Books like Way Down Dark
18 science fiction books to read after Way Down Dark, by James Smythe, the closest match first.
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1. Golden Son
by Brown, Pierce
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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...
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Three Body Series book 2
2. The Dark Forest
by Liu, Cixin
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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...
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The Broken Earth book 1 Start here
3. The Fifth Season
by Jemisin, N. K.
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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...
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4. Ancillary Mercy
by Leckie, Ann
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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...
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Old Man's War book 6
5. The End Of All Things
by John Scalzi
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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...
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The Expanse book 5
6. Nemesis Games
by James S.a. Corey
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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...
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7. Seveneves
by Stephenson, Neal
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"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...
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Wayfarers book 1 Start here
8. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
by Becky Chambers
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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...
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Caine Riordan book 3
9. Raising Caine
by Charles E. Gannon
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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...
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Fractured Europe book 2
10. Europe at Midnight
by Dave Hutchinson
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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...
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11. Arcadia
by Iain Pears
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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...
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12. The Heart Goes Last
by Margaret Atwood
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"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,...
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13. The Water Knife
by Bacigalupi, Paolo
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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...
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14. Armada
by Cline, Ernest
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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....
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15. The Fold
by Clines, Peter
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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...
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16. Aurora
by Robinson, Kim Stanley
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"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...
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Who Fears Death book 2
17. The Book Of Phoenix
by Okorafor, Nnedi
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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...
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Children Of Time book 3
18. Children of Memory
by Tchaikovsky, Adrian
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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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