19 must-read science fiction books like Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1) by Nick Harkaway

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Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

By: Nick Harkaway

4.03

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

A virtuosic mashup of Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler by way of Marvel—the story of a detective…

"In her hands, a corpse is like one of those old Bibles chained up in a dusty room, not only the printed text and the rich colours of the pictures, but the records of marriages and births and deaths in the back pages, the history of a town. It's a shame we don't think of ourselves that way more often."

-Nick Harkaway, Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

"In her hands, a corpse is like one of those old Bibles chained up in a dusty room, not only the printed text and the rich colours of the pictures, but the records of marriages and births and deaths in the back pages, the history of a town. It's a shame we don't think of ourselves that way more often."

-Nick Harkaway, Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

"In her hands, a corpse is like one of those old Bibles chained up in a dusty room, not only the printed text and the rich colours of the pictures, but the records of marriages and births and deaths in the back pages, the history of a town. It's a shame we don't think of ourselves that way more often."

-Nick Harkaway, Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

If you liked the science fiction plot in Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1) by Nick Harkaway , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. 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 Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

  • 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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2. 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 Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

  • 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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3. 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 Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"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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4. 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 Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • science 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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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 Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
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6. 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 Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

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

-Martha Wells, Witch King

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7. Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

By: Nick Harkaway

4.03

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

A virtuosic mashup of Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler by way of Marvel—the story of a detective… read more

Similar categories in Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1) book and Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
"In her hands, a corpse is like one of those old Bibles chained up in a dusty room, not only the printed text and the rich colours of the pictures, but the records of marriages and births and deaths i…"

-Nick Harkaway, Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

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8. The Saint of Bright Doors

By: Vajra Chandrasekera

3.71

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults agai… read more

Similar categories in Vajra Chandrasekera's The Saint of Bright Doors book and Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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9. The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2)

By: Cory Doctorow

4.13

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle is a high stakes thriller where the lives of t… read more

Similar categories in Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2) book and Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • science fiction
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10. Red Team Blues (Martin Hench #1)

By: Cory Doctorow

3.90

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

A grabby next-Tuesday thriller about cryptocurrency shenanigans that will awaken you to how the wor… read more

Similar categories in Cory Doctorow's Red Team Blues (Martin Hench #1) book and Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • science fiction
"I miss the days when forensic accountancy and security engineering were distinct fields."

-Cory Doctorow, Red Team Blues (Martin Hench #1)

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11. 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 Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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12. 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 Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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13. 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 Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
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14. Some Desperate Glory

By: Emily Tesh

4.06

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

While we live, the enemy shall fear us. All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge … read more

Similar categories in Emily Tesh's Some Desperate Glory book and Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"While Earth's children live, the enemy shall fear us."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

"While we live, the enemy shall fear us. We are what's left. We are what must survive."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

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15. Alien Clay

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . . On the distant world of Kiln li… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Alien Clay book and Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Season of Skulls (Laundry Files, #12; New Management, #3) by Charles Stross

16. Season of Skulls (Laundry Files, #12; New Management, #3)

By: Charles Stross

4.20

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

Season of Skulls continues Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross's Lovecraftian Laundry Files se… read more

Similar categories in Charles Stross's Season of Skulls (Laundry Files, #12; New Management, #3) book and Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

17. Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.35

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the third and final novel i… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3) book and Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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18. The Price You Pay

By: Aidan Truhen

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this audacious, lightning-paced thriller, a smart-mouthed, white-collar drug dealer—a hilariousl… read more

Similar categories in Aidan Truhen's The Price You Pay book and Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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19. Counterweight

By: Djuna

3.06

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From one of South Korea's most revered science fiction writers, an absorbing tale of corporate intr… read more

Similar categories in Djuna's Counterweight book and Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
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20. Seven Demons

By: Aidan Truhen

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Jack Price and his Seven Demons, the most dangerous and feared assassins in the world, are taking o… read more

Similar categories in Aidan Truhen's Seven Demons book and Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
"...honestly wealth is vapor now. It is concept more than it ever has been and the hoarding of British Empire diamonds in gold nests like an evil chipmunk is no longer considered a sign of taste and d…"

-Aidan Truhen, Seven Demons

"I am Banjo Telemark. I am an Ambiguitionest that is to say a maker and vendor of bespoke bewilderment. My atelier is the world and in my atelier nothing is solid and every truth you think you know is…"

-Aidan Truhen, Seven Demons

"Charlie speaks art and now so do I. It is not hard to speak art mostly it is body language and occasionally you have to say something is fraught or unachieved or if you are feeling really nasty you c…"

-Aidan Truhen, Seven Demons

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 Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy

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