15 must-read science fiction books like Beyond the El by John Chu

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Beyond the El

By: John Chu

3.34

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

Connor is a food crafter just getting back into the business after his mother’s death. To cope with…

If you liked the science fiction plot in Beyond the El by John Chu , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Slow Bullets by Alastair Reynolds

1. Slow Bullets

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the author of the Revelation Space series comes an interstellar adventure of war, identity, be… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Slow Bullets book and John Chu's Beyond the El

  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid by C.L. Polk

2. St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid

By: C.L. Polk

3.86

Format: 21 pages, ebook

All magical requests comes with a price. A girl with witchcraft, no friends, and only her mother’s … read more

Similar categories in C.L. Polk's St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid book and John Chu's Beyond the El

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • queer
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3. Nine Last Days on Planet Earth

By: Daryl Gregory

3.91

Format: 42 pages, ebook

When the seeds rained down from deep space, it may have been the first stage of an alien invasion--… read more

Similar categories in Daryl Gregory's Nine Last Days on Planet Earth book and John Chu's Beyond the El

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"He could talk at length about the known invasive species, and why there were so many different ones: the weblike filaments choking the trees in New Orleans, the flame-colored poppies erupting on Mexi…"

-Daryl Gregory, Nine Last Days on Planet Earth

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4. Blood Is Another Word for Hunger

By: Rivers Solomon

3.67

Format: 25 pages, ebook

Anger is an energy. A young girl, a slave in the South, is presented with a moment where she can gr… read more

Similar categories in Rivers Solomon's Blood Is Another Word for Hunger book and John Chu's Beyond the El

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • queer
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5. The Touches

By: Brenda Peynado

3.51

Format: 27 pages, ebook

Brenda Peynado's "The Touches" is a Tor.com Original short story set in a post-apocalyptic world Sa… read more

Similar categories in Brenda Peynado's The Touches book and John Chu's Beyond the El

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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6. For He Can Creep

By: Siobhan Carroll

4.22

Format: 30 pages, ebook

Nineteenth century poet Christopher Smart has been committed to St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics be… read more

Similar categories in Siobhan Carroll's For He Can Creep book and John Chu's Beyond the El

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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7. Seonag and the Seawolves

By: M. Evan MacGriogair

3.72

Format: 33 pages, ebook

Seonag is born on a day where the clouds race each other across the sky. A clan storyteller unfo… read more

Similar categories in M. Evan MacGriogair's Seonag and the Seawolves book and John Chu's Beyond the El

  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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8. Articulated Restraint

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

3.85

Format: 26 pages, ebook

Being a Lady Astronaut means being twice as dedicated, and twice as good as everyone else. And some… read more

Similar categories in Mary Robinette Kowal's Articulated Restraint book and John Chu's Beyond the El

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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9. The Time Invariance of Snow

By: E. Lily Yu

3.36

Format: 25 pages, ebook

The Devil made a mirror. A physicist broke it and shards fall through reality and changed everythin… read more

Similar categories in E. Lily Yu's The Time Invariance of Snow book and John Chu's Beyond the El

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Love ’em, leave ’em. Sometimes I even leave them alive"

-E. Lily Yu, The Time Invariance of Snow

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10. Old Media

By: Annalee Newitz

3.38

Format: 25 pages, ebook

The story of a freed slave and a robot professor, trying to figure out what it means to be in love … read more

Similar categories in Annalee Newitz's Old Media book and John Chu's Beyond the El

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • queer
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11. City of Red Midnight: A Hikayat

By: Usman T. Malik

3.84

Format: 50 pages, ebook

In this spell-binding tale, a Pakistani storyteller captivates a group of wide-eyed tourists with a… read more

Similar categories in Usman T. Malik's City of Red Midnight: A Hikayat book and John Chu's Beyond the El

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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12. Anything Resembling Love

By: S. Qiouyi Lu

3.84

Format: 23 pages, ebook

All her life Sylvia has made sure to never let anyone see the centipedes that emerge from her body.… read more

Similar categories in S. Qiouyi Lu's Anything Resembling Love book and John Chu's Beyond the El

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light by Mimi Mondal

13. His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light

By: Mimi Mondal

3.56

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

I am not a fighter. I am a trapeze master. An act of compassion puts a trapeze artist in India… read more

Similar categories in Mimi Mondal's His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light book and John Chu's Beyond the El

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I'll be honest - I had never heard anything like that. Not that I ever understood the elaborate social intricacies of the upper classes, but I always knew that I did not trust them, and her story jus…"

-Mimi Mondal, His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light

"Priests were born into the Brahmin caste, and I had met enough Brahmins in my life to know that not all of them were priests, or even had a shred of spirituality in them. Usually they were arrogant a…"

-Mimi Mondal, His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light

Cover of The Ashes of Around Twenty-Three Strangers by Jeremy Packert Burke

14. The Ashes of Around Twenty-Three Strangers

By: Jeremy Packert Burke

3.05

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

The Ashes of Around Twenty-Three Strangers is a Tor.com original science fiction story from Jeremy … read more

Similar categories in Jeremy Packert Burke's The Ashes of Around Twenty-Three Strangers book and John Chu's Beyond the El

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
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15. Zeitgeber

By: Greg Egan

3.58

Format: 39 pages, ebook

For millions of years, life on Earth has taken its cues from the rising and setting of the sun, and… read more

Similar categories in Greg Egan's Zeitgeber book and John Chu's Beyond the El

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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16. Deriving Life

By: Elizabeth Bear

3.77

Format: 39 pages, Kindle Edition

In Deriving Life, love has no time limits, but life does. Award-winning author Elizabeth Bear gives… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Bear's Deriving Life book and John Chu's Beyond the El

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • queer
"I can never go back,"

-Elizabeth Bear, Deriving Life

"I felt awful and I did an awful thing."

-Elizabeth Bear, Deriving Life

"It’s my life to spend as I please, isn’t it?"

-Elizabeth Bear, Deriving Life

"Impossibility doesn’t make the wanting go away."

-Elizabeth Bear, Deriving Life

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17. Blue Morphos in the Garden

By: Lis Mitchell

3.54

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

Read Lis Mitchell's magical realist tale, Blue Morphos in the Garden, a Tor.com original short stor… read more

Similar categories in Lis Mitchell's Blue Morphos in the Garden book and John Chu's Beyond the El

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Knowledgeable Creatures by Christopher  Rowe

18. Knowledgeable Creatures

By: Christopher Rowe

3.37

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

A dog detective is hired by a female human to investigate a murder that she committed. But of cours… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Rowe's Knowledgeable Creatures book and John Chu's Beyond the El

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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19. Skinner Box

By: Carole Johnstone

3.40

Format: 41 pages, Kindle Edition

"Skinner Box," a Tor.com Original short story from award-winning author Carole Johnston.A disturbin… read more

Similar categories in Carole Johnstone's Skinner Box book and John Chu's Beyond the El

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of One/Zero by Kathleen Ann Goonan

20. One/Zero

By: Kathleen Ann Goonan

3.25

Format: 41 pages, Kindle Edition

A near future novelette about the surge in AI that might bring hope to humanity if used well. In… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Ann Goonan's One/Zero book and John Chu's Beyond the El

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Beyond the El by John Chu

21. Beyond the El

By: John Chu

3.34

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

Connor is a food crafter just getting back into the business after his mother’s death. To cope with… read more

Similar categories in John Chu's Beyond the El book and John Chu's Beyond the El

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer

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Alastair Reynolds

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C.L. Polk

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3.91

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Theodora Goss

3.54

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4.02

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