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20 science fiction books to read after The Fifth Season, by Jemisin, N. K., the closest match first.

  1. The Obelisk Gate

    The Broken Earth book 2

    1. The Obelisk Gate

    by Jemisin, N. K.

    • Same series
    • Same author
    Hugo winner 2017

    "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...

  2. The Stone Sky

    The Broken Earth book 3

    2. The Stone Sky

    by Jemisin, N. K.

    • Same series
    • Same author
    Hugo winner 2018 Nebula winner 2017

    Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel 2018Nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel 2018 The shattering conclusion to the post-apocalyptic and highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling...

  3. Golden Son

    3. 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...

  4. The Dark Forest

    Three Body Series book 2

    4. 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...

  5. Ancillary Mercy

    5. 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...

  6. The End Of All Things

    Old Man's War book 6

    6. 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...

  7. Nemesis Games

    The Expanse book 5

    7. 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...

  8. Seveneves

    8. Seveneves

    by Stephenson, Neal

    • On the same lists

    "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...

  9. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

    Wayfarers book 1 Start here

    9. 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...

  10. Raising Caine

    Caine Riordan book 3

    10. 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...

  11. Europe at Midnight

    Fractured Europe book 2

    11. 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...

  12. Arcadia

    12. 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...

  13. Way Down Dark

    13. 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...

  14. The Heart Goes Last

    14. 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,...

  15. The Water Knife

    15. 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...

  16. Armada

    16. 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....

  17. The Fold

    17. 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...

  18. Aurora

    18. 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...

  19. The Book Of Phoenix

    Who Fears Death book 2

    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. Children of Memory

    Children Of Time book 3

    20. 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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