11 must-read science fiction books like Malefactor by Robert Repino

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Malefactor

By: Robert Repino

4.11

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover

Over a decade has passed since the Queen of the Colony began her apocalyptic war with the humans. I…

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1. Canada

By: Mike Myers

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Comedy superstar Mike Myers writes from the (true patriot) heart about his 52-year relationship wit… read more

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"...the strength of a democracy is not how well we agree but how well we disagree."

-Mike Myers, Canada

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2. Suffer the Children

By: Craig DiLouie

3.96

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

From an acclaimed horror writer, a chilling tale of blood-hungry children who rise from the dead in… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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3. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

3.96

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

Second only to Slaughterhouse-Five of Vonnegut's canon in its prominence and influence, God Bless Y… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"Sons of suicides seldom do well."

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

"God damn it, you've got to be kind."

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

"Pretend to be good always and even God will be fooled."

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

"May I ask you a highly personal question?" "It's what life does all the time."

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

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4. The Cloud Roads (Books of the Raksura, #1)

By: Martha Wells

3.97

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

Moon has spent his life hiding what he is — a shape-shifter able to transform himself into a winged… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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5. Those Across the River

By: Christopher Buehlman

3.71

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

Failed academic Frank Nichols and his wife, Eudora, have arrived in the sleepy Georgia town of Whit… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Violence like that is private, don't you think?"

-Christopher Buehlman, Those Across the River

"That was a mean thought, and not funny at all. I let it turn to sand and blow out of my head."

-Christopher Buehlman, Those Across the River

"I mostly drink clear booze because the rest of it looks it's already been through a gentleman."

-Christopher Buehlman, Those Across the River

"But when I make a good [taxidermy] mount I feel like I beat God in a small way. As though the Almighty said, Let such critter be dead, and I said, 'Fuck You, he can still play the banjo."

-Christopher Buehlman, Those Across the River

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6. 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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7. 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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8. Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

By: Martha Wells

4.31

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall. When M… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"Tural left with the air of escaping before things got worse."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"The only thing worse than humans infantilizing bots was bots infantilizing themselves."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"Humans do the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"Humans so the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

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9. Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone

By: Sarah Jaffe

3.97

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A deeply-reported examination of why "doing what you love" is a recipe for exploitation, creating a… read more

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"Freedom was there, the neoliberals argued, you just had to purchase it."

-Sarah Jaffe, Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone

"Neoliberalism encourages us to think that everything we want and need must be found with a price tag attached."

-Sarah Jaffe, Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone

"The majority of people who work in the arts will identify themselves as liberal to left wing, often radical left wing. This is going from the poorest artist to the highest paid curators in institutio…"

-Sarah Jaffe, Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone

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10. Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America

By: Kathleen Belew

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"Belew's book helps explain how we got to today's alt right."―Terry Gross, Fresh Air The white p… read more

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"The story of white power as a social movement exposes something broader about the enduring impact of state violence in America. It reveals one catastrophic ricochet of the Vietnam War, in the form of…"

-Kathleen Belew, Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America

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11. Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life

By: Alan Cumming

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An intimate look at the making of a man, an actor, an advocate--and most importantly--a happy human… read more

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12. They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in Pieces

By: Eric LaRocca

3.59

Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of the viral sensation Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke comes They Were… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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13. Shmutz

By: Felicia Berliner

3.52

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this witty, provocative, and unputdownable debut novel a young Hasidic woman on a quest to get m… read more

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  • fiction
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14. The Apocalypse Seven

By: Gene Doucette

3.83

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang, but a whatever. The whateverpocalypse. That’s w… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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15. The Pit and the Box (The Boy in the Iron Box, #2)

By: Guillermo del Toro

4.03

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

On an isolated mountain, a stone labyrinth provides rough shelter for a band of mercenaries. At its… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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16. 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

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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17. The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family

By: Jesselyn Cook

4.45

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how… read more

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18. Absolution (Southern Reach, #4)

By: Jeff VanderMeer

4.00

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Ten years after the publication of Annihilation, the surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer’s bl… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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19. Malefactor

By: Robert Repino

4.11

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover

Over a decade has passed since the Queen of the Colony began her apocalyptic war with the humans. I… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • animals
  • fantasy
Cover of Livesuit (The Captive’s War #1.5) by James S.A. Corey

20. Livesuit (The Captive’s War #1.5)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.45

Format: 90 pages, ebook

Humanity's war is eternal, spread across the galaxy and the ages. Humanity's best hope to end the e… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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21. What I Ate in One Year (And Related Thoughts)

By: Stanley Tucci

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From Stanley Tucci, award-winning actor and New York Times bestselling author, a deliciously unique… read more

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Craig DiLouie

3.96

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God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

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3.96

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3.97

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Miranda July

3.81

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