The Tea Master and the Detective (The Universe of Xuya)
By: Aliette de Bodard
3.85
Format: 93 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to the Scattered Pearls Belt, a collection of ring habitats and orbitals ruled by exiled hu…
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1. Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen
By: Lois McMaster Bujold
4.06
Format: None pages, ebook
Three years after her famous husband's death, Cordelia Vorkosigan, widowed Vicereine of Sergyar, st… read more
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2. The Green Hills of Earth
By: Robert A. Heinlein
4.60
Format: 645 pages, Paperback
Heinlein's "Future History" Epic: On the Moon, Mars and Space Station One, it's pure Heinlein all t… read more
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3. Man Plus (Man Plus #1)
By: Frederik Pohl
3.15
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
Ill luck made Roger Torraway the subject of the Man Plus Programme, but it was deliberate biologica… read more
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4. Dinosaur Tales
By: Ray Bradbury , Gahan Wilson , Mœbius , Jim Steranko , David Wiesner , William Stout , Overton Loyd , None , Ray Harryhausen
3.42
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Dinosaur Tales is a Magnificent Collection of Famous Tales by RAY BRADBURY, One of America's Best-L… read more
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5. Taming Flame
By: Therisa Peimer
4.30
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Flaminius's days of bouncing between beds are snatched away the instant he sets eyes on his perfect… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fantasy
- fiction
"Tightening his embrace around his wife and little Theo, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to continue being worthy of the faith you have in me."-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame
"Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me feel safe and cherished, and you care deeply for our people. Why wouldn't I have faith in you?"-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame
"I'm so proud of you I could burst, but in the interest of saving the poor cleaning staff the hassle, I would, instead, like to take you to our room and lick you from stem to stern until you beg me to…"-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame
"A virgin," Flaminius smiled deviously. "I'll take her." Instantly, surprised chatter erupted. Mother Guardian held up her hand for silence. "You cannot be serious, Sire." "Oh, but I am," he replied w…"-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame
6. 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
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- novella
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- mystery
- adult
- science fiction
7. 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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- novella
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- space opera
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- science fiction
- adult
- space
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"(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)
8. Our Blue Orange (Godfrey Davis, #1)
By: A.R. Merrydew
4.23
Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition
When inventor Godfrey Davis arrived at the ministry that Monday morning he had his first experience… read more
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- science fiction
- science fiction fantasy
- fantasy
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"Sir, I think you need to read this,’ he said, nervously handing over the mainframe’s dissertation of its own wellbeing."-A.R. Merrydew, Our Blue Orange (Godfrey Davis, #1)
"Steve shook his head in amazement. ‘If that GOD person hadn’t left that case, we wouldn’t have any of this.’ Thomas agreed. ‘Personally, I can’t praise him enough.’ "-A.R. Merrydew, Our Blue Orange (Godfrey Davis, #1)
"Semilla’s Phlegm-O-Matic promptly made an observation. ‘Wow Semilla look at that shuttle.’ ‘Keep your voice down Raymond we’re in danger,’ Semilla hissed. ‘Raymond?’ Burt said incredulously. ‘I had t…"-A.R. Merrydew, Our Blue Orange (Godfrey Davis, #1)
"With one hand disturbing a colony of parasitic life forms in his uncombed hair, he yawned loudly. ‘Morning Steve,’ Thomas said scratching his grubby face. His breath drifted across the space between …"-A.R. Merrydew, Our Blue Orange (Godfrey Davis, #1)
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 fantasy
- space opera
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- space
- 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
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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- novella
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- mystery
- adult
- science fiction
11. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)
By: Nghi Vo
4.17
Format: 128 pages, ebook
The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more
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- novella
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)
12. On the Fox Roads
By: Nghi Vo
4.04
Format: 29 pages, ebook
While learning the ropes from a crafty Jazz Age bank robber, a young stowaway discovers their authe… read more
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- novella
- short stories
- fantasy
- fiction
13. 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
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- 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
14. Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)
By: Nghi Vo
4.24
Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition
The Hugo and Crawford Award-Winning Series! The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singin… read more
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- novella
- science fiction fantasy
- short stories
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
15. The Last Sunset
By: March Lions
4.34
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Two baby girls seating in the rear of a car are involved in a terrible accident and their mother di… read more
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"Trust is a strange bedfellow."-March Lions, The Last Sunset
"I don't want to be caught with my pants down."-March Lions, The Last Sunset
"He sounds like a politician running for office."-March Lions, The Last Sunset
"The truth has a way of coming out of the closet."-March Lions, The Last Sunset
16. Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel
By: Todor Bombov
4.37
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
2nd Book in Sci-Fi Series Is Set on Saturn’s Moon Homo Cosmicus-2: Titan is a sci-fi novel, sui … read more
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- science fiction
"While an elderly man in his mid-eighties looks curiously at a porno site, his grandson asks him from afar, “‘What are you reading, grandpa?’"-Todor Bombov, Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel
"Let’s get to know each other. My name’s William, William More, but you can call me Willy. I’m an engineer-chemist who graduated from MIT. So . . . but you’re all alike to me . . . of course, you woul…"-Todor Bombov, Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel
17. Child of Another Kind
By: Steven Decker
4.29
Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition
A little girl can look at someone and know their past. How? Why? Single mom Cynthia Pace has he… read more
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- mystery
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"No,"-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind
"Teacher,"-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind
"We do not sleep,"-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind
"They came for me the next morning."-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind
18. The Tea Master and the Detective (The Universe of Xuya)
By: Aliette de Bodard
3.85
Format: 93 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to the Scattered Pearls Belt, a collection of ring habitats and orbitals ruled by exiled hu… read more
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- novella
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- short stories
- fiction
- mystery
- adult
- space
- fantasy
- science fiction
19. Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)
By: Martha Wells
4.34
Format: 8 pages, Kindle Edition
Murderbot—the sardonic, almost-homicidal, media-loving android created by Martha Wells—has proven t… read more
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- novella
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- short stories
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- science fiction
- adult
- space
- fantasy
20. The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2)
By: A.R. Merrydew
4.32
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
Following on from 'Our Blue Orange', 'The Girl with the Porcelain Lips' continues the story. The de… read more
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"My name is Jenny,’ the prototype curtly informed Theodore, with a stance that advertised her statement to perfection."-A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2)
"And Tarquin,’ Semilla said quietly. ‘He has been in league with them all along?’ ‘Yes, I am afraid so,’ Rupert confirmed."-A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2)
" ‘And Tarquin,’ Semilla said quietly. ‘He has been in league with them all along?’ ‘Yes, I am afraid so,’ Rupert confirmed."-A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2)
"The machines were simple and harmless, developed by a human genius who set in motion something, which ultimately had far reaching consequences."-A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2)
21. Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3)
By: Nghi Vo
4.03
Format: 100 pages, Hardcover
Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorio… read more
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- novella
- science fiction fantasy
- short stories
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- adult
- fantasy
22. When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
By: Nghi Vo
4.18
Format: 128 pages, ebook
The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of fierce tigers who ach… read more
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- novella
- short stories
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
"Oh yes. Some people are just more . . . edible than others if you are a tiger."-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
"She killed, for she was angry, and she did not eat what she killed, for she was heartsick."-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
"Your departure crashes like a thunder, and the timbers of the house shake with the force of the space you left behind."-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
"Now your departure crashes like a thunder, and the timbers of the house shake with the force of the space you left behind."-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
23. The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
By: Nghi Vo
3.95
Format: 119 pages, Kindle Edition
A young royal from the far north is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of… read more
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- novella
- short stories
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
"Angry mothers raise daughters fierce enough to fight wolves."-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
"[,,,] if you want to understand people who have gone, that's what you look at, isn't it? Their offal. Their leavings."-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
"The abbey at Singing Hills would say that if a record cannot be perfect, it should at least be present. Better for it to exist than for it to be perfect and only in your mind."-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
"... He was unimportant, the least of In-yo's spies and couriers, but—" Almost Brilliant fluttered her wings in the dying light. "I understand. I will remember Sukai for you, and so will my children a…"-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
24. Prosper's Demon
By: K.J. Parker
3.73
Format: 112 pages, ebook
In a botched demonic extraction, they say the demon feels it ten times worse than the man. But they… read more
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- novella
- short stories
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- adult
- fantasy
"I told you that you wouldn't like me. I understand. It shows proper feeling. If you said to me: There's this man who is so callous and brutal that he doesn't give a damn about his fellow human beings…"-K.J. Parker, Prosper's Demon
"I can't see a thousand years into the future, I told Her, so I can't see the nasty, evil outcome. What I can see is Master Prosper's horse, which is going to be amazingly beautiful. And thousands and…"-K.J. Parker, Prosper's Demon
25. 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
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- novella
- science fiction fantasy
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26. The Black God's Drums
By: P. Djèlí Clark
4.01
Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition
Creeper, a scrappy young teen, is done living on the streets of New Orleans. Instead, she wants to … read more
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- novella
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- adult
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27. Mare
By: Isabel Del Rio Sanz (Alias: Isabel del Río)
3.50
Format: 145 pages, Paperback
Per a garantir la supervivència com a espècie, la humanitat es va veure impel·lida a abandonar la T… read more
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- science fiction
28. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
By: P. Djèlí Clark
4.05
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly… read more
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- novella
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- adult
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29. The Mountains of Mourning (Vorkosigan Saga, #5.1)
By: Lois McMaster Bujold
4.28
Format: 83 pages, Kindle Edition
[A Miles Vorkosigan Story] Twenty year old Ensign Miles Vorkosigan plays detective in a murder case… read more
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- novella
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- space opera
- short stories
- fiction
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- science fiction
"Los detalles corroboraban lo que ella decía que era, y eso se agregaba a una sensación sólida, aunque subliminal, de algo cierto que tal vez escapaba a la paranoia profesional de los que trabajan en …"-Lois McMaster Bujold, The Mountains of Mourning (Vorkosigan Saga, #5.1)
"Miles had sworn his officer's oath to the Emperor less than two weeks ago, puffed with pride at his achievement. In his secret mind he had imagined himself keeping that oath through blazing battle, e…"-Lois McMaster Bujold, The Mountains of Mourning (Vorkosigan Saga, #5.1)
30. The Iron Children
By: Rebecca Fraimow
4.20
Format: 139 pages, Kindle Edition
Asher has been training her entire life to become a Sor-Commander. One day she’ll give her soul to … read more
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31. Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)
By: A.R. Merrydew
4.43
Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition
The third book in the series, ‘Inara’, prepares the reader for the aftermath of Godfrey, and his fr… read more
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"Isn’t this exciting!"-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)
"We might even make this after all,’ he hollered, but the craft didn’t reply."-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)
"If any of them fail me, I will flush them from an airlock into the pit of space, like an unwanted turd. Do I make myself clear?"-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)
"Well at least one of you present here today, has the scaly green balls to give me an honest answer,’ he said, as he broke into a hearty lizard laugh."-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)
