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Books Like Children of the Mind

by Orson Scott Card · about this book

Loved Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card? If its science fiction, series and far future hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Not Till We Are Lost, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet and The Left Hand of Darkness. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Children of the Mind: Science Fiction · Series · Far Future · Space Colonization · Alien Planet

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   Not Till We Are Lost

   Dennis E. Taylor

   Space Colonization · Artificial Intelligence · First Contact · Space Opera · Science Fiction

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   The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

   Becky Chambers

   Far Future · Artificial Intelligence · Science Fiction · Space Opera · Alien Planet

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   The Left Hand of Darkness

   Ursula K. Le Guin

   First Contact · Alien Planet · Science Fiction · Far Future · Philosophy

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   2312

   Kim Stanley Robinson

   Space Colonization · Far Future · Artificial Intelligence · Science Fiction · Space Opera

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   Dune

   Frank Herbert

   Far Future · Alien Planet · Space Opera · Science Fiction · Religion & Spirituality

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   The Blighted Stars

   Megan E. O'Keefe

   Far Future · Space Colonization · Alien Planet · Science Fiction · Space Opera

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   The Dark Forest

   Liu Cixin

   First Contact · Science Fiction · Philosophy · Far Future · Series

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   Leviathan Falls

   James S.A. Corey

   Space Colonization · Far Future · Science Fiction · Space Opera · Series

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9. 

   Empire of Silence

   Christopher Ruocchio

   Far Future · First Contact · Science Fiction · Space Opera · Philosophy

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10. 

    Iron Gold

    Pierce Brown

    Far Future · Space Colonization · Science Fiction · Space Opera · Series

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11. 

    Defiant

    Brandon Sanderson

    Artificial Intelligence · Space Opera · Science Fiction · First Contact · Alien Planet

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12. 

    Mickey 7

    Edward Ashton

    Space Colonization · Alien Planet · First Contact · Science Fiction · Philosophy

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13. 

    The Toll

    Neal Shusterman

    Far Future · Artificial Intelligence · Science Fiction · Religion & Spirituality · Series

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    Infinity Gate

    M.R. Carey

    Artificial Intelligence · Science Fiction · First Contact · Space Opera · Series

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15. 

    The Exiled Fleet

    J.S. Dewes

    Far Future · Science Fiction · Space Opera · First Contact · Series

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16. 

    All Systems Red

    Martha Wells

    Artificial Intelligence · Space Opera · Alien Planet · Science Fiction · Series

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17. 

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    Arthur C. Clarke

    First Contact · Artificial Intelligence · Science Fiction · Philosophy · Series

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18. 

    The Hitch Hiker's guide to the galaxy

    Douglas Adams

    Space Opera · Science Fiction · Alien Planet · Artificial Intelligence · Series

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    Nona the Ninth

    Tamsyn Muir

    Far Future · Space Opera · Science Fiction · Series · Multiple POV

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20. 

    The Knife of Never Letting Go

    Patrick Ness

    Space Colonization · Alien Planet · Science Fiction · Series · Technology and Society

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