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You're Not My King!
by Eryn Hawk
An alien king buys a broken human. He calls it fate. Reuben calls it another cage.
3.89
3k+
👽 Alien Abduction Romance💫 Fated Mates📏 Size Difference🩹 Trauma Healing🐺 Possessive Hero
You're Not My King! Summary
You're Not My King! 92%
An alien king buys a broken human. He calls it fate. Reuben calls it another cage.
by Eryn Hawk 2024
3.89
3k+ ratings
👽 Alien Abduction Romance💫 Fated Mates📏 Size Difference🩹 Trauma Healing🐺 Possessive Hero
Cascade Failure
by L.M. Sagas • 2024
A deserter joins a ragtag crew and uncovers a terraforming weapon that silences entire planets.
3.88
4k+
🛠️ Found Family🚀 Misfit Crew🤖 Ai Captain🌟 Hopepunk📊 Corporate Conspiracy
Cascade Failure Summary
Cascade Failure 96%
A deserter joins a ragtag crew and uncovers a terraforming weapon that silences entire planets.
by L.M. Sagas 2024
3.88
4k+ ratings
🛠️ Found Family🚀 Misfit Crew🤖 Ai Captain🌟 Hopepunk📊 Corporate Conspiracy
The Captain
by Will Wight • 2023
A mage absorbs six dead selves, inheriting their power, their trauma, and a galaxy-spanning war.
4.27
10k+
🚀 Science Fantasy⚔️ Progression Fantasy❤️ Found Family🪞 Alternate Selves🛸 Sentient Ship
The Captain Summary
The Captain 93%
A mage absorbs six dead selves, inheriting their power, their trauma, and a galaxy-spanning war.
by Will Wight 2023
4.27
10k+ ratings
🚀 Science Fantasy⚔️ Progression Fantasy❤️ Found Family🪞 Alternate Selves🛸 Sentient Ship
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+
🫂 Found Family🌈 Queer Ensemble🧬 Genetic Adaptation🌱 Hopepunk🧘 Quiet Contemplation
To Be Taught, If Fortunate Summary
To Be Taught, If Fortunate 93%
Four astronauts explore alien worlds in bodies engineered for each one. Then Earth stops answering.
by Becky Chambers 2019
4.19
58k+ ratings
🫂 Found Family🌈 Queer Ensemble🧬 Genetic Adaptation🌱 Hopepunk🧘 Quiet Contemplation
Shards of Earth
by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2021
A ship sculpted by aliens forces a traumatized navigator back into the nightmare void.
4.18
35k+
🧠 Psychic Navigators🖤 Found Family🚀 Salvage Crew👾 Alien Cosmic Horror🌌 Post-War Galaxy
Shards of Earth Summary
Shards of Earth 93%
A ship sculpted by aliens forces a traumatized navigator back into the nightmare void.
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2021
4.18
35k+ ratings
🧠 Psychic Navigators🖤 Found Family🚀 Salvage Crew👾 Alien Cosmic Horror🌌 Post-War Galaxy
Gateway
by Craig Alanson • 2025
His AI lost inside a star, Bishop faces an ancient enemy opening the galaxy's door.
4.41
4k+
🚀 Military Space Opera🤖 Snarky AI Companion🫂 Found Family😰 Reluctant Leader😏 Witty Banter
Gateway Summary
Gateway 93%
His AI lost inside a star, Bishop faces an ancient enemy opening the galaxy's door.
by Craig Alanson 2025
4.41
4k+ ratings
🚀 Military Space Opera🤖 Snarky AI Companion🫂 Found Family😰 Reluctant Leader😏 Witty Banter
Double Share
by Nathan Lowell • 2008
New third mate boards merchant spaceship: crew broken, first mate brutal. Change is dangerous.
4.35
6k+
🚀 Space Merchant Marine🛋️ Cozy Sci-Fi🤝 Found Family👊 Toxic Workplace🧠 Competence Porn
Double Share Summary
Double Share 93%
New third mate boards merchant spaceship: crew broken, first mate brutal. Change is dangerous.
by Nathan Lowell 2008
4.35
6k+ ratings
🚀 Space Merchant Marine🛋️ Cozy Sci-Fi🤝 Found Family👊 Toxic Workplace🧠 Competence Porn
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+
🔆 Solarpunk👽 First Contact🏡 Found Family🌱 Ecological Restoration👩‍👧 Parenting In Crisis
A Half-Built Garden Summary
A Half-Built Garden 93%
Aliens land offering the stars, but a mother refuses to abandon the Earth she still tends.
by Ruthanna Emrys 2022
3.60
3k+ ratings
🔆 Solarpunk👽 First Contact🏡 Found Family🌱 Ecological Restoration👩‍👧 Parenting In Crisis
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+
🧬 Accelerated Evolution🖖 First Contact🕷️ Uplifted Species🚀 Generation Ship⏳ Deep Time
Children of Time Summary
Children of Time 93%
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
🧬 Accelerated Evolution🖖 First Contact🕷️ Uplifted Species🚀 Generation Ship⏳ Deep Time
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+
🏴‍☠️ Pirate Space Opera💍 Marriage Of Convenience🛸 Sentient Ship🖤 Grieving Widow🕯️ Slow Burn Romance
The Red Scholar's Wake Summary
The Red Scholar's Wake 93%
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
🏴‍☠️ Pirate Space Opera💍 Marriage Of Convenience🛸 Sentient Ship🖤 Grieving Widow🕯️ Slow Burn Romance
Earth Boys Are Easy
by C. Rochelle • 2024
An alien mercenary leaves Earth for good, but the man who stole his heart stows away.
4.28
2k+
👽 Alien Romance🦸 Superhero Romance☀️ Grumpy Sunshine🛏️ Only One Bed🧬 Body Sharing
Earth Boys Are Easy Summary
Earth Boys Are Easy 93%
An alien mercenary leaves Earth for good, but the man who stole his heart stows away.
by C. Rochelle 2024
4.28
2k+ ratings
👽 Alien Romance🦸 Superhero Romance☀️ Grumpy Sunshine🛏️ Only One Bed🧬 Body Sharing
Jedi
by Sam Maggs • 2023
Stealing a cloaking device, a Jedi crew is hunted by an Inquisitor and broken by betrayal.
3.09
5k+
🫂 Found Family💕 Sapphic Romance💎 Heist Mission💔 Trauma Recovery🏳️ Enemy Defector
Jedi Summary
Jedi 93%
Stealing a cloaking device, a Jedi crew is hunted by an Inquisitor and broken by betrayal.
by Sam Maggs 2023
3.09
5k+ ratings
🫂 Found Family💕 Sapphic Romance💎 Heist Mission💔 Trauma Recovery🏳️ Enemy Defector
The Road to Roswell
by Connie Willis • 2023
A maid of honor's alien abduction in Roswell is a rescue mission, not an invasion.
3.71
9k+
🛸 Comic Science Fiction👽 First Contact🖤 Interspecies Friendship🎭 Oddball Ensemble💕 Forced Proximity
The Road to Roswell Summary
The Road to Roswell 93%
A maid of honor's alien abduction in Roswell is a rescue mission, not an invasion.
by Connie Willis 2023
3.71
9k+ ratings
🛸 Comic Science Fiction👽 First Contact🖤 Interspecies Friendship🎭 Oddball Ensemble💕 Forced Proximity
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
🔍 Sabotage Investigation💕 Polyamorous Relationship🎭 Hidden Enemies☄️ Asteroid Mining🤝 Chosen Family
Tyre Summary
Tyre 93%
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
🔍 Sabotage Investigation💕 Polyamorous Relationship🎭 Hidden Enemies☄️ Asteroid Mining🤝 Chosen Family
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+
🏙️ Solarpunk Utopia🤖 Robot Companion💚 Unlikely Friendship🏳️ Nonbinary Lead🛤️ Philosophical Journey
A Psalm for the Wild-Built Summary
A Psalm for the Wild-Built 93%
A tea monk walks into the wilderness and meets a robot sent to understand human longing.
by Becky Chambers 2021
4.21
193k+ ratings
🏙️ Solarpunk Utopia🤖 Robot Companion💚 Unlikely Friendship🏳️ Nonbinary Lead🛤️ Philosophical Journey
Aurora Rising
by Amie Kaufman • 2019
A cadet trades his dream squad for a lost girl who becomes the galaxy's last weapon.
4.09
75k+
🚀 Ensemble Space Crew🫂 Found Family✨ Chosen One Destiny💫 Fated Bond👁️ Psychic Visions
Aurora Rising Summary
Aurora Rising 93%
A cadet trades his dream squad for a lost girl who becomes the galaxy's last weapon.
by Amie Kaufman 2019
4.09
75k+ ratings
🚀 Ensemble Space Crew🫂 Found Family✨ Chosen One Destiny💫 Fated Bond👁️ Psychic Visions
The Android's Dream
by John Scalzi • 2006
A diplomatic fart kills a negotiator. Peace requires one extinct sheep: a woman who never knew.
3.99
24k+
🛸 Comic Space Opera🦸 Reluctant Hero🤖 AI Companion🤪 Absurdist Humor🌌 Interstellar Politics
The Android's Dream Summary
The Android's Dream 92%
A diplomatic fart kills a negotiator. Peace requires one extinct sheep: a woman who never knew.
by John Scalzi 2006
3.99
24k+ ratings
🛸 Comic Space Opera🦸 Reluctant Hero🤖 AI Companion🤪 Absurdist Humor🌌 Interstellar Politics
Old Man's War
by John Scalzi • 2005
A seventy-five-year-old widower joins the army for a new body and gets an interstellar war.
4.23
227k+
🪖 Military Sci-Fi🧬 Consciousness Transfer👽 Alien Warfare😏 Wry Humor💪 Boot Camp Training
Old Man's War Summary
Old Man's War 92%
A seventy-five-year-old widower joins the army for a new body and gets an interstellar war.
by John Scalzi 2005
4.23
227k+ ratings
🪖 Military Sci-Fi🧬 Consciousness Transfer👽 Alien Warfare😏 Wry Humor💪 Boot Camp Training
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+
🛸 First Contact War🧬 Alien Symbiosis🚀 Found Family Crew🤝 Interspecies Alliance⚔️ Interstellar War
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars Summary
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars 92%
An alien organism bonds with a scientist, granting her the language of the species destroying Earth.
by Christopher Paolini 2020
3.80
71k+ ratings
🛸 First Contact War🧬 Alien Symbiosis🚀 Found Family Crew🤝 Interspecies Alliance⚔️ Interstellar War
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+
🚀 Space Opera🕵️ Noir Detective🦠 Alien Virus🫂 Found Family👥 Dual Perspectives
Leviathan Wakes Summary
Leviathan Wakes 92%
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
🚀 Space Opera🕵️ Noir Detective🦠 Alien Virus🫂 Found Family👥 Dual Perspectives
Winter’s Orbit
by Everina Maxwell • 2021
A treaty forces a reluctant prince to marry a grieving diplomat whose first husband was murdered.
3.98
28k+
💍 Arranged Marriage🚀 Space Opera Romance🩹 Hurt/Comfort👑 Reluctant Royalty🔥 Slow Burn Romance
Winter’s Orbit Summary
Winter’s Orbit 92%
A treaty forces a reluctant prince to marry a grieving diplomat whose first husband was murdered.
by Everina Maxwell 2021
3.98
28k+ ratings
💍 Arranged Marriage🚀 Space Opera Romance🩹 Hurt/Comfort👑 Reluctant Royalty🔥 Slow Burn Romance
Ender’s Game
by Orson Scott Card • 1985
A child prodigy is drafted to an orbital battle academy where war games determine humanity's fate.
4.31
1.5M+
🎓 Military Academy👽 Alien War🧠 Child Prodigy🎭 Psychological Manipulation⚔️ Strategic Warfare
Ender’s Game Summary
Ender’s Game 92%
A child prodigy is drafted to an orbital battle academy where war games determine humanity's fate.
by Orson Scott Card 1985
4.31
1.5M+ ratings
🎓 Military Academy👽 Alien War🧠 Child Prodigy🎭 Psychological Manipulation⚔️ Strategic Warfare
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+
🛸 Diplomatic Sci-Fi🏛️ Political Space Opera🛬 Fish Out Of Water🌍 Cultural Assimilation🔍 Murder Investigation
A Memory Called Empire Summary
A Memory Called Empire 92%
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
🛸 Diplomatic Sci-Fi🏛️ Political Space Opera🛬 Fish Out Of Water🌍 Cultural Assimilation🔍 Murder Investigation
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+
🌀 Science Fantasy👹 Faustian Bargain🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Protagonist💕 Sapphic Romance👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family
Light from Uncommon Stars Summary
Light from Uncommon Stars 92%
A trans violinist flees abuse into a world of demonic bargains and alien donut-makers.
by Ryka Aoki 2021
4.03
40k+ ratings
🌀 Science Fantasy👹 Faustian Bargain🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Protagonist💕 Sapphic Romance👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family
Taken to Sky
by Elizabeth Stephens • 2023
An addict thief is chased across space by the assassin who was once her only friend.
4.13
391
🛸 Alien Romance⚔️ Enemies To Lovers🫂 Found Family💊 Addiction Recovery🏴‍☠️ Space Pirates
Taken to Sky Summary
Taken to Sky 92%
An addict thief is chased across space by the assassin who was once her only friend.
by Elizabeth Stephens 2023
4.13
391 ratings
🛸 Alien Romance⚔️ Enemies To Lovers🫂 Found Family💊 Addiction Recovery🏴‍☠️ Space Pirates
Homecoming
by Christie Golden • 2003
Voyager returns home after seven years. Earth blames the crew for a plague and hologram uprising.
3.92
3k+
🖖 Star Trek🤖 Ai Personhood🏠 Homecoming Aftermath🕵️ Political Conspiracy💔 Bittersweet Return
Homecoming Summary
Homecoming 92%
Voyager returns home after seven years. Earth blames the crew for a plague and hologram uprising.
by Christie Golden 2003
3.92
3k+ ratings
🖖 Star Trek🤖 Ai Personhood🏠 Homecoming Aftermath🕵️ Political Conspiracy💔 Bittersweet Return
Star Wars
by Timothy Zahn • 1991
An Imperial tactician uses art and Force-blocking creatures to outmaneuver a fragile New Republic.
4.18
104k+
🚀 Military Space Opera♟️ Psychological Warfare🤝 Enemies To Allies👥 Ragtag Crew🏚️ Imperial Remnant
Star Wars Summary
Star Wars 92%
An Imperial tactician uses art and Force-blocking creatures to outmaneuver a fragile New Republic.
by Timothy Zahn 1991
4.18
104k+ ratings
🚀 Military Space Opera♟️ Psychological Warfare🤝 Enemies To Allies👥 Ragtag Crew🏚️ Imperial Remnant
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