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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Ship Who Won
Anne McCaffrey, Jody Lynn Nye · 330 pages
Carialle was born so physically disadvantaged that her only chance for life was as a shellperson. So, like others before her, she decided to 'become' a spaceship, with a guy called Keffas as her brawn. Their mission is to search the galaxy for signs of intelligent life. Unfortunately their quest is largely in vain, until they arrive on Ozran, a pleasant little world peopled by some very friendly a
The Ship Who Sang
Anne McCaffrey · 248 pages
From back cover of Del Rey paperback 1979: HELVA HAD BEEN BORN HUMAN ... but only her brain had been saved -- saved to be schooled, programmed and implanted in the sleek, titanium body of an intergalactic scout ship. But first she had to choose a human partner -- male or female -- to share her exhilarating escapades in space! Her life was to be rich and rewarding -- resplendent with dari
Brain Ships
Anne McCaffrey, Mercedes Lackey, Margaret Ball · 528 pages
PartnerShip
Anne McCaffrey, Margaret Ball · 325 pages
A new member of the Courier Service of the Central Worlds, Nancia's innocent vision of human nature is shattered on her first voyage. The last thing Nancia needed was a brawn partner, but Forister and Nancia together just might save the galaxy. Expands McCaffrey's The Ship Who Sang.
Cytonic
Brandon Sanderson · 433 pages
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The third book in an epic series about a girl who will travel beyond the stars to save the world she loves from destruction from the author of the Reckoners series, the Mistborn trilogy, and the Stormlight Archive. Spensa’s life as a Defiant Defense Force pilot has been far from ordinary. She proved herself one of the best starfighters in the human enclave of Detritus a
The Ship Avenged
S.M. Stirling · 405 pages
Defy the Stars
Claudia Gray · 528 pages
*She's a soldier.* Noemi Vidal is seventeen years old and sworn to protect her planet, Genesis. She's willing to risk anything--including her own life. To their enemies on Earth, she's a rebel. *He's a machine.* Abandoned in space for years, utterly alone, Abel has advanced programming that's begun to evolve. He wants only to protect his creator, and to be free. To the people of Genesis,
Saturn's Children
Charles Stross · 323 pages
Sometime in the twenty-third century, humanity went extinct—leaving only androids behind. Freya Nakamichi 47 is a femmebot, one of the last of her kind still functioning. With no humans left to pay for the pleasures she provides, she agrees to transport a mysterious package from Mercury to Mars. Unfortunately for Freya, she has just made herself a moving target for some very powerful, very determi
Acorna's People
Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough · 384 pages
Filled with adventure and wonder, Acorna's Peoplecontinues the enthralling saga of Acorna, the beautiful, brave, and kindhearted creature known as the Unicorn Girl."Welcome Home, Linyaari Child!"With the help of her "uncles" and the thousands of humans who love and admire her, Acorna has found her true people, the peaceful, telepathic Linyaari. But Acorna still has much to do before she can enjoy
Winter
Marissa Meyer · 763 pages
Princess Winter is admired for her grace, kindness and beauty, despite the scars on her face. She's said to be even more breath-taking than her stepmother, Queen Levana... When Winter develops feelings for the handsome palace guard, Jacin, she fears the evil Queen will crush their romance before it has a chance to begin. But there are stirrings against the Queen across the land. Together wit
The Silver Ships
S.H. Jucha · 306 pages
The Ghost Brigades
John Scalzi · 320 pages
From the back cover: The Ghost Brigades are the Special Forces of the Colonial Defense Forces, elite troops created from the DNA of the dead and turned into the perfect soldiers for the CDF's toughest operations. They're young, fast, strong, and totally without normal human qualms. The universe is a dangerous place for humanity -- and it's about to become more dangerous. Three races we've
Consider Phlebas
Iain M. Banks · 471 pages
Consider Phlebas is perhaps one of the lesser-known, but nevertheless the first, of the revelationary late Iain M. Banks' science fiction books. Consider Phlebas introduces us to the complex world of the mind-controlling, ubiquitous utopia of the Culture, which contrasts to their mortal sentient enemies. Iain Banks creates an imaginative and encapsulating premise to keep the reader hooked for more
Molly Fyde and the Fight for Peace
Hugh Howey
Intrepid
Mike Shepherd · 344 pages
Kris Longknife has been assigned to The Wasp, the best warship beyond the Rim of Human Space. But while hunting for pirates, Kris stumbles upon something. It’s a plan to kill one of the members of the aristocratic Peterwald family—and the would-be killers are setting her up as the assassin.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams · 215 pages
This beautifully illustrated edition of the New York Times bestselling classic celebrates the 42nd anniversary of the original publication—with all-new art by award-winning illustrator Chris Riddell. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read It’s an ordinary Thursday morning for Arthur Dent . . . until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly af
A Galaxy Unknown
Thomas DePrima · 413 pages
Diving into the Wreck
Kristine Kathryn Rusch · 334 pages
Heaven's River
Dennis E. Taylor · 676 pages
Roboteer
Alex Lamb · 439 pages
A hard science fiction novel set in a future in which the colonisation of the stars has turned out to be anything but easy, and civilization on Earth has collapsed under the pressure of relentless mutual terrorism.
Expendable
James Alan Gardner · 344 pages
From the back cover: Under the benevolent leadership of the League of Peoples, there is now war, little crime, and life is sacred... unless you're an Explorer. The ugly, the flawed, the misfit, the deformed, they are the unwanted, flung to the farthest corners of the galaxy to investigate hostile planets and strange, vicious creatures. Out there, there are a thousand different -- and terrible