9 Top mystery books like Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2) by Mur Lafferty

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Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

By: Mur Lafferty

3.94

Format: 369 pages, Paperback

Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, and fled to outer space to avoid it…but …

If you liked the mystery plot in Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2) by Mur Lafferty , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) by Malka Ann Older

1. The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

By: Malka Ann Older

3.64

Format: 169 pages, Hardcover

The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set … read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) book and Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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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 Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

  • 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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3. 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 Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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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4. 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 Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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

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5. Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

By: Mur Lafferty

3.94

Format: 369 pages, Paperback

Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, and fled to outer space to avoid it…but … read more

Similar categories in Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2) book and Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • science fiction fantasy
  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • aliens
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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6. The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2)

By: Malka Ann Older

4.01

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Investigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti reunite to solve a brand-new mystery in the follow-up to the … read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2) book and Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

  • mystery
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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7. Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction

By: Ann Leckie

4.05

Format: 403 pages, Hardcover

Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winner Ann Leckie is a modern master of the SFF genre, for… read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction book and Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

By: Samit Basu

3.59

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Shantiport was supposed to be a gateway to the stars. But the city is sinking, and its colonist rul… read more

Similar categories in Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport book and Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"You exist, and you deserve to belong."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"Usually when my life goes according to plan, it turns out the plan was made by someone else"

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"It's all very clear, I just chose not to get it, I just decided everyone who didn't agree with my vision was lying, or a fool."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"I don't want to talk about this. It's not that I think you're wrong, but it's too big for me. I'll never be able to do anything about it."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

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9. 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

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Service Model book and Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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10. The Tainted Cup

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

None

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, w… read more

Similar categories in Robert Jackson Bennett's The Tainted Cup book and Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
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11. Aftermarket Afterlife (InCryptid, #13)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Seanan McGuire's New York Times -bestselling and Hugo Award-nominated urban fantasy InCryptid serie… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Aftermarket Afterlife (InCryptid, #13) book and Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Ghostdrift (Finder Chronicles, #4) by Suzanne Palmer

12. Ghostdrift (Finder Chronicles, #4)

By: Suzanne Palmer

4.59

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

The fourth and final installment of the Finder Chronicles, a hopepunk sci-fi caper described as Mac… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Palmer's Ghostdrift (Finder Chronicles, #4) book and Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • aliens
  • space
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Mal Goes to War: A Novel

By: Edward Ashton

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The humans are fighting again. Go figure. As a free A.I., Mal finds the war between the modded and… read more

Similar categories in Edward Ashton's Mal Goes to War: A Novel book and Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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14. Emergent Properties

By: Aimee Ogden

3.57

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Emergent Properties is the touching adventure of an intrepid A.I. reporter hot on the heels of brew… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Ogden's Emergent Properties book and Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

  • mystery
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
Cover of The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds, #2) by Megan E. O'Keefe

15. The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds, #2)

By: Megan E. O'Keefe

4.21

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Dying planets, dangerous conspiracies, and secret romance abound in the second installment of the D… read more

Similar categories in Megan E. O'Keefe's The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds, #2) book and Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"A woman in possession of a bomb is in want of a reason to use it." "Oh god help us, she's been reading old shit again." Kuma said. "Hanging up now," Naira said. "Tell me if anything blows up that's n…"

-Megan E. O'Keefe, The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds, #2)

Cover of Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) by L.M. Sagas

16. Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1)

By: L.M. Sagas

3.92

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

L. M. Sagas' debut, Cascade Failure, is a highly commercial, sci-fi adventure blending J. S. Dewes'… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Sagas's Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) book and Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
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17. Floating Hotel

By: Grace Curtis

3.70

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

This cozy debut science fiction novel tells a story of misfits, rebels, found family—and a mystery … read more

Similar categories in Grace Curtis's Floating Hotel book and Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • space
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
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18. Escape Velocity

By: Victor Manibo

3.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Space Habitat Altaire is the premier luxury resort in low Earth orbit, playground of the privileged… read more

Similar categories in Victor Manibo's Escape Velocity book and Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • space
  • science fiction
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19. The Salvation Gambit

By: Emily Skrutskie

3.65

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

A hotheaded hacker must outwit the AI at the heart of a rogue warship–turned–penal colony if she an… read more

Similar categories in Emily Skrutskie's The Salvation Gambit book and Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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20. Liberty's Daughter

By: Naomi Kritzer

4.06

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

Beck Garrison lives on a seastead — an archipelago of constructed platforms and old cruise ships, a… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Kritzer's Liberty's Daughter book and Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
Cover of Devil's Gun (Disco Space Opera #2) by Cat Rambo

21. Devil's Gun (Disco Space Opera #2)

By: Cat Rambo

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

No one escapes their past as the crew of the You Sexy Thing attempts to navigate the hazards of ope… read more

Similar categories in Cat Rambo's Devil's Gun (Disco Space Opera #2) book and Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook

21 best-selling fiction books like Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2) by Mur Lafferty

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3.64

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4.22

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Ann Leckie

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John Scalzi

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