9 best-selling science fiction books like The Actuality by Paul Braddon

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The Actuality

By: Paul Braddon

3.83

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Fear makes her human . . . She belongs to me. Property rights will prevail . . . Evie is a …

If you liked the science fiction plot in The Actuality by Paul Braddon , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1) by Isaac Asimov

1. The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.19

Format: 206 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A millennium into the future two advancements have altered the course of human history: the coloni… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"The troubles of modern life come from being divorced from nature."

-Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

"It symbolizes neither one nor the other, but a mixture of the two without priority"

-Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

"The first problem of living is to minimize friction with the crowds that surround you on all sides."

-Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

"Estamos constantemente al borde de lo incognoscible, e intentando entender lo que no puede ser entendido. Eso es lo que nos hambre hombres."

-Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

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2. When the Sleeper Wakes

By: H.G. Wells , Orson Scott Card

3.36

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Graham, an 1890s radical pamphleteer who is eagerly awaiting the twentieth century and all the adva… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"There is no liberty save wisdom and self-control."

-H.G. Wells, When the Sleeper Wakes

"As if there wasn't a thousand things that were never heard."

-H.G. Wells, When the Sleeper Wakes

"So long as there are sheep Nature will insist on beasts of prey."

-H.G. Wells, When the Sleeper Wakes

"There is no liberty, save wisdom and self-control. Liberty is within--not without. It is each man's own affair."

-H.G. Wells, When the Sleeper Wakes

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3. The Spinning Heart

By: Donal Ryan

4.27

Format: 637 pages, Hardcover

In the aftermath of Ireland's financial collapse, dangerous tensions surface in an Irish town. As v… read more

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  • fiction
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4. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

By: Muriel Spark

3.70

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

A teacher at a girl's school in Edinburgh during the 1930s comes into conflict with school authorit… read more

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  • fiction
"It's only possible to betray where loyalty is due"

-Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

"[...] there were other people's Edinburghs quite different from hers [...]"

-Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

"... flattening their scorn underneath the chariot wheels of her superiority."

-Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

"To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul."

-Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

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5. Brother of the More Famous Jack

By: Barbara Trapido

4.16

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Stylish, suburban Katherine is eighteen when she is propelled into the heart of Professor Jacob Gol… read more

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  • fiction
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6. Holding

By: Graham Norton

3.21

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Graham Norton's masterful debut is an intelligently crafted story of love, secrets and loss. The re… read more

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  • fiction

7. Grief is the Thing with Feathers

By: Max Porter

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother's sudden death. Their … read more

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8. The Children of Men

By: None

4.00

Format: None pages,

In the year 2021, the world is a bleak place where all human males have become sterile, and no chil… read more

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9. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

By: Arthur C. Clarke

4.17

Format: 297 pages, Paperback

On the Moon, an enigma is uncovered. So great are the implications of this discovery that for th… read more

Similar categories in Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) book and Paul Braddon's The Actuality

  • science fiction
  • fiction
"My God -- it's full of stars! -Dave Bowman."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

"Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

". . . the newspapers of Utopia, he had long ago decided, would be terribly dull."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

"Now I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

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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

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"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. Stone Yard Devotional

By: Charlotte Wood

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winn… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7) by Val McDermid

12. Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

By: Val McDermid

4.26

Format: 452 pages, Hardcover

Val McDermid returns with DCI Karen Pirie in a new thriller of deceit and vengeance, set against th… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Long Call (Two Rivers, #1) by Ann Cleeves

13. The Long Call (Two Rivers, #1)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.95

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outsi… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
"His thoughts were wheeling and dipping like the gulls over the estuary, groping for an explanation, feeling at last he was making sense of what lie behind Walden's death..."

-Ann Cleeves, The Long Call (Two Rivers, #1)

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14. Prophet

By: Sin Blaché

3.68

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Daring, surprising and superbly plotted, this is a fresh, thrilling page-turner from a dynamic new … read more

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  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fiction
"He looks at Rao. Turns in his seat and looks. Sunil Rao, bane of Adam's career, world saver, royal pain in the ass, and genuinely the love of Adam's life."

-Sin Blaché, Prophet

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15. Assembly

By: Natasha Brown

3.84

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Step out into a world of Go Ho… read more

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  • fiction
"I traded in my life for a sliver of middle-class comfort. For a future."

-Natasha Brown, Assembly

"Explain air. Convince a sceptic. Prove it's there. Prove what cant be seen."

-Natasha Brown, Assembly

"Because they watch (us). They're taught how to, from school. They are taught to view our bodies (selves) as objects."

-Natasha Brown, Assembly

"Everything now is profit. I am what we’ve always been to the empire: pure, fucking profit. A natural resource to exploit and exploit, denigrate, and exploit."

-Natasha Brown, Assembly

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16. Us Three

By: Ruth Jones

4.04

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***'A touching celebration of the beauty and endurance of fem… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Jones's Us Three book and Paul Braddon's The Actuality

  • fiction
Cover of The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13) by Elly Griffiths

17. The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.27

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Ruth Galloway returns to the moody and beautiful landscape of North Norfolk to confront another … read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
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18. The Minders

By: John Marrs

3.79

Format: 433 pages, ebook

Everyone has secrets. They know yours... In the 21st century information is king. But computers … read more

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  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Space Between Us by Doug Johnstone

19. The Space Between Us

By: Doug Johnstone

3.86

Format: 276 pages, Paperback

When several people suffer strokes after seeing dazzling lights over Edinburgh, then awake complete… read more

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  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fiction
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20. End of Story

By: Louise Swanson

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Too much imagination can be a dangerous thing It's the year 2035 and fiction has been banned b… read more

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  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fiction
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21. The Actuality

By: Paul Braddon

3.83

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Fear makes her human . . . She belongs to me. Property rights will prevail . . . Evie is a … read more

Similar categories in Paul Braddon's The Actuality book and Paul Braddon's The Actuality

  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fiction

19 Top fiction books like The Actuality by Paul Braddon

Transform Your Habits

The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

Isaac Asimov

4.19

Transform Your Habits

When the Sleeper Wakes

H.G. Wells , Orson Scott Card

3.36

Transform Your Habits

The Spinning Heart

Donal Ryan

4.27

Transform Your Habits

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Muriel Spark

3.70

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20 Best fiction books like Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Transform Your Habits

For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)

Ray Porter , Dennis E. Taylor

4.37

Transform Your Habits

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

Dennis E. Taylor

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)

Liu Cixin , Joel Martinsen

4.41

Transform Your Habits

All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

Martha Wells

4.15

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