5 Top short stories books like Light and Shadow: Eight Short Stories by Linda Nagata

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Light and Shadow: Eight Short Stories

By: Linda Nagata

3.90

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Light and Shadow collects eight stories by award-winning author Linda Nagata. Visit high-tech futur…

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Cover of Blindsight (Firefall, #1) by Peter Watts

1. 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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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"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)

2. Second Foundation (Foundation #3)

By: Isaac Asimov

3.82

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

So far the Foundation was safe. But there was a hidden Second Foundation to protect the first. The … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction

3. The Sundering (Dread Empire's Fall, #2)

By: Walter Jon Williams

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Dread Empire of the Shaa is no more, following the death of the last oppressor. But freedom rem… read more

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4. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

By: Martha Wells

4.22

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"(I'm going to have to code a patch for threat assessment.)"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"I said, “Have you done something that you feel you should be threatened for?"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Bad things may not be more statistically possible but it sure seems like they are."

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Then he sent me a note back. So, you may not know this but I read your letter to Dr. Mensah, the one you sent when you left Port FreeCommerce. I think you're absolutely the right person to write this…"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Cover of Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1) by David McCloskey

5. Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

By: David McCloskey

4.21

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

CIA case officer Sam Joseph is dispatched to Paris to recruit Syrian Palace official Mariam Haddad.… read more

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  • fiction
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6. Translation State

By: Ann Leckie

4.09

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"I am not a potato."

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

"You have only small and seemingly pointless choices available to you. But if there is anything I have been trying to teach you, it is that small actions can have larger consequences. If one has only …"

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

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7. Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.36

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

From the king of modern space opera comes a new adventure in the Prefect Dreyfus series— Machine Ve… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"A small request like that, who am I to turn it down? There is something you can do for me in return, though, especially now that you’re practically on our doorstep."

-Alastair Reynolds, Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

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8. Jenny Trapdoor

By: Neal Asher

4.39

Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition

During the prador-human war the Dark Intelligence, the AI Penny Royal, fractured and went rogue. Th… read more

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  • science fiction
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9. 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
  • 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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10. Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction

By: Ann Leckie

4.05

Format: 403 pages, Hardcover

Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winner Ann Leckie is a modern master of the SFF genre, for… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1) by Nick Harkaway

11. Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

By: Nick Harkaway

4.03

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

A virtuosic mashup of Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler by way of Marvel—the story of a detective… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"In her hands, a corpse is like one of those old Bibles chained up in a dusty room, not only the printed text and the rich colours of the pictures, but the records of marriages and births and deaths i…"

-Nick Harkaway, Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

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12. Ghosts

By: Peter Cawdron

4.44

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

When an alien spacecraft four times the size of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier enters the solar… read more

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  • science fiction
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13. 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

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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14. The Gathering

By: C.J. Tudor

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A detective investigating a grisly crime in rural Alaska finds herself caught up in the dark secret… read more

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  • fiction
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15. Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.19

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us an extraordinary space oper… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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16. Artifact Space (Arcana Imperii, #1)

By: Miles Cameron

4.32

Format: 578 pages, Kindle Edition

Out in the darkness of space, something is targeting the Greatships.With their vast cargo holds and… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5) by Martha Wells

17. 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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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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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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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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19. The Tainted Cup

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

None

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, w… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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20. 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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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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21. Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.35

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the third and final novel i… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Mal Goes to War: A Novel by Edward Ashton

22. Mal Goes to War: A Novel

By: Edward Ashton

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The humans are fighting again. Go figure. As a free A.I., Mal finds the war between the modded and… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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23. Lockdown Tales 2

By: Neal Asher

4.34

Format: 468 pages, Kindle Edition

A collection of nine novelettes and stories from best-selling SF author Neal Asher (150,000 words o… read more

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  • science fiction
Cover of Beyond the Fringe: An Arcana Imperii Collection (Arcana Imperii #1.75) by Miles  Cameron

24. Beyond the Fringe: An Arcana Imperii Collection (Arcana Imperii #1.75)

By: Miles Cameron

4.42

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Return to the Universe of the ARCANA IMPERII with a collection of novellas from Miles Cameron.Follo… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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25. Meet Me in the Future: Stories

By: Kameron Hurley

3.84

Format: 332 pages, Paperback

When renegade author Kameron Hurley (The Light Brigade; The Stars Are Legion) takes you to the futu… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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26. Fantastical

By: Neal Asher

4.02

Format: 463 pages, Kindle Edition

a short story collection.I’m known for science fiction and, generally, that work is what ends up a… read more

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27. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.24

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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28. Deep Black (Arcana Imperii #2)

By: Miles Cameron

4.40

Format: 510 pages, Kindle Edition

Marca Nbaro had always dreamed of serving aboard the Greatships, with their vast cargo holds and a … read more

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  • science fiction
Cover of Off Midway Station: A gripping and action-packed military science fiction adventure (Guardians of the Dark Book 1) by Marc Alan Edelheit

29. Off Midway Station: A gripping and action-packed military science fiction adventure (Guardians of the Dark Book 1)

By: Marc Alan Edelheit

4.59

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

“I realized that I wasn't going to get any sleep (Just one more page... Just one more page…) I'm no… read more

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  • science fiction
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30. Light and Shadow: Eight Short Stories

By: Linda Nagata

3.90

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Light and Shadow collects eight stories by award-winning author Linda Nagata. Visit high-tech futur… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Livesuit (The Captive’s War #1.5) by James S.A. Corey

31. Livesuit (The Captive’s War #1.5)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.45

Format: 90 pages, ebook

Humanity's war is eternal, spread across the galaxy and the ages. Humanity's best hope to end the e… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction

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