Books like Children of Memory
30 science fiction books to read after Children of Memory, by Tchaikovsky, Adrian, the closest match first.
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1. Cage of Souls
by Tchaikovsky, Adrian
- Same author
- On the same lists
Stefan Advani is a rebel, outlaw and survivor, and his account takes him across the western deserts, down a river into a jungle prison and finally into underground caverns. The...
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2. Shroud
by Tchaikovsky, Adrian
- Same author
They looked into the darkness and the darkness looked back . . . New planets are fair game to asset strippers and interplanetary opportunists – and a commercial mission to...
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3. Service Model
by Tchaikovsky, Adrian
- Same author
Task Item No. 1: Become Self-Aware Meet Charles™, the latest in robot servant technology. Programmed to undertake the most menial household chores, Charles is loyal, efficient and logical to a...
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4. Alien Clay
by Tchaikovsky, Adrian
- Same author
On the distant world of Kiln lie the ruins of an alien civilization. It’s the greatest discovery in humanity’s spacefaring history – yet who were its builders and where did...
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The Final Architecture book 1 Start here
5. Shards of Earth
by Tchaikovsky, Adrian
- Same author
Eighty years ago, Earth was destroyed by an alien 'Architect'. Some escaped, but millions more died. So to protect its colonies, humanity shaped the minds of Idris and others into...
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6. Some Desperate Glory
by Tesh, Emily
- On the same lists
While we live, the enemy shall fear us.All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the murder of planet Earth. Raised in the bowels of Gaea...
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7. Golden Son
by Brown, Pierce
- On the same lists
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
8. The Dark Forest
by Liu, Cixin
- On the same lists
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
9. The Fifth Season
by Jemisin, N. K.
- On the same lists
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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The Locked Tomb book 1 Start here
10. Gideon the Ninth
by Muir, Tamsyn
- On the same lists
"The Emperor needs necromancers.The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense.Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system...
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11. Ancillary Mercy
by Leckie, Ann
- On the same lists
For a moment, things seemed to be under control for Breq, the soldier who used to be a warship. Then a search of Atheok Station's slums turns up someone who...
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Old Man's War book 6
12. The End Of All Things
by John Scalzi
- On the same lists
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
13. Nemesis Games
by James S.a. Corey
- On the same lists
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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Red Rising Trilogy book 5
14. Dark Age
by Brown, Pierce
- On the same lists
He broke the chains. Then he broke the world….A decade ago Darrow led a revolution, and laid the foundations for a new world. Now he’s an outlaw.Cast out of the...
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Teixcalaan book 1 Start here
15. A Memory Called Empire
by Arkady Martine
- On the same lists
Won the 2020 Hugo for Best Novel. Ambassador Mahit Dzmare is posted far from her mining station home, to the Empire's glorious capital. Yet when she arrives, she discovers her...
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16. The City in the Middle of the Night
by Charlie Jane Anders
- On the same lists
Would you give up everything to change the world?Humanity clings to life on January – a colonized planet divided between permanently frozen darkness on one side, and blazing endless sunshine...
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17. The Light Brigade
by Hurley, Kameron
- On the same lists
From the Hugo Award–winning author of The Stars Are Legion comes a brand-new science fiction thriller about a futuristic war during which soldiers are broken down into light in order...
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18. A Song for a New Day
by Sarah Pinsker
- On the same lists
In the Before, when the government didn't prohibit large public gatherings, Luce Cannon was on top of the world. One of her songs had just taken off and she was...
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19. The Old Drift
by Namwali Serpell
- On the same lists
On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there was once a colonial settlement called The Old Drift. Here begins the epic story...
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20. Seveneves
by Stephenson, Neal
- On the same lists
"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
21. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
by Becky Chambers
- On the same lists
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
22. Raising Caine
by Charles E. Gannon
- On the same lists
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
23. Europe at Midnight
by Dave Hutchinson
- On the same lists
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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24. Arcadia
by Iain Pears
- On the same lists
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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25. Way Down Dark
by James Smythe
- On the same lists
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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26. The Heart Goes Last
by Margaret Atwood
- On the same lists
"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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27. The Water Knife
by Bacigalupi, Paolo
- On the same lists
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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28. Armada
by Cline, Ernest
- On the same lists
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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29. The Fold
by Clines, Peter
- On the same lists
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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30. Aurora
by Robinson, Kim Stanley
- On the same lists
"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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