9 Best space opera books like Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2) by Kristyn Merbeth

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Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

By: Kristyn Merbeth

3.87

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Two planets are on the brink of war in Memoria, the thrillingsecond book in an action-packed space …

If you liked the space opera plot in Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2) by Kristyn Merbeth , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. The Mechanical (The Alchemy Wars, #1)

By: Ian Tregillis

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

My name is Jax. That is the name granted to me by my human masters. I am a clakker: a mechanical ma… read more

Similar categories in Ian Tregillis's The Mechanical (The Alchemy Wars, #1) book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1) by Yoon Ha Lee

2. Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)

By: Yoon Ha Lee

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The first installment of the trilogy, Ninefox Gambit, centers on disgraced captain Kel Cheris, who … read more

Similar categories in Yoon Ha Lee's Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1) book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • queer
"Cheris, people are very simple,"

-Yoon Ha Lee, Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)

"Taking away people’s names denied their power"

-Yoon Ha Lee, Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)

"But then, war is about taking the future away from people."

-Yoon Ha Lee, Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)

"Immortality was like sex: it made idiots of otherwise rational people."

-Yoon Ha Lee, Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)

Cover of Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9) by Seanan McGuire

3. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.09

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9) book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • fiction
  • queer
"Because all the ways we're not normal are the way our normal homes want us to be."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"We're your penance, silly, the whole chaotic bunch of us, and as part of your penance, I say you're not done suffering us yet."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"If you want a life without terrible surprises, you should always look at the worst possible answer until you understand it all the way down to the bottom. Once you can do that, you'll know what's com…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"None of us is normal, and we'll either figure out how to pretend we are, or we'll find our doors home, and then we won't have to worry about it anymore, because all the ways we are not normal are the…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

Cover of The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) by Malka Ann Older

4. The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

By: Malka Ann Older

3.64

Format: 169 pages, Hardcover

The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set … read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

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

5. 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 Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • queer
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6. Translation State

By: Ann Leckie

4.09

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple … read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Translation State book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • queer
"I am not a potato."

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

"You have only small and seemingly pointless choices available to you. But if there is anything I have been trying to teach you, it is that small actions can have larger consequences. If one has only …"

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

Cover of Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1) by S.T. Gibson

7. Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

By: S.T. Gibson

3.66

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

The Devil knows your name, David Aristarkhov. As a teen, David Aristarkhov was a psychic prodig… read more

Similar categories in S.T. Gibson's Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1) book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • fiction
  • queer
"He looked as he always did: slightly underfed, terminally scholastic, and two weeks overdue for a haircut."

-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

"She didn't quite share her husband's passion for antiquarian books, but she understood it. She understood that if you cracked Rhys open, he would probably have paperback pages inside him instead of o…"

-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

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8. Light from Uncommon Stars

By: Ryka Aoki

4.06

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

A defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian … read more

Similar categories in Ryka Aoki's Light from Uncommon Stars book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • queer
"Lindsey Stirling?"

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

"I shall make you feel all the joy, the terror in loving who you are."

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

"A sandwich that is more than a sandwich. Coffee that is more than coffee."

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

"When you rush, all you are doing is practicing your mistakes at a faster pace."

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

Cover of A Taste of Gold and Iron (Mahisti Dynasty, #1) by Alexandra Rowland

9. A Taste of Gold and Iron (Mahisti Dynasty, #1)

By: Alexandra Rowland

4.05

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The Goblin Emperor meets "Magnificent Century" in Alexandra Rowland's A Taste of Gold and Iron, whe… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Rowland's A Taste of Gold and Iron (Mahisti Dynasty, #1) book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky

10. Service Model

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

To fix the world they first must break it further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Service Model book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

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

11. 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 Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • science fiction
  • 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)

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12. 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

Similar categories in Emily Tesh's Some Desperate Glory book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • queer
"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 Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3) by Rebecca Roanhorse

13. 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

Similar categories in Rebecca Roanhorse's Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3) book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1) by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan

14. The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

By: Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan

3.85

Format: 523 pages, Paperback

A group of three young thieves are pulled into a centuries old magical war between ancient beings, … read more

Similar categories in Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1) book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • fiction
"Back up to the main street. The fires are mostly under control, and the Tallowmen - both the dead and the quick - have melted away, one set into the gutters and the other into the shadows."

-Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

"Change is simultaneously a fast and a slow process. The great forces of history are slow-moving and unnoticed by those surrounded by them, visible only in hindsight where they appear inevitable."

-Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

"Ongent just keeps huffing and puffing up the steps, as if he's out for an afternoon constitutional and his only worry is getting to the top of this little hill, not getting robbed and left in a ditch…"

-Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

"Idge says that there are moments when revolution is possible. Most of the time, we’re all – everyone, from the poorest beggar out there to the Patros on his golden throne – caught in the gears, contr…"

-Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

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15. The Deep Sky

By: Yume Kitasei

3.71

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

Yume Kitasei's The Deep Sky is an enthralling sci fi thriller debut about a mission into deep space… read more

Similar categories in Yume Kitasei's The Deep Sky book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
"...wanting to prove they were strong enough to withstand anything. Except strength could make you brittle. Big enough impact, and you splinter."

-Yume Kitasei, The Deep Sky

Cover of Colonyside (Planetside, #3) by Michael Mammay

16. Colonyside (Planetside, #3)

By: Michael Mammay

4.00

Format: 384 pages, ebook

A missing scientist and deep pockets pull Colonel Carl Butler out of retirement, investigating anot… read more

Similar categories in Michael Mammay's Colonyside (Planetside, #3) book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
Cover of The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1) by Angie Thomas

17. The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1)

By: Angie Thomas

4.19

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

Internationally bestselling superstar author Angie Thomas makes her middle grade debut with the lau… read more

Similar categories in Angie Thomas's The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1) book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • fiction
Cover of Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

18. Someone You Can Build a Nest In

By: John Wiswell

4.07

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance—from the perspective of the monster—… read more

Similar categories in John Wiswell's Someone You Can Build a Nest In book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • fiction
  • queer
"No young woman of means has gone through her entire life without at least once surveying her opportunities and wishing for a dragon instead."

-John Wiswell, Someone You Can Build a Nest In

"Homily professed her love by digging a second crossbow bolt of Shersheshin's body. It was so much clearer a declaration of affection than any of those speeches spun by poets or playwrights. And stuff…"

-John Wiswell, Someone You Can Build a Nest In

Cover of Empire of Sand (The Books of Ambha, #1) by Tasha Suri

19. Empire of Sand (The Books of Ambha, #1)

By: Tasha Suri

3.83

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

A nobleman’s daughter with magic in her blood. An empire built on the dreams of enslaved gods. Empi… read more

Similar categories in Tasha Suri's Empire of Sand (The Books of Ambha, #1) book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • fiction
"No vow, no matter what it compels from me, will be more important than the one I’ve made to love you."

-Tasha Suri, Empire of Sand (The Books of Ambha, #1)

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20. Fireheart Tiger

By: Aliette de Bodard

3.40

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author Aliette de Bodard returns with a powerful romantic fantasy that reads like The… read more

Similar categories in Aliette de Bodard's Fireheart Tiger book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • fiction
  • queer
"Ssshhh. It's all right." And does it matter that it's not, if it gets them through the night?"

-Aliette de Bodard, Fireheart Tiger

"Anyway, the fire doesn't matter. There will be other fires, my love, and we will survive them all."

-Aliette de Bodard, Fireheart Tiger

"She says--because darkness needs to be faced, needs to be denied--"You would have given me so much, in exchange for me giving up everything."

-Aliette de Bodard, Fireheart Tiger

"If love is what it takes to make her remember a girl in the midst of a fire, then how much can you trust her? How much can you trust that love?"

-Aliette de Bodard, Fireheart Tiger

Cover of Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys, #3) by Seanan McGuire

21. Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys, #3)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.07

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Every night, a Moon shines down on the Impossible City… New York Times bestselling author Seanan M… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys, #3) book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2) by Micaiah Johnson

22. Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2)

By: Micaiah Johnson

4.15

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

Faced with a coming apocalypse, a woman must reckon with her past to solve a series of sudden and i… read more

Similar categories in Micaiah Johnson's Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2) book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • queer
"Wanting to shift someone's boundaries is a burden and a threat, not a gift or a compliment."

-Micaiah Johnson, Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2)

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23. Ocean's Godori

By: Elaine U. Cho

3.67

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Ocean Yoon has never felt like much of a Korean, even if she is descended from a long line of haeny… read more

Similar categories in Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • queer
"She asks, "Do you ever want to go back to Mars?" "It's a weird little place," he replies. "Stuck in its ways. I feel more like a Martian when I'm not there, if that makes sense."

-Elaine U. Cho, Ocean's Godori

Cover of Drowned Country (The Greenhollow Duology, #2) by Emily Tesh

24. Drowned Country (The Greenhollow Duology, #2)

By: Emily Tesh

3.98

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

This second volume of the Greenhollow duology once again invites readers to lose themselves in the … read more

Similar categories in Emily Tesh's Drowned Country (The Greenhollow Duology, #2) book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of The Girl in Red by Christina Henry

25. The Girl in Red

By: Christina Henry

3.71

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

A postapocalyptic take on the perennial classic "Little Red Riding Hood", about a woman who isn't a… read more

Similar categories in Christina Henry's The Girl in Red book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
"We all die in the end," Mama said. "What we do before the end is what counts"."

-Christina Henry, The Girl in Red

"You can't write this like a story Red. This is life, and it doesn't follow your rules"

-Christina Henry, The Girl in Red

"Grandmas didn't die from stuff like that. Grandmas went on and on, enduring year after year, shriveled and worn but somehow ageless."

-Christina Henry, The Girl in Red

"One thing Red had learned from years of reading and movie watching was that people were far scarier than any disease or zombie or alien or face-eating monster."

-Christina Henry, The Girl in Red

Cover of Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1) by Zoe Hana Mikuta

26. Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)

By: Zoe Hana Mikuta

3.88

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

Two girls on opposite sides of a war discover they're fighting for a common purpose--and falling fo… read more

Similar categories in Zoe Hana Mikuta's Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1) book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • queer
"Because I am miserable and so viciously in love with her, I eat the soup."

-Zoe Hana Mikuta, Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)

"I could hate you, but it would kill me, and that is not how I am dying for you."

-Zoe Hana Mikuta, Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)

"The whole world can rot.' Eris whispers. 'Let's just sit here and watch it happen."

-Zoe Hana Mikuta, Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)

"It's not who I want to be. I want to be soft, and I don't want to take shit from any-one."

-Zoe Hana Mikuta, Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)

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27. Braking Day

By: Adam Oyebanji

3.98

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

On a generation ship bound for a distant star, one engineer-in-training must discover the secrets a… read more

Similar categories in Adam Oyebanji's Braking Day book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
Cover of The Last Hero (The First Sister Trilogy, #3) by Linden A. Lewis

28. The Last Hero (The First Sister Trilogy, #3)

By: Linden A. Lewis

4.26

Format: 624 pages, Paperback

The flame of rebellion burns across the solar system in this dazzling conclusion to Linden A. Lewis… read more

Similar categories in Linden A. Lewis's The Last Hero (The First Sister Trilogy, #3) book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Road to Ruin (Magebike Courier, #1) by Hana  Lee

29. Road to Ruin (Magebike Courier, #1)

By: Hana Lee

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

An electrifying, gritty fantasy from debut author Hana Lee that takes a royal messenger on a high-s… read more

Similar categories in Hana Lee's Road to Ruin (Magebike Courier, #1) book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Scorpica (The Five Queendoms, #1) by G.R.  Macallister

30. Scorpica (The Five Queendoms, #1)

By: G.R. Macallister

3.62

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A centuries-long peace is shattered in a matriarchal society when a decade passes without a single … read more

Similar categories in G.R. Macallister's Scorpica (The Five Queendoms, #1) book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2) by Kristyn Merbeth

31. Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

By: Kristyn Merbeth

3.87

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Two planets are on the brink of war in Memoria, the thrillingsecond book in an action-packed space … read more

Similar categories in Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2) book and Kristyn Merbeth's Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol, #2)

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • queer

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Ian Tregillis

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Yoon Ha Lee

3.80

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4.09

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