressure groups shouting about letting go of humanity, but they are the same groups who cry that Bioforms are less than human. One day the world will be ready to accept that hu…"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Dogs of War (Dogs of War, #1)

Cover of Blindsight (Firefall, #1) by Peter Watts

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

Similar categories in Peter Watts's Blindsight (Firefall, #1) book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • 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)

Cover of Inversions (Culture, #6) by Iain M. Banks

3. Inversions (Culture, #6)

By: Iain M. Banks

3.30

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

On a backwards world with six moons, an alert spy reports on the doings of one Dr. Vosill, who has … read more

Similar categories in Iain M. Banks's Inversions (Culture, #6) book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
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4. Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days

By: Alastair Reynolds

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Diamond Dogs The planet Golgotha--supposedly lifeless--resides in a remote star system, far from th… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • space opera
  • fiction

5. Impersonations

By: Walter Jon Williams

3.60

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

Nebula Award-winning author Walter Jon Williams returns to the sweeping space opera adventure of hi… read more

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6. The Prefect (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #1)

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Tom Dreyfus is a Prefect, a policeman of sorts, and one of the best. His force is Panoply, and his … read more

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7. Elder Race

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.11

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

In Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the local… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • space opera
  • fiction
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8. Starter Villain

By: John Scalzi

4.16

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Starter Villain book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • fiction
"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

Cover of Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) by Alastair Reynolds

9. 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

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • 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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10. Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.02

Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition

The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary … read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3) book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
"The essential fallacy,' Ghoti picks up, 'is that humans and other biologically evolved, calculating engines feel themselves to be sentient, when sufficient investigation suggests this is not so. And …"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

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11. 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

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6) book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Inhibitor Phase (Revelation Space, #4) by Alastair Reynolds

12. Inhibitor Phase (Revelation Space, #4)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.11

Format: 432 pages, ebook

Miguel de Ruyter is a man with a past. Fleeing the 'wolves' - the xenocidal alien machines known… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Inhibitor Phase (Revelation Space, #4) book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
"The universe won’t do this to us,’ I whispered to myself. ‘It’s indifferent, but it isn’t actually cruel.’ Perhaps I believed myself, for a moment or two."

-Alastair Reynolds, Inhibitor Phase (Revelation Space, #4)

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13. Eversion

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the master of the space opera comes a dark, mind-bending adventure spread across time and spac… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Eversion book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
Cover of Elysium Fire (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #2) by Alastair Reynolds

14. Elysium Fire (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #2)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.07

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

Ten thousand city-state habitats orbit the planet Yellowstone, forming a near-perfect democratic hu… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Elysium Fire (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #2) book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
"The place is of no concern to them. They've left it to fester. An informational dead zone. The abstraction doesn't penetrate here, by design. The dome rebuffs it. The family craved their privacy, the…"

-Alastair Reynolds, Elysium Fire (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #2)

Cover of Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture, #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

15. Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture, #2)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.20

Format: 596 pages, ebook

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the second novel in an extr… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture, #2) book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
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16. Artifact Space (Arcana Imperii, #1)

By: Miles Cameron

4.32

Format: 578 pages, Kindle Edition

Out in the darkness of space, something is targeting the Greatships.With their vast cargo holds and… read more

Similar categories in Miles Cameron's Artifact Space (Arcana Imperii, #1) book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
Cover of The Expert System's Brother (Expert System, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

17. The Expert System's Brother (Expert System, #1)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.93

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

After an unfortunate accident, Handry is forced to wander a world he doesn't understand, searching … read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's The Expert System's Brother (Expert System, #1) book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5) by Martha Wells

18. 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 Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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19. 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 Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • fiction
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20. 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

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Alien Clay book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
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21. Walking to Aldebaran

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.75

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Chilling story of a lost astronaut on an alien artefact from Arthur C. Clarke award-winning Adrian … read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Walking to Aldebaran book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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22. The Thousand Earths

By: Stephen Baxter

3.95

Format: 586 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2145AD John Hackett's adventure is just beginning. In Year 30, Mela's story is coming to a cl… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Baxter's The Thousand Earths book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
Cover of Bear Head (Dogs of War, #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

23. Bear Head (Dogs of War, #2)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Mars. The red planet. A new frontier for humanity, a civilization where humans can live in peace, l… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Bear Head (Dogs of War, #2) book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • fiction
" Jimmy: “What, you’re my goddamn drugs counsellor now, are you?"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Bear Head (Dogs of War, #2)

Cover of Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

24. Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.35

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the third and final novel i… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3) book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
Cover of City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

25. City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.96

Format: 500 pages, Hardcover

Arthur C. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant return to fanta… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1) book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • fiction
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26. Cage of Souls

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.13

Format: 602 pages, Hardcover

The Sun is bloated, diseased, dying perhaps. Beneath its baneful light, Shadrapar, last of all citi… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Cage of Souls book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • fiction
"He'll be my catamite."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cage of Souls

"Living in a cage teaches you helplessness."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cage of Souls

"When surrounded by ignorance, the educated man can get away with anything."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cage of Souls

"Even the simplest plans go wrong, especially when put together by the simplest people."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cage of Souls

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27. 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

Similar categories in Paul Dixon's Carpathians book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
Cover of The Expert System’s Champion (Expert System, #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

28. The Expert System’s Champion (Expert System, #2)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.01

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s been ten years since Handry was wrenched away from his family and friends, forced to wander a … read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's The Expert System’s Champion (Expert System, #2) book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Exodus: The Archimedes Engine by Peter F. Hamilton

29. Exodus: The Archimedes Engine

By: Peter F. Hamilton

4.22

Format: 928 pages, Hardcover

Explore EXODUS, a new sci-fi action-adventure RPG coming soon from Archetype Entertainment featured… read more

Similar categories in Peter F. Hamilton's Exodus: The Archimedes Engine book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
Cover of The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) by James S.A. Corey

30. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.24

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more

Similar categories in James S.A. Corey's The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
Cover of Lockdown Tales by Neal Asher

31. Lockdown Tales

By: Neal Asher

4.49

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Best-selling author Neal Asher was far from idle during the isolation of lockdown; he kept himself … read more

Similar categories in Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales book and Neal Asher's Lockdown Tales

  • short story collection
  • space opera
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"Perhaps the possibility of me being eaten at any moment was interfering with my rationality."

-Neal Asher, Lockdown Tales

29 must-read fiction books like Lockdown Tales by Neal Asher

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Dogs of War (Dogs of War, #1)

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Peter Watts

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Inversions (Culture, #6)

Iain M. Banks

3.30

Transform Your Habits

Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days

Alastair Reynolds

5.00

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18 Best fiction books like Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) by Alastair Reynolds

Transform Your Habits

Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Peter Watts

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

Alastair Reynolds

4.36

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Europa Deep

Gary Gibson

4.17

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The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2)

Cory Doctorow

4.13

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