11 must-read adult books like The Razor by J. Barton Mitchell

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The Razor

By: J. Barton Mitchell

3.75

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor is a riveting science fiction thriller about a man struggling to sur…

If you liked the adult plot in The Razor by J. Barton Mitchell , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Skysworn (Cradle, #4) by Will Wight

1. Skysworn (Cradle, #4)

By: Will Wight

3.57

Format: 384 pages,

With his duel fast approaching, Lindon is locked away in prison. As a Blackflame, he is too dangero… read more

Similar categories in Will Wight's Skysworn (Cradle, #4) book and J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor

  • fiction
Cover of Redshirts by John Scalzi

2. Redshirts

By: John Scalzi

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Redshirts book and J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
"Sooner or later the Narrative will come for each of us."

-John Scalzi, Redshirts

"We've already established whoever is writing us is an asshole."

-John Scalzi, Redshirts

"Who are you and what medications aren't you taking?" Finn said."

-John Scalzi, Redshirts

"In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug," Cassaway said, dryly."

-John Scalzi, Redshirts

3. Going Rogue (Spells, Swords, & Stealth, #3)

By: Drew Hayes

3.76

Format: 208 pages,

Adventuring is a costly affair, and while the tolls are often paid in blood, gold can drain away ju… read more

Similar categories in Drew Hayes's Going Rogue (Spells, Swords, & Stealth, #3) book and J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor

4. Rebel Queen

By: Michelle Moran

4.48

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

When the British Empire sets its sights on India in the 1850s, it expects a quick and easy conquest… read more

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5. The Olympian Affair (The Cinder Spires, #2)

By: Jim Butcher

4.25

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

The characters are off on a diplomatic mission to another Spire. A bunch of representatives of vari… read more

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

6. 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 J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
Cover of Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) by John Scalzi

7. Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)

By: John Scalzi

4.24

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined t… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) book and J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
"It’s war, you jackasses,"

-John Scalzi, Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)

"Christ on a Popsicle stick."

-John Scalzi, Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)

"What we don't know can't hurt us."

-John Scalzi, Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)

"We don’t get to choose our battles."

-John Scalzi, Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)

Cover of Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders, #1) by Mur Lafferty

8. Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders, #1)

By: Mur Lafferty

3.71

Format: 457 pages, Paperback

From idyllic small towns to claustrophobic urban landscapes, Mallory Viridian is constantly embroil… read more

Similar categories in Mur Lafferty's Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders, #1) book and J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • space
Cover of Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) by Martha Wells

9. Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

By: Martha Wells

4.26

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

SciFi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is again on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCr… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) book and J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
"I was tired of pretending to be human. I needed a break."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"Pretending bad things aren’t happening is not a great survival strategy."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"I hate caring about stuff. But apparently once you start, you can't just stop."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"I didn’t want to see helpless humans. I’d rather see smart ones rescuing each other."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

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10. The Spite House

By: Johnny Compton

3.53

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

Eric Ross is on the run from a mysterious past with his two daughters in tow. Having left his wife,… read more

Similar categories in Johnny Compton's The Spite House book and J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor

  • thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture, #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

11. Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture, #2)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.20

Format: 596 pages, ebook

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the second novel in an extr… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture, #2) book and J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
Cover of The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal

12. The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

3.96

Format: 431 pages, Paperback

On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the east coa… read more

Similar categories in Mary Robinette Kowal's The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1) book and J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
Cover of The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu

13. The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

By: Samit Basu

3.59

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Shantiport was supposed to be a gateway to the stars. But the city is sinking, and its colonist rul… read more

Similar categories in Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport book and J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
"You exist, and you deserve to belong."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"Usually when my life goes according to plan, it turns out the plan was made by someone else"

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"It's all very clear, I just chose not to get it, I just decided everyone who didn't agree with my vision was lying, or a fool."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"I don't want to talk about this. It's not that I think you're wrong, but it's too big for me. I'll never be able to do anything about it."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

Cover of Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

14. 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 J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
"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 The Immortality Thief (The Kystrom Chronicles, #1) by Taran Hunt

15. The Immortality Thief (The Kystrom Chronicles, #1)

By: Taran Hunt

4.09

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

The Immortality Thief is a ridiculously fun, fast paced, seat-of-your-pants read full of treasure h… read more

Similar categories in Taran Hunt's The Immortality Thief (The Kystrom Chronicles, #1) book and J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • space
Cover of Siege Tactics (Spells, Swords, & Stealth, #4) by Drew  Hayes

16. Siege Tactics (Spells, Swords, & Stealth, #4)

By: Drew Hayes

4.39

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

Putting the Grand Quest behind them, the party rides onward in search of answers. Between one membe… read more

Similar categories in Drew Hayes's Siege Tactics (Spells, Swords, & Stealth, #4) book and J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
"Was that really me? Why can I remember doing all of these things, but not why I did them, or what I was feeling, or what made it seem so important? Why does the person I was before feel so different …"

-Drew Hayes, Siege Tactics (Spells, Swords, & Stealth, #4)

Cover of No Way (Frank Kitteridge #2) by S.J. Morden

17. No Way (Frank Kitteridge #2)

By: S.J. Morden

4.14

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

In the sequel to the terrifying science fiction thriller, One Way, returning home from Mars may mea… read more

Similar categories in S.J. Morden's No Way (Frank Kitteridge #2) book and J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor

  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • space
  • fiction
Cover of Ghostwater (Cradle, #5) by Will Wight

18. Ghostwater (Cradle, #5)

By: Will Wight

4.56

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Long ago, the Monarch Northstrider created a world of his own. This world, known as Ghostwater, ho… read more

Similar categories in Will Wight's Ghostwater (Cradle, #5) book and J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
"Truth does not care for your feelings"

-Will Wight, Ghostwater (Cradle, #5)

Cover of A Pale Light in the Black (NeoG, #1) by K.B. Wagers

19. A Pale Light in the Black (NeoG, #1)

By: K.B. Wagers

3.82

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The rollicking first entry in a unique science fiction series that introduces the Near-Earth Orbita… read more

Similar categories in K.B. Wagers's A Pale Light in the Black (NeoG, #1) book and J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
Cover of The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

20. The Splinter in the Sky

By: Kemi Ashing-Giwa

3.47

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A “breathtaking space opera” ( Publishers Weekly , starred review) about a … read more

Similar categories in Kemi Ashing-Giwa's The Splinter in the Sky book and J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
Cover of The Razor by J. Barton Mitchell

21. The Razor

By: J. Barton Mitchell

3.75

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor is a riveting science fiction thriller about a man struggling to sur… read more

Similar categories in J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor book and J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • space

18 Top fiction books like The Razor by J. Barton Mitchell

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Skysworn (Cradle, #4)

Will Wight

3.57

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Redshirts

John Scalzi

3.86

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The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1)

Megan E. O'Keefe

4.11

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Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)

John Scalzi

4.24

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19 must-read fiction books like No Way (Frank Kitteridge #2) by S.J. Morden

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Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

Alastair Reynolds

4.36

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Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.02

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Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

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Critical Mass (Delta-v, #2)

Daniel Suarez

4.19

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