6 must-read short stories books like Escape Pod by Mur Lafferty

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Escape Pod

By: Mur Lafferty

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The fifteenth anniversary of the Hugo-nominated science fiction podcast Escape Pod, featuring new a…

If you liked the short stories plot in Escape Pod by Mur Lafferty , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Bryony and Roses

By: T. Kingfisher

4.08

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Bryony and her sisters have come down in the world. Their merchant father died trying to reclaim hi… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Bryony and Roses book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Oh dear God, no, stop!" Fumblefoot gave her a reproachful look. Stop what? I have broken into an enchanted manor house and my pony has crapped on the floor. Oh God. -Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher"

-T. Kingfisher, Bryony and Roses

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2. The Inheritance Trilogy (Inheritance, #1-3.5)

By: N.K. Jemisin

4.29

Format: 1462 pages, Paperback

The Inheritance Trilogy omnibus includes the novels: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, The Broken King… read more

Similar categories in N.K. Jemisin's The Inheritance Trilogy (Inheritance, #1-3.5) book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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3. Retrograde (Mars Endeavour, #1)

By: Peter Cawdron

3.75

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

Mankind has long dreamed of reaching out to live on other planets, and with the establishment of th… read more

Similar categories in Peter Cawdron's Retrograde (Mars Endeavour, #1) book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
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4. Runtime

By: S.B. Divya

3.76

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

The Minerva Sierra Challenge is a grueling spectacle, the cyborg's Tour de France. Rich thrill-seek… read more

Similar categories in S.B. Divya's Runtime book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
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5. 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 Escape Pod

  • 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

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6. The Road to Roswell

By: Connie Willis

3.74

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

A delightful novel about alien invasions, conspiracies, and the incredibly silly things people are … read more

Similar categories in Connie Willis's The Road to Roswell book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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7. Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War, #1)

By: T. Kingfisher

4.16

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

A paladin, an assassin, a forger, and a scholar ride out of town. It’s not the start of a joke, but… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War, #1) book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"There are few things in life as steadying as someone you have to be brave for."

-T. Kingfisher, Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War, #1)

"Are you sure you wouldn't like some nice murderers instead?" he asked plaintively. "Quite sure, thanks"

-T. Kingfisher, Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War, #1)

"If I'd given him too much, he'd know something was afoot. Too much money is as dangerous as too little; it means you want it too bad."

-T. Kingfisher, Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War, #1)

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8. 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

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4) book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • 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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9. The Long Game (The Far Reaches, #4)

By: Ann Leckie

3.65

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

An inquisitive life-form finds there’s more to existence than they ever dreamed in an imaginative s… read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's The Long Game (The Far Reaches, #4) book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
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10. 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 Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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11. Embers of War (Embers of War, #1)

By: Gareth L. Powell

3.91

Format: 411 pages, Paperback

The warship Trouble Dog was built and bred for calculating violence, yet following a brutal war, sh… read more

Similar categories in Gareth L. Powell's Embers of War (Embers of War, #1) book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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12. Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches, #5)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.87

Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition

A revolutionary experiment in space opens a woman’s eyes to the meaning of solitude in a thought-pr… read more

Similar categories in Nnedi Okorafor's Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches, #5) book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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13. Escape Pod

By: Mur Lafferty

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The fifteenth anniversary of the Hugo-nominated science fiction podcast Escape Pod, featuring new a… read more

Similar categories in Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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14. Paladin's Strength (The Saint of Steel, #2)

By: T. Kingfisher

4.23

Format: 445 pages, Kindle Edition

He’s a paladin of a dead god, tracking a supernatural killer across a continent. She’s a nun from a… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Paladin's Strength (The Saint of Steel, #2) book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I somehow thought you had experience with stealth missions."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Strength (The Saint of Steel, #2)

"Saints teeth, everyone gets younger every year I think. Except me."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Strength (The Saint of Steel, #2)

"The larger part of power was understanding the power you had over others, even if you would rather not have had that much power in the first place."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Strength (The Saint of Steel, #2)

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15. The Tusks of Extinction

By: Ray Nayler

3.85

Format: 192 pages, ebook

When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA. Moscow has res… read more

Similar categories in Ray Nayler's The Tusks of Extinction book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"When you bring back a long-extinct species, there's more to success than the DNA."

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"But there were links [to memories] that were broken as well. That no longer led to other memories. Were those memories still there, disconnected but whole, like planets that had escaped the gravity o…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"He was afraid to lose this memory. He returned to it often, like a person checking their pockets to make sure their keys were still there. He had lost so many memories of her. The further away he mov…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

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16. 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 Escape Pod

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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17. 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 Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • 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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18. The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)

By: N.K. Jemisin

4.10

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

Four-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts a glorious t… read more

Similar categories in N.K. Jemisin's The World We Make (Great Cities, #2) book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"Bel's got a crush on NY1's Pat Kiernan, so he watches news every morning on the TV in the common area."

-N.K. Jemisin, The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)

"You said it yourself: New York is rude. We'll give you the shirt off our backs and our last subway card swipe if you're lost, but step to us with wild accusations about things that aren't our fault a…"

-N.K. Jemisin, The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)

"He twitches through Times Square, resisting the urge to gawk like a tourist, groaning in native-New-Yorker frustration when the tourists get in his way—but in an eyeblink he's at Fourteenth Street, h…"

-N.K. Jemisin, The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)

"He moves to stand on a nearby subway grate, through which he can hear a 1 train idling on the platform below. He spreads his hands to feel the gentle waft of warm, funky-smelling subway air along his…"

-N.K. Jemisin, The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)

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19. Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3)

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

4.31

Format: 597 pages, Hardcover

The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning conc… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Roanhorse's Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3) book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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20. 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 Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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21. Stars and Bones (Continuance #1)

By: Gareth L. Powell

3.66

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

From the multi BSFA award-winner comes a stunningly inventive action-packed science-fiction epic ad… read more

Similar categories in Gareth L. Powell's Stars and Bones (Continuance #1) book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
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22. Minor Mage

By: T. Kingfisher

4.19

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

Oliver was a very minor mage. His familiar reminded him of this several times a day. He only kne… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Minor Mage book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"You’re a cynical kid,"

-T. Kingfisher, Minor Mage

"Can I ask a question?"

-T. Kingfisher, Minor Mage

"They didn’t know there would be ghuls, and they didn’t really mean to send me off the way they did. They were scared, that’s all."

-T. Kingfisher, Minor Mage

"What good was such a short article? Why didn’t it tell you what you really needed to know, like how far a ghul would follow you, or if they were attached to their home territories? The entry for unic…"

-T. Kingfisher, Minor Mage

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23. The Wonder Engine (Clocktaur War, #2)

By: T. Kingfisher

4.22

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

Pull three people out of prison--a disgraced paladin, a convicted forger, and a heartless assassin.… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's The Wonder Engine (Clocktaur War, #2) book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"It could,"

-T. Kingfisher, The Wonder Engine (Clocktaur War, #2)

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24. Bridge

By: Lauren Beukes

3.68

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A grieving daughter’s search for her mother becomes a journey across alternate realities in Bridge,… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Beukes's Bridge book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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25. The Moonday Letters

By: Emmi Itäranta

3.81

Format: 359 pages, Paperback

A gripping sci-fi mystery wrapped in an LGBTQIA love story that bends space, time, myth and science… read more

Similar categories in Emmi Itäranta's The Moonday Letters book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"You are always where I wish to be: in the shared space of our thoughts."

-Emmi Itäranta, The Moonday Letters

"Menetys ja suru ovat fyysisiä aistimuksia", sanonin. "Keho muistaa ne vuodesta toiseen."

-Emmi Itäranta, The Moonday Letters

"You said once that writing is journeying beyond infinite distances; with these words I transport you to me across time and space."

-Emmi Itäranta, The Moonday Letters

"Grief is an animal you can never quite tame: after a long silence in the shadows, it may stir again and scratch open the wounds that soul-sickness feeds on."

-Emmi Itäranta, The Moonday Letters

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26. The Job at the End of the World

By: Ray Nayler

3.76

Format: 21 pages, ebook

A weary resilience worker should know better than no one is safe when the world is always ending..… read more

Similar categories in Ray Nayler's The Job at the End of the World book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Machinehood by S.B. Divya

27. Machinehood

By: S.B. Divya

3.65

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

A science fiction thriller about artificial intelligence, sentience, and labor rights in a near fut… read more

Similar categories in S.B. Divya's Machinehood book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"The more things changed, the more they stayed the same."

-S.B. Divya, Machinehood

"Technology was as habit-forming as every escapist, feel-good drug"

-S.B. Divya, Machinehood

"What would be the long-term consequences for a dakini revolution? Every technological advancement had consequences."

-S.B. Divya, Machinehood

"Her people attacked me, and I defended myself. We believe that she is responsible for crimes against human- and machine kind. We believe that the governments of Earth have failed to protect their peo…"

-S.B. Divya, Machinehood

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28. Multiverses: An Anthology of Alternate Realities

By: Preston Grassmann

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A mind-blowing anthology of 18 stories bringing you the infinite Earths of the multiverse. INFIN… read more

Similar categories in Preston Grassmann's Multiverses: An Anthology of Alternate Realities book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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29. The Last Blade Priest

By: W.P. Wiles

3.91

Format: 508 pages, Paperback

Inar is Master Builder for the Kingdom of Mishig-Tenh. Life is hard after the Kingdom lost the war … read more

Similar categories in W.P. Wiles's The Last Blade Priest book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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30. The Stars Too Fondly

By: Emily Hamilton

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In her breathtaking debut—part space odyssey, part sapphic rom-com—Emily Hamilton tells a tale of g… read more

Similar categories in Emily Hamilton's The Stars Too Fondly book and Mur Lafferty's Escape Pod

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Space Fiction Collection 2: Selected Stories about Space, Aliens and the Future by Neil A. Hogan

31. Space Fiction Collection 2: Selected Stories about Space, Aliens and the Future

By: Neil A. Hogan

3.86

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

Space Fiction Collection 2. Selected Stories about Space, Aliens and the Future. Space opera to har… read more

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30 Top fiction books like Escape Pod by Mur Lafferty

Transform Your Habits

Bryony and Roses

T. Kingfisher

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The Inheritance Trilogy (Inheritance, #1-3.5)

N.K. Jemisin

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Retrograde (Mars Endeavour, #1)

Peter Cawdron

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Runtime

S.B. Divya

3.76

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21 Top fiction books like Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3) by Rebecca Roanhorse

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The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

Nghi Vo

4.17

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Service Model

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Transform Your Habits

The Tainted Cup

Robert Jackson Bennett

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4.31

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