13 Best fiction books like When Worlds Collide (When Worlds Collide, #1) by Philip Wylie, Edwin Balmer, John Varley

When Worlds Collide (When Worlds Collide, #1)

By: Philip Wylie , Edwin Balmer , John Varley

3.96

Format: 425 pages, Paperback

A runaway planet hurtles toward the earth. As it draws near, massive tidal waves, earthquakes, and …

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Cover of The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3) by Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Bolen

1. The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs , John Bolen

3.87

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

John Carter risks everything to rescue his wife, Princess Dejah Thoris, from the clutches of his ev… read more

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  • science fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • adventure
"I should at least die as I had lived—fighting."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

"It is strange how new and unexpected conditions bring out unguessed ability to meet them."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

"If I sometimes seem to take too great pride in my fighting ability, it must be remembered that fighting is my vocation."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

"If there be a fate that is sometimes cruel to me, there surely is a kind and merciful Providence which watches over me."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

Cover of Titan (Gaea, #1) by John Varley

2. Titan (Gaea, #1)

By: John Varley

3.95

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

When Cirrocco Jones, captain of the spaceship Ringmaster, and her crew are captured by Gaea, a plan… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Maybe I’m crazy,"

-John Varley, Titan (Gaea, #1)

"I call him Whistletop."

-John Varley, Titan (Gaea, #1)

"We will be going on, won’t we?"

-John Varley, Titan (Gaea, #1)

"Admit it, Rocky. You’re a tourist at heart."

-John Varley, Titan (Gaea, #1)

Cover of Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1) by George MacDonald Fraser

3. Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)

By: George MacDonald Fraser

4.05

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

This is an alternative cover edition for ISBN 9780006511250 Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • adventure
"It's a great thing, prayer. Nobody answers, but at least it stops you from thinking."

-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)

"We stood there for a full half hour, like so many scarecrows, while they jeered at us from a distance, and one or two of us were shot down."

-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)

"Now, look you here, Sekundar," says I, but he came up straight like a little bantam and cut me off. "Sir Alexander. if you please," says he icily, as though I’d never seen him with his breeches down,…"

-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)

"If anything she was a shade too plump, but she knew the ninety-seven ways of making love that the Hindus are supposed to set much store by―though mind you, it is all nonsense, for the seventy-fourth …"

-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)

Cover of Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan by Vonda N. McIntyre, Jack B. Sowards

4. Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan

By: Vonda N. McIntyre , Jack B. Sowards

4.09

Format: 223 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Federation starship Reliant is on its surveying mission to find a lifeless planet to serve for … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Saavik gazed calmly at the viewscreen. She was aesthetically elegant in the spare, understated, esoterically powerful manner of a Japanese brush-painting."

-Vonda N. McIntyre, Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan

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5. Tunnel in the Sky

By: Robert A. Heinlein

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A classic novel from the mind of the storyteller who captures the imagination of readers from aroun… read more

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  • science fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Time for the Stars by Robert A. Heinlein

6. Time for the Stars

By: Robert A. Heinlein

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

This is one of the classic titles originally know as the "Heinlein Juveniles," written in the 1950 … read more

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  • science fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of The Rolling Stones by Robert A. Heinlein, David Baker, Spencer Murphy, Caroline Fitzgerald

7. The Rolling Stones

By: Robert A. Heinlein , David Baker , Spencer Murphy , Caroline Fitzgerald

4.17

Format: 200 pages, Audio CD

It doesn't seem likely for twins to have the same middle name. Even so, it's clear that Castor and … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • adventure
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8. City

By: Clifford D. Simak

4.39

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Simak's "City" is a series of connected stories, a series of legends, myths, and campfire stories t… read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Red Lightning (Thunder and Lightning, #2) by John Varley

9. Red Lightning (Thunder and Lightning, #2)

By: John Varley

4.08

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

The son of one of the first men to fly to Mars and back, Ray Garcia-Strickland is now a disgruntled… read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
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10. Who Goes There?

By: William F. Nolan , John W. Campbell Jr.

3.80

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

"Who Goes There?" is the novella that formed the basis of John Carpenter's film The Thing. Campbell… read more

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  • science fiction
  • classics
  • fiction

11. When Worlds Collide (When Worlds Collide, #1)

By: Philip Wylie , Edwin Balmer , John Varley

3.96

Format: 425 pages, Paperback

A runaway planet hurtles toward the earth. As it draws near, massive tidal waves, earthquakes, and … read more

Similar categories in Philip Wylie's When Worlds Collide (When Worlds Collide, #1) book and Philip Wylie's When Worlds Collide (When Worlds Collide, #1)

  • apocalyptic
  • classics
  • post apocalyptic
  • adventure
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
Cover of The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke

12. The Fountains of Paradise

By: Arthur C. Clarke

3.95

Format: 332 pages, Paperback

This Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel is reissued in this trade paperback edition. Vannemar Morg… read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • classics
  • fiction

13. Chinaman's Chance (Arthur Case Wu, #1)

By: Ross Thomas , William Heffernan

3.81

Format: None pages,

"It was while jogging along the beach just east of the Paradise Cove pier that Artie Wu tripped ove… read more

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14. Mammoth

By: John Varley

1.00

Format: None pages,

Never afraid of risks, award-winning author John Varley took readers and critics by storm with his … read more

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15. The End of All Things (Old Man's War, #6)

By: John Scalzi

3.33

Format: 153 pages, Hardcover

Hugo-award winning author, John Scalzi returns to his best-selling Old Man's War universe with the … read more

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16. Nightwing

By: Martin Cruz Smith

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Vampire bats: Evil. Clever. Deadly. Driven by blood-hunger across the American landscape, they bred… read more

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Cover of Mona of the Manor (Tales of the City, #10) by Armistead Maupin

17. Mona of the Manor (Tales of the City, #10)

By: Armistead Maupin

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The tenth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Franci… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America by Timothy Egan

18. The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America

By: Timothy Egan

4.13

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken nat… read more

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"There is nothing more practical in the end than the preservation of beauty."

-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America

"Of all the foes which attack the woodlands of North America, no other is so terrible as fire."

-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America

"Ideas take on their own trajectory, but they die without people to carry them into the corridors of power."

-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America

"Onward and upward he pushed until rock, ground, and forest came to an end, until there was nothing but a sharp edge of blunt earth protruding in the late light of the range, where he could see well b…"

-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America

Cover of The Terrans of Beta (Worlds Collide, #3) by R.L. Helms

19. The Terrans of Beta (Worlds Collide, #3)

By: R.L. Helms

3.14

Format: 396 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This third and final book to Philip Wylie's "When Worlds Collide" duology, The Terrans of Beta conc… read more

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  • science fiction
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20. Beyond Worlds Collide

By: Jeff Deischer

4.00

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

Written by pulp master Jeff Deischer, Beyond Worlds Collide is the sequel to the famous science fic… read more

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  • science fiction
Cover of War of Worlds Collide (Beyond Worlds Collide Book 2) by Jeff Deischer

21. War of Worlds Collide (Beyond Worlds Collide Book 2)

By: Jeff Deischer

3.59

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of the Argonauts continues in the middle of book of pulpmaster Jeff Deischer’s the Worlds… read more

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8 Top classics books like When Worlds Collide (When Worlds Collide, #1) by Philip Wylie, Edwin Balmer, John Varley

Transform Your Habits

The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

Edgar Rice Burroughs , John Bolen

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)

George MacDonald Fraser

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Tunnel in the Sky

Robert A. Heinlein

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Time for the Stars

Robert A. Heinlein

3.98

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7 best-selling audiobook books like The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America by Timothy Egan

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Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

Andrea Lankford

3.76

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon

Melissa L. Sevigny

4.20

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