15 Top space books like Redshirts by John Scalzi

Cover of Redshirts by John Scalzi

Redshirts

By: John Scalzi

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of…

"Sooner or later the Narrative will come for each of us."

-John Scalzi, Redshirts

"We've already established whoever is writing us is an asshole."

-John Scalzi, Redshirts

"Who are you and what medications aren't you taking?" Finn said."

-John Scalzi, Redshirts

"In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug," Cassaway said, dryly."

-John Scalzi, Redshirts

If you liked the space plot in Redshirts by John Scalzi , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)

By: Ray Porter , Dennis E. Taylor

4.37

Format: 311 pages, Audible Audio

Bob Johansson didn't believe in an afterlife, so waking up after being killed in a car accident was… read more

Similar categories in Ray Porter's For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2) book and John Scalzi's Redshirts

  • humor
  • space opera
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"What does kaheerakah mean?"

-Ray Porter, For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)

"I always wanted to be a bad influence."

-Ray Porter, For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)

Cover of We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) by Dennis E. Taylor

2. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.28

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate Cover Edition can be found here. Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and… read more

Similar categories in Dennis E. Taylor's We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) book and John Scalzi's Redshirts

  • humor
  • space opera
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Above my pay grade!"

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

"Thank God for family. And than GOD for a couple of miles of distance."

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

"Um. Ways in which a sentence beginning with the word "missiles" could be a good thing... Nope. I got nuthin'."

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

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3. All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

By: Martha Wells

4.15

Format: 144 pages, ebook

"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure." In a corporate-dominated space-farin… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) book and John Scalzi's Redshirts

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
"On the entertainment feed, this is what they call an “oh shit"

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

"They don't give murderbots decent education modules on anything except murdering, even those are cheap versions."

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

"If the humans see me actually doing my job, it helps keep suspicions from forming about faulty governor modules."

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

"I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without the other."

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

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4. Redshirts

By: John Scalzi

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Redshirts book and John Scalzi's Redshirts

  • time travel
  • humor
  • space opera
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"Sooner or later the Narrative will come for each of us."

-John Scalzi, Redshirts

"We've already established whoever is writing us is an asshole."

-John Scalzi, Redshirts

"Who are you and what medications aren't you taking?" Finn said."

-John Scalzi, Redshirts

"In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug," Cassaway said, dryly."

-John Scalzi, Redshirts

5. Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)

By: Ann Leckie

3.87

Format: None pages, Paperback

On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest. Once,… read more

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6. The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

By: Joe Haldeman

4.14

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand—despite the fact that the fierce ali… read more

Similar categories in Joe Haldeman's The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) book and John Scalzi's Redshirts

  • time travel
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
"Don't worry about that, Man, just make out my ticket."

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

"Tonight we're going to show you eight silent ways to kill a man."

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

"I was too old-fashioned male-chauv to allow that; we discussed for a minute and I wound up with the couch"

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

"Doctors don’t seem to realize that most of us are perfectly content not having to visualize ourselves as animated bags of skin filled with obscene glop."

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

7. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)

By: None

4.50

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space--and one adventurous young explorer who d… read more

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8. All These Worlds (Bobiverse, #3)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.57

Format: 140 pages,

Being a sentient spaceship really should be more fun. But after spreading out through space for alm… read more

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9. 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

Similar categories in Martha Wells's System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) book and John Scalzi's Redshirts

  • humor
  • space opera
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"(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)

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10. Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

By: Travis Baldree

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we nee… read more

Similar categories in Travis Baldree's Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0) book and John Scalzi's Redshirts

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"See you in the story past the story."

-Travis Baldree, Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

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11. Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

By: Martha Wells

4.26

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

SciFi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is again on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCr… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) book and John Scalzi's Redshirts

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"I was tired of pretending to be human. I needed a break."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"Pretending bad things aren’t happening is not a great survival strategy."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"I hate caring about stuff. But apparently once you start, you can't just stop."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"I didn’t want to see helpless humans. I’d rather see smart ones rescuing each other."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

Cover of Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5) by Martha Wells

12. Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)

By: Martha Wells

4.10

Format: 19 pages, ebook

Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory was originally given free to readers who pre-ordered Martha’… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5) book and John Scalzi's Redshirts

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
"The Corporation Rim has always been a slave state, though it calls its institutionalized slavery “contract labor."

-Martha Wells, Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)

"It’s about being treated as a thing, isn’t it. Whether that thing is a hostage of conditional value, or a very expensively designed and equipped enslaved machine/organic intelligence. You’re a thing,…"

-Martha Wells, Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)

Cover of Void (The Far Reaches, #2) by Veronica Roth

13. Void (The Far Reaches, #2)

By: Veronica Roth

3.86

Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition

An intergalactic luxury cruise to a distant port is a world unto itself in this piercing short myst… read more

Similar categories in Veronica Roth's Void (The Far Reaches, #2) book and John Scalzi's Redshirts

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"... I realized that what's out there is oblivious to us. There's no menace to it, because there's no intent. We're just fragile, and we break sometimes. And time keeps moving. I don't know. I think i…"

-Veronica Roth, Void (The Far Reaches, #2)

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14. Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

By: Martha Wells

4.31

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall. When M… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6) book and John Scalzi's Redshirts

  • humor
  • space opera
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"Tural left with the air of escaping before things got worse."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"The only thing worse than humans infantilizing bots was bots infantilizing themselves."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"Humans so the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"Humans do the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

Cover of Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4) by Martha Wells

15. Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

By: Martha Wells

4.38

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it res… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4) book and John Scalzi's Redshirts

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"Why is this ship so old and shitty?"

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"I was having an emotion, and I hate that."

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"But they were humans— who knows why they did anything?"

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"Once I started telling the truth, it was hard to stop."

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

Cover of How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1) by James S.A. Corey

16. How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.01

Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition

An astronaut’s interstellar mission is a personal journey of a thousand second chances in an exhila… read more

Similar categories in James S.A. Corey's How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1) book and John Scalzi's Redshirts

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
Cover of Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches, #5) by Nnedi Okorafor

17. Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches, #5)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.87

Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition

A revolutionary experiment in space opens a woman’s eyes to the meaning of solitude in a thought-pr… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4) by Dennis E. Taylor

18. Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.29

Format: 17 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 16 hours and 57 minutes Civil war looms in the Bobiverse in this brand-new, ep… read more

Similar categories in Dennis E. Taylor's Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4) book and John Scalzi's Redshirts

  • humor
  • space opera
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Subtlety: I no haz it."

-Dennis E. Taylor, Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)

"Sadly, it was like most political arguments. No one was willing to debate their base assumptions or justify them or compromise on them. The simple tactic being that if you repeated your assertion oft…"

-Dennis E. Taylor, Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)

"We'd gotten onto the concept or morality and Frida had just asked Theresa how she could have any sense of morality without a deity to define what was or was not moral. [...] "What deities give you ar…"

-Dennis E. Taylor, Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)

Cover of Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) by Martha Wells

19. Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

By: Martha Wells

4.47

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

It calls itself Murderbot, but only when no one can hear. It worries about the fragile human cre… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) book and John Scalzi's Redshirts

  • humor
  • space opera
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"Ugh, emotions."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"So, you have a relationship with this transport."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"I'm a murderbot, I don't give a crap about boats."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"I am actually trying my best despite the fuck-ups."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

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20. 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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  • humor
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

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4.28

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4.15

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William Gibson

3.89

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Robert A. Heinlein

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Robert A. Heinlein

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