21 best-selling science fiction books like Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Elder Race

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.11

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

In Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the local…

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Cover of Blindsight (Firefall, #1) by Peter Watts

1. Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

By: Peter Watts

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched a… read more

Similar categories in Peter Watts's Blindsight (Firefall, #1) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon the temptation of rhythm and music. Th…"

-Peter Watts, Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Cover of System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) by Martha Wells

2. 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 Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"(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)

Cover of The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

3. The Kaiju Preservation Society

By: John Scalzi

3.99

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food deliv… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's The Kaiju Preservation Society book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"I lift things."

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

"So we’re the monster police, too?"

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

"...if you're only reading books because you have to, it becomes much less fun."

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

"My brain said. Just walk away. [...] But even as my brain was saying that, my body was turning back, becaus like puppies we are enculturated to turn when our name is called."

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

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4. Translation State

By: Ann Leckie

4.09

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple … read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Translation State book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"I am not a potato."

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

"You have only small and seemingly pointless choices available to you. But if there is anything I have been trying to teach you, it is that small actions can have larger consequences. If one has only …"

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

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5. Elder Race

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.11

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

In Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the local… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Starter Villain by John Scalzi

6. Starter Villain

By: John Scalzi

4.16

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Starter Villain book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

Cover of Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) by Alastair Reynolds

7. Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.36

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

From the king of modern space opera comes a new adventure in the Prefect Dreyfus series— Machine Ve… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
"A small request like that, who am I to turn it down? There is something you can do for me in return, though, especially now that you’re practically on our doorstep."

-Alastair Reynolds, Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

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8. Witch King

By: Martha Wells

3.71

Format: 415 pages, Hardcover

"I didn't know you were a... demon." "You idiot. I'm the demon." Kai's having a long day in Marth… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Witch King book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Mother bared her fangs. "Stop being overdramatic." Kai would have loved to, if dramatic things would stop happening to him."

-Martha Wells, Witch King

Cover of A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2) by Arkady Martine

9. A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

By: Arkady Martine

4.32

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one ca… read more

Similar categories in Arkady Martine's A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"I thought you hated them,"

-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

"On the flagship Weight of the Wheel : “You’d have to ask medical,"

-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

"exile happened in the heart and the mind long before it happened to the body"

-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

"Mahit couldn't decide if she was horrified, proud, or simply, deliciously, hideously intrigued."

-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

Cover of Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6) by John Scalzi

10. Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6)

By: John Scalzi

4.18

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

An artificial intelligence on a star-spanning mission explores the farthest horizons of human poten… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race

  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
Cover of Eversion by Alastair Reynolds

11. Eversion

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the master of the space opera comes a dark, mind-bending adventure spread across time and spac… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Eversion book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6) by Martha Wells

12. 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 Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
"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 How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1) by James S.A. Corey

13. 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 Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
Cover of A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1) by Arkady Martine

14. A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

By: Arkady Martine

4.12

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to disco… read more

Similar categories in Arkady Martine's A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"made in blood, acclaimed in sunlight."

-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

"Released, I am a spear in the hands of the sun."

-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

"An end to empires. An immovable object to crash an impossible force upon, and break it."

-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

"The problem with sending messages was that people responded to them, which meant one had to write more messages in reply."

-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

Cover of Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1) by M.R. Carey

15. Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1)

By: M.R. Carey

4.17

Format: 499 pages, Paperback

 From bestselling author M. R. Carey comes a brilliant genre-defying story of humanity's expansion … read more

Similar categories in M.R. Carey's Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) by Martha Wells

16. 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 Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
"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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17. Rose/House

By: Arkady Martine

3.72

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Dust jacket illustration by David Curtis. Arkady Martine, the acclaimed author of the Teixcalaan… read more

Similar categories in Arkady Martine's Rose/House book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2) by Becky  Chambers

18. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)

By: Becky Chambers

4.41

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robo… read more

Similar categories in Becky Chambers's A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"It's one thing to be told about the world that was. It's another to see a piece of it."

-Becky Chambers, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)

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19. Light Chaser

By: Peter F. Hamilton

3.81

Format: 173 pages, Paperback

In Peter F. Hamilton and Gareth L. Powell's action-packed sci-fi adventure Light Chaser, a love pow… read more

Similar categories in Peter F. Hamilton's Light Chaser book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Past Is Red by Catherynne M. Valente

20. The Past Is Red

By: Catherynne M. Valente

4.11

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Catherynne M. Valente, the bestselling and award-winning creator of Space Opera and The Girl Who Ci… read more

Similar categories in Catherynne M. Valente's The Past Is Red book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"The day I met her I knew I was never gonna be the girl from before I heard her voice ever again."

-Catherynne M. Valente, The Past Is Red

"The kind of hope I have doesn’t begin and end with demanding everything go back to the way it was when it can’t, it can’t ever, that’s not how time works."

-Catherynne M. Valente, The Past Is Red

"But you can't ever imagine what you're going to care about when you turn into the version of you that’s waiting on the other side of five years from now. That’s a stranger waiting to ambush you, and …"

-Catherynne M. Valente, The Past Is Red

"She listens, and I wish I could give her a little gold trophy for it, but I can’t, because of all the things Fuckwits gave trophies for, they never thought listening like nothing exists but time and …"

-Catherynne M. Valente, The Past Is Red

Cover of Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2) by M.R. Carey

21. Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2)

By: M.R. Carey

4.36

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

Following the critically acclaimed Infinity Gate comes the second and final novel in the Pandominio… read more

Similar categories in M.R. Carey's Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy

21 best-selling fiction books like Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Transform Your Habits

Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Peter Watts

4.01

Transform Your Habits

System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

Transform Your Habits

The Kaiju Preservation Society

John Scalzi

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Translation State

Ann Leckie

4.09

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18 Best fiction books like Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) by Alastair Reynolds

Transform Your Habits

Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Peter Watts

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

Alastair Reynolds

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Europa Deep

Gary Gibson

4.17

Transform Your Habits

The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2)

Cory Doctorow

4.13

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