28 Top science fiction books like The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu

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The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

By: Samit Basu

3.59

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Shantiport was supposed to be a gateway to the stars. But the city is sinking, and its colonist rul…

"You exist, and you deserve to belong."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"Usually when my life goes according to plan, it turns out the plan was made by someone else"

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"It's all very clear, I just chose not to get it, I just decided everyone who didn't agree with my vision was lying, or a fool."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"I don't want to talk about this. It's not that I think you're wrong, but it's too big for me. I'll never be able to do anything about it."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

If you liked the science fiction plot in The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu , here is a list of 28 books like this:

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1. 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

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) book and Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) by Martha Wells

2. 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 Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"(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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3. 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 Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • 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

Cover of Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2) by Mur Lafferty

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 Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • 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 Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) by Nghi Vo

6. 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

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) book and Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"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)

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7. Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction

By: Ann Leckie

4.05

Format: 403 pages, Hardcover

Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winner Ann Leckie is a modern master of the SFF genre, for… read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction book and Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

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

8. 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 Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera

9. 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 Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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10. Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

By: Wole Talabi

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The debut fantasy novel from an award-winning Nigerian author presents a mythic tale of disgruntled… read more

Similar categories in Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon book and Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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11. The Water Outlaws

By: S.L. Huang

3.81

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by a classic of martial arts literature, S. L. Huang's The Water Outlaws are bandits of de… read more

Similar categories in S.L. Huang's The Water Outlaws book and Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu

12. The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

By: Samit Basu

3.59

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Shantiport was supposed to be a gateway to the stars. But the city is sinking, and its colonist rul… read more

Similar categories in Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport book and Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • asia
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • artificial intelligence
  • cyberpunk
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"You exist, and you deserve to belong."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"Usually when my life goes according to plan, it turns out the plan was made by someone else"

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"It's all very clear, I just chose not to get it, I just decided everyone who didn't agree with my vision was lying, or a fool."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"I don't want to talk about this. It's not that I think you're wrong, but it's too big for me. I'll never be able to do anything about it."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

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13. 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 Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • 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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14. 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 Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction fantasy
  • artificial intelligence
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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15. 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 Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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16. 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 Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • 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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17. These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1)

By: Bethany Jacobs

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

A dangerous cat-and-mouse quest for revenge. An empire that spans star systems, built on the bones … read more

Similar categories in Bethany Jacobs's These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1) book and Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Wicked Problems (The Craft Wars, #2) by Max Gladstone

18. Wicked Problems (The Craft Wars, #2)

By: Max Gladstone

4.35

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Gods and lawyers battle for the soul of the world in the action-packed second volume of Max Gladsto… read more

Similar categories in Max Gladstone's Wicked Problems (The Craft Wars, #2) book and Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Ghostdrift (Finder Chronicles, #4) by Suzanne Palmer

19. Ghostdrift (Finder Chronicles, #4)

By: Suzanne Palmer

4.59

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

The fourth and final installment of the Finder Chronicles, a hopepunk sci-fi caper described as Mac… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Palmer's Ghostdrift (Finder Chronicles, #4) book and Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Mal Goes to War: A Novel by Edward Ashton

20. Mal Goes to War: A Novel

By: Edward Ashton

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The humans are fighting again. Go figure. As a free A.I., Mal finds the war between the modded and… read more

Similar categories in Edward Ashton's Mal Goes to War: A Novel book and Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • artificial intelligence
  • cyberpunk
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
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21. Emergent Properties

By: Aimee Ogden

3.57

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Emergent Properties is the touching adventure of an intrepid A.I. reporter hot on the heels of brew… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Ogden's Emergent Properties book and Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction fantasy
  • artificial intelligence
  • cyberpunk
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
Cover of Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) by L.M. Sagas

22. Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1)

By: L.M. Sagas

3.92

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

L. M. Sagas' debut, Cascade Failure, is a highly commercial, sci-fi adventure blending J. S. Dewes'… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Sagas's Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) book and Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2) by Micaiah Johnson

23. Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2)

By: Micaiah Johnson

4.15

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

Faced with a coming apocalypse, a woman must reckon with her past to solve a series of sudden and i… read more

Similar categories in Micaiah Johnson's Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2) book and Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Wanting to shift someone's boundaries is a burden and a threat, not a gift or a compliment."

-Micaiah Johnson, Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2)

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24. The Stardust Grail

By: Yume Kitasei

3.78

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Save one world. Doom her own. From the acclaimed author of The Deep Sky comes a thrilling anti-c… read more

Similar categories in Yume Kitasei's The Stardust Grail book and Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Escape Velocity by Victor Manibo

25. Escape Velocity

By: Victor Manibo

3.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Space Habitat Altaire is the premier luxury resort in low Earth orbit, playground of the privileged… read more

Similar categories in Victor Manibo's Escape Velocity book and Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

26. Lost Ark Dreaming

By: Suyi Davies Okungbowa

3.69

Format: 179 pages, Hardcover

The brutally engineered class divisions of Snowpiercer meets Rivers Solomon’s The Deep in this high… read more

Similar categories in Suyi Davies Okungbowa's Lost Ark Dreaming book and Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Liberty's Daughter by Naomi Kritzer

27. Liberty's Daughter

By: Naomi Kritzer

4.06

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

Beck Garrison lives on a seastead — an archipelago of constructed platforms and old cruise ships, a… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Kritzer's Liberty's Daughter book and Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

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

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's The Dead Cat Tail Assassins book and Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of A Fire Born of Exile by Aliette de Bodard

29. A Fire Born of Exile

By: Aliette de Bodard

4.05

Format: 426 pages, Hardcover

The Scattered Pearls Belt is a string of habitats under tight military rule . . . where the powerfu… read more

Similar categories in Aliette de Bodard's A Fire Born of Exile book and Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Where Peace Is Lost by Valerie Valdes

30. Where Peace Is Lost

By: Valerie Valdes

4.03

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

A brand-new space fantasy novel from master world-builder Valerie Valdes! A refugee with a secret, … read more

Similar categories in Valerie Valdes's Where Peace Is Lost book and Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard

31. Navigational Entanglements

By: Aliette de Bodard

4.05

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Aliette de Bodard presents yet another innovative space opera that broadens th… read more

Similar categories in Aliette de Bodard's Navigational Entanglements book and Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy

31 Top fiction books like The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu

Transform Your Habits

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

Malka Ann Older

3.64

Transform Your Habits

System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Translation State

Ann Leckie

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

Mur Lafferty

3.94

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18 Best fiction books like Translation State by Ann Leckie

Transform Your Habits

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

Malka Ann Older

3.64

Transform Your Habits

System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Translation State

Ann Leckie

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Starter Villain

John Scalzi

4.16

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