15 Top fantasy books like Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5) by Martha Wells

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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…

If you liked the fantasy plot in Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5) by Martha Wells , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0) by Travis Baldree

1. Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

By: Travis Baldree

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we nee… read more

Similar categories in Travis Baldree's Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0) book and Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"See you in the story past the story."

-Travis Baldree, Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

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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 Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • 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

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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 Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

  • 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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4. 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 Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
Cover of The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2) by Malka Ann Older

5. 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 Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
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6. Detonation Boulevard

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.83

Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition

In a cosmic rally race winding 12,000 kilometers across Io’s treacherous surface in just 60 hours, … read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Detonation Boulevard book and Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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7. 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

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's On the Fox Roads book and Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Demon Daughter (Penric and Desdemona, #12) by Lois McMaster Bujold

8. 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

Similar categories in Lois McMaster Bujold's Demon Daughter (Penric and Desdemona, #12) book and Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4) by Nghi Vo

9. 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

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4) book and Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

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

10. 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 Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

  • 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)

Cover of Void (The Far Reaches, #2) by Veronica Roth

11. Void (The Far Reaches, #2)

By: Veronica Roth

3.86

Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition

An intergalactic luxury cruise to a distant port is a world unto itself in this piercing short myst… read more

Similar categories in Veronica Roth's Void (The Far Reaches, #2) book and Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
"... I realized that what's out there is oblivious to us. There's no menace to it, because there's no intent. We're just fragile, and we break sometimes. And time keeps moving. I don't know. I think i…"

-Veronica Roth, Void (The Far Reaches, #2)

Cover of The Long Game (The Far Reaches, #4) by Ann Leckie

12. 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 Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
Cover of Falling Bodies (The Far Reaches, #3) by Rebecca Roanhorse

13. Falling Bodies (The Far Reaches, #3)

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

3.68

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

A young man caught between two disparate worlds searches for his place in the universe in a wrenchi… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Roanhorse's Falling Bodies (The Far Reaches, #3) book and Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
Cover of Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6) by John Scalzi

14. Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6)

By: John Scalzi

4.18

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

An artificial intelligence on a star-spanning mission explores the farthest horizons of human poten… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6) book and Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • space
Cover of How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1) by James S.A. Corey

15. How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.01

Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition

An astronaut’s interstellar mission is a personal journey of a thousand second chances in an exhila… read more

Similar categories in James S.A. Corey's How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1) book and Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • space
Cover of Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches, #5) by Nnedi Okorafor

16. 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 Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
Cover of Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5) by Martha Wells

17. 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

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5) book and Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

  • robots
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
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18. 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 Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

  • robots
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Locked Coffin: A Judge Dee Mystery (Judge Dee, #6) by Lavie Tidhar

19. The Locked Coffin: A Judge Dee Mystery (Judge Dee, #6)

By: Lavie Tidhar

3.98

Format: 32 pages, ebook

While visiting the mysterious castle of Maidstone for an investigation, Judge Dee and Jonathan disc… read more

Similar categories in Lavie Tidhar's The Locked Coffin: A Judge Dee Mystery (Judge Dee, #6) book and Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13) by Lois McMaster Bujold

20. 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

Similar categories in Lois McMaster Bujold's Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13) book and Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Take Us to a Better Place by Madeline Ashby

21. Take Us to a Better Place

By: Madeline Ashby

3.48

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

A profound and unforgettable original story collection about well-being and the future of health an… read more

Similar categories in Madeline Ashby's Take Us to a Better Place book and Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"I know a few who have learned the hard way that a luxury bunker is too narrow a world at any price. No more moats and walls. We will tend the garden for everyone."

-Madeline Ashby, Take Us to a Better Place

"She believed in her soul that they saw each other’s flaws, each crack and fissure, and that their love filled them with the same promise: I see you, all of you, all the things you don’t want the worl…"

-Madeline Ashby, Take Us to a Better Place

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