Books like Head On
27 science fiction books to read after Head On, by John Scalzi, the closest match first.
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Lady Astronaut book 1 Start here
1. The Calculating Stars
by Mary Robinette Kowal
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On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to Earth and obliterated much of the east coast of the United States, including Washington, DC. The ensuing climate...
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2. Iron Gold
by Brown, Pierce
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In the epic next chapter of the Red Rising Saga, the #1 bestselling author of Morning Star pushes the boundaries of one of the boldest...
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Machineries Of Empire book 3
3. Revenant Gun
by Yoon Ha Lee
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"Shuos Jedao is awake... and nothing is as he remembers. He's a teenager, a cadet--a nobody--in the body of an old man; a general in command of an elite force....
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Wayfarers book 3
4. Record of a Spaceborn Few
by Becky Chambers
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Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but few outsiders have seen. Humanity has finally been accepted into...
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5. Space Opera
by Valente, Catherynne M.
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"Mankind will not get to fight for its destiny. They must sing. A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent...
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6. Rosewater
by Tade Thompson
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"Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry, and the helpless--people eager for a...
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7. Blackfish City
by Sam J. Miller
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Qaanaaq is a floating Arctic city built after the climate wars, crowded with refugees and spreading a disease called the breaks. When a mysterious woman arrives riding an orca with...
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8. Semiosis
by Sue Burke
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"Colonists from Earth wanted the perfect home, but they'll have to survive on the one they found. They don't realize another life form watches...and waits...Only mutual communication can forge an...
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9. Frankenstein in Baghdad
by Ahmed Saadawi
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In Baghdad during the American occupation, a junk dealer called Hadi stitches together body parts of bombing victims to give them a proper burial. The body he assembles comes to...
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10. The Electric State
by Simon Stalenhag
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In an alternate 1997, a teenage girl and her robot companion Skip travel across a ruined American West where a war between humans and drones has left behind giant machines...
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11. The Loosening Skin
by Aliya Whiteley
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In a world where people shed their skin every seven years and lose their attachments with it, Rose Allington has a syndrome that makes her moult far more often. Years...
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12. Vengeful
by Schwab, V. E.
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A superpowered collision of extraordinary minds and vengeful intentions--V.E. Schwab returns with the thrilling follow-up to Vicious.MAGNETO and PROFESSOR X SUPERMAN and LEX LUTHOR SYDNEY and SERENA CLARKE VICTOR VALE...
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13. Vox
by Christina Dalcher
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On the day the government decrees that women are no longer allowed more than one hundred words per day, Dr. Jean McClellan is in denial. This can't happen here. Not...
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14. Only Human
by Neuvel, Sylvain
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"World War Z meets The Martian in the explosive follow-up to Sleeping Giants ("One of the most promising series kickoffs in recent memory"--NPR) and Waking Gods ("Pure, unadulterated literary escapism"--Kirkus...
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15. Red Clocks
by Leni Zumas
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In this ferociously imaginative novel, abortion is once again illegal in America, in vitro fertilization is banned, and the Personhood Amendment grants rights of life, liberty, and property to every...
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Binti book 3
16. The Night Masquerade
by Okorafor, Nnedi
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Binti has returned home after the war, and the peace she has helped to build is threatened as the Khoush and Himba peoples are at odds again. The third Binti...
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The Expanse book 7
17. Persepolis Rising
by James S.a. Corey
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The seventh book in the NYT bestselling Expanse series, Persepolis Rising finds an old enemy returning home with more power and technology than anyone thought possible, and the crew of...
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The Murderbot Diaries book 2
18. Artificial Condition
by Wells, Martha
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It has a dark past - one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself Murderbot. But it has only vague memories...
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19. Severance
by Ling Ma
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Candace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine. With the recent passing of her Chinese immigrant parents, she’s had her fill of uncertainty....
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Old Man's War book 6
20. The End Of All Things
by John Scalzi
- Same author
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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21. When the Moon Hits Your Eye
by John Scalzi
- Same author
One day the Moon turns into a ball of cheese, and every piece of moon rock on Earth with it. John Scalzi follows an ensemble through a single lunar cycle,...
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Old Man's War book 7
22. The Shattering Peace
by John Scalzi
- Same author
A decade after the treaty that ended the wars between the Colonial Union, Earth and the alien Conclave, an asteroid holding the 50,000-person Unity Colony disappears from space. Gretchen Trujillo,...
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23. Starter Villain
by John Scalzi
- Same author
Depois de um divórcio conturbado, Charlie abandonou o trabalho como jornalista e passou a se dedicar ao ensino, mas não tem nem muito dinheiro, nem amigos ou parentes próximos, só...
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24. The Kaiju Preservation Society
by John Scalzi
- Same author
NÃO ESTAMOS APENAS PROTEGENDO VOCÊ DOS ANIMAIS. ESTAMOS PROTEGENDO OS ANIMAIS DE VOCÊ.Quando a cidade de Nova York é assolada pela covid-19, Jamie Gray perde o emprego e passa a...
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The Interdependency book 3
25. The Last Emperox
by John Scalzi
- Same author
The Interdependency is collapsing as the Flow streams, which link its worlds, fail. Grayland II, the new emperox, has to unite her people and defeat those who profit from the...
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The Interdependency book 1 Start here
26. The Collapsing Empire
by John Scalzi
- Same author
Faster than light travel is impossible--until the discovery of The Flow, an extradimensional field available at certain points in space-time, which can take us to other planets around other stars....
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Old Man's War book 1 Start here
27. Old Man's War
by John Scalzi
- Same author
Geriatrics are transferred into healthier bodies and enhanced soldier bodies.
John Scalzi is one of the shining lights of today’s science fiction landscape. His first novel, Old Man’s War, was an incredible introduction, bringing Scalzi to international attention, as well...
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