19 Best science fiction books like Apex Magazine, Issue 129, January 2022 by Jason Sizemore

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Apex Magazine, Issue 129, January 2022

By: Jason Sizemore

3.20

Format: 185 pages, ebook

Original Fiction: "It Happened in 'Loontown" by Lavie Tidhar "City Lights" by Yilun Fan (translat…

If you liked the science fiction plot in Apex Magazine, Issue 129, January 2022 by Jason Sizemore , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of The House of Binding Thorns (Dominion of the Fallen, #2) by Aliette de Bodard

1. The House of Binding Thorns (Dominion of the Fallen, #2)

By: Aliette de Bodard

3.89

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The multi-award-winning author of The House of Shattered Wings continues her Dominion of the Fallen… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 132 (Clarkesworld Magazine #132) by Geoff Ryman, Neil Clarke, Tom Purdom, Kelly Robson, Suzanne Palmer, None, S. Qiouyi Lu, None, A. Brym, Stephanie M. Bucklin, Eric Schwitzgebel, None, Gu Shi

2. Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 132 (Clarkesworld Magazine #132)

By: Geoff Ryman , Neil Clarke , Tom Purdom , Kelly Robson , Suzanne Palmer , None , S. Qiouyi Lu , None , A. Brym , Stephanie M. Bucklin , Eric Schwitzgebel , None , Gu Shi

3.95

Format: 254 pages, ebook

FICTION "Antarctic Birds" by A. Brym "Little /^^^\&-" by Eric Schwitzgebel "The Secret Life of Bots… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction

3. Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 124 (Clarkesworld Magazine, #124)

By: Aliette de Bodard , Rich Larson , John Kessel , Neil Clarke , Kelly Robson , Lettie Prell , Gary Kloster , None , Emanuela Valentini , None , None , Vina Jie-Min Prasad

3.92

Format: 314 pages, ebook

FICTION "The Ghost Ship Anastasia" by Rich Larson "A Series of Steaks" by Vina Jie-Min Prasad "Just… read more

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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

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  • science fiction
  • novella
  • fiction
Cover of The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) by Nghi Vo

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

By: Nghi Vo

4.17

Format: 128 pages, ebook

The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more

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  • novella
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."

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

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6. On the Fox Roads

By: Nghi Vo

4.04

Format: 29 pages, ebook

While learning the ropes from a crafty Jazz Age bank robber, a young stowaway discovers their authe… read more

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  • novella
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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7. 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

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8. Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)

By: Nghi Vo

4.24

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

The Hugo and Crawford Award-Winning Series! The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singin… read more

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  • novella
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8) by Seanan McGuire

9. 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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  • novella
  • 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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10. D.I.Y

By: John Wiswell

3.76

Format: 25 pages, ebook

When the the elitist institution of Ozymandias Academy and its headmaster, Vamon Kinctuarin, can't … read more

Similar categories in John Wiswell's D.I.Y book and Jason Sizemore's Apex Magazine, Issue 129, January 2022

  • dystopia
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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11. The Saint of Bright Doors

By: Vajra Chandrasekera

3.71

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults agai… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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12. The Spare Man

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Tesla Crane, a brilliant inventor and an heiress, is on her honeymoon on an interplanetary space li… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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13. Even Though I Knew the End

By: C.L. Polk

3.85

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the… read more

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  • novella
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"A warm firework blossomed in my chest, the brilliant sparks flying along my nerves. I barely stopped myself from reaching across the table for her hand."

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

"I never told her how she had saved me. I never told her how she became the dearest friend I’d ever had. I told her I loved her, but never enough. My Edith of the sparrows. My heart. My world."

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

"Ten years. It wasn't enough time, but I would live every blessed second of it. "We're going to San Fransisco." She smiled up at me. "We'll get a house in North Beach." "Right away," I said. "I've got…"

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

Cover of Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3) by Nghi Vo

14. Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3)

By: Nghi Vo

4.03

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover

Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorio… read more

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  • novella
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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15. 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 Jason Sizemore's Apex Magazine, Issue 129, January 2022

  • 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

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16. Rose/House

By: Arkady Martine

3.72

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Dust jacket illustration by David Curtis. Arkady Martine, the acclaimed author of the Teixcalaan… read more

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  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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17. Ogres

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.24

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

A bleak glimpse of a world of savage tyrants, from award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky in a bea… read more

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  • novella
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Difference Between Love and Time by Catherynne M. Valente

18. The Difference Between Love and Time

By: Catherynne M. Valente

3.83

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Tor is pleased to reprint “The Difference Between Love and Time” by Catherynne M. Valente, as featu… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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19. Ivy, Angelica, Bay

By: C.L. Polk

4.16

Format: 51 pages, Kindle Edition

When Hurston Hill is threatened by a suspiciously powerful urban development firm, Miss l'Abielle s… read more

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  • novella
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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20. L'Esprit de L'Escalier

By: Catherynne M. Valente

3.97

Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition

L’Esprit de L’Escalier by Catherynne M. Valente is a provocative retelling of the Greek myth, in wh… read more

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  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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21. The Past Is Red

By: Catherynne M. Valente

4.11

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Catherynne M. Valente, the bestselling and award-winning creator of Space Opera and The Girl Who Ci… read more

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  • novella
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"The day I met her I knew I was never gonna be the girl from before I heard her voice ever again."

-Catherynne M. Valente, The Past Is Red

"The kind of hope I have doesn’t begin and end with demanding everything go back to the way it was when it can’t, it can’t ever, that’s not how time works."

-Catherynne M. Valente, The Past Is Red

"But you can't ever imagine what you're going to care about when you turn into the version of you that’s waiting on the other side of five years from now. That’s a stranger waiting to ambush you, and …"

-Catherynne M. Valente, The Past Is Red

"She listens, and I wish I could give her a little gold trophy for it, but I can’t, because of all the things Fuckwits gave trophies for, they never thought listening like nothing exists but time and …"

-Catherynne M. Valente, The Past Is Red

Cover of Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 177, June 2021 by Neil Clarke

22. Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 177, June 2021

By: Neil Clarke

4.13

Format: 199 pages, ebook

FICTION Little Animals by Nancy Kress Poubelle by Robert Reed Bots of the Lost Ark by Suzanne Pa… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Uncanny Magazine Issue 49: November/December 2022 by Lynne M. Thomas

23. Uncanny Magazine Issue 49: November/December 2022

By: Lynne M. Thomas

4.17

Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition

The November/December 2022 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction b… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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24. A Dream of Electric Mothers

By: Wole Talabi

3.89

Format: 22 pages, ebook

We’re excited to reprint “A Dream of Electric Mothers,” the 2023 Nebula Award–nominated novelette b… read more

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  • nigeria
  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"Two hours into the third session of our fourth cabinet meeting on the border dispute with the co-operative kingdom of Dahomey, my colleagues finally agree that we need to seek the dream-counsel of ou…"

-Wole Talabi, A Dream of Electric Mothers

Cover of Uncanny Magazine Issue 47: July/August 2022 by Lynne M. Thomas

25. Uncanny Magazine Issue 47: July/August 2022

By: Lynne M. Thomas

3.72

Format: 201 pages, Kindle Edition

Cover: The Wizard of Light by Kirbi Fagan Editorials: “The Uncanny Valley” by Lynne M. Thomas … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of I Am AI: A Novelette by Ai Jiang

26. I Am AI: A Novelette

By: Ai Jiang

4.11

Format: 63 pages, Paperback

If you have the opportunity to give up humanity for efficiency, mechanical invincibility, and to su… read more

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  • novella
  • dystopia
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
Cover of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #298, Special Double-Issue for BCS Science-Fantasy Month 5 by Scott H. Andrews

27. Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #298, Special Double-Issue for BCS Science-Fantasy Month 5

By: Scott H. Andrews

3.73

Format: 90 pages, Kindle Edition

Issue #298 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, a special double-issue for BCS Science-Fanta… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • hugo awards
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Questa storia non è la storia by John Wiswell

28. Questa storia non è la storia

By: John Wiswell

4.15

Format: 69 pages, Paperback

Vincitore Premio LocusFinalista Premio NebulaFinalista Premio Hugo…"Loro non capiscono cosa signifi… read more

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29. El pecado de América

By: Catherynne M. Valente

3.29

Format: 42 pages, ebook

None read more

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  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • hugo awards
  • fantasy
Cover of Apex Magazine, Issue 129, January 2022 by Jason Sizemore

30. Apex Magazine, Issue 129, January 2022

By: Jason Sizemore

3.20

Format: 185 pages, ebook

Original Fiction: "It Happened in 'Loontown" by Lavie Tidhar "City Lights" by Yilun Fan (translat… read more

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  • nigeria
  • novella
  • speculative fiction
  • dystopia
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • hugo awards
  • fantasy
Cover of Space Oddity (Space Opera, #2) by Catherynne M. Valente

31. Space Oddity (Space Opera, #2)

By: Catherynne M. Valente

3.78

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Return to the greatest contest in the galaxy in the sequel to the hilarious USA TODAY bestseller Sp… read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Peace is civilization's problematic follow-up album that never quite works."

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Oddity (Space Opera, #2)

"Beauty is stuck behind a paywall. Stupid is always free. And it sure does like the look of everything you hold dear."

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Oddity (Space Opera, #2)

29 Top fiction books like Apex Magazine, Issue 129, January 2022 by Jason Sizemore

Transform Your Habits

The House of Binding Thorns (Dominion of the Fallen, #2)

Aliette de Bodard

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 132 (Clarkesworld Magazine #132)

Geoff Ryman , Neil Clarke , Tom Purdom , Kelly Robson , Suzanne Palmer , None , S. Qiouyi Lu , None , A. Brym , Stephanie M. Bucklin , Eric Schwitzgebel , None , Gu Shi

3.95

Transform Your Habits

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

Malka Ann Older

3.64

Transform Your Habits

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

Nghi Vo

4.17

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20 Best fiction books like The Past Is Red by Catherynne M. Valente

Transform Your Habits

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

Seanan McGuire

4.09

Transform Your Habits

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

Malka Ann Older

3.64

Transform Your Habits

System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Elder Race

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.11

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