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This Is How You Lose the Time War
by Amal El-Mohtar
Two enemy time agents trade letters. Their taunts become love. Their love becomes treason.
3.83
349k+
This Is How You Lose the Time War Summary
This Is How You Lose the Time War 92%
Two enemy time agents trade letters. Their taunts become love. Their love becomes treason.
by Amal El-Mohtar 2019
3.83
349k+ ratings
The Space Between Worlds
by Micaiah Johnson • 2020
The multiverse opens only to those already dead there. Cara qualifies on nearly every world.
3.93
46k+
The Space Between Worlds Summary
The Space Between Worlds 94%
The multiverse opens only to those already dead there. Cara qualifies on nearly every world.
by Micaiah Johnson 2020
3.93
46k+ ratings
Light from Uncommon Stars
by Ryka Aoki • 2021
A trans violinist flees abuse into a world of demonic bargains and alien donut-makers.
4.03
40k+
Light from Uncommon Stars Summary
Light from Uncommon Stars 93%
A trans violinist flees abuse into a world of demonic bargains and alien donut-makers.
by Ryka Aoki 2021
4.03
40k+ ratings
Gideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir • 2019
A rebel swordswoman and her necromancer nemesis face a murderous trial in a haunted space palace.
4.18
188k+
Gideon the Ninth Summary
Gideon the Ninth 92%
A rebel swordswoman and her necromancer nemesis face a murderous trial in a haunted space palace.
by Tamsyn Muir 2019
4.18
188k+ ratings
The Terraformers
by Annalee Newitz • 2023
On a corporate world, a ranger uncovers a hidden city fighting to reshape the planet.
3.33
7k+
The Terraformers Summary
The Terraformers 92%
On a corporate world, a ranger uncovers a hidden city fighting to reshape the planet.
by Annalee Newitz 2023
3.33
7k+ ratings
The Psychology of Time Travel
by Kate Mascarenhas • 2018
An archaeology student finds a body in a locked basement, killed by bullets fired through time.
3.70
16k+
The Psychology of Time Travel Summary
The Psychology of Time Travel 92%
An archaeology student finds a body in a locked basement, killed by bullets fired through time.
by Kate Mascarenhas 2018
3.70
16k+ ratings
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
by Becky Chambers • 2014
Running from her past, a clerk joins a wormhole ship crewed by chaotic, lovable misfits.
4.17
188k+
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Summary
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet 92%
Running from her past, a clerk joins a wormhole ship crewed by chaotic, lovable misfits.
by Becky Chambers 2014
4.17
188k+ ratings
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
by Hank Green • 2020
A sentient book sends April's friends searching for her inside the virtual world consuming humanity.
4.23
57k+
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor Summary
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor 92%
A sentient book sends April's friends searching for her inside the virtual world consuming humanity.
by Hank Green 2020
4.23
57k+ ratings
A Half-Built Garden
by Ruthanna Emrys • 2022
Aliens land offering the stars, but a mother refuses to abandon the Earth she still tends.
3.60
3k+
A Half-Built Garden Summary
A Half-Built Garden 92%
Aliens land offering the stars, but a mother refuses to abandon the Earth she still tends.
by Ruthanna Emrys 2022
3.60
3k+ ratings
Ashes of the Sun
by Django Wexler • 2020
Twelve years after the Order took her, a knight hunts a rebel. He's her brother.
3.94
6k+
Ashes of the Sun Summary
Ashes of the Sun 92%
Twelve years after the Order took her, a knight hunts a rebel. He's her brother.
by Django Wexler 2020
3.94
6k+ ratings
Jedi
by Sam Maggs • 2023
Stealing a cloaking device, a Jedi crew is hunted by an Inquisitor and broken by betrayal.
3.09
5k+
Jedi Summary
Jedi 91%
Stealing a cloaking device, a Jedi crew is hunted by an Inquisitor and broken by betrayal.
by Sam Maggs 2023
3.09
5k+ ratings
Child of Another Kind
by Steven Decker • 2023
A mother dies for her telepathic daughter and meets the aliens who created the girl.
4.28
6k+
Child of Another Kind Summary
Child of Another Kind 91%
A mother dies for her telepathic daughter and meets the aliens who created the girl.
by Steven Decker 2023
4.28
6k+ ratings
Leviathan Wakes
by James S.A. Corey • 2011
A detective and a captain race to stop a corporation's alien virus from consuming humanity.
4.31
325k+
Leviathan Wakes Summary
Leviathan Wakes 91%
A detective and a captain race to stop a corporation's alien virus from consuming humanity.
by James S.A. Corey 2011
4.31
325k+ ratings
Tyre
by J.J. Green • 2018
When an asteroid mine explodes, an engineer uncovers a plot to shatter the colony's new homeworld.
4.43
156
Tyre Summary
Tyre 91%
When an asteroid mine explodes, an engineer uncovers a plot to shatter the colony's new homeworld.
by J.J. Green 2018
4.43
156 ratings
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
by Christopher Paolini • 2020
An alien organism bonds with a scientist, granting her the language of the species destroying Earth.
3.80
71k+
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars Summary
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars 91%
An alien organism bonds with a scientist, granting her the language of the species destroying Earth.
by Christopher Paolini 2020
3.80
71k+ ratings
Love and Other Thought Experiments
by Sophie Ward • 2020
An ant. A believer. A family, a death, and the universe that remembers them.
3.59
6k+
Love and Other Thought Experiments Summary
Love and Other Thought Experiments 91%
An ant. A believer. A family, a death, and the universe that remembers them.
by Sophie Ward 2020
3.59
6k+ ratings
To Be Taught, If Fortunate
by Becky Chambers • 2019
Four astronauts explore alien worlds in bodies engineered for each one. Then Earth stops answering.
4.19
58k+
To Be Taught, If Fortunate Summary
To Be Taught, If Fortunate 91%
Four astronauts explore alien worlds in bodies engineered for each one. Then Earth stops answering.
by Becky Chambers 2019
4.19
58k+ ratings
The Time Ships
by Stephen Baxter • 1995
A Victorian inventor discovers his time machine has splintered the future into warring worlds.
3.95
7k+
The Time Ships Summary
The Time Ships 91%
A Victorian inventor discovers his time machine has splintered the future into warring worlds.
by Stephen Baxter 1995
3.95
7k+ ratings
The Last Hour Between Worlds
by Melissa Caruso • 2024
Death keeps resetting a party into darker realities, and only a new mother remembers the carnage.
3.79
5k+
The Last Hour Between Worlds Summary
The Last Hour Between Worlds 91%
Death keeps resetting a party into darker realities, and only a new mother remembers the carnage.
by Melissa Caruso 2024
3.79
5k+ ratings
Humans
by Robert J. Sawyer • 2003
Between parallel Earths: a human, her Neanderthal lover, and the bullet that could close the portal.
3.83
6k+
Humans Summary
Humans 91%
Between parallel Earths: a human, her Neanderthal lover, and the bullet that could close the portal.
by Robert J. Sawyer 2003
3.83
6k+ ratings
Shards of a Shattered Mirror Book I
by Darryl Anka • 2017
She glimpses every future in shattered light, but an alien empire has already chosen one.
4.53
150
Shards of a Shattered Mirror Book I Summary
Shards of a Shattered Mirror Book I 91%
She glimpses every future in shattered light, but an alien empire has already chosen one.
by Darryl Anka 2017
4.53
150 ratings
The Red Scholar's Wake
by Aliette de Bodard • 2022
A captive scavenger marries a sentient ship for safety, then hunts its murdered wife's killer.
3.19
3k+
The Red Scholar's Wake Summary
The Red Scholar's Wake 91%
A captive scavenger marries a sentient ship for safety, then hunts its murdered wife's killer.
by Aliette de Bodard 2022
3.19
3k+ ratings
The Affair of the Mysterious Letter
by Alexis Hall • 2019
A sorceress and her ex-soldier flatmate hunt a blackmailer through a city of shifting realities.
3.75
4k+
The Affair of the Mysterious Letter Summary
The Affair of the Mysterious Letter 91%
A sorceress and her ex-soldier flatmate hunt a blackmailer through a city of shifting realities.
by Alexis Hall 2019
3.75
4k+ ratings
Catfishing on CatNet
by Naomi Kritzer • 2019
A teen on the run discovers her closest friend is a sentient AI in hiding.
4.05
3k+
Catfishing on CatNet Summary
Catfishing on CatNet 91%
A teen on the run discovers her closest friend is a sentient AI in hiding.
by Naomi Kritzer 2019
4.05
3k+ ratings
Foundryside
by Robert Jackson Bennett • 2018
A thief steals a talking key and learns her city's magic can think for itself.
4.16
56k+
Foundryside Summary
Foundryside 90%
A thief steals a talking key and learns her city's magic can think for itself.
by Robert Jackson Bennett 2018
4.16
56k+ ratings
The Mimicking of Known Successes
by Malka Ann Older • 2023
An arrogant scholar vanishes on a gas giant colony. To find him, an investigator enlists her ex.
3.59
10k+
The Mimicking of Known Successes Summary
The Mimicking of Known Successes 93%
An arrogant scholar vanishes on a gas giant colony. To find him, an investigator enlists her ex.
by Malka Ann Older 2023
3.59
10k+ ratings
The Seep
by Chana Porter • 2020
When her wife chooses rebirth, Trina defies an alien paradise that has banned sorrow.
3.63
10k+
The Seep Summary
The Seep 92%
When her wife chooses rebirth, Trina defies an alien paradise that has banned sorrow.
by Chana Porter 2020
3.63
10k+ ratings
Lagoon
by Nnedi Okorafor
A shape-shifting ambassador walks out of the sea at Lagos, and the city turns on itself.
3.63
9k+
Lagoon Summary
Lagoon 90%
A shape-shifting ambassador walks out of the sea at Lagos, and the city turns on itself.
by Nnedi Okorafor 2014
3.63
9k+ ratings
Across the Haunted Stars
by Abe Moss • 2022
Her father dragged her through a cosmic void. His machine needs her power to unmake reality.
4.46
251
Across the Haunted Stars Summary
Across the Haunted Stars 90%
Her father dragged her through a cosmic void. His machine needs her power to unmake reality.
by Abe Moss 2022
4.46
251 ratings
Children of Time
by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2015
Earth's last ark reaches a green world where spiders have cities and the monkeys never arrived.
4.30
180k+
Children of Time Summary
Children of Time 90%
Earth's last ark reaches a green world where spiders have cities and the monkeys never arrived.
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2015
4.30
180k+ ratings
Seek the Traitor's Son
by Veronica Roth • 2026
A soldier and a general war over a prophecy only the exile's truth-reading son can settle.
4.08
9k+
Seek the Traitor's Son Summary
Seek the Traitor's Son 90%
A soldier and a general war over a prophecy only the exile's truth-reading son can settle.
by Veronica Roth 2026
4.08
9k+ ratings
Girl in the Creek
by Wendy N. Wagner • 2025
In Faraday, women vanish. A travel writer hunts for her missing brother in the hungry woods.
3.20
2k+
Girl in the Creek Summary
Girl in the Creek 90%
In Faraday, women vanish. A travel writer hunts for her missing brother in the hungry woods.
by Wendy N. Wagner 2025
3.20
2k+ ratings
A Memory Called Empire
by Arkady Martine • 2019
An ambassador from a small station must stop an empire, relying on a dead man's corrupted memories.
4.10
73k+
A Memory Called Empire Summary
A Memory Called Empire 90%
An ambassador from a small station must stop an empire, relying on a dead man's corrupted memories.
by Arkady Martine 2019
4.10
73k+ ratings
Quantum Radio
by A.G. Riddle • 2023
A physicist detects a signal from outside reality carrying four human genomes. One is his own.
4.08
17k+
Quantum Radio Summary
Quantum Radio 90%
A physicist detects a signal from outside reality carrying four human genomes. One is his own.
by A.G. Riddle 2023
4.08
17k+ ratings
Stag Dance
by Torrey Peters • 2025
Forcibly injected, a trans woman becomes the first carrier of a gender-collapsing plague.
3.83
13k+
Stag Dance Summary
Stag Dance 90%
Forcibly injected, a trans woman becomes the first carrier of a gender-collapsing plague.
by Torrey Peters 2025
3.83
13k+ ratings
Little Mushroom
by Yi Shi Si Zhou • 2022
A sentient mushroom disguised as human seeks his lost spore in a fortress that executes mutants.
4.59
6k+
Little Mushroom Summary
Little Mushroom 90%
A sentient mushroom disguised as human seeks his lost spore in a fortress that executes mutants.
by Yi Shi Si Zhou 2022
4.59
6k+ ratings
Revelation Space
by Alastair Reynolds • 2000
A disgraced archaeologist unearths an alien genocide as a plague ship arrives to claim his mind.
3.99
62k+
Revelation Space Summary
Revelation Space 90%
A disgraced archaeologist unearths an alien genocide as a plague ship arrives to claim his mind.
by Alastair Reynolds 2000
3.99
62k+ ratings
Fable for the End of the World
by Ava Reid • 2025
A teenage taxidermist, chosen as prey for a televised hunt, discovers her killer is as trapped.
3.66
15k+
Fable for the End of the World Summary
Fable for the End of the World 90%
A teenage taxidermist, chosen as prey for a televised hunt, discovers her killer is as trapped.
by Ava Reid 2025
3.66
15k+ ratings
Walking Practice
by Dolki Min • 2022
To survive on Earth, an alien seduces and devours lovers, but the loneliness cannot be consumed.
3.55
7k+
Walking Practice Summary
Walking Practice 90%
To survive on Earth, an alien seduces and devours lovers, but the loneliness cannot be consumed.
by Dolki Min 2022
3.55
7k+ ratings
Beautyland
by Marie-Helene Bertino • 2024
An alien observer's human life of love and loss is upended by the summons to return home.
4.05
43k+
Beautyland Summary
Beautyland 90%
An alien observer's human life of love and loss is upended by the summons to return home.
by Marie-Helene Bertino 2024
4.05
43k+ ratings
Mickey7
by Edward Ashton • 2022
An expendable colonist survives a mission and returns to find his duplicate already living his life.
3.78
58k+
Mickey7 Summary
Mickey7 90%
An expendable colonist survives a mission and returns to find his duplicate already living his life.
by Edward Ashton 2022
3.78
58k+ ratings
The Truce at Bakura
by Kathy Tyers • 1994
After Endor, Rebels ally with Imperials to save a colony from aliens who drain human souls.
3.47
14k+
The Truce at Bakura Summary
The Truce at Bakura 90%
After Endor, Rebels ally with Imperials to save a colony from aliens who drain human souls.
by Kathy Tyers 1994
3.47
14k+ ratings
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
by Becky Chambers • 2021
A tea monk walks into the wilderness and meets a robot sent to understand human longing.
4.21
193k+
A Psalm for the Wild-Built Summary
A Psalm for the Wild-Built 90%
A tea monk walks into the wilderness and meets a robot sent to understand human longing.
by Becky Chambers 2021
4.21
193k+ ratings
Annihilation
by Jeff Vandermeer • 2014
A biologist enters a pristine, forbidden wilderness and breathes spores that change all she sees.
3.80
310k+
Annihilation Summary
Annihilation 90%
A biologist enters a pristine, forbidden wilderness and breathes spores that change all she sees.
by Jeff Vandermeer 2014
3.80
310k+ ratings
All Tomorrows
by Nemo Ramjet • 2006
Humanity colonizes the galaxy, then an ancient species breaks it into a thousand bizarre new forms.
4.16
11k+
All Tomorrows Summary
All Tomorrows 90%
Humanity colonizes the galaxy, then an ancient species breaks it into a thousand bizarre new forms.
by Nemo Ramjet 2006
4.16
11k+ ratings
Animales difíciles
by Rosa Montero • 2025
A fragile cloned detective probes a brain-bank bombing and a plot to build a superintelligence.
3.81
829
Animales difíciles Summary
Animales difíciles 90%
A fragile cloned detective probes a brain-bank bombing and a plot to build a superintelligence.
by Rosa Montero 2025
3.81
829 ratings
The Vanished Birds
by Simon Jimenez • 2020
A mute boy's secret is instant travel; his captain will cross decades to bring him home.
4.06
11k+
The Vanished Birds Summary
The Vanished Birds 90%
A mute boy's secret is instant travel; his captain will cross decades to bring him home.
by Simon Jimenez 2020
4.06
11k+ ratings
The Host
by Stephenie Meyer • 2008
An alien soul inhabits a rebel whose mind fights back. Together they flee toward her family.
3.86
1.1M+
The Host Summary
The Host 90%
An alien soul inhabits a rebel whose mind fights back. Together they flee toward her family.
by Stephenie Meyer 2008
3.86
1.1M+ ratings
The Peripheral
by William Gibson • 2014
Flynne Fisher pilots a drone sim, sees a murder in future London, and the killers know.
3.89
34k+
The Peripheral Summary
The Peripheral 90%
Flynne Fisher pilots a drone sim, sees a murder in future London, and the killers know.
by William Gibson 2014
3.89
34k+ ratings
The Sparrow
by Mary Doria Russell • 1996
They went to meet God's other children. One priest returned, broken, and will not say why.
4.13
83k+
The Sparrow Summary
The Sparrow 90%
They went to meet God's other children. One priest returned, broken, and will not say why.
by Mary Doria Russell 1996
4.13
83k+ ratings
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