11 must-read science fiction books like The Last Novelist (or, A Dead Lizard in the Yard) by Matthew Kressel

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The Last Novelist (or, A Dead Lizard in the Yard)

By: Matthew Kressel

3.56

Format: 27 pages, ebook

"The Last Novelist (or A Dead Lizard in the Yard)" by Matthew Kressel is a science fiction story ab…

If you liked the science fiction plot in The Last Novelist (or, A Dead Lizard in the Yard) by Matthew Kressel , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

By: Flannery O'Connor

4.17

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

This now classic book revealed Flannery O'Connor as one of the most original and provocative writer… read more

Similar categories in Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories book and Matthew Kressel's The Last Novelist (or, A Dead Lizard in the Yard)

  • short stories
"The trouble with the world was that nobody stopped or took any care."

-Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

"He had a look of composed dissatisfaction, as if he understood life thoroughly."

-Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

"The thing you do with a boy it is to show him all the to show. Don't hold nothing back."

-Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

"We're all damned," she said, “but some of us have taken off our blindfolds and see that there’s nothing to see. It’s a kind of salvation."

-Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

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2. The Cold Commands (A Land Fit for Heroes, #2)

By: Richard K. Morgan

3.00

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

The otherworldly Kiriath once used their advanced technology to save the world from the dark magic … read more

Similar categories in Richard K. Morgan's The Cold Commands (A Land Fit for Heroes, #2) book and Matthew Kressel's The Last Novelist (or, A Dead Lizard in the Yard)

  • science fiction
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3. Julius Caesar

By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill

3.70

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

The Oxford School Shakespeare has become the preferred introduction to the literary legacy of the g… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar book and Matthew Kressel's The Last Novelist (or, A Dead Lizard in the Yard)

"Et tu, Brute?"

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

"Beware the ides of March."

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!"

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

"Death, a necessary end, will come when it will come"

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

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4. The Traitor Baru Cormorant (Baru Cormorant #1)

By: Seth Dickinson

4.12

Format: 543 pages, Hardcover

The Traitor Baru Cormorantis an epic geopolitical fantasy about one woman's mission to tear down an… read more

Similar categories in Seth Dickinson's The Traitor Baru Cormorant (Baru Cormorant #1) book and Matthew Kressel's The Last Novelist (or, A Dead Lizard in the Yard)

  • science fiction
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5. The Girl with All the Gifts

By: M.R. Carey

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Melanie is a very special girl. Dr. Caldwell calls her "our little genius." Every morning, Melanie … read more

Similar categories in M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts book and Matthew Kressel's The Last Novelist (or, A Dead Lizard in the Yard)

  • science fiction

6. The Martian Chronicles

By: Ray Bradbury

3.97

Format: 480 pages,

The strange and wonderful tale of man's experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonis… read more

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7. Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)

By: Octavia E. Butler

4.16

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Lilith Iyapo has just lost her husband and son when atomic fire consumes Earth—the last stage of th… read more

Similar categories in Octavia E. Butler's Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) book and Matthew Kressel's The Last Novelist (or, A Dead Lizard in the Yard)

  • science fiction
  • aliens
"We couldn’t survive as a people if we were always confined to one ship or one world."

-Octavia E. Butler, Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)

"A cancer growing in someone's body will go on growing in spite of denial. And a complex combination of genes that work together to make you intelligent as well as hierarchical will still handicap you…"

-Octavia E. Butler, Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)

"She held out, did not speak directly to her captors except to curse them. She offered no cooperation. There were moments when she did not know why she resisted. What would she be giving up if she ans…"

-Octavia E. Butler, Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)

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8. A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

By: Arkady Martine

4.32

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one ca… read more

Similar categories in Arkady Martine's A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2) book and Matthew Kressel's The Last Novelist (or, A Dead Lizard in the Yard)

  • science fiction
"I thought you hated them,"

-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

"On the flagship Weight of the Wheel : “You’d have to ask medical,"

-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

"exile happened in the heart and the mind long before it happened to the body"

-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

"Mahit couldn't decide if she was horrified, proud, or simply, deliciously, hideously intrigued."

-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

Cover of The Long Game (The Far Reaches, #4) by Ann Leckie

9. The Long Game (The Far Reaches, #4)

By: Ann Leckie

3.65

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

An inquisitive life-form finds there’s more to existence than they ever dreamed in an imaginative s… read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's The Long Game (The Far Reaches, #4) book and Matthew Kressel's The Last Novelist (or, A Dead Lizard in the Yard)

  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1) by James S.A. Corey

10. 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

Similar categories in James S.A. Corey's How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1) book and Matthew Kressel's The Last Novelist (or, A Dead Lizard in the Yard)

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

11. 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 Matthew Kressel's The Last Novelist (or, A Dead Lizard in the Yard)

  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of Mickey7 (Mickey7, #1) by Edward Ashton

12. Mickey7 (Mickey7, #1)

By: Edward Ashton

3.75

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Dying isn’t any fun…but at least it’s a living. Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable employee … read more

Similar categories in Edward Ashton's Mickey7 (Mickey7, #1) book and Matthew Kressel's The Last Novelist (or, A Dead Lizard in the Yard)

  • science fiction
  • aliens
"I’ve always believed it’s important to accept the people in your life for who they are. There’s no such thing as a perfect friend, any more than there’s any such thing as a perfect anything, and if y…"

-Edward Ashton, Mickey7 (Mickey7, #1)

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13. Sword & Spore

By: Dominica Phetteplace

3.58

Format: 32 pages, ebook

This is how magic left the Kingdom and made room for democracy. Three supernatural beings created b… read more

Similar categories in Dominica Phetteplace's Sword & Spore book and Matthew Kressel's The Last Novelist (or, A Dead Lizard in the Yard)

  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of The Last Novelist (or, A Dead Lizard in the Yard) by Matthew Kressel

14. The Last Novelist (or, A Dead Lizard in the Yard)

By: Matthew Kressel

3.56

Format: 27 pages, ebook

"The Last Novelist (or A Dead Lizard in the Yard)" by Matthew Kressel is a science fiction story ab… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Kressel's The Last Novelist (or, A Dead Lizard in the Yard) book and Matthew Kressel's The Last Novelist (or, A Dead Lizard in the Yard)

  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • short stories

6 Top short stories books like The Last Novelist (or, A Dead Lizard in the Yard) by Matthew Kressel

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Flannery O'Connor

4.17

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The Long Game (The Far Reaches, #4)

Ann Leckie

3.65

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How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1)

James S.A. Corey

4.01

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Martha Wells

4.34

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The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3)

Justin Cronin

4.21

Transform Your Habits

The Passage (The Passage, #1)

Justin Cronin

4.05

Transform Your Habits

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M.R. Carey

3.71

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Justin Cronin

3.93

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