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22 science fiction books to read after The Terraformers, by Annalee Newitz, the closest match first.

  1. Some Desperate Glory

    1. Some Desperate Glory

    by Tesh, Emily

    • On the same lists
    Hugo winner 2024

    While 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...

  2. Translation State

    2. Translation State

    by Leckie, Ann

    • On the same lists

    "Translation State" is a 2023 science fiction novel by Ann Leckie, set in the Imperial Radch universe. It follows three characters whose lives intersect as they deal with the mystery...

  3. Starter Villain

    3. Starter Villain

    by John Scalzi

    • On the same lists

    Depois de um divórcio conturbado, Charlie abandonou o trabalho como jornalista e passou a se dedicar ao ensino, mas não tem nem muito dinheiro, nem amigos ou parentes próximos, só...

  4. In Ascension

    4. In Ascension

    by Martin MacInnes

    • On the same lists

    Leigh grows up in Rotterdam, drawn to the water to escape a violent father, and becomes a marine biologist. When a trench is discovered in the Atlantic, she joins the...

  5. Chain-Gang All-Stars

    5. Chain-Gang All-Stars

    by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

    • On the same lists

    She felt their eyes, all those executioners…Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars of the Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a...

  6. System Collapse

    The Murderbot Diaries book 7

    6. System Collapse

    by Wells, Martha

    • On the same lists

    Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back.Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a...

  7. The Ten Percent Thief

    7. The Ten Percent Thief

    by Lavanya Lakshminarayan

    • On the same lists

    Apex City, once Bangalore, is ruled by a Bell Curve: the elite Virtuals live online, while those who score lowest are sent to live as Analogs, without power or running...

  8. Corey Fah Does Social Mobility

    8. Corey Fah Does Social Mobility

    by Isabel Waidner

    • On the same lists

    Corey Fah is about to receive a windfall from the Social Evils prize, but the trophy, a neon-beige object with a hint of the UFO, never quite arrives. Corey, partner...

  9. In the Lives of Puppets

    9. In the Lives of Puppets

    by Klune, T. J.

    • On the same lists

    In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots--fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum...

  10. Light Bringer

    Red Rising Trilogy book 6

    10. Light Bringer

    by Brown, Pierce

    • On the same lists

    The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man: the savior of worlds, the leader of the Rising, the breaker of chains. But the Reaper is also Darrow, born of...

  11. The Marriage Act

    11. The Marriage Act

    by John Marrs

    • On the same lists

    In Britain, the Sanctity of Marriage Act offers couples perks such as better healthcare and lower taxes if they accept a 'Smart Marriage', with an AI device recording their conversations....

  12. The Light Pirate

    12. The Light Pirate

    by Lily Brooks-Dalton

    • On the same lists

    Florida is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels gradually wreak havoc on the state’s infrastructure, a powerful hurricane approaches a small town on the southeastern coast....

  13. The Ferryman (cover not available)

    13. The Ferryman

    by Cronin, Justin

    • On the same lists

    On the island of Prospera, people live long lives until their forearm monitors drop below ten percent. Then a ferryman takes them to a third island, the Nursery, to be...

  14. The Future

    14. The Future

    by Alderman, Naomi

    • On the same lists

    Martha Einkorn escapes her father's doomsday cult and takes a job with Lenk Sketlish, who runs the world's largest social network. Elsewhere an internet survivalist in Singapore is hunted by...

  15. Land of Milk and Honey

    15. Land of Milk and Honey

    by C Pam Zhang

    • On the same lists

    In a near future where climate collapse has made food scarce and most people live on grey mung-bean flour, a 29-year-old chef takes a job at a remote mountain community....

  16. The Deep Sky

    16. The Deep Sky

    by Yume Kitasei

    • On the same lists

    Eighty graduates of an elite programme are aboard the Phoenix, sent to start a new generation in deep space. When a bomb kills three crew and pushes the ship off...

  17. Bridge

    17. Bridge

    by Lauren Beukes

    • On the same lists

    After her mother's death, Bridge finds a cocoon-like pod called a dreamworm among her belongings, and realises her mother may have been telling the truth about it. Its threads let...

  18. I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

    18. I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

    by Marisa Crane

    • On the same lists

    In a near future the Department of Balance punishes wrongdoers not with prison but with extra shadows, and people who carry them are shunned as Shadesters. Kris, a Shadester, has...

  19. Automatic Noodle

    19. Automatic Noodle

    by Annalee Newitz

    • Same author

    "From sci-fi visionary and acclaimed author Annalee Newitz comes Automatic Noodle, a cozy near-future novella about a crew of abandoned food service bots opening their very own restaurant.While San Francisco...

  20. The Future of Another Timeline

    20. The Future of Another Timeline

    by Annalee Newitz

    • Same author

    "1992: After a confrontation at a riot grrl concert, seventeen-year-old Beth finds herself in a car with her friend's abusive boyfriend dead in the backseat, agreeing to help her friends...

  21. Autonomous

    21. Autonomous

    by Annalee Newitz

    • Same author

    When anything can be owned, how can we be freeEarth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, traversing the world in a submarine as a pharmaceutical Robin Hood,...

  22. Children of Memory

    Children Of Time book 3

    22. 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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