19 Top science fiction fantasy books like The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1) by J. Scott Coatsworth

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The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

By: J. Scott Coatsworth

4.06

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

Some stories are epic. The Earth is in a state of collapse, with wars breaking out over resour…

"Forever is a fickle mistress."

-J. Scott Coatsworth, The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

"Forever is a fickle mistress."

-J. Scott Coatsworth, The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

"The world wasn’t supposed to go up and up and up."

-J. Scott Coatsworth, The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

"Out here, the only ocean was the depths of space."

-J. Scott Coatsworth, The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

If you liked the science fiction fantasy plot in The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1) by J. Scott Coatsworth , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of Hunter's Run by Daniel Abraham, George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois

1. Hunter's Run

By: Daniel Abraham , George R.R. Martin , Gardner Dozois

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Humanity has finally reached the stars, only to find that all the best spots have been claimed by o… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Abraham's Hunter's Run book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
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2. Separation

By: Louise Lyons

3.58

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

Matthew Langford is told on his twenty-first birthday that he has a twin. After the initial shock, … read more

Similar categories in Louise Lyons's Separation book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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3. Dark Orbit

By: Carolyn Ives Gilman

3.43

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Reports of a strange, new habitable planet have reached the Twenty Planets of human civilization. W… read more

Similar categories in Carolyn Ives Gilman's Dark Orbit book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space
  • fiction
Cover of The Backstagers, Vol. 1 (The Backstagers, Volume One) by James Tynion IV, Rian Sygh

4. The Backstagers, Vol. 1 (The Backstagers, Volume One)

By: James Tynion IV , Rian Sygh

4.15

Format: 399 pages, Paperback

All the world's a stage . . . but what happens behind the curtain is pure magic literally! When Jo… read more

Similar categories in James Tynion IV's The Backstagers, Vol. 1 (The Backstagers, Volume One) book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Komarr (Vorkosigan Saga, #11) by Lois McMaster Bujold

5. Komarr (Vorkosigan Saga, #11)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.29

Format: 366 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Komarr could be a garden with a thousand more years' work, or an uninhabitable wasteland if the ter… read more

Similar categories in Lois McMaster Bujold's Komarr (Vorkosigan Saga, #11) book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
"Why does your one virtue have to be fidelity?"

-Lois McMaster Bujold, Komarr (Vorkosigan Saga, #11)

"The fastest way to get to easy is through hard."

-Lois McMaster Bujold, Komarr (Vorkosigan Saga, #11)

"Some people grow into their dreams, instead of out of them."

-Lois McMaster Bujold, Komarr (Vorkosigan Saga, #11)

"There is a sad disconnectedness that overcomes a library when its owner is gone."

-Lois McMaster Bujold, Komarr (Vorkosigan Saga, #11)

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6. Memory (Vorkosigan Saga, #10)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.43

Format: 509 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Forced to abandon his undercover role as leader of the Dendarii Mercenaries, Miles Vorkosigan persu… read more

Similar categories in Lois McMaster Bujold's Memory (Vorkosigan Saga, #10) book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
"Save me from the virtuous."

-Lois McMaster Bujold, Memory (Vorkosigan Saga, #10)

"God save me from another such victory."

-Lois McMaster Bujold, Memory (Vorkosigan Saga, #10)

"You try to give away what you want yourself."

-Lois McMaster Bujold, Memory (Vorkosigan Saga, #10)

"Perfect preservation isn't life, it’s death."

-Lois McMaster Bujold, Memory (Vorkosigan Saga, #10)

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7. The Kaiju Preservation Society

By: John Scalzi

3.99

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food deliv… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's The Kaiju Preservation Society book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I lift things."

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

"So we’re the monster police, too?"

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

"...if you're only reading books because you have to, it becomes much less fun."

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

"My brain said. Just walk away. [...] But even as my brain was saying that, my body was turning back, becaus like puppies we are enculturated to turn when our name is called."

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

Cover of The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1) by Megan E. O'Keefe

8. The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1)

By: Megan E. O'Keefe

4.11

Format: 491 pages, Paperback

When a spy is stranded on a dead planet with her mortal enemy, she must first figure out how to sur… read more

Similar categories in Megan E. O'Keefe's The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1) book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
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9. 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 J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Death in the Spires by K.J. Charles

10. Death in the Spires

By: K.J. Charles

4.42

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

The newspapers called us the Seven Wonders. We were a group of friends, that’s all, and then Toby d… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's Death in the Spires book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • m m romance
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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11. Witch King

By: Martha Wells

3.71

Format: 415 pages, Hardcover

"I didn't know you were a... demon." "You idiot. I'm the demon." Kai's having a long day in Marth… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Witch King book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Mother bared her fangs. "Stop being overdramatic." Kai would have loved to, if dramatic things would stop happening to him."

-Martha Wells, Witch King

Cover of The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #1) by K.J. Charles

12. The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #1)

By: K.J. Charles

4.17

Format: 311 pages, Paperback

Robin Loxleigh and his sister Marianne are the hit of the Season, so attractive and delightful that… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #1) book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • m m romance
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"... when people want to hurt someone very much, they often reach for the thing that would hurt themselves most deeply."

-K.J. Charles, The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #1)

"... why have we all decided that the most important and to-be-respected quality is the one possessed by the worst people?"

-K.J. Charles, The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #1)

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13. 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 J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space
  • fiction
Cover of Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches, #5) by Nnedi Okorafor

14. Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches, #5)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.87

Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition

A revolutionary experiment in space opens a woman’s eyes to the meaning of solitude in a thought-pr… read more

Similar categories in Nnedi Okorafor's Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches, #5) book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
Cover of Emergency Skin by N.K. Jemisin

15. Emergency Skin

By: N.K. Jemisin

4.03

Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition

What will become of our self-destructed planet? The answer shatters all expectations in this subver… read more

Similar categories in N.K. Jemisin's Emergency Skin book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"We realized it was impossible to protect any one place if the place next door was drowning or on fire. We realized the old boundaries weren't meant to keep he undesirable out, but to hoard resources …"

-N.K. Jemisin, Emergency Skin

"No, there’s no one left alive on Tellus. The planet was in full environmental collapse across every biome when our people left. There were just too many people, and too many of those were unfit, infi…"

-N.K. Jemisin, Emergency Skin

Cover of The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night by Marjorie M. Liu

16. The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

By: Marjorie M. Liu

4.08

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The first volume in a new graphic novel horror trilogy from Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda—the creati… read more

Similar categories in Marjorie M. Liu's The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"No creepy dolls!"

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

"Not the demon anus!"

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

"It’s Sarlaac Satan!"

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

"Oh my God. We’re superheroes."

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

Cover of Critical Mass (Delta-v, #2) by Daniel Suarez

17. Critical Mass (Delta-v, #2)

By: Daniel Suarez

4.19

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez's latest space-tech thriller, a group of pioneer… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Suarez's Critical Mass (Delta-v, #2) book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • fiction
">> "is this cup half empty or half full, Mr. Tighe?" << "It's completely full if you include the air" —James Tighe"

-Daniel Suarez, Critical Mass (Delta-v, #2)

Cover of These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1) by Bethany Jacobs

18. These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1)

By: Bethany Jacobs

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

A dangerous cat-and-mouse quest for revenge. An empire that spans star systems, built on the bones … read more

Similar categories in Bethany Jacobs's These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1) book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
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19. Ghost Station

By: S.A. Barnes

3.57

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space horror novel from S.… read more

Similar categories in S.A. Barnes's Ghost Station book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
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20. 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 J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Androne (Androne #1) by Dwain Worrell

21. Androne (Androne #1)

By: Dwain Worrell

3.92

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

Humanity’s new war is an enigma with an enemy threat beyond all imagination in this near-future nov… read more

Similar categories in Dwain Worrell's Androne (Androne #1) book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Machine (White Space, #2) by Elizabeth Bear

22. Machine (White Space, #2)

By: Elizabeth Bear

3.92

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

In this compelling and addictive novel set in the same universe as the critically acclaimed White S… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Bear's Machine (White Space, #2) book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • artificial intelligence
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"People are so complicated."

-Elizabeth Bear, Machine (White Space, #2)

"Then, oh shit, nanotech tentacles."

-Elizabeth Bear, Machine (White Space, #2)

"Sneaky manipulative bundle of code."

-Elizabeth Bear, Machine (White Space, #2)

"Anxiety was a distraction I did not need."

-Elizabeth Bear, Machine (White Space, #2)

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23. Unfit to Print

By: K.J. Charles

3.96

Format: 145 pages, ebook

When crusading lawyer Vikram Pandey sets out in search of a missing youth, his investigations take … read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's Unfit to Print book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • m m romance
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Space Rogues (Space Rogues #1) by John Wilker

24. Space Rogues (Space Rogues #1)

By: John Wilker

4.16

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Fans of Farscape and Killjoys will love the crew of the Ghost. Wil Calder was an astronaut testing … read more

Similar categories in John Wilker's Space Rogues (Space Rogues #1) book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Arch-Conspirator by Veronica Roth

25. Arch-Conspirator

By: Veronica Roth

3.43

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Outside the last city on Earth, the planet is a wasteland. Without the Archive, where the genes of … read more

Similar categories in Veronica Roth's Arch-Conspirator book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Hurricane Reese (Forces of Nature, #1) by R.L. Merrill

26. Hurricane Reese (Forces of Nature, #1)

By: R.L. Merrill

3.85

Format: 205 pages, ebook

The life of Tony-winning musician Reese Matheson resembles a natural disaster, and caregiver Jude D… read more

Similar categories in R.L. Merrill's Hurricane Reese (Forces of Nature, #1) book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
"You’re a mess, Reese Matheson."

-R.L. Merrill, Hurricane Reese (Forces of Nature, #1)

"He might have lied when he said he was perfectly sane."

-R.L. Merrill, Hurricane Reese (Forces of Nature, #1)

"Leave it to him to have a crush on the beyond-unattainable Reese Matheson."

-R.L. Merrill, Hurricane Reese (Forces of Nature, #1)

"How could she have gone from scorned lover to laughing companion just like that?"

-R.L. Merrill, Hurricane Reese (Forces of Nature, #1)

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27. The Truthspoken Heir: The Stars and Green Magics Season One

By: Novae Caelum

3.89

Format: None pages, ebook

Two shapeshifting heirs, one interstellar kingdom. When royals can be anyone else including each ot… read more

Similar categories in Novae Caelum's The Truthspoken Heir: The Stars and Green Magics Season One book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

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

28. 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 J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
Cover of Vampire Food by Holly  Day

29. Vampire Food

By: Holly Day

4.09

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

A former blood slave. A strapping vampire. More zucchinis than any man could eat. Rue Yarrow was r… read more

Similar categories in Holly Day's Vampire Food book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • m m romance
  • fantasy
Cover of The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1) by J. Scott Coatsworth

30. The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

By: J. Scott Coatsworth

4.06

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

Some stories are epic. The Earth is in a state of collapse, with wars breaking out over resour… read more

Similar categories in J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1) book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • m m romance
  • transgender
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • artificial intelligence
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
"Forever is a fickle mistress."

-J. Scott Coatsworth, The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

"The world wasn’t supposed to go up and up and up."

-J. Scott Coatsworth, The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

"Out here, the only ocean was the depths of space."

-J. Scott Coatsworth, The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

"The unfinished part of the world had a stark beauty to it."

-J. Scott Coatsworth, The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

Cover of Retribution (City of Kaus, #2) by Dani Hoots

31. Retribution (City of Kaus, #2)

By: Dani Hoots

3.85

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

A swashbuckling upper YA/NA LGBTQ+ sci-fi western you don't want to miss! Gabe has decided to co… read more

Similar categories in Dani Hoots's Retribution (City of Kaus, #2) book and J. Scott Coatsworth's The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy

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3.43

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James Tynion IV , Rian Sygh

4.15

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