23 must-read science fiction books like Aestus: Book 2: The Colony by S.Z. Attwell

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Aestus: Book 2: The Colony

By: S.Z. Attwell

4.45

Format: 560 pages, Kindle Edition

An underground city. A deadly project. And an Intelligence agent who can help Jossey take down the …

If you liked the science fiction plot in Aestus: Book 2: The Colony by S.Z. Attwell , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. The Left Hand of Darkness

By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Lech Jęczmyk

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human… read more

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"The king was pregnant."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

"Truth is a matter of the imagination."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

"The light is the left hand of darkness"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

"Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

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2. Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2)

By: Octavia E. Butler

3.89

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

In this sequel to Dawn, Lilith Iyapo has given birth to what looks like a normal human boy named Ak… read more

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3. Sand (Sand, #1-5)

By: Hugh Howey

4.04

Format: 417 pages,

The new novel from the international bestselling author of the Wool trilogy. The old world is burie… read more

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4. 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

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"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

5. Fate's Edge (The Edge, #3)

By: Ilona Andrews

3.80

Format: 25 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Audrey Callahan left behind her life in the Edge, and she's determined to stay on the straight and … read more

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6. The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency #1)

By: John Scalzi

3.29

Format: 368 pages, ebook

The first novel of a new space-opera sequence set in an all-new universe by the Hugo Award-winning,… read more

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7. Untitled (The Interdependency #2)

By: John Scalzi

3.84

Format: 255 pages,

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8. Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)

By: Octavia E. Butler

4.16

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Lilith Iyapo has just lost her husband and son when atomic fire consumes Earth—the last stage of th… read more

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"We couldn’t survive as a people if we were always confined to one ship or one world."

-Octavia E. Butler, Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)

"A cancer growing in someone's body will go on growing in spite of denial. And a complex combination of genes that work together to make you intelligent as well as hierarchical will still handicap you…"

-Octavia E. Butler, Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)

"She held out, did not speak directly to her captors except to curse them. She offered no cooperation. There were moments when she did not know why she resisted. What would she be giving up if she ans…"

-Octavia E. Butler, Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)

9. The Island of Dr. Moreau

By: H.G. Wells

4.67

Format: 46 pages, Paperback

Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettab… read more

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10. The Book Eaters

By: Sunyi Dean

3.64

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain al… read more

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"None of us are truly good,"

-Sunyi Dean, The Book Eaters

"Love has no cost for our children. Living or dead, here or gone."

-Sunyi Dean, The Book Eaters

"How did one give shape to absence? Fill a black hole with light?"

-Sunyi Dean, The Book Eaters

"I am not those people and I’m also not me. I can’t ever be me, I’m too full of other lives."

-Sunyi Dean, The Book Eaters

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11. The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)

By: Micaiah Johnson

3.94

Format: 336 pages, None

An outsider who can travel between worlds discovers a secret that threatens her new home and her fr… read more

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"Of course, humanity couldn't just look. We had to enter. We had to touch and taste and take."

-Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)

"„An angel fallen from the sky, with my name on her back so I would know the gift was meant for me."

-Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)

"It is only one world in infinite universes where this impossible happiness exists, but that is what makes it so valuable."

-Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)

"I confused routine for reliability and reliability for safety. I had no idea the chaos I was capable of holding inside me."

-Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)

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12. Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches, #5)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.87

Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition

A revolutionary experiment in space opens a woman’s eyes to the meaning of solitude in a thought-pr… read more

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13. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2)

By: Matt Dinniman

4.56

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

"The training levels have concluded. Now the games may truly begin." The ratings and views are o… read more

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14. The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, #3)

By: John Scalzi

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The collapse of The Flow, the interstellar pathway between the planets of the Interdependency, has … read more

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15. Stars and Bones (Continuance #1)

By: Gareth L. Powell

3.66

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

From the multi BSFA award-winner comes a stunningly inventive action-packed science-fiction epic ad… read more

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16. Across the Sand (The Sand Chronicles, #2)

By: Hugh Howey

4.05

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The first original novel from author Hugh Howey in six years, Across the Sand takes us back to the … read more

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17. Spirit of the Wood

By: Kristen Britain

4.38

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

This short novel set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Green Rider series tells the ba… read more

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18. Hammer and Crucible (Imperial Hammer, #1)

By: Cameron Cooper

4.21

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

The interstellar array which links worlds together wakes to find it has enemies…The Fourth Carinad … read more

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19. Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons (Miss Percy Guide, #1)

By: Quenby Olson

4.12

Format: None pages, ebook

Miss Mildred Percy inherits a dragon. Ah, but we’ve already got ahead of ourselves… Miss Mil… read more

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20. Shakedowners (Shakedowners #1)

By: Justin Woolley

4.24

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

Some starship captains explore strange new worlds, seeking out new life and new civilisations. Some… read more

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21. The Art of War

By: Peter Cawdron

4.53

Format: 431 pages, Kindle Edition

Commander Lisa Chao works in the US Navy’s Strategic Planning Center in Pearl Harbor. When tensions… read more

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22. Apothecary

By: Peter Cawdron

4.35

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1558, during the reign of Bloody Queen Mary, Earth is visited by extraterrestrials who initiate … read more

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"Because stars shine regardless of my feelings. Because planets form regardless of my convictions. Because life arose on your world regardless of my beliefs. To me, these things—feelings, convictions …"

-Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

"Oh, no, for there’s no poison so deadly as belief. To have settled on one view alone is folly. Belief is not thinking. It’s blind acceptance. We think of knowledge as something static, but ’tis not s…"

-Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

"You’re smart and yet ignorant. You know not that ignorance leaves you vulnerable. Ignorance invites lies, for it cannot distinguish between truth and error. Ignorance relies on ego for answers, not a…"

-Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

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23. The Last Astronaut

By: David Wellington

3.61

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Mission Commander Sally Jansen is Earth’s last astronaut–and last hope–in this gripping near-future… read more

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24. The Balloon Hunter: A Found Novel (Dear Apocalypse, #1)

By: Hugh Howey

3.91

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Shoot anything you don't understand. That's been my motto, and it's kept me alive. So when I saw s… read more

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25. Tropical Punch (Bubbles In Space, #1)

By: S.C. Jensen

4.03

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

Strippers, Drugs, and Headless Corpses… All in a day’s work for Bubbles Marlowe, HoloCity’s only… read more

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26. Clowns

By: Peter Cawdron

4.28

Format: 457 pages, Kindle Edition

Humanity's First Contact with an intelligent extraterrestrial species exploring the solar system oc… read more

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27. Bloodlines (The Guardian of Empire City #1)

By: Peter Hartog

4.29

Format: 467 pages, Kindle Edition

Those dark and terrible things from your nightmares are very real. They walk among us, masquerad… read more

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Cover of AQUEOUS: A Subterranean Thriller by Taylor Buck

28. AQUEOUS: A Subterranean Thriller

By: Taylor Buck

3.87

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

DESCEND AND DISCOVER WHAT LIES BENEATH.Scientists discover a miracle mineral deep underground. Is i… read more

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29. The Last Gifts of the Universe

By: Riley August

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A dying universe. A search for answers. An adventure at the end of a trillion lifetimes. When th… read more

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30. Aestus: Book 2: The Colony

By: S.Z. Attwell

4.45

Format: 560 pages, Kindle Edition

An underground city. A deadly project. And an Intelligence agent who can help Jossey take down the … read more

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Cover of Stay Warm, Don't Die (Space Rogues, #4) by John Wilker

31. Stay Warm, Don't Die (Space Rogues, #4)

By: John Wilker

4.42

Format: None pages, ebook

Hired to bring a tech team to a remote planet.They had no idea what was waiting for them.Wil and th… read more

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4.15

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T.S. Falk

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