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27 science fiction books to read after Tiamat's Wrath, by James S.a. Corey, the closest match first.

  1. Nemesis Games

    The Expanse book 5

    1. Nemesis Games

    by James S.a. Corey

    • Same series
    • Same author

    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...

  2. Leviathan Falls

    The Expanse book 9

    2. Leviathan Falls

    by James S.a. Corey

    • Same series
    • Same author

    The biggest science fiction series of the decade comes to an incredible conclusion in the ninth and final novel in James S.A. Corey’s Hugo-award winning space opera that inspired the...

  3. Persepolis Rising

    The Expanse book 7

    3. Persepolis Rising

    by James S.a. Corey

    • Same series
    • Same author

    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...

  4. Babylon's Ashes

    The Expanse book 6

    4. Babylon's Ashes

    by James S.a. Corey

    • Same series
    • Same author

    The Expanse Saga continues in the 6th installment. The Free Navy – a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships – has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign...

  5. Leviathan Wakes

    The Expanse book 1 Start here

    5. Leviathan Wakes

    by James S.a. Corey

    • Same series
    • Same author

    Showing that new space opera is just as relevant as more traditional space opera, Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, writing under the pen-name James S.A. Corey, offer a 2011 sci-fi...

  6. Caliban's War

    The Expanse book 2

    6. Caliban's War

    by James S.a. Corey

    • Same series
    • Same author

    For a new space opera series in the tradition of some of the older space opera works, give James Cory's The Expanse series a read. It features a heavy Synthetic Biology concept with an engineered alien life form presenting a huge threat to mankind.

    The second book in the NYT best-selling Expanse series, Caliban's War shows a solar system on the brink of war, and the only hope of peace rests on James Holden...

  7. Abaddon's Gate

    The Expanse book 3

    7. Abaddon's Gate

    by James S.a. Corey

    • Same series
    • Same author

    An alien artifact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a...

  8. Cibola Burn

    The Expanse book 4

    8. Cibola Burn

    by James S.a. Corey

    • Same series
    • Same author

    "The gates have opened the way to a thousand new worlds and the rush to colonize has begun. Settlers looking for a new life stream out from humanity's home planets....

  9. Gideon the Ninth

    The Locked Tomb book 1 Start here

    9. Gideon the Ninth

    by Muir, Tamsyn

    • On the same lists

    "The Emperor needs necromancers.The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense.Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system...

  10. Dark Age

    Red Rising Trilogy book 5

    10. Dark Age

    by Brown, Pierce

    • On the same lists

    He broke the chains. Then he broke the world….A decade ago Darrow led a revolution, and laid the foundations for a new world. Now he’s an outlaw.Cast out of the...

  11. A Memory Called Empire

    Teixcalaan book 1 Start here

    11. A Memory Called Empire

    by Arkady Martine

    • On the same lists
    Hugo winner 2020

    Won the 2020 Hugo for Best Novel. Ambassador Mahit Dzmare is posted far from her mining station home, to the Empire's glorious capital. Yet when she arrives, she discovers her...

  12. The City in the Middle of the Night

    12. The City in the Middle of the Night

    by Charlie Jane Anders

    • On the same lists

    Would you give up everything to change the world?Humanity clings to life on January – a colonized planet divided between permanently frozen darkness on one side, and blazing endless sunshine...

  13. The Light Brigade

    13. The Light Brigade

    by Hurley, Kameron

    • On the same lists

    From the Hugo Award­­–winning author of The Stars Are Legion comes a brand-new science fiction thriller about a futuristic war during which soldiers are broken down into light in order...

  14. A Song for a New Day

    14. A Song for a New Day

    by Sarah Pinsker

    • On the same lists
    Nebula winner 2019

    In the Before, when the government didn't prohibit large public gatherings, Luce Cannon was on top of the world. One of her songs had just taken off and she was...

  15. The Old Drift

    15. The Old Drift

    by Namwali Serpell

    • On the same lists

    On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there was once a colonial settlement called The Old Drift. Here begins the epic story...

  16. Recursion

    16. Recursion

    by Blake Crouch

    • On the same lists

    Memory makes reality.That’s what New York City cop Barry Sutton is learning as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome—a mysterious affliction that drives its...

  17. This Is How You Lose the Time War

    17. This Is How You Lose the Time War

    by El-Mohtar, Amal

    • On the same lists

    Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in this thrilling and romantic book from award-winning authors Amal El-Mohtar...

  18. The Deep

    18. The Deep

    by Rivers Solomon

    • On the same lists

    Yetu holds the memories for her people—water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard by slave owners—who live idyllic lives in the deep. Their past, too traumatic to be...

  19. Exhalation

    19. Exhalation

    by Ted Chiang

    • On the same lists

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories—two published for the very first time—all from the...

  20. Machines Like Me

    20. Machines Like Me

    by Ian McEwan

    • On the same lists

    Machines Like Me is the 15th novel by the English author Ian McEwan. The novel published in 2019 by Jonathan Cape.The novel is set in the 1980s in an alternative...

  21. Cage of Souls

    21. Cage of Souls

    by Tchaikovsky, Adrian

    • On the same lists

    Stefan Advani is a rebel, outlaw and survivor, and his account takes him across the western deserts, down a river into a jungle prison and finally into underground caverns. The...

  22. The Last Astronaut

    22. The Last Astronaut

    by David Wellington

    • On the same lists

    In 2055 NASA has no astronaut corps left, so when a huge object from another star system enters the solar system and ignores every message sent to it, the agency...

  23. Marque of Caine

    Caine Riordan book 4

    23. Marque of Caine

    by Charles E. Gannon

    • On the same lists

    "It's been two years since Caine Riordan was relieved of his command for following both his orders and his conscience. Now he's finally received the message he's been waiting for:...

  24. Wanderers

    24. Wanderers

    by Wendig, Chuck

    • On the same lists

    A decadent rock star. A deeply religious radio host. A disgraced scientist. And a teenage girl who may be the world's last hope. In the tradition of The Stand and...

  25. To Be Taught, If Fortunate

    25. To Be Taught, If Fortunate

    by Becky Chambers

    • On the same lists

    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...

  26. The Future of Another Timeline

    26. The Future of Another Timeline

    by Annalee Newitz

    • On the same lists

    "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...

  27. Children of Memory

    Children Of Time book 3

    27. 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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