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23 science fiction books to read after The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, by Becky Chambers, the closest match first.

  1. The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

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    1. The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

    by Becky Chambers

    • Same series
    • Same author

    With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has going for it is a chance proximity to more popular worlds,...

  2. Record of a Spaceborn Few

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    2. Record of a Spaceborn Few

    by Becky Chambers

    • Same series
    • Same author

    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...

  3. A Closed and Common Orbit

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    3. A Closed and Common Orbit

    by Becky Chambers

    • Same series
    • Same author

    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...

  4. Golden Son

    4. 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...

  5. The Dark Forest

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    5. 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...

  6. The Fifth Season

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    6. 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...

  7. Ancillary Mercy

    7. 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...

  8. The End Of All Things

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    8. 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...

  9. Nemesis Games

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    9. 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...

  10. Seveneves

    10. 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...

  11. Raising Caine

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    11. 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...

  12. Europe at Midnight

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    12. 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...

  13. Arcadia

    13. 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...

  14. Way Down Dark

    14. 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...

  15. The Heart Goes Last

    15. 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,...

  16. The Water Knife

    16. 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...

  17. Armada

    17. 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....

  18. The Fold

    18. 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...

  19. Aurora

    19. 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...

  20. A Psalm for the Wild-Built

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    20. A Psalm for the Wild-Built

    by Becky Chambers

    • Same author

    It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries...

  21. To Be Taught, If Fortunate

    21. To Be Taught, If Fortunate

    by Becky Chambers

    • Same author

    At the turn of the twenty-second century, scientists make a breakthrough in human spaceflight. Through a revolutionary method known as somaforming, astronauts can survive in hostile environments off Earth using...

  22. The Book Of Phoenix

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    22. 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...

  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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