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27 science fiction books to read after Persepolis Rising, by James S.a. Corey, the closest match first.

  1. Nemesis Games

    The Expanse book 5

    1. Nemesis Games

    by James S.a. Corey

    • Same series
    • Same author

    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...

  2. Leviathan Falls

    The Expanse book 9

    2. 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...

  3. Tiamat's Wrath

    The Expanse book 8

    3. Tiamat's Wrath

    by James S.a. Corey

    • Same series
    • 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....

  4. Babylon's Ashes

    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...

  5. Leviathan Wakes

    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...

  6. Caliban's War

    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...

  7. Abaddon's Gate

    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...

  8. Cibola Burn

    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....

  9. The Calculating Stars

    Lady Astronaut book 1 Start here

    9. The Calculating Stars

    by Mary Robinette Kowal

    • On the same lists
    Hugo winner 2019 Nebula winner 2018

    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...

  10. Iron Gold

    10. Iron Gold

    by Brown, Pierce

    • On the same lists

    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...

  11. Head On

    11. Head On

    by John Scalzi

    • On the same lists

    Hilketa is a frenetic and violent pastime where players attack each other with swords and hammers. The main goal of the game: obtain your opponent's head and carry it through...

  12. Revenant Gun

    Machineries Of Empire book 3

    12. Revenant Gun

    by Yoon Ha Lee

    • On the same lists

    "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....

  13. Record of a Spaceborn Few

    Wayfarers book 3

    13. Record of a Spaceborn Few

    by Becky Chambers

    • On the same lists

    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...

  14. Space Opera

    14. Space Opera

    by Valente, Catherynne M.

    • On the same lists

    "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...

  15. Rosewater

    15. Rosewater

    by Tade Thompson

    • On the same lists

    "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...

  16. Blackfish City

    16. Blackfish City

    by Sam J. Miller

    • On the same lists

    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...

  17. Semiosis

    17. Semiosis

    by Sue Burke

    • On the same lists

    "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...

  18. Frankenstein in Baghdad

    18. Frankenstein in Baghdad

    by Ahmed Saadawi

    • On the same lists

    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...

  19. The Electric State (cover not available)

    19. The Electric State

    by Simon Stalenhag

    • On the same lists

    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...

  20. The Loosening Skin (cover not available)

    20. The Loosening Skin

    by Aliya Whiteley

    • On the same lists

    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...

  21. Vengeful

    21. Vengeful

    by Schwab, V. E.

    • On the same lists

    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...

  22. Vox

    22. Vox

    by Christina Dalcher

    • On the same lists

    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...

  23. Only Human

    23. Only Human

    by Neuvel, Sylvain

    • On the same lists

    "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...

  24. Red Clocks

    24. Red Clocks

    by Leni Zumas

    • On the same lists

    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...

  25. The Night Masquerade

    Binti book 3

    25. The Night Masquerade

    by Okorafor, Nnedi

    • On the same lists

    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...

  26. Artificial Condition

    The Murderbot Diaries book 2

    26. Artificial Condition

    by Wells, Martha

    • On the same lists

    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...

  27. Severance

    27. Severance

    by Ling Ma

    • On the same lists

    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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