20 Best science fiction books like Open and Shut by Alastair Reynolds

Open and Shut

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.60

Format: None pages, ebook

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Cover of The Vital Abyss (The Expanse, #5.5) by James S.A. Corey

1. The Vital Abyss (The Expanse, #5.5)

By: James S.A. Corey

3.90

Format: 75 pages, ebook

From New York Times bestselling author James S. A. Corey . . .Somewhere in the vast expanse of spac… read more

Similar categories in James S.A. Corey's The Vital Abyss (The Expanse, #5.5) book and Alastair Reynolds's Open and Shut

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • space opera
  • fiction
Cover of The Causal Angel (Jean le Flambeur, #3) by Hannu Rajaniemi

2. The Causal Angel (Jean le Flambeur, #3)

By: Hannu Rajaniemi

4.21

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

With his infectious love of storytelling in all its forms, his rich characterisation and his unriva… read more

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  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
"Alone on the timeless beach, Josephine Pellegrini finds herself disappointed by the end of the world."

-Hannu Rajaniemi, The Causal Angel (Jean le Flambeur, #3)

"There is no greater love than a maker’s for the things she makes. Especially when they grow to be something she never imagined."

-Hannu Rajaniemi, The Causal Angel (Jean le Flambeur, #3)

Cover of The Player of Games (Culture, #2) by Iain M. Banks

3. The Player of Games (Culture, #2)

By: Iain M. Banks

4.28

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

The Culture - a humanoid/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players. One of … read more

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  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
"Escape is a commodity like anything else"

-Iain M. Banks, The Player of Games (Culture, #2)

"Escape is a commodity like anything else."

-Iain M. Banks, The Player of Games (Culture, #2)

"This is the story of a man who went far away for a long time, just to play a game. The man is a game-player called “Gurgeh."

-Iain M. Banks, The Player of Games (Culture, #2)

"The ship told you a guilty system recognises no innocents. I’d say it does. It recognises the innocence of a young child, for example, and you saw how they treated that. In a sense it even recognises…"

-Iain M. Banks, The Player of Games (Culture, #2)

Cover of Echopraxia (Firefall, #2) by Peter Watts

4. Echopraxia (Firefall, #2)

By: Peter Watts

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Prepare for a different kind of singularity in this follow-up to the Hugo-nominated novel Blindsigh… read more

Similar categories in Peter Watts's Echopraxia (Firefall, #2) book and Alastair Reynolds's Open and Shut

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

5. 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 Alastair Reynolds's Open and Shut

  • 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 Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke

6. Childhood’s End

By: Arthur C. Clarke

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city—intellectually, technologically, and militarily sup… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"...a well-stocked mind is safe from boredom."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End

"...no on of intelligence resents the inevitable."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End

"...no one of intelligence resents the inevitable."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End

"Utopia was here at last: its novelty had not yet been assailed by the supreme enemy of all Utopias—boredom."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End

Cover of Gods of Risk (The Expanse, #2.5) by James S.A. Corey

7. Gods of Risk (The Expanse, #2.5)

By: James S.A. Corey

3.67

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

As tension between Mars and Earth mounts, and terrorism plagues the Martian city of Londres Nova, s… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • space opera
  • fiction
Cover of Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton

8. Pandora's Star

By: Peter F. Hamilton

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The year is 2380. The Intersolar Commonwealth, a sphere of stars some four hundred light-years in d… read more

Similar categories in Peter F. Hamilton's Pandora's Star book and Alastair Reynolds's Open and Shut

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
Cover of Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds

9. 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 Alastair Reynolds's Open and Shut

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • space opera
  • fiction

10. All These Worlds (Bobiverse, #3)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.57

Format: 140 pages,

Being a sentient spaceship really should be more fun. But after spreading out through space for alm… read more

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Cover of Artifact Space (Arcana Imperii, #1) by Miles  Cameron

11. 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 Alastair Reynolds's Open and Shut

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

12. 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 Alastair Reynolds's Open and Shut

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

13. 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 Alastair Reynolds's Open and Shut

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
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14. Ogres

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.24

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

A bleak glimpse of a world of savage tyrants, from award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky in a bea… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Ogres book and Alastair Reynolds's Open and Shut

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

15. 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 Alastair Reynolds's Open and Shut

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
Cover of Salvation Lost (Salvation Sequence, #2) by Peter F. Hamilton

16. Salvation Lost (Salvation Sequence, #2)

By: Peter F. Hamilton

4.30

Format: 494 pages, Kindle Edition

The comparative utopia of twenty-third century Earth is about to go dreadfully awry when a seemingl… read more

Similar categories in Peter F. Hamilton's Salvation Lost (Salvation Sequence, #2) book and Alastair Reynolds's Open and Shut

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
"Underneath the drones, the pedestrians and board riders along Plough Lane had stopped to look around in confusion as power and digital connectivity was taken from them—basic human rights since before…"

-Peter F. Hamilton, Salvation Lost (Salvation Sequence, #2)

Cover of The Saints of Salvation (Salvation Sequence, #3) by Peter F. Hamilton

17. The Saints of Salvation (Salvation Sequence, #3)

By: Peter F. Hamilton

4.39

Format: 576 pages, Kindle Edition

Humanity is struggling to hold out against a hostile takeover by an alien race that claims to be on… read more

Similar categories in Peter F. Hamilton's The Saints of Salvation (Salvation Sequence, #3) book and Alastair Reynolds's Open and Shut

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
Cover of Beyond the Fringe: An Arcana Imperii Collection (Arcana Imperii #1.75) by Miles  Cameron

18. Beyond the Fringe: An Arcana Imperii Collection (Arcana Imperii #1.75)

By: Miles Cameron

4.42

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Return to the Universe of the ARCANA IMPERII with a collection of novellas from Miles Cameron.Follo… read more

Similar categories in Miles Cameron's Beyond the Fringe: An Arcana Imperii Collection (Arcana Imperii #1.75) book and Alastair Reynolds's Open and Shut

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • space opera
  • fiction
Cover of The Long Sunset (The Academy, #8) by Jack McDevitt

19. The Long Sunset (The Academy, #8)

By: Jack McDevitt

3.96

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From Nebula Award winner Jack McDevitt comes the eighth installment in the popular The Academy seri… read more

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  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction

20. Open and Shut

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.60

Format: None pages, ebook

Have we got a treat for you! We are thrilled to share Open and Shut, an exclusive short story by Al… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Open and Shut book and Alastair Reynolds's Open and Shut

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • space opera
  • fiction
Cover of Livesuit (The Captive’s War #1.5) by James S.A. Corey

21. 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

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  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction

20 Top fiction books like Open and Shut by Alastair Reynolds

Transform Your Habits

The Vital Abyss (The Expanse, #5.5)

James S.A. Corey

3.90

Transform Your Habits

The Causal Angel (Jean le Flambeur, #3)

Hannu Rajaniemi

4.21

Transform Your Habits

The Player of Games (Culture, #2)

Iain M. Banks

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Echopraxia (Firefall, #2)

Peter Watts

5.00

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Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)

Iain M. Banks

3.85

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The Player of Games (Culture, #2)

Iain M. Banks

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)

Alastair Reynolds

4.17

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Chasm City

Alastair Reynolds

4.17

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