Books like Ancillary Mercy
22 science fiction books to read after Ancillary Mercy, by Leckie, Ann, the closest match first.
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1. Ancillary Sword
by Leckie, Ann
- Same series
- Same author
Ann Leckie's first book, Ancillary Justice, won just about every award going, including the Hugo, the Nebula, the Arthur C. Clarke and the BSFA awards. Now, here's the sequel to...
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2. Translation State
by Leckie, Ann
- Same series
- Same author
"Translation State" is a 2023 science fiction novel by Ann Leckie, set in the Imperial Radch universe. It follows three characters whose lives intersect as they deal with the mystery...
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3. Provenance
by Leckie, Ann
- Same series
- Same author
A stand-alone adventure set in the world of Ancillary Justice. Ingray has just one chance to secure the status she craves and regain priceless lost artefacts prized by her people:...
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Imperial Radch book 1 Start here
4. Ancillary Justice (2014)
by Leckie, Ann
- Same series
- Same author
Ancillary Justice by Anne Leckie (Book 1 in the Imperial Radch trilogy) won the 2014 Nebula Award for Best Novel.
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5. Golden Son
by Brown, Pierce
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Red Rising hit the ground running and wasted no time becoming a sensation. Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by...
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Three Body Series book 2
6. The Dark Forest
by Liu, Cixin
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Time is running out for humanity in The Dark Forest, the stunning sequel to Cixin Liu's award-winning and bestselling masterpiece, The Three-Body Problem. Earth is still reeling from the revelation...
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The Broken Earth book 1 Start here
7. The Fifth Season
by Jemisin, N. K.
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Winner of the 2016 Hugo and nominated for a Nebula, The Fifth Season is a volatile combination of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Dystopian Fiction. Mythology comes alive in this hostile world...
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Old Man's War book 6
8. The End Of All Things
by John Scalzi
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Humans expanded into space... only to find a universe populated with multiple alien species bent on their destruction. Thus was the Colonial Union formed, to help protect us from a...
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The Expanse book 5
9. Nemesis Games
by James S.a. Corey
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The crew of the Rocinante scatter to deal with trouble at home just as the solar system begins to come apart. A Belter faction strikes at Earth and the inner...
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10. Seveneves
by Stephenson, Neal
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"What would happen if the world were ending? A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band...
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Wayfarers book 1 Start here
11. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
by Becky Chambers
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When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, a patched-up ship that's seen better days, offers her everything she could possibly want: a...
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Caine Riordan book 3
12. Raising Caine
by Charles E. Gannon
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Caine Riordan has just helped to repel an alien invasion of Earth when the Slaasriithi, mysterious and possibly helpful, ask him to lead a diplomatic mission to their worlds. A...
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Fractured Europe book 2
13. Europe at Midnight
by Dave Hutchinson
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In a near-future Europe that has broken into many small states, two stories unfold: Jim, an English intelligence officer drawn in by a stabbing on a London bus into preparations...
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14. Arcadia
by Iain Pears
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In 1960s Oxford, Professor Henry Lytten is attempting to write a fantasy novel that forgoes the magic of his predecessors, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. He finds an unlikely confidante...
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15. Way Down Dark
by James Smythe
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After Earth became uninhabitable, humans built generation ships, and Chan, 17, lives quietly on one of them, the Australia, where gangs and cults run the decks. She finds a way...
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16. The Heart Goes Last
by Margaret Atwood
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"Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of an economic and social collapse. Job loss has forced them to live in their car,...
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17. The Water Knife
by Bacigalupi, Paolo
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The American Southwest has been decimated by drought. Nevada and Arizona skirmish over dwindling shares of the Colorado River, while California watches, deciding if it should just take the whole...
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18. Armada
by Cline, Ernest
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Zack Lightman has spent his life dreaming. Dreaming that the real world could be a little more like the countless science-fiction books, movies, and videogames he's spent his life consuming....
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19. The Fold
by Clines, Peter
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Mike Erikson, a high school teacher with perfect memory, is asked to inspect a new project by the military: a device that lets people fold space to travel from one...
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20. Aurora
by Robinson, Kim Stanley
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"Generations after leaving earth, a starship draws near to the planet that may serve as a new home world for those on board. But the journey has brought unexpected changes...
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Who Fears Death book 2
21. The Book Of Phoenix
by Okorafor, Nnedi
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As we have seen in books like Man Plus, one way to achieve posthumanity is to remake ourselves in a new form. But experimenting upon ourselves in that way comes...
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Children Of Time book 3
22. Children of Memory
by Tchaikovsky, Adrian
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Sequel to Children of Ruin.On Imir, Captain Holt founded a hopeful new colony on an empty world. But generations later, his descendants are struggling to survive. As harvests worsen and...
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