5 Best speculative fiction books like Divergence (Foreigner, #21) by C.J. Cherryh

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Divergence (Foreigner, #21)

By: C.J. Cherryh

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The twenty-first book in the beloved Foreigner saga continues the adventures of diplomat Bren Camer…

If you liked the speculative fiction plot in Divergence (Foreigner, #21) by C.J. Cherryh , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Dragonfly Falling (Shadows of the Apt, #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

1. Dragonfly Falling (Shadows of the Apt, #2)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.98

Format: 673 pages, Paperback

Two young companions, Totho and Salma, arrive at Tark to spy on the menacing Wasp army, but are the… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Amongst his own people, death was a swift insect, gleaming black, its wings a blur – too fast to be outrun and too agile to be avoided, the unplumbed void in which he swam was but the depth of a sing…"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Dragonfly Falling (Shadows of the Apt, #2)

"Take away my machines and they would be at each other’s throats with swords and knives instead. Then take away their steel and they would pick up rocks and clubs. There is no saving them: they are me…"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Dragonfly Falling (Shadows of the Apt, #2)

"In Collegium it had been the fashion, while he had been resident there, to paint death as a grey-skinned, balding Beetle man in plain robes, perhaps with a doctor's bag but more often an artificer's …"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Dragonfly Falling (Shadows of the Apt, #2)

" I was young at Myna, that first time. When had the change come? He had retreated to here, to Collegium, to spin his awkward webs of intrigue and to lecture at the College. Then, years on, the call h…"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Dragonfly Falling (Shadows of the Apt, #2)

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2. Falling Awake

By: Jayne Ann Krentz

5.00

Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A red-hot, suspenseful novel about a free-spirited dream researcher-and the gorgeous man who brings… read more

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  • fiction
  • suspense
Cover of Darkover: First Contact (Darkover Omnibus, #6) by Marion Zimmer Bradley

3. Darkover: First Contact (Darkover Omnibus, #6)

By: Marion Zimmer Bradley

4.00

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

This omnibus features two classic, long-unavailable Darkover novels-Darkover Landfalland Two toConq… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction

4. Changing Vision (Web Shifters, #2)

By: Julie E. Czerneda

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first book in Julie Czerneda's acclaimed Web Shifters series made the Nebula preliminary nomina… read more

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5. Falling Free (Vorkosigan Saga, #4)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

3.90

Format: None pages,

Leo Graf was an effective engineer. Safety regs weren't just the rule book he swore by; he'd helped… read more

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6. City of Bones

By: Martha Wells

4.00

Format: 442 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Where once great galleons roamed the sea, sand ships now traverse the Great Waste, and a glitteri… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"What magic does is to open the mind to the world and sometimes the world isn't what we think it is."

-Martha Wells, City of Bones

7. Blood of the Mantis (Shadows of the Apt, #3)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Driven by the ghosts of the Darakyon, Achaeos has tracked the stolen Shadow Box to the marsh-town o… read more

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8. 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
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"(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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9. 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

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"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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10. 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

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Valdemar (The Founding of Valdemar #3) by Mercedes Lackey

11. Valdemar (The Founding of Valdemar #3)

By: Mercedes Lackey

4.44

Format: 484 pages, Kindle Edition

The long-awaited story of the founding of Valdemar comes to life in this 3rd book of a trilogy from… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"....knowing that losing a beloved pet was just as hard as losing a member of your family. Maybe harder, because everything with a pet was wordless. You never really knew if they understood what you m…"

-Mercedes Lackey, Valdemar (The Founding of Valdemar #3)

"We care deeply for the creatures that depend on us, expecting nothing, really, and getting so very much from them. Loving them takes courage, because love requires daring. Daring to risk the pain of …"

-Mercedes Lackey, Valdemar (The Founding of Valdemar #3)

Cover of Divergence (Foreigner, #21) by C.J. Cherryh

12. Divergence (Foreigner, #21)

By: C.J. Cherryh

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The twenty-first book in the beloved Foreigner saga continues the adventures of diplomat Bren Camer… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Cherryh's Divergence (Foreigner, #21) book and C.J. Cherryh's Divergence (Foreigner, #21)

  • politics
  • science fiction fantasy
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Demon Daughter (Penric and Desdemona, #12) by Lois McMaster Bujold

13. Demon Daughter (Penric and Desdemona, #12)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.53

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

A six-year-old shiplost girl draws the kin Jurald family of Vilnoc into complex dilemmas, and sorce… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Grief of Stones  (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #2) by Katherine Addison

14. The Grief of Stones (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #2)

By: Katherine Addison

4.32

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

In The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison returns to the world of The Goblin Emperor with a direct … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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15. 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

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4) by T. Kingfisher

16. Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

By: T. Kingfisher

4.32

Format: 446 pages, ebook

Marguerite Florian is a spy with two problems. A former employer wants her dead, and one of her new… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"They say the gods never give us more than we can handle, but let's just say that the gods had an overinflated sense of my abilities."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

"It's the thought that counts," said Marguerite. "Not with the explosives, it isn't," said Ashes, and on that point, Marguerite had to agree."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

"The whole world is made of words," said Marguerite irritably. "Treaties and contracts and secrets and laws are nothing but words, but everything runs on them. Of course they've got power."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

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17. Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

By: K.J. Parker

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

There’s no formal training for battlefield salvage. You just have to pick things up as you go along… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"The men of Sirupat weren't fighters because they didn't want to be, and in my book there's no higher praise than that--and that's the main reason, when you come to think of it, why women are so infin…"

-K.J. Parker, Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

"Where you always go wrong is trying to persuade people with facts and arguments. It's why you can only write comedy. What gets people going is stuff that doesn't mean shit but sounds great. Blood, to…"

-K.J. Parker, Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

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18. Dealing with Mapinguari and Dogged Engineers (The Sorcerer's Grimoire #2)

By: A.J. Sherwood

4.52

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

As Shakespeare once said, the course of true love never did run smooth. Since parting with Adrie… read more

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  • fantasy
Cover of These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1) by Bethany Jacobs

19. These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1)

By: Bethany Jacobs

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

A dangerous cat-and-mouse quest for revenge. An empire that spans star systems, built on the bones … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Tsalmoth (Vlad Taltos, #16) by Steven Brust

20. Tsalmoth (Vlad Taltos, #16)

By: Steven Brust

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

First comes love. Then comes marriage… Vlad Taltos is in love. With a former assassin who may ju… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Too much weird at once and you just gotta take what piece of it you can and deal with that, worry about the rest later."

-Steven Brust, Tsalmoth (Vlad Taltos, #16)

Cover of A Practical Guide to Conquering the World (The Siege, #3) by K.J. Parker

21. A Practical Guide to Conquering the World (The Siege, #3)

By: K.J. Parker

4.15

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

A Practical Guide to Conquering the World can be read by itself, but for those who like endings it … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I really don’t understand why people go on about how wonderful the truth is. In my experience, all it does is make trouble."

-K.J. Parker, A Practical Guide to Conquering the World (The Siege, #3)

"My life has been so universally shitty that either I lose it or improve it, I'm not really bothered which, just so long as it doesn't carry on the way it's been so far."

-K.J. Parker, A Practical Guide to Conquering the World (The Siege, #3)

"Comedy to observers, tragedy to participants; I consider myself an observer. I fly over my life like a migrating bird, and I only ever play for beans or counters, never for real money."

-K.J. Parker, A Practical Guide to Conquering the World (The Siege, #3)

"The truth, I’ve found, is like an annoying little dog that takes a fancy to you in the street and follows you home, barking. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I’ve been glad …"

-K.J. Parker, A Practical Guide to Conquering the World (The Siege, #3)

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22. 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

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Knot of Shadows (Penric and Desdemona, #11) by Lois McMaster Bujold

23. Knot of Shadows (Penric and Desdemona, #11)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.30

Format: 111 pages, Kindle Edition

When a corpse is found floating face-down in Vilnoc harbor that is not quite as dead as it seems, T… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Jigsaw Assassin (Major Bhaajan, #4) by Catherine Asaro

24. The Jigsaw Assassin (Major Bhaajan, #4)

By: Catherine Asaro

4.36

Format: 503 pages, Kindle Edition

NEW IN THE MAJOR BHAAJAN SERIES: A TOUGH FEMALE PI NOVEL WITH NOIR OVERTONES AGAINST THE BACKDROP O… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • suspense
Cover of Salvage Right (Liaden Universe, #25) by Sharon Lee

25. Salvage Right (Liaden Universe, #25)

By: Sharon Lee

4.66

Format: 629 pages, Kindle Edition

A NEW NOVEL IN THE NATIONALLY BEST-SELLING LIADEN UNIVERSE® SERIESA door never closes, but a window… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Shadow Speaker (The Desert Magician's Duology, #1) by Nnedi Okorafor

26. Shadow Speaker (The Desert Magician's Duology, #1)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Niger, West Africa, 2074 It is an era of tainted technology and mysterious mysticism. A great c… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"I want you to write yourself into history because no matter what history books say, even you are a part of it."

-Nnedi Okorafor, Shadow Speaker (The Desert Magician's Duology, #1)

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27. Obsidian Gate (Homeworld Lost Book 7)

By: J.N. Chaney

4.61

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

The Seer are defeated. Noah Gantz may finally find peace from the alien technology bonded to his mi… read more

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28. United Nexus (Homeworld Lost, #6)

By: J.N. Chaney

4.62

Format: 478 pages, Kindle Edition

Tate Collins has betrayed United Earth for the last time. Noah and Kayan’s crew are on a mission to… read more

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29. Gun Runner

By: Larry Correia

4.22

Format: 439 pages, Hardcover

THRILLING SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURE FROM BEST-SELLING AUTHORS LARRY CORREIA AND JOHN BROWNThe Heart… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
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30. Architects of Memory (The Memory War, #1)

By: Karen Osborne

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Terminally ill salvage pilot Ash Jackson lost everything in the war with the alien Vai, but she'll … read more

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  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • fiction
Cover of Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13) by Lois McMaster Bujold

31. Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.62

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

When Rozakajin, road-weary bandit and army deserter, spots a hapless blond young man in a country i… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction

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3.98

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Jayne Ann Krentz

5.00

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Darkover: First Contact (Darkover Omnibus, #6)

Marion Zimmer Bradley

4.00

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