5 best-selling science fiction fantasy books like A Talent for War (Alex Benedict, #1) by Jack McDevitt

Cover of A Talent for War (Alex Benedict, #1) by Jack McDevitt

A Talent for War (Alex Benedict, #1)

By: Jack McDevitt

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

Christopher Sim changed mankind's history forever when he forged a rag-tag group of misfits into th…

If you liked the science fiction fantasy plot in A Talent for War (Alex Benedict, #1) by Jack McDevitt , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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

1. 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 fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
"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 The Fractal Prince (Jean le Flambeur, #2) by Hannu Rajaniemi

2. The Fractal Prince (Jean le Flambeur, #2)

By: Hannu Rajaniemi

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

"The good thing is, no one will ever die again. The bad thing is, everyone will want to." A physici… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
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3. A Talent for War (Alex Benedict, #1)

By: Jack McDevitt

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

Christopher Sim changed mankind's history forever when he forged a rag-tag group of misfits into th… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • aliens
  • space
  • science fiction

4. I Will Fear No Evil

By: Robert A. Heinlein

3.43

Format: 42 pages,

Johann Sebastian Bach Smith is immensely rich; and very old. His mind is still keen, so he has surg… read more

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5. Moving Mars (Queen of Angels, #3)

By: Greg Bear

3.82

Format: None pages,

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6. The Best of All Possible Worlds

By: Karen Lord

3.68

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A proud and reserved alien society finds its homeland destroyed in an unprovoked act of aggression,… read more

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7. Hunting Party (The Serrano Legacy, #1)

By: Elizabeth Moon

4.50

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

Heris Serrano--formerly a commander in the Regular Space Service--must take whatever job she can ge… read more

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8. Saturn's Children (Freyaverse #1)

By: Charles Stross

3.89

Format: 266 pages,

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9. When Gravity Fails

By: George Alec Effinger

4.60

Format: None pages,

In a decadent world of cheap pleasures and easy death, Marid Audrian has kept his independence the … read more

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10. Those Left Behind (Serenity, #1)

By: Joss Whedon , Will Conrad , Brett Matthews

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Here's how it is -- in a universe filled with hearts and minds as cold and dark as the reaches of s… read more

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11. Adaptation (Adaptation, #1)

By: Malinda Lo

4.90

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Reese can't remember anything from the time between the accident and the day she woke up almost a m… read more

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12. Earth

By: David Brin

3.64

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

TIME IS RUNNING OUT Decades from now, an artificial black hole has fallen into the Earth's core. As… read more

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13. Pump Six and Other Stories

By: Paolo Bacigalupi

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Paolo Bacigalupi's debut collection demonstrates the power and reach of the science fiction short s… read more

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14. Echoes of Honor (Honor Harrington, #8)

By: David Weber

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

For eight bloody years, the Star Kingdom of Manticore and its allies have taken the war to the vast… read more

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15. Taming Flame

By: Therisa Peimer

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Flaminius's days of bouncing between beds are snatched away the instant he sets eyes on his perfect… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
"Tightening his embrace around his wife and little Theo, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to continue being worthy of the faith you have in me."

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me feel safe and cherished, and you care deeply for our people. Why wouldn't I have faith in you?"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"I'm so proud of you I could burst, but in the interest of saving the poor cleaning staff the hassle, I would, instead, like to take you to our room and lick you from stem to stern until you beg me to…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"A virgin," Flaminius smiled deviously. "I'll take her." Instantly, surprised chatter erupted. Mother Guardian held up her hand for silence. "You cannot be serious, Sire." "Oh, but I am," he replied w…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

Cover of Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece by Yvonne Korshak

16. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

By: Yvonne Korshak

4.29

Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition

STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more

Similar categories in Yvonne Korshak's Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece book and Jack McDevitt's A Talent for War (Alex Benedict, #1)

  • fiction
"Temples are for the gods,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"But  Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

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17. The Last Sunset

By: March Lions

4.34

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Two baby girls seating in the rear of a car are involved in a terrible accident and their mother di… read more

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"Trust is a strange bedfellow."

-March Lions, The Last Sunset

"I don't want to be caught with my pants down."

-March Lions, The Last Sunset

"He sounds like a politician running for office."

-March Lions, The Last Sunset

"The truth has a way of coming out of the closet."

-March Lions, The Last Sunset

Cover of Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel by Todor Bombov

18. Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel

By: Todor Bombov

4.37

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

2nd Book in Sci-Fi Series Is Set on Saturn’s Moon Homo Cosmicus-2: Titan is a sci-fi novel, sui … read more

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  • science fiction
"While an elderly man in his mid-eighties looks curiously at a porno site, his grandson asks him from afar, “‘What are you reading, grandpa?’"

-Todor Bombov, Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel

"Let’s get to know each other. My name’s William, William More, but you can call me Willy. I’m an engineer-chemist who graduated from MIT. So . . . but you’re all alike to me . . . of course, you woul…"

-Todor Bombov, Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel

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19. Child of Another Kind

By: Steven Decker

4.29

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

A little girl can look at someone and know their past. How? Why? Single mom Cynthia Pace has he… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"No,"

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

"Teacher,"

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

"We do not sleep,"

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

"They came for me the next morning."

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

Cover of The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue by Trevor Alan Foris

20. The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

By: Trevor Alan Foris

4.04

Format: 520 pages, None

Publishers note: The Octunnumi does not exist. Fosbit and any files relating to a Fosbit do n… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
"He licked my face, sir."

-Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

"That’s Vegan not Vulcan!"

-Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

"Veebeebe ve ve – Beeeeb..."

-Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

"Hey, I didn’t come here to lose,"

-Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

Cover of Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3) by A.R. Merrydew

21. Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

By: A.R. Merrydew

4.43

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

The third book in the series, ‘Inara’, prepares the reader for the aftermath of Godfrey, and his fr… read more

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"Isn’t this exciting!"

-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

"We might even make this after all,’ he hollered, but the craft didn’t reply."

-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

"If any of them fail me, I will flush them from an airlock into the pit of space, like an unwanted turd. Do I make myself clear?"

-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

"Well at least one of you present here today, has the scaly green balls to give me an honest answer,’ he said, as he broke into a hearty lizard laugh."

-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

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4.00

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4.30

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4.32

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Lisa Kaniut Cobb

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Michael G. Kramer

4.36

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