6 must-read short stories books like Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2019 edition by Elizabeth Bear

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Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2019 edition

By: Elizabeth Bear

3.64

Format: 768 pages, Kindle Edition

A collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short fiction published on To…

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1. Towards Zero (Superintendent Battle, #5)

By: Agatha Christie

3.94

Format: 301 pages, Paperback

An elderly widow is murdered at a clifftop seaside house...What is the connection between a failed … read more

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  • fiction
"Slike ting blir sendt oss for å prøve oss. I hvert fall tror jeg det. Jeg skjønner ikke hvorfor de ellers blir sendt oss."

-Agatha Christie, Towards Zero (Superintendent Battle, #5)

"I suppose, like most young people nowadays, boredom is what you dread most in the world, and yet, I can assure you, there are worse things."

-Agatha Christie, Towards Zero (Superintendent Battle, #5)

"Whether he acted rightly or not, I have never been sure. It was the future of a child that was at stake. A child, he felt, ought to be given the benefit of a doubt."

-Agatha Christie, Towards Zero (Superintendent Battle, #5)

"It has been my experience, that women possess little or no pride where love affairs are concerned. Pride is a quality often on their lips, but not apparent in their actions."

-Agatha Christie, Towards Zero (Superintendent Battle, #5)

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2. Greybeard

By: Brian W. Aldiss

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The sombre story of a group of people in their fifties who face the fact that there is no younger g… read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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3. Third Girl (Hercule Poirot, #35)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: 377 pages, Paperback

Poirot is approached by a girl who shared a flat with two other girls in London. She is convinced s… read more

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  • fiction

4. Murder Is Easy (Superintendent Battle, #4)

By: Agatha Christie

3.25

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

An elderly lady is on her way to Scotland Yard to report several murders in her village. "It is ver… read more

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5. Burning Chrome (Sprawl, #0)

By: William Gibson , Bruce Sterling

4.06

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Ten tales, from the computer-enhanced hustlers of Johnny Mnemonic to the technofetishist blues of B… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"It was hot, the night we burned Chrome."

-William Gibson, Burning Chrome (Sprawl, #0)

"You are exhibiting symptoms of urban singles angst. There are cures for this. Drink up. Go."

-William Gibson, Burning Chrome (Sprawl, #0)

"It was one of those nights, I quickly decided, when you slip into an alternate continuum, a city that looks exactly like the one where you live, except for the peculiar difference that it contains no…"

-William Gibson, Burning Chrome (Sprawl, #0)

"If poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world, science fiction writers are its court jesters. We are Wise Fools who can leap, caper, utter prophecies, and scratch ourselves in public. We c…"

-William Gibson, Burning Chrome (Sprawl, #0)

6. Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2016 Edition

By: Aliette de Bodard , Carrie Vaughn , Charlie Jane Anders , Daniel Polansky , Alyssa Wong , Genevieve Valentine , N.K. Jemisin , Lavie Tidhar , Ellen Datlow , Delia Sherman , Angela Slatter , Liu Cixin , Melissa Marr , Laurie Penny , Lettie Prell , Indrapramit Das , Rebecca Campbell , Nina Allan , Margaret Killjoy , Alix E. Harrow , Monica Byrne , David Nickle , Caighlan Smith , Rajnar Vajra , P. Djèlí Clark , Tara Isabella Burton , None

3.82

Format: 160 pages,

A collection of some of the best original short fiction published on Tor.com in 2016. Includes stor… read more

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7. I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons

By: Peter S. Beagle

3.78

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

A cast of characters trapped within their roles of dragon hunter, princess, and more must come toge… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Fear cannot breed where there is action."

-Peter S. Beagle, I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons

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8. Murder in the Library (Lottie Sprigg Country House #1)

By: Martha Bond

4.35

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

Murder mystery at the manor!After months of travel, former maid, Lottie Sprigg, returns to Fortescu… read more

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9. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)

By: Randall Munroe

4.37

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to th… read more

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10. Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 597 pages, Audible Audio

The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for surviv… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2) book and Elizabeth Bear's Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2019 edition

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"We can only observe the present before we go on to destroy the future."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)

"Complex life was merely the recent froth over a great vat of prokaryotes feeding and dividing and dying."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)

"Perhaps Senkovi would have approved; he who had once seen himself as the trickster god of the pantheon, before there were no more gods left to trick. Perhaps Senkovi would have recalled ancient human…"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)

"Meshner has read simplified children’s histories of the spider civilization, vocal in explaining that, these days, everything is fine and male spiders are allowed to play a full role in society. In p…"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)

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11. 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

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • 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)

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12. Void (The Far Reaches, #2)

By: Veronica Roth

3.86

Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition

An intergalactic luxury cruise to a distant port is a world unto itself in this piercing short myst… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
"... I realized that what's out there is oblivious to us. There's no menace to it, because there's no intent. We're just fragile, and we break sometimes. And time keeps moving. I don't know. I think i…"

-Veronica Roth, Void (The Far Reaches, #2)

Cover of Murder on the Golden Arrow (Kitty Worthington, #1) by Magda Alexander

13. Murder on the Golden Arrow (Kitty Worthington, #1)

By: Magda Alexander

4.28

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

What’s a bright young woman to do when her brother becomes the main suspect in a murder? Why, solve… read more

Similar categories in Magda Alexander's Murder on the Golden Arrow (Kitty Worthington, #1) book and Elizabeth Bear's Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2019 edition

  • fiction
Cover of Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3) by Rebecca Roanhorse

14. Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3)

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

4.31

Format: 597 pages, Hardcover

The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning conc… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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15. Who Killed Father Christmas?: And Other Seasonal Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

3.88

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

The murder of Father Christmas in the grotto of London’s busiest toy shop is just one of many Yulet… read more

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  • fiction
  • short stories
  • anthologies
Cover of Some of the Best of Tor.com 2021 by Ruoxi Chen

16. Some of the Best of Tor.com 2021

By: Ruoxi Chen

3.83

Format: 663 pages, Kindle Edition

A collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short fiction published on To… read more

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  • short story collection
  • science fiction fantasy
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2020 edition by Charlie Jane Anders

17. Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2020 edition

By: Charlie Jane Anders

3.66

Format: 714 pages, Kindle Edition

A collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short fiction published on To… read more

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  • short story collection
  • science fiction fantasy
  • collections
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Tommy & Evelyn Christie Mysteries Box Set: Books 1 - 3 by Catherine Coles

18. Tommy & Evelyn Christie Mysteries Box Set: Books 1 - 3

By: Catherine Coles

4.37

Format: 529 pages, Kindle Edition

Books Included 1. Murder at the Manor Evelyn Christie has resigned herself to another long, b… read more

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19. Josephine Tey - Ultimate Mystery Collection: Inspector Alan Grant Novels & Other Detective Tales: The Daughter of Time, The Franchise Affair…

By: Josephine Tey

4.36

Format: 1988 pages, Kindle Edition

This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detaile… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2019 edition by Elizabeth Bear

20. Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2019 edition

By: Elizabeth Bear

3.64

Format: 768 pages, Kindle Edition

A collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short fiction published on To… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Bear's Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2019 edition book and Elizabeth Bear's Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2019 edition

  • short story collection
  • science fiction fantasy
  • collections
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Mystery of the Christmas Bauble (Jack and Frances, #6) by Carmen Radtke

21. The Mystery of the Christmas Bauble (Jack and Frances, #6)

By: Carmen Radtke

4.48

Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition

What did the clairvoyant foresee? A cryptic message from the past sends Fiona on a quest through… read more

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14 Top fiction books like Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2019 edition by Elizabeth Bear

Transform Your Habits

Towards Zero (Superintendent Battle, #5)

Agatha Christie

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Greybeard

Brian W. Aldiss

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Third Girl (Hercule Poirot, #35)

Agatha Christie

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Burning Chrome (Sprawl, #0)

William Gibson , Bruce Sterling

4.06

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21 Top fiction books like Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3) by Rebecca Roanhorse

Transform Your Habits

The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

Nghi Vo

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Service Model

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Transform Your Habits

The Tainted Cup

Robert Jackson Bennett

None

Transform Your Habits

Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3)

Rebecca Roanhorse

4.31

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