13 Top science fiction books like Crosstalk by Connie Willis

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Crosstalk

By: Connie Willis

4.15

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Science fiction icon Connie Willis brilliantly mixes a speculative plot, the wit of Nora Ephron, an…

If you liked the science fiction plot in Crosstalk by Connie Willis , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1) by Kameron Hurley

1. God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1)

By: Kameron Hurley

3.67

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Nyx is a bel dame, a bounty hunter paid to collect the heads of deserters – by almost any means nec… read more

Similar categories in Kameron Hurley's God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1) book and Connie Willis's Crosstalk

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Nyx sold her womb somewhere between Punjai and Faleen, on the edge of the desert."

-Kameron Hurley, God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1)

"Good luck to you," he said, and she remembered how he had looked at her as she pinned Yah Tayyib, as if she was some kind of monster. Maybe she was."

-Kameron Hurley, God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1)

"The motto above the lintel of the main entrance was in the raised script of the prayer language: My life for a thousand. She remembered swearing an oath with that at its core: My life for yours, for …"

-Kameron Hurley, God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1)

"Most people who watch a fight think it's all about the muscle: hitting harder, moving faster. And, yeah, sometimes it looked that way. But telling somebody that you won a fight by hitting the other p…"

-Kameron Hurley, God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1)

Cover of Fluency (Confluence, #1) by Jennifer Foehner Wells

2. Fluency (Confluence, #1)

By: Jennifer Foehner Wells

3.83

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

NASA discovered the alien ship lurking in the asteroid belt in the 1960s. They kept the Target unde… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Foehner Wells's Fluency (Confluence, #1) book and Connie Willis's Crosstalk

  • romance
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"I’m not getting much penetration here!"

-Jennifer Foehner Wells, Fluency (Confluence, #1)

"It’s all just ones and zeroes no matter where you go in the universe."

-Jennifer Foehner Wells, Fluency (Confluence, #1)

Cover of Space Cadet by Robert A. Heinlein

3. Space Cadet

By: Robert A. Heinlein

3.73

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

This is the seminal novel of a young man's education as a member of an elite, paternalistic non-mil… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Alienated (Alienated, #1) by Melissa Landers

4. Alienated (Alienated, #1)

By: Melissa Landers

4.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Two years ago, the aliens made contact. Now Cara Sweeney is going to be sharing a bathroom with one… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Landers's Alienated (Alienated, #1) book and Connie Willis's Crosstalk

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
Cover of The Ships of Earth (Homecoming, #3) by Orson Scott Card

5. The Ships of Earth (Homecoming, #3)

By: Orson Scott Card

3.63

Format: 371 pages,

The Oversoul's chosen people flee the city of Basilica (destroyed in their wake by General Moozh) a… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson, Robert Shea

6. The Illuminatus! Trilogy

By: Robert Anton Wilson , Robert Shea

2.62

Format: 224 pages,

It was a deadly mistake. Joseph Malik, editor of a radical magazine, had snooped into rumors about … read more

Similar categories in Robert Anton Wilson's The Illuminatus! Trilogy book and Connie Willis's Crosstalk

  • science fiction
  • humor
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Farnham's Freehold by Robert A. Heinlein

7. Farnham's Freehold

By: Robert A. Heinlein

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Hugh Farnham was a practical, self-made man, and when he saw the clouds of nuclear war gathering, h… read more

Similar categories in Robert A. Heinlein's Farnham's Freehold book and Connie Willis's Crosstalk

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction

8. The Freedom Maze

By: Delia Sherman

4.19

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

In 1960, thirteen-year-old Sophie slips through a maze into 19th century Louisiana and finds nothin… read more

Similar categories in Delia Sherman's The Freedom Maze book and Connie Willis's Crosstalk

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Crosstalk by Connie Willis

9. Crosstalk

By: Connie Willis

4.15

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Science fiction icon Connie Willis brilliantly mixes a speculative plot, the wit of Nora Ephron, an… read more

Similar categories in Connie Willis's Crosstalk book and Connie Willis's Crosstalk

  • romance
  • humor
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy

10. A Fall of Moondust

By: Arthur C. Clarke

3.82

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

Time is running out for the passengers and crew of the tourist cruiser Selene, incarcerated in a se… read more

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11. Starflight (Starflight, #1)

By: Melissa Landers

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Life in the outer realm is a lawless, dirty, hard existence, and Solara Brooks is hungry for it. Ju… read more

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12. In the Garden of Iden (The Company, #1)

By: Kage Baker

4.28

Format: None pages, Paperback

This is the first novel in what has become one of the most popular series in contemporary SF, now b… read more

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13. The Years of Rice and Salt

By: Kim Stanley Robinson

3.73

Format: 216 pages, Mass Market Paperback

It is the fourteenth century and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occu… read more

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14. 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

Similar categories in Therisa Peimer's Taming Flame book and Connie Willis's Crosstalk

  • romance
  • science fiction fantasy
  • 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 The Polymorph by Max Nowaz

15. The Polymorph

By: Max Nowaz

4.29

Format: None pages, ebook

Arbitrator, Jim Brown is returning to Earth after completing a successful mission to put down a rev… read more

Similar categories in Max Nowaz's The Polymorph book and Connie Willis's Crosstalk

  • science fiction
  • fiction
"One thing I have learnt is that you may do a lot of evil things, but if you are ever afforded a chance to be good, then you should take it. You will feel better about yourself."

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

"If you always try to subjugate people by coercion, because you are strong, then sooner or later you will run into somebody who is just as strong, if not stronger. Then you'll be in trouble."

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

"He was planning to take my shape and marry you. Then he was going to kill your father and take over his business empire." "And you? What are your plans?" "I have no plans to kill your father."

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

"Every morning when I wake up, I ask myself, "Why was I born?" Then I answer myself, "You were born to be successful." If you can learn to define your own success and not let others dictate it, you ca…"

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

Cover of The Last Sunset by March Lions

16. 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

17. 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

Similar categories in Todor Bombov's Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel book and Connie Willis's Crosstalk

  • 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

Cover of Child of Another Kind by Steven Decker

18. 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

Similar categories in Steven Decker's Child of Another Kind book and Connie Willis's Crosstalk

  • science fiction
  • 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

19. 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

Similar categories in Trevor Alan Foris's The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue book and Connie Willis's Crosstalk

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"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 Against the Machine: Evolution by Brian Van Norman

20. Against the Machine: Evolution

By: Brian Van Norman

4.33

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Earth, 2212: The novel, third in the Against The Machine trilogy, yet free standing on its own, tel… read more

Similar categories in Brian Van Norman's Against the Machine: Evolution book and Connie Willis's Crosstalk

  • science fiction
"Manager Mangione,"

-Brian Van Norman, Against the Machine: Evolution

"What’s your business, Sir?"

-Brian Van Norman, Against the Machine: Evolution

"Rule # 1: keep the crowd’s interest."

-Brian Van Norman, Against the Machine: Evolution

"Why is your species so dissatisfied?"

-Brian Van Norman, Against the Machine: Evolution

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

Similar categories in A.R. Merrydew's Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3) book and Connie Willis's Crosstalk

"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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3.67

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Jennifer Foehner Wells

3.83

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Robert A. Heinlein

3.73

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Melissa Landers

4.12

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J.B. Lion

4.32

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Lisa Kaniut Cobb

4.37

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Michael G. Kramer

4.36

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K. Ritz

4.33

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