Books like Ninefox Gambit
30 science fiction books to read after Ninefox Gambit, by Yoon Ha Lee, the closest match first.
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Machineries Of Empire book 2
1. Raven Stratagem
by Yoon Ha Lee
- Same series
- Same author
The Hexarchate, an empire whose weapons depend on its calendar, is under attack from outside, and the undead tactician Shuos Jedao has taken command of its fleet. Whether he is...
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Machineries Of Empire book 3
2. Revenant Gun
by Yoon Ha Lee
- Same series
- Same author
"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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3. King David's Spaceship
by Jerry Pournelle
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Jerry Pournelle was one of the best-known writers of Military Science Fiction of the 1970s. His stories, both solo and with co-authors like Larry Niven and Steven Barnes, almost all...
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4. Texas-israeli War: 1999
by Howard Waldrop
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This title alone should draw you in, doesn’t it? Especially if you remember that this was a novel written in the 1970s, Jake Saunders and Howard Waldrop’s story of an...
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5. Forever Peace (1999)
by Haldeman, Joe
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In 2048, soldiers fight a war through remote-controlled robot bodies, and Julian Class, a physicist and a mechanic, operates one through a link wired into his skull. When his platoon...
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Destroyermen book 1 Start here
6. Into The Storm
by Taylor Anderson
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Two World War I destroyers are still in use during World War II, and being chased by the Japanese warship Amagi. This is bad news, made worse by the squall...
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7. A Murder in Time
by Julie McElwain
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Kendra Donovan is an FBI profiler who, while chasing a killer, is thrown back to 1815 England. There she has to investigate a murder in a country house without the...
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8. Morningstar
by Brown, Pierce
- On the same lists
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Red Rising thrilled readers and announced the presence of a talented new author. Golden Son changed the game and took the story of Darrow...
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Three Body Series book 3
9. Death's End
by Liu, Cixin
- On the same lists
Mutually assured destruction has led to decades of peace between humanity and the Trisolarans, but a new force is awakening and this delicate balance can no longer hold... Half a...
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Themis Files book 1 Start here
10. Sleeping Giants
by Neuvel, Sylvain
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A page-turning debut in the tradition of Michael Crichton, World War Z, and The Martian, Sleeping Giants is a thriller fueled by an earthshaking mystery—and a fight to control a...
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The Broken Earth book 2
11. The Obelisk Gate
by Jemisin, N. K.
- On the same lists
"Intricate and extraordinary." - New York Times on The Fifth Season Continuing the trilogy that began with the award-winning The Fifth Season Winner of the Hugo Award Shortlisted for the...
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Honor Harrington book 1 Start here
12. On Basilisk Station
by David Weber
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Commander Honor Harrington. It’s one of the most significant names in the history of military science fiction. Harrington’s first appearance in the series featuring more than a dozen novels is...
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Vorkosigan Saga book 18
13. Gentleman Jole And The Red Queen
by Bujold, Lois Mcmaster
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The last volume of Bujold's award winning Vorkosigan saga, Cordelia needs to find a new direction for her life.
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14. Hammer’s Slammers
by Drake, David
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OK, maybe it’s not fair to put a collection of short stories on this list, but it’s a single idea collection, and it’s also one of the most incredible you’ll...
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Heritage book 1 Start here
15. Semper Mars
by Ian Douglas
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You step into Semper Mars, the first book in the Heritage Trilogy, and are pulled deeper and deeper with every page. Earth is mired in a struggle between the US...
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16. Empire Of Man
by David Weber
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David Drake and John Ringo are two of the most beloved authors you’ll find in the world of military science fiction. In Empire of Man, they’re working with some wonderful...
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The Lost Fleet book 1 Start here
17. The Lost Fleet: Dauntless
by Jack Campbell
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Jack Campbell is a fine author whose work calls back to his time in the US Navy. The Lost Fleet series is a long-running series of books that never fails...
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The Serrano Legacy book 4
18. Once A Hero
by Moon, Elizabeth
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It is easy to love a hero who is not 100% they’re anything better than fairly lucky. That is the kind of character that Esmay Suiza represents. She’s not the...
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19. Uller Uprising
by H. Beam Piper
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H. Beam Piper was one of the most important authors of the 1940s and 50s. Before his suicide in 1964, he had published many important novels, especially in the Paratime...
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Posleen War book 1 Start here
20. A Hymn Before Battle
by John Ringo
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John Ringo again! This is his debut novel in the Legacy of the Aldentata series, and one of the finest examples of the ‘who’s the real bad guy?’ idea that...
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21. The Peshawar Lancers
by S. M. Stirling
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S.M. Sterling’s Steampunk/Alternate History/Post-Apocalyptic novel The Peshawar Lancers has a lot of work to do! It tells a story of an Earth devastated by a massive meteor shower during the...
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Confederation book 1 Start here
22. Valor's Choice
by Huff, Tanya
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Canada’s finest practitioner of Military Science Fiction must be Tanya Huff. In Valor’s Choice, she presents us with Staff Sgt. Torin Kerr. She’s somewhere between a No-Nonsense Sargeant type and...
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23. The Stars Must Wait
by Keith Laumer
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Keith Laumer was one of the absolute masters of the 1960s and 70s, and one of his most important series was the BOLO family of novels and stories. In The...
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Wayfarers book 2
24. A Closed and Common Orbit
by Becky Chambers
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Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - possessing a personality and very human emotions. But when her ship was badly damaged, Lovelace...
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25. All the Birds in the Sky
by Charlie Jane Anders
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An ancient society of witches and a hipster technological startup go war as the world from tearing itself. To further complicate things, each of the groups’ most promising followers (Patricia,...
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Terra Ignota book 1 Start here
26. Too Like the Lightning
by Ada Palmer
- On the same lists
"The world into which Mycroft and Carlyle have been born is as strange to our 21st-century eyes as ours would be to a native of the 1500s. It is a...
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27. The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead
- On the same lists
Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad for Cora; an outcast even among her fellow Africans, she...
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28. Dark Matter
by Blake Crouch
- On the same lists
One night after an evening out, Jason Dessen, forty-year-old physics professor living with his wife and son in Chicago, is kidnapped at gunpoint by a masked man, driven to an...
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29. After Atlas
by Emma Newman
- On the same lists
"Acclaimed author Emma Newman returns to the captivating universe she created in Planetfall with a stunning science fiction mystery where one man's murder is much more than it seems... Govcorp...
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30. Central Station
by Tidhar, Lavie
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A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million people at the foot of a space station. Cultures collide in real life and virtual reality. The city is literally...
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