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23 science fiction books to read after Seveneves, by Stephenson, Neal, the closest match first.

  1. Golden Son

    1. 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...

  2. The Dark Forest

    Three Body Series book 2

    2. 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...

  3. The Fifth Season

    The Broken Earth book 1 Start here

    3. The Fifth Season

    by Jemisin, N. K.

    • On the same lists
    Hugo winner 2016

    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...

  4. Ancillary Mercy

    4. 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...

  5. The End Of All Things

    Old Man's War book 6

    5. 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...

  6. Nemesis Games

    The Expanse book 5

    6. 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...

  7. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

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    7. 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...

  8. Raising Caine

    Caine Riordan book 3

    8. 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...

  9. Europe at Midnight

    Fractured Europe book 2

    9. 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...

  10. Arcadia

    10. 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...

  11. Way Down Dark

    11. 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...

  12. The Heart Goes Last

    12. 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,...

  13. The Water Knife

    13. 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...

  14. Armada

    14. 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....

  15. The Fold

    15. 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...

  16. Aurora

    16. 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...

  17. Termination Shock

    17. Termination Shock

    by Stephenson, Neal

    • Same author

    A billionaire has an idea for reversing global warming, but will it work? And what will the consequences for the planet be? A disparate group of characters from around the...

  18. The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.

    18. The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.

    by Stephenson, Neal

    • Same author

    Tristan Lyons hires Melisande Stokes, a Harvard linguist, to translate historic texts for a classified government agency, the Department of Diachronic Operations. Her translations point to a past in which...

  19. The Book Of Phoenix

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    19. The Book Of Phoenix

    by Okorafor, Nnedi

    • On the same lists

    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...

  20. The Diamond Age

    20. The Diamond Age

    by Stephenson, Neal

    • Same author
    Hugo winner 1996

    A coming of age story for a young girl in a world where nanotech has become part of all aspects of life.

    Unlike the typical steampunk,, Neal Stephenson’s masterpiece does not feature steam and clockwork technology, but futuristic nano-technology that’s pervaded society on every level. This novel is so much more than...

  21. Snow Crash

    21. Snow Crash

    by Stephenson, Neal

    • Same author

    Considered by some as a parody of Cyberpunk. This novel popularized and cemented its use of the term avatar to describe online virtual bodies

    Meet Hiro Protagonist: hacker, samurai swinging swordsman and pizza delivery boy. When his best friend dies of a brain fry and his ex girlfriend asks for his help, Hiro switches...

  22. Anathem

    22. Anathem

    by Stephenson, Neal

    • Same author

    Wow, what a ride from beginning to end. True to a Neal Stephenson tradition, it ties a number of completely different ideas and themes together into a (somehow) working thread....

  23. Children of Memory

    Children Of Time book 3

    23. Children of Memory

    by Tchaikovsky, Adrian

    • On the same lists

    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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