50 Books like Aurora Burning

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 95%

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

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 94%

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

The Last Watch

by J.S. Dewes • 2021

Exiled to guard the universe's edge, a prince and a commander discover the boundary is collapsing.

3.97

12k+

🚀 Military Space Opera 🫂 Found Family 👑 Disgraced Royalty ⚔️ Reluctant Commander 🌌 Cosmic Collapse

The Last Watch 94%

Exiled to guard the universe's edge, a prince and a commander discover the boundary is collapsing.

by J.S. Dewes 2021

3.97

12k+ ratings

🚀 Military Space Opera 🫂 Found Family 👑 Disgraced Royalty ⚔️ Reluctant Commander 🌌 Cosmic Collapse

Memento

by Amie Kaufman • 2020

A grieving neurogrammer teaches a warship's AI about morality; it learns the trolley problem.

4.29

8k+

🚀 Space Opera 🧠 AI Consciousness 🚋 Trolley Problem 💔 Forbidden Romance 🔖 Memory Rituals

Memento 94%

A grieving neurogrammer teaches a warship's AI about morality; it learns the trolley problem.

by Amie Kaufman 2020

4.29

8k+ ratings

🚀 Space Opera 🧠 AI Consciousness 🚋 Trolley Problem 💔 Forbidden Romance 🔖 Memory Rituals

I Am Number Four

by Pittacus Lore • 2010

Nine children from a doomed planet are hunted in order; now number four's powers are awake.

3.93

353k+

🔥 Power Awakening 👽 Alien Refugees 💕 Alien-Human Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👥 Found Family

I Am Number Four 94%

Nine children from a doomed planet are hunted in order; now number four's powers are awake.

by Pittacus Lore 2010

3.93

353k+ ratings

🔥 Power Awakening 👽 Alien Refugees 💕 Alien-Human Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👥 Found Family

A Hole in the Sky

by Peter F. Hamilton • 2021

On a dying starship, siblings flee ritual death into forbidden wilds hiding alien foes.

3.79

1k+

🚀 Generation Ship 👑 Hidden Heir ⚙️ Forbidden Technology 🤖 AI Companion 💀 Ritualized Death

A Hole in the Sky 94%

On a dying starship, siblings flee ritual death into forbidden wilds hiding alien foes.

by Peter F. Hamilton 2021

3.79

1k+ ratings

🚀 Generation Ship 👑 Hidden Heir ⚙️ Forbidden Technology 🤖 AI Companion 💀 Ritualized Death

A Girl from Nowhere

by James Maxwell • 2020

A lame orphan crosses a deadly wasteland chasing the legend of a white-walled city.

4.06

11k+

🏜️ Desert Wasteland ⚔️ Arena Combat 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ♿ Disabled Protagonist 💕 Slow Burn Romance

A Girl from Nowhere 94%

A lame orphan crosses a deadly wasteland chasing the legend of a white-walled city.

by James Maxwell 2020

4.06

11k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Wasteland ⚔️ Arena Combat 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ♿ Disabled Protagonist 💕 Slow Burn Romance

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

🪐 Science Fantasy ⭐ Chosen One 🔮 Parallel Realities ⚔️ Resistance Rebellion 🌌 Cosmic Mystery

Shards of a Shattered Mirror Book I Summary

Shards of a Shattered Mirror Book I 94%

She glimpses every future in shattered light, but an alien empire has already chosen one.

by Darryl Anka 2017

4.53

150 ratings

🪐 Science Fantasy ⭐ Chosen One 🔮 Parallel Realities ⚔️ Resistance Rebellion 🌌 Cosmic Mystery

The Stone's Heart

by Jessica Thorne • 2019

An ancient stone grants miracles. It devours the princess who asked for them.

4.10

450

🔮 Science Fantasy 💫 Space Opera Romance 🪨 Sentient Artifact 🧠 Possession Arc 💔 Second Chance Romance

The Stone's Heart 94%

An ancient stone grants miracles. It devours the princess who asked for them.

by Jessica Thorne 2019

4.10

450 ratings

🔮 Science Fantasy 💫 Space Opera Romance 🪨 Sentient Artifact 🧠 Possession Arc 💔 Second Chance Romance

Star Wars

by Michael A. Stackpole • 1999

Buried alive, a fighter pilot must embrace the Force to escape and clear his friend's name.

3.98

14k+

🚀 Military Space Opera ✈️ Starfighter Combat ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🕵️ Hidden Traitor 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Star Wars 94%

Buried alive, a fighter pilot must embrace the Force to escape and clear his friend's name.

by Michael A. Stackpole 1999

3.98

14k+ ratings

🚀 Military Space Opera ✈️ Starfighter Combat ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🕵️ Hidden Traitor 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Ahsoka

by E.K. Johnston • 2016

After the Jedi fall, Ahsoka Tano hides on a farming moon. But the Empire always finds what it hunts.

4.07

46k+

🖤 Post Order 66 🕯️ Hidden Jedi 👥 Found Family ⚔️ Reluctant Leader 💔 Survivor's Guilt

Ahsoka 94%

After the Jedi fall, Ahsoka Tano hides on a farming moon. But the Empire always finds what it hunts.

by E.K. Johnston 2016

4.07

46k+ ratings

🖤 Post Order 66 🕯️ Hidden Jedi 👥 Found Family ⚔️ Reluctant Leader 💔 Survivor's Guilt

Light of the Jedi

by Charles Soule • 2021

A freighter explodes in hyperspace, raining debris on a system. Jedi unite to stop the cataclysm.

3.92

34k+

💥 Space Disaster ⚔️ Master And Apprentice 🌟 Hopeful Sci-Fi 🎬 Cinematic Action 🚨 Rescue Mission

Light of the Jedi 93%

A freighter explodes in hyperspace, raining debris on a system. Jedi unite to stop the cataclysm.

by Charles Soule 2021

3.92

34k+ ratings

💥 Space Disaster ⚔️ Master And Apprentice 🌟 Hopeful Sci-Fi 🎬 Cinematic Action 🚨 Rescue Mission

Sanctuary

by Caryn Lix • 2018

A space prison guard discovers her hidden chip as a breakout unleashes an alien creature onboard.

3.89

2k+

🚀 Space Prison ⚡ Teens With Powers 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Enemies To Allies 👾 Alien Assimilation

Sanctuary 93%

A space prison guard discovers her hidden chip as a breakout unleashes an alien creature onboard.

by Caryn Lix 2018

3.89

2k+ ratings

🚀 Space Prison ⚡ Teens With Powers 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Enemies To Allies 👾 Alien Assimilation

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 93%

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

Edge of Victory I

by Greg Keyes • 2001

Aliens the Force cannot touch hunt the Jedi to extinction. The Skywalker family scatters to survive.

3.84

8k+

🛸 Alien Invasion 🚀 Space Battles 🎖️ Morally Gray War 🌱 Coming Of Age In War 🌐 Resistance Network

Edge of Victory I 93%

Aliens the Force cannot touch hunt the Jedi to extinction. The Skywalker family scatters to survive.

by Greg Keyes 2001

3.84

8k+ ratings

🛸 Alien Invasion 🚀 Space Battles 🎖️ Morally Gray War 🌱 Coming Of Age In War 🌐 Resistance Network

Empire of Silence

by Christopher Ruocchio • 2018

Disowned and hunted, a nobleman fights in the gladiator pits of a backwater planet.

3.95

55k+

🏛️ Galactic Empire 👑 Fallen Noble 🤝 Found Family 👽 Alien Diplomacy 📜 Forbidden Knowledge

Empire of Silence 93%

Disowned and hunted, a nobleman fights in the gladiator pits of a backwater planet.

by Christopher Ruocchio 2018

3.95

55k+ ratings

🏛️ Galactic Empire 👑 Fallen Noble 🤝 Found Family 👽 Alien Diplomacy 📜 Forbidden Knowledge

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

Gateway

by Craig Alanson • 2025

His AI lost inside a star, Bishop faces an ancient enemy opening the galaxy's door.

4.42

3k+

🚀 Military Space Opera 🤖 Snarky AI Companion 🫂 Found Family 😰 Reluctant Leader 😏 Witty Banter

Gateway 93%

His AI lost inside a star, Bishop faces an ancient enemy opening the galaxy's door.

by Craig Alanson 2025

4.42

3k+ ratings

🚀 Military Space Opera 🤖 Snarky AI Companion 🫂 Found Family 😰 Reluctant Leader 😏 Witty Banter

Star Wars

by Mike Chen • 2022

A bombing shatters a neutral world. One Jedi must uncover the truth before war claims it.

4.13

11k+

🧑‍🏫 Master And Apprentice 🗳️ Political Conspiracy 💕 Secret Romance ⚔️ Reluctant Warrior 🫂 Found Brotherhood

Star Wars 93%

A bombing shatters a neutral world. One Jedi must uncover the truth before war claims it.

by Mike Chen 2022

4.13

11k+ ratings

🧑‍🏫 Master And Apprentice 🗳️ Political Conspiracy 💕 Secret Romance ⚔️ Reluctant Warrior 🫂 Found Brotherhood

Into the Void

by Tim Lebbon • 2013

A Je'daii Ranger must hunt her brother before his cult's ancient device destroys their planet.

3.65

15k+

🚀 Space Opera 👭 Sibling Rivalry 👽 Ancient Alien Tech 🔥 Cult Fanaticism 🌑 Fall To Darkness

Into the Void 93%

A Je'daii Ranger must hunt her brother before his cult's ancient device destroys their planet.

by Tim Lebbon 2013

3.65

15k+ ratings

🚀 Space Opera 👭 Sibling Rivalry 👽 Ancient Alien Tech 🔥 Cult Fanaticism 🌑 Fall To Darkness

Kalyx

by Karen Lynch

A teen rescues a crashed alien panther. The military wants it back at any cost.

4.38

202

🛸 First Contact 🐾 Creature Bond 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏭 Corrupt Corporation 🌪️ Climate Collapse

Kalyx 93%

A teen rescues a crashed alien panther. The military wants it back at any cost.

by Karen Lynch

4.38

202 ratings

🛸 First Contact 🐾 Creature Bond 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏭 Corrupt Corporation 🌪️ Climate Collapse

Queen's Peril

by E.K. Johnston • 2020

A fourteen-year-old queen. Five handmaidens trained as doubles. One planet on the brink of invasion.

3.94

10k+

🪞 Body Double 👥 Found Family 🏛️ Political Intrigue 👑 Young Queen 🌌 Galactic Politics

Queen's Peril 93%

A fourteen-year-old queen. Five handmaidens trained as doubles. One planet on the brink of invasion.

by E.K. Johnston 2020

3.94

10k+ ratings

🪞 Body Double 👥 Found Family 🏛️ Political Intrigue 👑 Young Queen 🌌 Galactic Politics

Under Different Stars

by Amy A. Bartol • 2013

Abducted across the universe, a Chicago teen finds her bloodline could spark an alien civil war.

4.20

20k+

🌀 Portal Fantasy ✨ Chosen One Prophecy 💔 Love Triangle 🖤 Forbidden Romance ⚔️ Captor To Protector

Under Different Stars 93%

Abducted across the universe, a Chicago teen finds her bloodline could spark an alien civil war.

by Amy A. Bartol 2013

4.20

20k+ ratings

🌀 Portal Fantasy ✨ Chosen One Prophecy 💔 Love Triangle 🖤 Forbidden Romance ⚔️ Captor To Protector

The Path of Ascension 8

by C. Mantis • 2025

Two cultivators infiltrate a noble estate to free a prisoner held centuries for his Talent.

4.45

4k+

📈 Progression Fantasy 🚀 Space Fantasy 🦊 Bonded Companions 🫂 Found Family 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Path of Ascension 8 93%

Two cultivators infiltrate a noble estate to free a prisoner held centuries for his Talent.

by C. Mantis 2025

4.45

4k+ ratings

📈 Progression Fantasy 🚀 Space Fantasy 🦊 Bonded Companions 🫂 Found Family 🕵️ Covert Operations

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+

🚀 Space Opera Adventure 👽 Alien Invasion 🤝 Enemies To Allies 🏠 Found Family 🌑 Temptation Of Power

The Truce at Bakura 93%

After Endor, Rebels ally with Imperials to save a colony from aliens who drain human souls.

by Kathy Tyers 1994

3.47

14k+ ratings

🚀 Space Opera Adventure 👽 Alien Invasion 🤝 Enemies To Allies 🏠 Found Family 🌑 Temptation Of Power

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 93%

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

Weapons Free

by Daniel Gibbs • 2021

When unknown warships strike, an aging carrier crew must hold the line or lose humanity's homeworld.

4.14

1k+

✈️ Military Space Opera 🚀 Naval Combat In Space 🎖️ Reluctant Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family In War 💥 Space Dogfights

Weapons Free 93%

When unknown warships strike, an aging carrier crew must hold the line or lose humanity's homeworld.

by Daniel Gibbs 2021

4.14

1k+ ratings

✈️ Military Space Opera 🚀 Naval Combat In Space 🎖️ Reluctant Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family In War 💥 Space Dogfights

Star Wars

by Kevin J. Anderson • 1994

Luke Skywalker rebuilds the Jedi as Han and Chewie unearth a sun-killing Imperial secret.

3.69

19k+

🛐 Jedi Training ⛓️ Prison Planet ☢️ Superweapon Threat 🫂 Found Family 🏴‍☠️ Imperial Remnant

Star Wars 93%

Luke Skywalker rebuilds the Jedi as Han and Chewie unearth a sun-killing Imperial secret.

by Kevin J. Anderson 1994

3.69

19k+ ratings

🛐 Jedi Training ⛓️ Prison Planet ☢️ Superweapon Threat 🫂 Found Family 🏴‍☠️ Imperial Remnant

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 93%

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

Shadows

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2012

An alien in hiding loves a human girl, marking her for the predators who hunt his kind.

4.08

45k+

🖤 Star-Crossed Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 👽 Hidden Alien Identity 🥀 Tragic Romance 🏘️ Rural Small Town

Shadows 93%

An alien in hiding loves a human girl, marking her for the predators who hunt his kind.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2012

4.08

45k+ ratings

🖤 Star-Crossed Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 👽 Hidden Alien Identity 🥀 Tragic Romance 🏘️ Rural Small Town

Knight Errant

by John Jackson Miller • 2011

A hidden Jedi and a Sith woman's forbidden bond could open the door to galactic conquest.

3.62

4k+

💘 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Jedi And Sith 💔 Forbidden Romance 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🌑 Sith Empire

Knight Errant 93%

A hidden Jedi and a Sith woman's forbidden bond could open the door to galactic conquest.

by John Jackson Miller 2011

3.62

4k+ ratings

💘 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Jedi And Sith 💔 Forbidden Romance 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🌑 Sith Empire

Revan

by Drew Karpyshyn • 2011

A Jedi Master's nightmares drag him into the Sith Empire, where a hidden Emperor plots conquest.

4.01

25k+

🖤 Fallen Hero Redemption 🗡️ Political Intrigue 👑 Sith Empire 🧩 Lost Memory Quest 🔥 Dark Side Corruption

Revan 93%

A Jedi Master's nightmares drag him into the Sith Empire, where a hidden Emperor plots conquest.

by Drew Karpyshyn 2011

4.01

25k+ ratings

🖤 Fallen Hero Redemption 🗡️ Political Intrigue 👑 Sith Empire 🧩 Lost Memory Quest 🔥 Dark Side Corruption

The Fallen Star

by Claudia Gray • 2022

Sabotage turns the Jedi's station into a death trap; one Master must choose who to save.

4.07

11k+

🛰️ Space Station Disaster 🫂 Found Family 🕯️ Heroic Sacrifice 🎭 Villain Mastermind 💣 Sabotage From Within

The Fallen Star 92%

Sabotage turns the Jedi's station into a death trap; one Master must choose who to save.

by Claudia Gray 2022

4.07

11k+ ratings

🛰️ Space Station Disaster 🫂 Found Family 🕯️ Heroic Sacrifice 🎭 Villain Mastermind 💣 Sabotage From Within

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+

🛸 Found Family ☕ Cozy Sci-Fi 🚀 Ragtag Crew 🤝 Interspecies Bonds 💘 Slow Burn Romance

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

🛸 Found Family ☕ Cozy Sci-Fi 🚀 Ragtag Crew 🤝 Interspecies Bonds 💘 Slow Burn Romance

Red Rising

by Pierce Brown • 2014

Reshaped as a Gold, a slave miner infiltrates the empire's war academy to destroy from inside.

4.27

823k+

🧬 Genetic Caste System 🏛️ Space Roman Empire ⚔️ Deadly Training Academy 🌋 Unlikely Rebel 👥 Found Family

Red Rising 92%

Reshaped as a Gold, a slave miner infiltrates the empire's war academy to destroy from inside.

by Pierce Brown 2014

4.27

823k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Caste System 🏛️ Space Roman Empire ⚔️ Deadly Training Academy 🌋 Unlikely Rebel 👥 Found Family

Halo

by Eric S. Nylund • 2001

An alien armada attacks humanity's military stronghold. A Spartan team must keep Earth hidden.

4.26

36k+

🎖️ Military Sci-Fi 💪 Super Soldiers 👽 Alien Invasion 🚀 Space Warfare 🛡️ Last Stand

Halo 92%

An alien armada attacks humanity's military stronghold. A Spartan team must keep Earth hidden.

by Eric S. Nylund 2001

4.26

36k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Sci-Fi 💪 Super Soldiers 👽 Alien Invasion 🚀 Space Warfare 🛡️ Last Stand

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.

4.12

7k+

🔮 Prophetic Triangle 🦠 Viral Powers 💔 Love After Loss 🚫 Forbidden Love 🧠 Memory Manipulation

Seek the Traitor's Son 92%

A soldier and a general war over a prophecy only the exile's truth-reading son can settle.

by Veronica Roth 2026

4.12

7k+ ratings

🔮 Prophetic Triangle 🦠 Viral Powers 💔 Love After Loss 🚫 Forbidden Love 🧠 Memory Manipulation

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 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

The 5th Wave

by Rick Yancey • 2013

Alien invaders wear human faces. A teenage girl crosses the wasteland to rescue her brother.

4.00

481k+

👽 Alien Infiltration 😰 Body Snatcher Paranoia 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏕️ Military Training Camp 🪖 Child Soldier

The 5th Wave 92%

Alien invaders wear human faces. A teenage girl crosses the wasteland to rescue her brother.

by Rick Yancey 2013

4.00

481k+ ratings

👽 Alien Infiltration 😰 Body Snatcher Paranoia 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏕️ Military Training Camp 🪖 Child Soldier

Star Wars

by Greg Bear • 2000

A Padawan and his master seek a planet that builds living ships, unaware it is alive.

3.39

8k+

🪐 Sentient Planet ⚔️ Master And Apprentice 🌱 Jedi Coming Of Age 🌑 Dark Side Temptation 🌍 Alien World Exploration

Star Wars 92%

A Padawan and his master seek a planet that builds living ships, unaware it is alive.

by Greg Bear 2000

3.39

8k+ ratings

🪐 Sentient Planet ⚔️ Master And Apprentice 🌱 Jedi Coming Of Age 🌑 Dark Side Temptation 🌍 Alien World Exploration

Carve the Mark

by Veronica Roth • 2017

A death-marked boy becomes the only comfort for a tyrant's sister whose touch brings agony.

3.78

97k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🌌 Space Fantasy ⚔️ Arena Battles 🥀 Cursed Touch 🧠 Memory Manipulation

Carve the Mark 92%

A death-marked boy becomes the only comfort for a tyrant's sister whose touch brings agony.

by Veronica Roth 2017

3.78

97k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🌌 Space Fantasy ⚔️ Arena Battles 🥀 Cursed Touch 🧠 Memory Manipulation

Blacklisted

by Gena Showalter • 2007

Shot in an alien club, a teen becomes her crush's wanted accomplice in a drug war.

4.00

2k+

👽 Alien Romance 🖤 Outlaw With A Conscience ✊ Unlikely Activist ⚖️ Betrayal By The System 🏃 On The Run Together

Blacklisted 92%

Shot in an alien club, a teen becomes her crush's wanted accomplice in a drug war.

by Gena Showalter 2007

4.00

2k+ ratings

👽 Alien Romance 🖤 Outlaw With A Conscience ✊ Unlikely Activist ⚖️ Betrayal By The System 🏃 On The Run Together

Cinder

by Marissa Meyer • 2012

A cyborg mechanic loves a prince, but she's the lost heir the Lunar queen wants dead.

4.12

1.0M+

🔄 Fairy Tale Retelling 🤖 Cyborg Protagonist 👑 Hidden Royalty 💔 Forbidden Romance 👸 Evil Queen

Cinder 92%

A cyborg mechanic loves a prince, but she's the lost heir the Lunar queen wants dead.

by Marissa Meyer 2012

4.12

1.0M+ ratings

🔄 Fairy Tale Retelling 🤖 Cyborg Protagonist 👑 Hidden Royalty 💔 Forbidden Romance 👸 Evil Queen

Exodus

by Peter F. Hamilton • 2024

A young noble barters his inheritance for a refugee starship as civil war fractures the empire.

4.25

6k+

🏛️ Galactic Empire 🌌 Post-Human Future 🕸️ Political Conspiracy ✊ Human Rebellion 👽 Alien Artifacts

Exodus 92%

A young noble barters his inheritance for a refugee starship as civil war fractures the empire.

by Peter F. Hamilton 2024

4.25

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Galactic Empire 🌌 Post-Human Future 🕸️ Political Conspiracy ✊ Human Rebellion 👽 Alien Artifacts

Shadow of the Xel'Naga

by Gabriel Mesta • 2001

An alien artifact awakens on a remote colony, and three warring species converge to claim it.

3.40

2k+

🎮 Video Game Tie-In 🪖 Military Sf 🛸 Alien Artifact 👩‍🚀 Reluctant Leader 🌾 Colonist Survival

Shadow of the Xel'Naga 92%

An alien artifact awakens on a remote colony, and three warring species converge to claim it.

by Gabriel Mesta 2001

3.40

2k+ ratings

🎮 Video Game Tie-In 🪖 Military Sf 🛸 Alien Artifact 👩‍🚀 Reluctant Leader 🌾 Colonist Survival

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 92%

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