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20 science fiction books to read after The Relentless Moon, by Mary Robinette Kowal, the closest match first.

  1. The Calculating Stars

    Lady Astronaut book 1 Start here

    1. The Calculating Stars

    by Mary Robinette Kowal

    • Same series
    • Same author
    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...

  2. Harrow the Ninth

    The Locked Tomb book 2

    2. Harrow the Ninth

    by Muir, Tamsyn

    • On the same lists

    "She answered the Emperor's call.She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend.In victory, her world has turned to ash.After rocking the cosmos with her deathly debut, Tamsyn...

  3. Network Effect

    The Murderbot Diaries book 5

    3. Network Effect

    by Wells, Martha

    • On the same lists
    Hugo winner 2021 Nebula winner 2020

    Murderbot returns in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel.You know that feeling when you’re at work, and you’ve had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet...

  4. The Vanished Birds

    4. The Vanished Birds

    by Simon Jimenez

    • On the same lists

    Nia Imani captains a freighter, and because of the way she travels through space she lives out of step with everyone she loves, who age while she experiences only months....

  5. The Animals in That Country

    5. The Animals in That Country

    by Laura Jean McKay

    • On the same lists

    Jean is a foul-mouthed, animal-loving guide at an outback wildlife park when a flu-like pandemic begins to let people understand the language of animals, and the noise drives many of...

  6. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

    6. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

    by Paolini, Christopher

    • On the same lists

    Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worlds. Now she's awakened a nightmare. During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. At first she's...

  7. The Space Between Worlds

    7. The Space Between Worlds

    by Micaiah Johnson

    • On the same lists

    Cara is a traverser for the Eldridge Institute: she collects data from alternate Earths, but she can only cross to worlds where her counterpart is already dead, and the other...

  8. A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

    8. A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

    by Hank Green

    • On the same lists

    The Carls have vanished as suddenly as they appeared, and April May, who discovered them, is missing and presumed dead. Her friends are still trying to understand what happened: Andy...

  9. Axiom's End

    9. Axiom's End

    by Lindsay Ellis

    • On the same lists

    In 2007, the world is on the verge of first contact, and Cora Sherman, a young woman, is secretly in contact with an alien being. In this alternate history, conspiracy...

  10. Riot Baby

    10. Riot Baby

    by Tochi Onyebuchi

    • On the same lists

    Ella and Kev are brother and sister, both gifted with extraordinary power. Their childhoods are defined and destroyed by structural racism and brutality. Their futures might alter the world. When...

  11. The Hidden Girl and Other Stories

    11. The Hidden Girl and Other Stories

    by Liu, Ken

    • On the same lists

    A collection of stories by Ken Liu that range across science fiction, fantasy and history. The tales explore memory, grief, technology and identity.

  12. Chilling Effect

    12. Chilling Effect

    by Valerie Valdes

    • On the same lists

    Eva Innocente captains La Sirena Negra, a ship whose crew takes small cargo jobs for little money, until a criminal syndicate called the Fridge kidnaps her sister Mari and keeps...

  13. The Infinite

    13. The Infinite

    by Patience Agbabi

    • On the same lists

    Elle Ifie was born on 29 February, which makes her a Leapling, and she can travel through time. On her twelfth birthday she and her best friend Big Ben go...

  14. Vagabonds

    14. Vagabonds

    by Jingfang Hao

    • On the same lists

    "A century after the Martian war of independence, a group of kids are sent to Earth as delegates from Mars, but when they return home, they are caught between the...

  15. The New Wilderness

    15. The New Wilderness

    by Diane Cook

    • On the same lists

    In a near future where city air is toxic, Bea's young daughter Agnes is dying, and Bea takes her into the Wilderness State, a protected tract of land where a...

  16. The End of October

    16. The End of October

    by Lawrence Wright

    • On the same lists

    "IAt an internment camp in Indonesia, within one week, forty-seven people are pronounced dead with acute hemorrhagic fever. When the microbiologist and epidemiologist Henry Parsons travels there on behalf of...

  17. The Last Emperox

    The Interdependency book 3

    17. The Last Emperox

    by John Scalzi

    • On the same lists

    The Interdependency is collapsing as the Flow streams, which link its worlds, fail. Grayland II, the new emperox, has to unite her people and defeat those who profit from the...

  18. Agency

    The Jackpot Trilogy book 2

    18. Agency

    by Gibson, William

    • On the same lists

    “Uma jornada sensual e visualmente impressionante, repleta de demonstrações de imaginação conceitual e humor.” – The GuardianVerity Jane se mete em problemas quando a IA avançada que deveria testar desaparece...

  19. The Book of Koli

    19. The Book of Koli

    by M. R. Carey

    • On the same lists

    Koli grows up in Mythen Rood, a village hemmed in by trees that kill, in a world long after the old technology failed. When his own life goes wrong, he...

  20. The Spare Man (cover not available)

    20. 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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