6 must-read hugo awards books like Gilgamesh in the Outback by Robert Silverberg

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Gilgamesh in the Outback

By: Robert Silverberg

3.65

Format: None pages, ebook

"Gilgamesh in the Outback" is a science fiction novella by American writer Robert Silverberg, a seq…

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1. Who Fears Death

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.94

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

An award-winning literary author presents her first foray into supernatural fantasy with a novel of… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"If you spend enough time in the desert, you will hear it speak."

-Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death

"Oh, how our traditions limit and outcast those of us who aren't normal."

-Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death

"My mother once said that fear is like a man who, once burned, is afraid of a glow worm"

-Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death

"To be something abnormal meant that you were to serve the normal. And if you refused, they hated you... and often the normal hated you even when you did serve them."

-Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death

Cover of Stardance (Stardance #1) by Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson

2. Stardance (Stardance #1)

By: Spider Robinson , Jeanne Robinson

3.94

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Shara Drummond was a gifted dancer and a brilliant choreographer, but could not pursue her dream of… read more

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  • science fiction
  • hugo awards
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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3. The Women of Nell Gwynne's

By: J.K. Potter , Kage Baker

4.23

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Lady Beatrice was the proper British daughter of a proper British soldier, until tragedy struck and… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Palimpseste by Charles Stross, Florence Dolisi

4. Palimpseste

By: Charles Stross , Florence Dolisi

3.50

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

Drame ecologique, guerre nucleaire, catastrophe naturelle... A plus ou moins long terme, toute civi… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • hugo awards
  • fantasy
Cover of The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12) by Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan

5. The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

By: Brandon Sanderson , Robert Jordan

4.43

Format: 824 pages, Hardcover

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to … read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Women,"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

"Then why let me go?"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

"So I believe you’ve told me,"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

"Then how did you end up here?"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

Cover of A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2) by Vernor Vinge

6. A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

By: Vernor Vinge

4.32

Format: 775 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The prequel to A Fire Upon The Deep, this is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstell… read more

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  • science fiction
  • hugo awards
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"So even in hell, there are clowns."

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

"So High, So Low, So Many Things to Know"

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

"So high, so low, so many things to know."

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

"The light shining through was a rainbow from hell."

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

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7. Eye for Eye

By: Orson Scott Card

3.50

Format: 224 pages, Audio CD

Mick Winger is only 17 - and already he's killed over a dozen people. Nor on purpose; he never mean… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • hugo awards
  • fantasy

8. The Ultimate Earth

By: Jack Williamson

3.26

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Generations of clones on the moon chronicle the recovery of mother Earth, which has been destroyed … read more

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9. The Hemingway Hoax

By: Joe Haldeman

3.69

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

In 1992 the young Hemingway, still promise in the world of letters, suffers the loss of a suitcase … read more

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10. Thornhedge

By: T. Kingfisher

4.00

Format: 111 pages, Hardcover

Thornhedge is the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone … read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Thorns die from the inside out, like priests."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"She was theirs; they were hers. The love of monsters was uncomplicated."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Two hundred years. It was immense—unthinkable—and ultimately meant nothing at all. Two years or two hundred or two thousand. The magic endures"

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Greenteeth did not slap one another—not out of any virtue, but because a slap was such a useless thing underwater. When greenteeth brawled, it was with teeth and strangling fingers, spines and claws."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

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11. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

By: Martha Wells

4.22

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"(I'm going to have to code a patch for threat assessment.)"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"I said, “Have you done something that you feel you should be threatened for?"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Bad things may not be more statistically possible but it sure seems like they are."

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Then he sent me a note back. So, you may not know this but I read your letter to Dr. Mensah, the one you sent when you left Port FreeCommerce. I think you're absolutely the right person to write this…"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

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12. 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

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  • science fiction
  • 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

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13. Starter Villain

By: John Scalzi

4.16

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

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14. 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

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"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 Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8) by Seanan McGuire

15. Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.32

Format: 208 pages, ebook

A young girl discovers an infinite variety of worlds in this standalone tale in the Hugo and Nebula… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"They needed to know because a choice you make without knowing the consequences isn't any choice at all!"

-Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8)

"They have hearts. I can feel them beating. So I will build them a home and haven, as none was built for me, and I will care for them as long as I am able."

-Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8)

"Then you found a door that said to be sure, and you were sure, you were already sure, you were so sure that when you tried the knob, it wasn't locked, and you could walk right through."

-Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8)

"Some children need to escape from places that will only hurt them, or grind them away until they're nothing. And some children need to go somewhere else if they're ever going to grow into the people …"

-Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8)

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16. Untethered Sky

By: Fonda Lee

3.90

Format: 150 pages, Hardcover

From World Fantasy Award-winning author Fonda Lee comes Untethered Sky, an epic fantasy fable about… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"People have short memories, but nature is patient and implacable."

-Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky

"When you love a person, you are expected to give them their freedom, but when you love a monster, you keep it caged."

-Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky

"I know this as much as God knows every creature, because I once thought there was no reason for me to be alive, no logic to survival, no meaning to be found past endurance of loss, yet there was."

-Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky

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17. Some Desperate Glory

By: Emily Tesh

4.06

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

While we live, the enemy shall fear us. All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"While Earth's children live, the enemy shall fear us."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

"While we live, the enemy shall fear us. We are what's left. We are what must survive."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

Cover of A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2) by Becky  Chambers

18. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)

By: Becky Chambers

4.41

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robo… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"It's one thing to be told about the world that was. It's another to see a piece of it."

-Becky Chambers, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)

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19. And What Can We Offer You Tonight

By: Premee Mohamed

3.60

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

In a far future city, where you can fall to a government cull for a single mistake, And What Can We… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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20. Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge

By: Mike Resnick

4.09

Format: 48 pages, ebook

Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge is one of the most celebrated novellas ever written. It not only won b… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • hugo awards
  • fantasy
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21. Gilgamesh in the Outback

By: Robert Silverberg

3.65

Format: None pages, ebook

"Gilgamesh in the Outback" is a science fiction novella by American writer Robert Silverberg, a seq… read more

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  • fantasy

19 must-read fiction books like Gilgamesh in the Outback by Robert Silverberg

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Nnedi Okorafor

3.94

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Stardance (Stardance #1)

Spider Robinson , Jeanne Robinson

3.94

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The Women of Nell Gwynne's

J.K. Potter , Kage Baker

4.23

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Palimpseste

Charles Stross , Florence Dolisi

3.50

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Who Fears Death

Nnedi Okorafor

3.94

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The Lifecycle of Software Objects

Ted Chiang

3.92

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Anathem

Neal Stephenson

4.17

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Ted Chiang

4.26

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