swap_horiz Six Wakes Alternatives

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Hyperion

Hyperion is a 1989 science fiction novel by Dan Simmons, structured after The Canterbury Tales, following seven pilgrims...

Space Opera Classic Literary Pilgrimage

9.3 Excellent

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The Martian Chronicles

A collection of interconnected science fiction novellas by Ray Bradbury, expertly narrated for a captivating listening e...

Classic Literature Adaptation Science Fiction

9.2 Excellent

3

Exhalation

Exhalation is a 2019 collection of science fiction short stories by Ted Chiang that explores profound themes regarding f...

Philosophical Hard SF Short Stories Hugo Winner

9.2 Excellent

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The Fifth Season

The Fifth Season is a 2015 science fiction novel by N.K. Jemisin, winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, set on a cont...

Geological Apocalypse Hugo Winner Jemisin

9.2 Excellent

5

Mirror Dance

Mirror Dance is a 1994 science fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold that won the Hugo and Locus Awards for its explorat...

Space Opera Clone Hugo Winner Bujold

8.9 Great

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Nemesis Games

Written by James S. A. Corey and published in 2015, this fifth book in The Expanse series deals with a catastrophic atta...

Space Opera Thriller Sequel Corey

8.6 Great

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Recursion

Recursion is a 2019 science fiction thriller by Blake Crouch that examines the catastrophic consequences of a technology...

Time Travel Memory Thriller Near Future

8.0 Great

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Tau Zero

Written by Poul Anderson and published in 1970, this hard science fiction novel follows a crew traveling at near-light s...

Classic Hard SF Time Dilation Anderson

7.9 Good

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Pattern Recognition

Pattern Recognition is a 2003 science fiction novel by William Gibson about a marketing consultant investigating mysteri...

Corporate Gibson Thriller Literary

7.9 Good

10

The Ghost Brigades

The Ghost Brigades is a 2006 military science fiction novel by John Scalzi, the sequel to Old Man's War, focusing on gen...

Space Opera Sequel Military SF Clone

7.7 Good

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Glasshouse

Glasshouse is a 2006 science fiction novel by Charles Stross set in a post-singularity society where volunteers particip...

Memory Hard SF Thriller Transhumanism

7.7 Good

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The Space Between Worlds

The Space Between Worlds is a 2019 science fiction novel by Micaiah Johnson about multiverse travel limited to people wh...

Diversity Gray Thriller Near Future

7.7 Good

13

Lock In

Lock In is a 2014 science fiction thriller by John Scalzi that explores a near-future society where paralysis survivors...

Mystery Thriller Disability Near Future

7.6 Good

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From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon is an 1865 science fiction novel by Jules Verne depicting a lunar mission launched from post-...

Classic Moon Space Travel Verne

7.5 Good

15

Starter Villain

Starter Villain is a 2023 science fiction novel by John Scalzi in which an ordinary man inherits his estranged uncle's s...

Comedy Thriller Near Future Supervillain

7.5 Good

16

Diplomatic Immunity

Diplomatic Immunity is a 2002 science fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold that follows Miles Vorkosigan as he navigate...

Space Opera Mystery Thriller Bujold

7.4 Good

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Spook Country

Spook Country is a 2007 science fiction novel by William Gibson involving locative art, espionage, and a mysterious ship...

Corporate Gibson Thriller Sequel

7.1 Good

18

Zero History

Zero History is a 2010 science fiction novel by William Gibson, completing the trilogy begun with Pattern Recognition, a...

Corporate Gibson Thriller Sequel

6.9 Fair

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The Spare Man

The Spare Man is a 2022 science fiction mystery novel by Mary Robinette Kowal set aboard an interplanetary cruise ship,...

Mystery Cozy Near Future Space Travel

6.8 Fair

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Artemis

Artemis is a 2017 science fiction novel by Andy Weir, following the author's debut The Martian, and centers on a heist p...

Hard SF Thriller Near Future Moon

6.7 Fair