16 must-read science fiction books like Pillar of Darkness by Dave Duncan

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Pillar of Darkness

By: Dave Duncan

3.57

Format: 199 pages, ebook

Two hundred miles wide and higher than the moon, Sungoback has stood over central Africa for thirty…

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1. The Long Way Home (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #10)

By: Louise Penny

4.07

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

Happily retired in the village of Three Pines, Armand Gamache, former Chief Inspector of Homicide w… read more

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"If love was compass enough, said Armand quietly, there would be no missing children."

-Louise Penny, The Long Way Home (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #10)

"You too?" She asked Ruth. "How do your poems start out?" "They start as a lump in the throat," she said."

-Louise Penny, The Long Way Home (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #10)

"Like a ship changing course. It might take a while to get to port, but at least it was going in the right direction."

-Louise Penny, The Long Way Home (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #10)

"He wasn't addicted to pain, to panic, but he might be addicted to the bliss of having them stop. The mind, he knew, really was its own place."

-Louise Penny, The Long Way Home (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #10)

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2. The Tyrant's Law (The Dagger and the Coin, #3)

By: Daniel Abraham

4.08

Format: 497 pages, Paperback

The great war cannot be stopped. The tyrant Geder Palliako had led his nation to war, but every vi… read more

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"That's the whole world. You. Me. The sea, the sky. Every retching thing there is. It's all a dream the dragons dream, and if the last dragon ever wakes up, we're fu*ked."

-Daniel Abraham, The Tyrant's Law (The Dagger and the Coin, #3)

"There is great nobility in ordinary people. The world disappoints us all, and the ways we change our own stories to survive that disappointment are beautiful and tragic and hilarious. On balance, I f…"

-Daniel Abraham, The Tyrant's Law (The Dagger and the Coin, #3)

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3. Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

By: Peter Watts

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched a… read more

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"Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon the temptation of rhythm and music. Th…"

-Peter Watts, Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

4. The Death of Dulgath (The Riyria Chronicles, #3)

By: Michael J. Sullivan

3.72

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

Three times they tried to kill her. Then a professional was hired. So was Riyria. When the last mem… read more

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5. To Green Angel Tower (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #3)

By: Tad Williams

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

As the evil minions of the undead Sithi Storm King prepare for the kingdom-shattering culmination o… read more

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6. A Great Reckoning (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #12)

By: Louise Penny

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Louise Penny pulls back the layers to reveal a brilliant and emotionally powerfu… read more

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7. The Churn (The Expanse, #0.2)

By: James S.A. Corey , Erik Davies

2.00

Format: None pages, Audiobook

From New York Times bestselling author James S.A. Corey... Before his trip to the stars, before the… read more

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8. The Nature of the Beast (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #11)

By: Louise Penny

4.00

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

Hardly a day goes by when nine-year-old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to w… read more

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9. 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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10. Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga [Publication] #5.1-5.3)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

3.81

Format: None pages, Paperback

Limited edition volume. Contents: Frame story that follows Miles' time on Earth in Brothers in Arms… read more

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11. The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter (Riyria Chronicles, #4)

By: Michael J. Sullivan

5.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Caught between his partner's moral compass and a father's desire for vengeance, will Royce turn the… read more

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12. Gwendy's Magic Feather (The Button Box, #2)

By: Richard Chizmar

3.78

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

Something evil has swept into the small western Maine town of Castle Rock on the heels of the lates… read more

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13. Elder Race

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.11

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

In Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the local… read more

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14. 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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"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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15. Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

By: Martha Wells

4.34

Format: 8 pages, Kindle Edition

Murderbot—the sardonic, almost-homicidal, media-loving android created by Martha Wells—has proven t… read more

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16. The Downloaded

By: Robert J. Sawyer

3.62

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

The new novel by Canada's top Science Fiction writer In 2059 two very different groups have their m… read more

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17. A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)

By: Samantha Shannon

4.36

Format: 868 pages, Hardcover

In A Day of Fallen Night, Samantha Shannon sweeps readers back to the universe of Priory of the Or… read more

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"We could start by not scorning one another for our beliefs, or lack of them."

-Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)

"We could start by not scorning one another for our beliefs, or lack of them." Thrit"

-Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)

"Tunuva returned to her watching, knowing that this was the last night she would have everything she wanted in the world, all in one place."

-Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)

"Desire had been a madness in her, grounded by a love that had filled her like a breath - as if it had always been meant, written on her soul when it was just a seed."

-Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)

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18. Service Model

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

To fix the world they first must break it further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on… read more

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19. 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

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"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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20. Lyorn (Vlad Taltos, #17)

By: Steven Brust

4.44

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

All The World's A Happy Stage. Until the knives come out... Lyorn is the newest adventure in Steven… read more

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21. Alien Clay

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . . On the distant world of Kiln li… read more

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22. Rubicon

By: J.S. Dewes

3.93

Format: 469 pages, Paperback

Sergeant Adrienne Valero wants to die. She can't. After enduring a traumatic resurrection for th… read more

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23. Scorpio (Frontlines: Evolution, #1)

By: Marko Kloos

4.14

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

On a distant Earth colony, an orphaned survivor of an alien invasion discovers that the greatest wo… read more

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24. Cage of Souls

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.13

Format: 602 pages, Hardcover

The Sun is bloated, diseased, dying perhaps. Beneath its baneful light, Shadrapar, last of all citi… read more

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"He'll be my catamite."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cage of Souls

"Living in a cage teaches you helplessness."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cage of Souls

"When surrounded by ignorance, the educated man can get away with anything."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cage of Souls

"Even the simplest plans go wrong, especially when put together by the simplest people."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cage of Souls

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25. The Wolf and the Woodsman

By: Ava Reid

3.53

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

In her forest-veiled pagan village, Évike is the only woman without power, making her an outcast cl… read more

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"It’s not about cruelty."

-Ava Reid, The Wolf and the Woodsman

"If there is anyone I would damn my soul for,"

-Ava Reid, The Wolf and the Woodsman

"I’m tired of this honorable Woodsman pretense,"

-Ava Reid, The Wolf and the Woodsman

"A dragon is a beast." "If girls can be wolves, can't men be beasts?"

-Ava Reid, The Wolf and the Woodsman

Cover of The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3) by Matt Dinniman

26. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3)

By: Matt Dinniman

4.51

Format: 534 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the Gun Show! The top ten list is populated. The sponsorship program is open. The di… read more

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27. Gods of the Wyrdwood (Forsaken, #1)

By: R.J. Barker

4.10

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

In a world locked in eternal winter and haunted by prophecy, a young boy trains for years to become… read more

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28. The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4)

By: Matt Dinniman

4.58

Format: 632 pages, Kindle Edition

New Achievement! Total, Utter Failure. You failed a quest less than five minutes after you recei… read more

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29. Persephone Station

By: Stina Leicht

3.47

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Hugo award-nominated author Stina Leicht has created a take on space opera for fans of The Mandalor… read more

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30. Under My Skin

By: K.J. Parker

4.44

Format: 673 pages, Hardcover

- anyone who reads the right book has an ally Here is the right book. Under My Skin, K.J. Parker… read more

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31. Pillar of Darkness

By: Dave Duncan

3.57

Format: 199 pages, ebook

Two hundred miles wide and higher than the moon, Sungoback has stood over central Africa for thirty… read more

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21 best-selling fiction books like Rubicon by J.S. Dewes

Transform Your Habits

System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

Transform Your Habits

The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1)

Megan E. O'Keefe

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1)

M.R. Carey

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Service Model

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

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