Books like Nemesis Games
26 science fiction books to read after Nemesis Games, by James S.a. Corey, the closest match first.
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The Expanse book 9
1. Leviathan Falls
by James S.a. Corey
- Same series
- Same author
The biggest science fiction series of the decade comes to an incredible conclusion in the ninth and final novel in James S.A. Corey’s Hugo-award winning space opera that inspired the...
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The Expanse book 8
2. Tiamat's Wrath
by James S.a. Corey
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- Same author
Tiamat's Wrath is a science fiction novel by James S. A. Corey, the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, and the eighth book in their series The Expanse....
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The Expanse book 7
3. Persepolis Rising
by James S.a. Corey
- Same series
- Same author
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 Expanse book 6
4. Babylon's Ashes
by James S.a. Corey
- Same series
- Same author
The Expanse Saga continues in the 6th installment. The Free Navy – a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships – has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign...
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The Expanse book 1 Start here
5. Leviathan Wakes
by James S.a. Corey
- Same series
- Same author
Showing that new space opera is just as relevant as more traditional space opera, Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, writing under the pen-name James S.A. Corey, offer a 2011 sci-fi...
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The Expanse book 2
6. Caliban's War
by James S.a. Corey
- Same series
- Same author
For a new space opera series in the tradition of some of the older space opera works, give James Cory's The Expanse series a read. It features a heavy Synthetic Biology concept with an engineered alien life form presenting a huge threat to mankind.
The second book in the NYT best-selling Expanse series, Caliban's War shows a solar system on the brink of war, and the only hope of peace rests on James Holden...
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The Expanse book 3
7. Abaddon's Gate
by James S.a. Corey
- Same series
- Same author
An alien artifact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a...
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The Expanse book 4
8. Cibola Burn
by James S.a. Corey
- Same series
- Same author
"The gates have opened the way to a thousand new worlds and the rush to colonize has begun. Settlers looking for a new life stream out from humanity's home planets....
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9. 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
10. 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
11. 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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12. Ancillary Mercy
by Leckie, Ann
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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
13. 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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14. 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
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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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18. 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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19. 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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20. 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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21. 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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22. 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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23. 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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24. 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
25. 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
26. 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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