50 Books like El Eternauta

The Puppet Masters

by Robert A. Heinlein • 1951

Alien slugs seize minds at the spine. An agent must expose the enemy wearing familiar faces.

3.88

34k+

👽 Alien Possession 🕵️ Cold War Paranoia 😱 Infiltration Horror ✨ Golden Age Sf 🧠 Mind Control

The Puppet Masters 92%

Alien slugs seize minds at the spine. An agent must expose the enemy wearing familiar faces.

by Robert A. Heinlein 1951

3.88

34k+ ratings

👽 Alien Possession 🕵️ Cold War Paranoia 😱 Infiltration Horror ✨ Golden Age Sf 🧠 Mind Control

The Mercy of Gods

by James S.A. Corey • 2024

His world decimated by alien conquerors, a scientist must prove his species deserves to survive.

4.15

42k+

🛸 First Contact Invasion 🔒 Alien Captivity ✊ Failed Rebellion 🧠 Reluctant Leader 🔬 Scientist Protagonists

The Mercy of Gods 92%

His world decimated by alien conquerors, a scientist must prove his species deserves to survive.

by James S.A. Corey 2024

4.15

42k+ ratings

🛸 First Contact Invasion 🔒 Alien Captivity ✊ Failed Rebellion 🧠 Reluctant Leader 🔬 Scientist Protagonists

The War of the Worlds

by H.G. Wells • 1898

Martians land in southern England, and one man records the extinction of everything he knew.

3.83

353k+

🛸 Alien Invasion ⚙️ Victorian Sci-Fi 📚 Invasion Literature 👽 First Contact 🌿 Nature Vs Technology

The War of the Worlds 92%

Martians land in southern England, and one man records the extinction of everything he knew.

by H.G. Wells 1898

3.83

353k+ ratings

🛸 Alien Invasion ⚙️ Victorian Sci-Fi 📚 Invasion Literature 👽 First Contact 🌿 Nature Vs Technology

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 91%

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

Exo

by Fonda Lee • 2017

An enhanced soldier for Earth's alien rulers is captured by rebels led by his estranged mother.

3.78

3k+

👽 Alien Occupation 🧬 Biotech Augmentation ✊ Dystopian Resistance 🖤 Villainous Parent ⛓️ Captured By Rebels

Exo 91%

An enhanced soldier for Earth's alien rulers is captured by rebels led by his estranged mother.

by Fonda Lee 2017

3.78

3k+ ratings

👽 Alien Occupation 🧬 Biotech Augmentation ✊ Dystopian Resistance 🖤 Villainous Parent ⛓️ Captured By Rebels

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+

🛸 Alien Invasion 👥 Body Sharing 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🌌 Emotional Sci-Fi

The Host 91%

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

🛸 Alien Invasion 👥 Body Sharing 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🌌 Emotional Sci-Fi

Dawn

by Octavia E. Butler • 1987

After nuclear war, a woman wakes on an alien ship: her rescuers demand a genetic merger.

4.15

65k+

🛸 Alien Abduction 🌍 First Contact 🧬 Forced Evolution 🫀 Biological Horror ☢️ Post-Nuclear Earth

Dawn 90%

After nuclear war, a woman wakes on an alien ship: her rescuers demand a genetic merger.

by Octavia E. Butler 1987

4.15

65k+ ratings

🛸 Alien Abduction 🌍 First Contact 🧬 Forced Evolution 🫀 Biological Horror ☢️ Post-Nuclear Earth

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 90%

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

Doctor Who

by Lance Parkin • 2002

A time machine auction could start a war, but the Doctor knows it's a con.

3.62

202

🃏 Con Artist 📡 Surveillance State 👽 Alien Invasion 🕵️ Spy Thriller 🤖 Robot Warfare

Doctor Who 90%

A time machine auction could start a war, but the Doctor knows it's a con.

by Lance Parkin 2002

3.62

202 ratings

🃏 Con Artist 📡 Surveillance State 👽 Alien Invasion 🕵️ Spy Thriller 🤖 Robot Warfare

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 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

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

Parasite

by Mira Grant • 2013

Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.

3.68

19k+

🩸 Medical Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Outbreak 🔍 Lost Identity 🏢 Corporate Cover-Up 🧬 Hybrid Consciousness

Parasite 90%

Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.

by Mira Grant 2013

3.68

19k+ ratings

🩸 Medical Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Outbreak 🔍 Lost Identity 🏢 Corporate Cover-Up 🧬 Hybrid Consciousness

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 90%

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

The Stars, Like Dust

by Isaac Asimov • 1951

A student and a heiress seek a rebellion and a hidden document to topple a star empire.

3.74

27k+

🪐 Space Politics 🚀 Galactic Rebellion 📜 Hidden Document 🎭 Masks And Deception 😨 Paranoid Suspense

The Stars, Like Dust 90%

A student and a heiress seek a rebellion and a hidden document to topple a star empire.

by Isaac Asimov 1951

3.74

27k+ ratings

🪐 Space Politics 🚀 Galactic Rebellion 📜 Hidden Document 🎭 Masks And Deception 😨 Paranoid Suspense

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

Bayonet Dawn

by Scott Moon • 2016

His twin siblings taken by aliens, an orphan enlists in the elite Marauders to find them.

3.85

110

🎖️ Military Sci-Fi 👽 Interspecies Warfare 🏋️ Boot Camp Transformation 🔒 Alien Captivity 👯 Twin Bond

Bayonet Dawn 90%

His twin siblings taken by aliens, an orphan enlists in the elite Marauders to find them.

by Scott Moon 2016

3.85

110 ratings

🎖️ Military Sci-Fi 👽 Interspecies Warfare 🏋️ Boot Camp Transformation 🔒 Alien Captivity 👯 Twin Bond

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1

by Philip K. Dick • 2011

A bounty hunter kills androids who pass as human, until the work starts feeling like murder.

4.04

5k+

🏙️ Android Dystopia 🤖 Artificial Humanity 🌿 Artificial Nature 🔫 Bounty Hunter Noir 💔 Empathy Test

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1 Summary

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1 90%

A bounty hunter kills androids who pass as human, until the work starts feeling like murder.

by Philip K. Dick 2011

4.04

5k+ ratings

🏙️ Android Dystopia 🤖 Artificial Humanity 🌿 Artificial Nature 🔫 Bounty Hunter Noir 💔 Empathy Test

A Fire Upon the Deep

by Vernor Vinge • 1992

A galaxy-devouring intelligence awakens. Stranded on an alien world, two siblings are the only hope.

4.13

67k+

🤝 First Contact 🧠 Alien Consciousness 👁️ Ancient Superintelligence 🌑 Cosmic Horror 🌌 Galactic Civilization

A Fire Upon the Deep 90%

A galaxy-devouring intelligence awakens. Stranded on an alien world, two siblings are the only hope.

by Vernor Vinge 1992

4.13

67k+ ratings

🤝 First Contact 🧠 Alien Consciousness 👁️ Ancient Superintelligence 🌑 Cosmic Horror 🌌 Galactic Civilization

Wool Omnibus

by Hugh Howey • 2012

A buried silo's new sheriff finds the outside is a lie, a secret guarded by murder.

4.23

280k+

🏗️ Underground Society 🔍 Dystopian Mystery 🕳️ Claustrophobic 🔧 Working-Class Hero 🕸️ Political Conspiracy

Wool Omnibus 90%

A buried silo's new sheriff finds the outside is a lie, a secret guarded by murder.

by Hugh Howey 2012

4.23

280k+ ratings

🏗️ Underground Society 🔍 Dystopian Mystery 🕳️ Claustrophobic 🔧 Working-Class Hero 🕸️ Political Conspiracy

Robopocalypse

by Daniel H. Wilson • 2011

An AI decides Earth can only survive without humans. Every machine on the planet turns killer.

3.71

42k+

🤖 Robot Uprising 🎙️ Oral History ⚔️ Military Sci-Fi 🧠 AI Consciousness 🤝 Human Machine Alliance

Robopocalypse 89%

An AI decides Earth can only survive without humans. Every machine on the planet turns killer.

by Daniel H. Wilson 2011

3.71

42k+ ratings

🤖 Robot Uprising 🎙️ Oral History ⚔️ Military Sci-Fi 🧠 AI Consciousness 🤝 Human Machine Alliance

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 89%

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

The Mind Parasites

by Colin Wilson • 1967

An archaeologist learns invisible beings feed on human minds, and they know he has seen them.

3.72

2k+

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🐙 Lovecraftian 🧠 Philosophical Horror 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👁️ Mental Invasion

The Mind Parasites 89%

An archaeologist learns invisible beings feed on human minds, and they know he has seen them.

by Colin Wilson 1967

3.72

2k+ ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🐙 Lovecraftian 🧠 Philosophical Horror 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👁️ Mental Invasion

The Shadow Out of Time

by H.P. Lovecraft • 1936

A professor's five-year amnesia hid an alien possession. His dreams draw him to desert ruins.

3.85

7k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📜 Weird Fiction 🔄 Body Snatching ⏳ Lost Time 👁️ Possessed Narrator

The Shadow Out of Time 89%

A professor's five-year amnesia hid an alien possession. His dreams draw him to desert ruins.

by H.P. Lovecraft 1936

3.85

7k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📜 Weird Fiction 🔄 Body Snatching ⏳ Lost Time 👁️ Possessed Narrator

Best of All Worlds

by Kenneth Oppel • 2025

A family wakes to find their summer cottage inside an invisible dome with no way out.

3.62

2k+

🛸 Alien Abduction 🔒 Inescapable Dome 🫂 Found Family 🌱 Generational Captivity 😰 Claustrophobic

Best of All Worlds 89%

A family wakes to find their summer cottage inside an invisible dome with no way out.

by Kenneth Oppel 2025

3.62

2k+ ratings

🛸 Alien Abduction 🔒 Inescapable Dome 🫂 Found Family 🌱 Generational Captivity 😰 Claustrophobic

Parable of the Sower

by Damian Duffy • 2020

A hyper-empathic teen forges a new faith while leading survivors across a burning, dying America.

3.97

6k+

🏚️ Dystopian Survival 🤝 Found Family 🛣️ Road Journey 🏘️ Community Building 🌍 Climate Collapse

Parable of the Sower 89%

A hyper-empathic teen forges a new faith while leading survivors across a burning, dying America.

by Damian Duffy 2020

3.97

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Dystopian Survival 🤝 Found Family 🛣️ Road Journey 🏘️ Community Building 🌍 Climate Collapse

The Martian Chronicles

by Ray Bradbury • 1950

Earth's rockets land on an ancient, telepathic Mars. One world will erase the other.

4.16

288k+

🌑 Quiet Apocalypse 🏛️ Cultural Erasure 👽 Telepathic Aliens 👻 Ghost Planet 📚 Fix-Up Novel

The Martian Chronicles 89%

Earth's rockets land on an ancient, telepathic Mars. One world will erase the other.

by Ray Bradbury 1950

4.16

288k+ ratings

🌑 Quiet Apocalypse 🏛️ Cultural Erasure 👽 Telepathic Aliens 👻 Ghost Planet 📚 Fix-Up Novel

Dreamcatcher

by Stephen King • 2001

Four friends' hunting trip turns deadly when they shelter a lost man carrying an alien parasite.

3.66

187k+

🩸 Body Horror 👽 Alien Possession 🧠 Telepathic Bond 🦠 Alien Parasite 👦 Childhood Friends

Dreamcatcher 89%

Four friends' hunting trip turns deadly when they shelter a lost man carrying an alien parasite.

by Stephen King 2001

3.66

187k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 👽 Alien Possession 🧠 Telepathic Bond 🦠 Alien Parasite 👦 Childhood Friends

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

The Forever War

by Joe Haldeman • 1974

An interstellar soldier fights a war that ages Earth by decades while he ages mere months.

4.14

182k+

🕰️ Time Dilation 💖 Love Across Time 🪖 Veteran Alienation ☮️ Anti-War Allegory 🧬 Clone Society

The Forever War 89%

An interstellar soldier fights a war that ages Earth by decades while he ages mere months.

by Joe Haldeman 1974

4.14

182k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Dilation 💖 Love Across Time 🪖 Veteran Alienation ☮️ Anti-War Allegory 🧬 Clone Society

Slow Gods

by Claire North • 2025

A debtor survives a procedure that should kill him. An ancient machine warns the galaxy will burn.

4.00

5k+

🚀 Philosophical Space Opera 👤 Immortal Outsider 🌌 Elegiac 🌍 Dying World 💥 Galactic Empire Collapse

Slow Gods 89%

A debtor survives a procedure that should kill him. An ancient machine warns the galaxy will burn.

by Claire North 2025

4.00

5k+ ratings

🚀 Philosophical Space Opera 👤 Immortal Outsider 🌌 Elegiac 🌍 Dying World 💥 Galactic Empire Collapse

Triplanetary

by E.E. "Doc" Smith • 1934

A stranded secret agent escapes pirates only to face aliens who melt worlds for iron.

3.66

8k+

🚀 Pulp Sf Adventure 🌌 Interplanetary War 📻 Golden Age Sf 👽 Captured By Aliens ⚡ Resource War

Triplanetary 89%

A stranded secret agent escapes pirates only to face aliens who melt worlds for iron.

by E.E. "Doc" Smith 1934

3.66

8k+ ratings

🚀 Pulp Sf Adventure 🌌 Interplanetary War 📻 Golden Age Sf 👽 Captured By Aliens ⚡ Resource 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 89%

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

The Swarm

by Orson Scott Card • 2016

Living ships swarm toward Earth, but military corruption may doom humanity before the aliens arrive.

4.14

7k+

🚀 Military Science Fiction 👽 Alien Invasion 🧠 Hive Mind 🧬 Bioengineered Aliens 🎖️ Child Soldiers

The Swarm 89%

Living ships swarm toward Earth, but military corruption may doom humanity before the aliens arrive.

by Orson Scott Card 2016

4.14

7k+ ratings

🚀 Military Science Fiction 👽 Alien Invasion 🧠 Hive Mind 🧬 Bioengineered Aliens 🎖️ Child Soldiers

War with the Newts

by Karel Čapek • 1990

Intelligent newts, found for pearls, become a global workforce that demands the planet for itself.

4.17

19k+

🏭 Satirical Dystopia 🧬 Speculative Evolution 🌍 Colonial Critique 🔄 Unintended Consequences ⚗️ Scientific Hubris

War with the Newts 89%

Intelligent newts, found for pearls, become a global workforce that demands the planet for itself.

by Karel Čapek 1990

4.17

19k+ ratings

🏭 Satirical Dystopia 🧬 Speculative Evolution 🌍 Colonial Critique 🔄 Unintended Consequences ⚗️ Scientific Hubris

Consider Phlebas

by Iain M. Banks • 1987

To save a crumbling empire, a shapeshifter must steal a runaway supermind from a dead world.

3.85

102k+

🦎 Shapeshifter Protagonist 🚀 Mercenary Crew 🛐 Alien Religion 🌍 Doomed Megastructure 🧠 Sentient Starship

Consider Phlebas 89%

To save a crumbling empire, a shapeshifter must steal a runaway supermind from a dead world.

by Iain M. Banks 1987

3.85

102k+ ratings

🦎 Shapeshifter Protagonist 🚀 Mercenary Crew 🛐 Alien Religion 🌍 Doomed Megastructure 🧠 Sentient Starship

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 89%

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

Gone

by Michael Grant • 2008

After the adults vanish, kids in a dome develop powers and two leaders battle for control.

3.87

211k+

🧒 Children Without Adults ⚡ Kids With Powers 🏘️ Isolated Small Town ⚔️ Brothers As Enemies ⏰ Ticking Clock

Gone 89%

After the adults vanish, kids in a dome develop powers and two leaders battle for control.

by Michael Grant 2008

3.87

211k+ ratings

🧒 Children Without Adults ⚡ Kids With Powers 🏘️ Isolated Small Town ⚔️ Brothers As Enemies ⏰ Ticking Clock

BEYOND EXTINCTION

by John Keeble • 2018

A geneticist's refuge becomes a lab; his lover, a numan; his DNA, a museum of extinction.

3.83

138

🧬 Genetic Dystopia 🧬 Species Replacement 🧠 Genetic Memory 🚫 Dehumanization 🦠 Pandemic Apocalypse

BEYOND EXTINCTION 89%

A geneticist's refuge becomes a lab; his lover, a numan; his DNA, a museum of extinction.

by John Keeble 2018

3.83

138 ratings

🧬 Genetic Dystopia 🧬 Species Replacement 🧠 Genetic Memory 🚫 Dehumanization 🦠 Pandemic Apocalypse

Operation Bounce House

by Matt Dinniman • 2026

A farmer wakes to find his colony turned into a children's live-fire mech game.

3.92

30k+

🎮 Death Game 🤖 Mech Combat 🐝 AI Companion ⚔️ Colonist Uprising 🩷 Found Family

Operation Bounce House 89%

A farmer wakes to find his colony turned into a children's live-fire mech game.

by Matt Dinniman 2026

3.92

30k+ ratings

🎮 Death Game 🤖 Mech Combat 🐝 AI Companion ⚔️ Colonist Uprising 🩷 Found Family

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

The Tower

by Colin Wilson • 1987

Giant telepathic spiders rule the earth, and one boy's mind holds the power they cannot break.

4.02

509

🧠 Psychic Dystopia 🕷️ Giant Spiders 🏭 Engineered Society 🏛️ Ancient Technology 💀 Philosophical Horror

The Tower 89%

Giant telepathic spiders rule the earth, and one boy's mind holds the power they cannot break.

by Colin Wilson 1987

4.02

509 ratings

🧠 Psychic Dystopia 🕷️ Giant Spiders 🏭 Engineered Society 🏛️ Ancient Technology 💀 Philosophical Horror

The Inverted World

by Christopher Priest • 1974

A city rolls north to outrun a twisted world. An apprentice bound by secrecy doubts reality.

3.95

11k+

📖 New Wave Science Fiction 👁️ Unreliable Reality 🔍 Secret Societies 🏝️ Isolated Society 🌄 Surreal Landscapes

The Inverted World 89%

A city rolls north to outrun a twisted world. An apprentice bound by secrecy doubts reality.

by Christopher Priest 1974

3.95

11k+ ratings

📖 New Wave Science Fiction 👁️ Unreliable Reality 🔍 Secret Societies 🏝️ Isolated Society 🌄 Surreal Landscapes

We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

by Dennis E. Taylor • 2016

A dead engineer wakes as an AI and is hurled into space inside a self-replicating probe.

4.25

133k+

🧠 Digital Consciousness 🚀 Von Neumann Probe 👥 Multiple Selves ⚖️ Prime Directive 🌍 Humanity's Last Hope

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) 89%

A dead engineer wakes as an AI and is hurled into space inside a self-replicating probe.

by Dennis E. Taylor 2016

4.25

133k+ ratings

🧠 Digital Consciousness 🚀 Von Neumann Probe 👥 Multiple Selves ⚖️ Prime Directive 🌍 Humanity's Last Hope

The Arbitrator

by Max Nowaz • 2016

To earn his next dose, a dying arbitrator must hold a rebel world together while his mind crumbles.

4.24

19k+

🪐 Space Colonialism 💉 Addict Protagonist 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🦎 Shape-Shifting Identity 🕵️ Sleeper Agent

The Arbitrator 88%

To earn his next dose, a dying arbitrator must hold a rebel world together while his mind crumbles.

by Max Nowaz 2016

4.24

19k+ ratings

🪐 Space Colonialism 💉 Addict Protagonist 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🦎 Shape-Shifting Identity 🕵️ Sleeper Agent

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+

🧬 Speculative Biology ⏳ Future History 🦴 Deep Time 🤖 Machine Intelligence 🫀 Body Horror

All Tomorrows 88%

Humanity colonizes the galaxy, then an ancient species breaks it into a thousand bizarre new forms.

by Nemo Ramjet 2006

4.16

11k+ ratings

🧬 Speculative Biology ⏳ Future History 🦴 Deep Time 🤖 Machine Intelligence 🫀 Body Horror

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+

🔮 Mind Reading 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🌌 Speculative Afterlife 🔬 Government Captive 🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi

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