Books like The Calculating Stars
22 science fiction books to read after The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal, the closest match first.
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Lady Astronaut book 3
1. The Relentless Moon
by Mary Robinette Kowal
- Same series
- Same author
It's 1963, and riots and sabotage plague the space program. The climate change caused by the Meteor is becoming more and more clear, but tensions are rising, and the IAC's...
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2. 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...
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3. Head On
by John Scalzi
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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...
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Machineries Of Empire book 3
4. 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
5. 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...
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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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...
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10. 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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11. 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...
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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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...
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15. 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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16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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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20. 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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21. The Spare Man
by Mary Robinette Kowal
- Same author
Tesla Crane, an inventor and heir, and her husband Shan are on a honeymoon aboard a luxury space liner when a death turns into a murder inquiry. Tesla's service dog...
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22. Some Desperate Glory
by Tesh, Emily
Hugo winner 2024While we live, the enemy shall fear us.All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the murder of planet Earth. Raised in the bowels of Gaea...
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