15 Best fantasy books like Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) by James S.A. Corey

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Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.31

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars …

"GOODY. MY SPLEEN IS COLLAPSING. HURRY UP."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

"GOODY. MY SPLEEN IS COLLAPSING. HURRY UP."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

"Fish and company start to smell after three days."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

"Fish and company start to smell after three days."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

If you liked the fantasy plot in Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) by James S.A. Corey , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

By: William Gibson

3.89

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

Hotwired to the leading edges of art and technology, Neuromancer is a cyberpunk, science fiction ma… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Boy, I was daid."

-William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

"Things aren't different. Things are things."

-William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

"Don't let the little fuckers generation gap you."

-William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

"If god made anything better, he kept it for himself"

-William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

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2. The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

By: Joe Abercrombie

4.21

Format: 515 pages, Paperback

Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Fucking pinks!"

-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

"I’ve fought in three campaigns,"

-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

"Body found floating by the docks..."

-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

"The best steel doesn't always shine the brightest."

-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

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3. 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

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  • adventure
  • 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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4. The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)

By: Liu Cixin , Joel Martinsen

4.41

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

This is the second novel in "Remembrance of Earth’s Past", the near-future trilogy written by China… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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5. 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

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • 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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6. Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

By: Pierce Brown

4.27

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

"I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. "That they will be what they l… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Break the chains, my love."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

"Rather a drink be my master than a man."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

"Death is easy when you've already tried to find it."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

"Dreamers like your wife are limited, little Helldiver."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

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7. The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin

4.08

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals in… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It’s easy to be led to the abyss."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"Your lack of fear is based on your ignorance."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"Intellectuals always make a fuss about nothing."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"A woman should be like water, able to flow over and around anything."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

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8. Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

By: Orson Scott Card

4.31

Format: 324 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games; he is, in fact, engaged in… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Remember, the enemy's gate is down."

-Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

"We have to go. I'm almost happy here."

-Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

"None of us could be happy for long, doing nothing."

-Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

"Ender Wiggin isn't a killer. He just wins—thoroughly."

-Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

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9. Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

By: Dan Simmons

4.27

Format: 500 pages, Mass Market Paperback

On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature calle… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You have to live to really know things, my love"

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

"In such seconds of decision entire futures are made."

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

"The whole planet reeks of mysticism without revelation."

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

"The essence of honor lay in the moment of combat between equals."

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

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10. Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.31

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars … read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"GOODY. MY SPLEEN IS COLLAPSING. HURRY UP."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

"Fish and company start to smell after three days."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

"Nothing like a little shared racism to build ties with the boss."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

"Part of his mind was screaming, but it was a distant one and easy to ignore."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

11. Children of Time

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A race for survival among the stars... Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find a ne… read more

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12. The Martian

By: Andy Weir

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s s… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
"Hey,"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"Elrond,"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"Do you believe in God, Venkat?"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"WATNEY: Look! A pair of boobs! -> (.Y.)."

-Andy Weir, The Martian

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13. Foundation (Foundation, #1)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.17

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

The first novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series Fo… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Past glories are poor feeding."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

"Weak emperors mean strong viceroys. "

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

"I shall not be alive a half decade hence,"

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

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14. Dune (Dune, #1)

By: Frank Herbert

4.27

Format: 658 pages, Hardcover

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble famil… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Hope clouds observation."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"Fear is the mind-killer."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"There’s a Bene Gesserit saying,"

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"Humans are almost always lonely."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

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15. 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 fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • 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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16. Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)

By: John Scalzi

4.24

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined t… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It’s war, you jackasses,"

-John Scalzi, Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)

"Christ on a Popsicle stick."

-John Scalzi, Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)

"What we don't know can't hurt us."

-John Scalzi, Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)

"We don’t get to choose our battles."

-John Scalzi, Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)

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17. 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

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • 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)

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18. 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

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • 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)

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19. Project Hail Mary

By: Andy Weir

4.51

Format: 476 pages, Hardcover

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"No. You no can die. You are friend."

-Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

"Usually you not stupid. Why stupid, question?"

-Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

"He puts his claw against the divider. “Fist my bump."

-Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

"Grumpy. Angry. Stupid. How long since last sleep, question?"

-Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

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20. Експансія. Кн.2. Війна Калібана (Цикл "Експансія") (Ukrainian Edition)

By: Джеймс С. А. Корі

4.69

Format: 644 pages, Kindle Edition

«Війна Калібана» — другий роман із серії «Експансія» авторства американських письменників-фантастів… read more

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18 Top fiction books like Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) by James S.A. Corey

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3.89

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4.21

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Dennis E. Taylor

4.28

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