19 Top science fiction books like Head On (Lock In, #2) by John Scalzi

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Head On (Lock In, #2)

By: John Scalzi

4.01

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

John Scalzi returns with Head On, the standalone follow-up to the New York Times bestselling and cr…

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1. For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)

By: Ray Porter , Dennis E. Taylor

4.37

Format: 311 pages, Audible Audio

Bob Johansson didn't believe in an afterlife, so waking up after being killed in a car accident was… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"What does kaheerakah mean?"

-Ray Porter, For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)

"I always wanted to be a bad influence."

-Ray Porter, For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)

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2. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.28

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate Cover Edition can be found here. Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Above my pay grade!"

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

"Thank God for family. And than GOD for a couple of miles of distance."

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

"Um. Ways in which a sentence beginning with the word "missiles" could be a good thing... Nope. I got nuthin'."

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

3. Rip-Off!

By: Scott Brick , Khristine Hvam , Daryl Gregory , Stefan Rudnicki , Jonathan Davis , John Scalzi , Mike Resnick , James Patrick Kelly , Gardner Dozois , Allen M. Steele , Mary Robinette Kowal , Wil Wheaton , Lavie Tidhar , Robert Charles Wilson , Jack Campbell , Elizabeth Bear , None , Ilyana Kadushin , None

4.00

Format: 112 pages, Audiobook

In Rip-Off!, 13 of today's best and most honored writers of speculative fiction face a challenge ev… read more

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4. All These Worlds (Bobiverse, #3)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.57

Format: 140 pages,

Being a sentient spaceship really should be more fun. But after spreading out through space for alm… read more

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5. 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 John Scalzi's Head On (Lock In, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"(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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6. Third Eye

By: Felicia Day

4.14

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Once upon a time, in the magical land of San Francisco, there lived a not-so-ordinary girl named La… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. 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
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"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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8. 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

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  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • speculative fiction
  • science fiction
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9. Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

By: Martha Wells

4.26

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

SciFi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is again on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCr… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I was tired of pretending to be human. I needed a break."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"Pretending bad things aren’t happening is not a great survival strategy."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"I hate caring about stuff. But apparently once you start, you can't just stop."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"I didn’t want to see helpless humans. I’d rather see smart ones rescuing each other."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

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10. Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

By: Martha Wells

4.31

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall. When M… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6) book and John Scalzi's Head On (Lock In, #2)

  • audiobook
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • science fiction
"Tural left with the air of escaping before things got worse."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"The only thing worse than humans infantilizing bots was bots infantilizing themselves."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"Humans so the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"Humans do the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

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11. Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

By: Martha Wells

4.38

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it res… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Why is this ship so old and shitty?"

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"I was having an emotion, and I hate that."

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"But they were humans— who knows why they did anything?"

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"Once I started telling the truth, it was hard to stop."

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

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12. 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 John Scalzi's Head On (Lock In, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

By: Martha Wells

4.47

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

It calls itself Murderbot, but only when no one can hear. It worries about the fragile human cre… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Ugh, emotions."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"So, you have a relationship with this transport."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"I'm a murderbot, I don't give a crap about boats."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"I am actually trying my best despite the fuck-ups."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

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14. Head On (Lock In, #2)

By: John Scalzi

4.01

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

John Scalzi returns with Head On, the standalone follow-up to the New York Times bestselling and cr… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Head On (Lock In, #2) book and John Scalzi's Head On (Lock In, #2)

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • science fiction
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15. Will Leave the Galaxy for Good

By: Yahtzee Croshaw

4.29

Format: 10 pages, Audible Audio

Jacques McKeown is the most celebrated author of star-pilot fiction in the galaxy. He's rich, famou… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Downloaded

By: Robert J. Sawyer

3.62

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

The new novel by Canada's top Science Fiction writer In 2059 two very different groups have their m… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • science fiction
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17. Roadkill

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.09

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Three 20-somethings are all that stands between an otherworldly threat and the survival of Earth in… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. Ancient Among Us (Battle For Forever, #2)

By: Edward Savio

3.92

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Alexander X and his friends have had stadiums collapse on them, ancient teachers following them, dr… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. 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

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Far Reaches: Stories to Take You Out of This World by James S.A. Corey

20. The Far Reaches: Stories to Take You Out of This World

By: James S.A. Corey

3.75

Format: 227 pages, Audiobook

Look outward beyond the stars with six stories from bestselling visionary authors. An AI awakens to… read more

Similar categories in James S.A. Corey's The Far Reaches: Stories to Take You Out of This World book and John Scalzi's Head On (Lock In, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
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21. Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse #5)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.38

Format: 11 pages, Audiobook

The number one best-selling series that Audible listeners call “wonderfully entertaining”, “packed … read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook

19 best-selling fiction books like Head On (Lock In, #2) by John Scalzi

Transform Your Habits

For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)

Ray Porter , Dennis E. Taylor

4.37

Transform Your Habits

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

Dennis E. Taylor

4.28

Transform Your Habits

System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Third Eye

Felicia Day

4.14

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18 Best fiction books like Translation State by Ann Leckie

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The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

Malka Ann Older

3.64

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System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

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Translation State

Ann Leckie

4.09

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Starter Villain

John Scalzi

4.16

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