17 must-read science fiction books like Polostan (Bomb Light, #1) by Neal Stephenson

Cover of Polostan (Bomb Light, #1) by Neal Stephenson

Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

By: Neal Stephenson

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The first installment in Neal Stephenson’s three-part Bomb Light cycle, Polostan follows the early …

If you liked the science fiction plot in Polostan (Bomb Light, #1) by Neal Stephenson , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. 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 Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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2. 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 Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi

3. Navola

By: Paolo Bacigalupi

3.92

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times best-selling author of Wind-Up Girl and The Water Knife comes a sweeping li… read more

Similar categories in Paolo Bacigalupi's Navola book and Neal Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. The Book of Elsewhere

By: Keanu Reeves

3.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic … read more

Similar categories in Keanu Reeves's The Book of Elsewhere book and Neal Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik

5. Buried Deep and Other Stories

By: Naomi Novik

4.11

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling collection of thirteen short stories that span the worlds of the New York Times bestsel… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Novik's Buried Deep and Other Stories book and Neal Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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6. Playground

By: Richard Powers

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A magisterial new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times best-selling author of T… read more

Similar categories in Richard Powers's Playground book and Neal Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

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

7. 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 Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2) by M.R. Carey

8. Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2)

By: M.R. Carey

4.36

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

Following the critically acclaimed Infinity Gate comes the second and final novel in the Pandominio… read more

Similar categories in M.R. Carey's Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2) book and Neal Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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9. 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 Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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10. The Bright Sword

By: Lev Grossman

4.06

Format: 673 pages, Hardcover

A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, onl… read more

Similar categories in Lev Grossman's The Bright Sword book and Neal Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"One day you will see that it is a mistake to love an empire, or a throne, or a crown, because those things cannot love. They can only die."

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

"God doesn't come when you snap your fingers, He comes when you're ready for Him." Nimue snapped her delicate fingers, producing a strikingly loud pop in the quiet. "That's the difference between a sp…"

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

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11. 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 Neal Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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12. The Wood at Midwinter

By: Susanna Clarke

3.73

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr… read more

Similar categories in Susanna Clarke's The Wood at Midwinter book and Neal Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Polostan (Bomb Light, #1) by Neal Stephenson

13. Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

By: Neal Stephenson

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The first installment in Neal Stephenson’s three-part Bomb Light cycle, Polostan follows the early … read more

Similar categories in Neal Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1) book and Neal Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. Deep Black (Arcana Imperii #2)

By: Miles Cameron

4.40

Format: 510 pages, Kindle Edition

Marca Nbaro had always dreamed of serving aboard the Greatships, with their vast cargo holds and a … read more

Similar categories in Miles Cameron's Deep Black (Arcana Imperii #2) book and Neal Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

  • science fiction
Cover of Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner

15. Creation Lake

By: Rachel Kushner

3.67

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and “one of th… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake book and Neal Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
"Charisma does not originate inside the person called "charismatic." It comes from the need of others to believe that special people exist."

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"Plus, Lucien said, a lot of them had come from other social milieus and had tattoos from earlier lives, since people who change affinities are the same kinds of people who are attracted to the perman…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"My biker and these tramps, as people who organize their life around some subculture or other: People can sometimes pretend so thoroughly that they forget they are pretending. At which point, it could…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"I could sense him gathering a false hindsight that afternoon in the Place des Vosges, shaping a retrospective narrative, the thing a person tells himself about fate, about how everything had seemed f…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

Cover of Absolution (Southern Reach, #4) by Jeff VanderMeer

16. Absolution (Southern Reach, #4)

By: Jeff VanderMeer

4.00

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Ten years after the publication of Annihilation, the surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer’s bl… read more

Similar categories in Jeff VanderMeer's Absolution (Southern Reach, #4) book and Neal Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Great When (The Long London Quintet, #1) by Alan             Moore

17. The Great When (The Long London Quintet, #1)

By: Alan Moore

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author and legendary storyteller Alan Moore, the first book in … read more

Similar categories in Alan Moore's The Great When (The Long London Quintet, #1) book and Neal Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Livesuit (The Captive’s War #1.5) by James S.A. Corey

18. Livesuit (The Captive’s War #1.5)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.45

Format: 90 pages, ebook

Humanity's war is eternal, spread across the galaxy and the ages. Humanity's best hope to end the e… read more

Similar categories in James S.A. Corey's Livesuit (The Captive’s War #1.5) book and Neal Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Constituent Service: A Third District Story by John Scalzi

19. Constituent Service: A Third District Story

By: John Scalzi

3.92

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

The aliens are here . . . and they want municipal services! Ashley Perrin is fresh out of colleg… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Constituent Service: A Third District Story book and Neal Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Seventh Floor (Damascus Station, #3) by David McCloskey

20. The Seventh Floor (Damascus Station, #3)

By: David McCloskey

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Six CIA officers. Dear friends and cherished enemies. For a quarter century they have stolen other … read more

Similar categories in David McCloskey's The Seventh Floor (Damascus Station, #3) book and Neal Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

  • fiction
Cover of Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway

21. Karla's Choice

By: Nick Harkaway

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary new novel set in the world of John le Carré's most iconic spy, George Smiley, writ… read more

Similar categories in Nick Harkaway's Karla's Choice book and Neal Stephenson's Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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