Crew As Family Books | Summaries & Audio

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 87%

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

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 87%

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 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 87%

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

The Knight

by Will Wight • 2024

A wizard with memories of failed lives leads a crew of outcasts against a rising Swarm-Queen.

4.45

5k+

🚀 Space Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🃏 Team Of Misfits ⚔️ Sacrificial Heroism 🌱 Hopepunk

The Knight 87%

A wizard with memories of failed lives leads a crew of outcasts against a rising Swarm-Queen.

by Will Wight 2024

4.45

5k+ ratings

🚀 Space Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🃏 Team Of Misfits ⚔️ Sacrificial Heroism 🌱 Hopepunk

Trading in Danger

by Elizabeth Moon • 2003

A disgraced cadet captains a rusty freighter into a star system collapsing into war.

4.00

16k+

🚀 Interstellar Trade ⚔️ Space Mutiny 👥 Ragtag Crew 💰 Space Mercenaries 👩‍✈️ Woman Ship Captain

Trading in Danger 87%

A disgraced cadet captains a rusty freighter into a star system collapsing into war.

by Elizabeth Moon 2003

4.00

16k+ ratings

🚀 Interstellar Trade ⚔️ Space Mutiny 👥 Ragtag Crew 💰 Space Mercenaries 👩‍✈️ Woman Ship Captain

The Engineer

by Will Wight • 2023

A wizard with seven past lives must unite a misfit crew to rescue their captured engineer.

4.41

6k+

🌌 Space Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🏴‍☠️ Ragtag Crew 💔 Fallen Hero 🚀 Sentient Starship

The Engineer 86%

A wizard with seven past lives must unite a misfit crew to rescue their captured engineer.

by Will Wight 2023

4.41

6k+ ratings

🌌 Space Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🏴‍☠️ Ragtag Crew 💔 Fallen Hero 🚀 Sentient Starship

A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy

by Alex White • 2018

A found-family crew wears stolen faces to infiltrate the cult that funds a galactic conspiracy.

4.08

3k+

🔮 Magic Space Opera 💕 Found Family Crew 💖 Sapphic Romance 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy 🎭 Heist Infiltration

A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy 86%

A found-family crew wears stolen faces to infiltrate the cult that funds a galactic conspiracy.

by Alex White 2018

4.08

3k+ ratings

🔮 Magic Space Opera 💕 Found Family Crew 💖 Sapphic Romance 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy 🎭 Heist Infiltration

One Piece, Volume 1

by Eiichiro Oda • 1997

A rubber boy who can't swim sails the deadliest ocean to claim the pirate crown.

4.49

183k+

🫂 Found Family Crew ⛵ High Seas Fantasy 💥 Superpower Manga 💰 Treasure Hunt ☀️ Relentless Optimism

One Piece, Volume 1 86%

A rubber boy who can't swim sails the deadliest ocean to claim the pirate crown.

by Eiichiro Oda 1997

4.49

183k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family Crew ⛵ High Seas Fantasy 💥 Superpower Manga 💰 Treasure Hunt ☀️ Relentless Optimism

Redshirts

by John Scalzi • 2012

Ensigns die like TV extras on his starship. One recruit travels to 2012 to confront the writers.

3.87

119k+

🛸 Meta Science Fiction 🖖 Star Trek Parody 🪟 Fourth Wall Breaking 💀 Expendable Crew 👥 Found Family

Redshirts 86%

Ensigns die like TV extras on his starship. One recruit travels to 2012 to confront the writers.

by John Scalzi 2012

3.87

119k+ ratings

🛸 Meta Science Fiction 🖖 Star Trek Parody 🪟 Fourth Wall Breaking 💀 Expendable Crew 👥 Found Family

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 86%

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

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 86%

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

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 86%

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

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

by Becky Chambers • 2021

Five travelers from four species stranded by debris at a remote rest stop, going nowhere.

4.40

43k+

🫖 Cozy Sci-Fi 🚀 Found Family In Space 🛑 Stranded Together 👽 Alien Cultures 💕 Cross-Species Romance

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within Summary

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within 86%

Five travelers from four species stranded by debris at a remote rest stop, going nowhere.

by Becky Chambers 2021

4.40

43k+ ratings

🫖 Cozy Sci-Fi 🚀 Found Family In Space 🛑 Stranded Together 👽 Alien Cultures 💕 Cross-Species Romance

Record of a Spaceborn Few

by Becky Chambers • 2018

In a generation-ship fleet, the dead become soil and belonging is a question renewed each day.

4.12

61k+

🚀 Generation Ship 🕯️ Death As Ritual ⚖️ Tradition Vs Change 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🌅 Quietly Hopeful

Record of a Spaceborn Few 86%

In a generation-ship fleet, the dead become soil and belonging is a question renewed each day.

by Becky Chambers 2018

4.12

61k+ ratings

🚀 Generation Ship 🕯️ Death As Ritual ⚖️ Tradition Vs Change 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🌅 Quietly Hopeful

Delta-v

by Daniel Suarez • 2019

A cave diver joins outcasts mining an asteroid in secret, far beyond hope of rescue.

4.16

11k+

🚀 Hard Sf ☄️ Asteroid Mining 🫂 Found Family 🛠️ Ragtag Crew 🌌 Deep Space

Delta-v 86%

A cave diver joins outcasts mining an asteroid in secret, far beyond hope of rescue.

by Daniel Suarez 2019

4.16

11k+ ratings

🚀 Hard Sf ☄️ Asteroid Mining 🫂 Found Family 🛠️ Ragtag Crew 🌌 Deep Space

The Pilot

by Will Wight • 2025

A mage captain leads his crew against the planets themselves. His curse could doom them all.

4.41

3k+

🌌 Space Fantasy 🕸️ Galactic Conspiracy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🚀 Sentient Ships ⚔️ Cursed Hero

The Pilot 86%

A mage captain leads his crew against the planets themselves. His curse could doom them all.

by Will Wight 2025

4.41

3k+ ratings

🌌 Space Fantasy 🕸️ Galactic Conspiracy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🚀 Sentient Ships ⚔️ Cursed Hero

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 85%

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 Mad Ship

by Robin Hobb • 2008

An outcast crew sails a mad sentient ship into pirate waters to rescue a captive vessel.

4.35

89k+

⚓ Maritime Fantasy 🚢 Sentient Ships 👪 Found Family 🧠 Memory Magic 🏛️ Lost Underground City

The Mad Ship 85%

An outcast crew sails a mad sentient ship into pirate waters to rescue a captive vessel.

by Robin Hobb 2008

4.35

89k+ ratings

⚓ Maritime Fantasy 🚢 Sentient Ships 👪 Found Family 🧠 Memory Magic 🏛️ Lost Underground City

Eyes of the Void

by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2022

The Architects return. A haunted navigator must uncover their secret while every faction hunts him.

4.19

21k+

🏛️ Alien Ruins 🤝 Found Family 😟 Reluctant Hero 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🎭 Political Intrigue

Eyes of the Void 85%

The Architects return. A haunted navigator must uncover their secret while every faction hunts him.

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022

4.19

21k+ ratings

🏛️ Alien Ruins 🤝 Found Family 😟 Reluctant Hero 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🎭 Political Intrigue

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 85%

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

Arm of the Sphinx

by Josiah Bancroft • 2014

A captain turned pirate scours a tower for his lost wife while addiction summons her ghost.

4.31

18k+

🏴‍☠️ Airship Pirates 💛 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Leader 🖤 Guilt And Obsession ⚓ Women In Command

Arm of the Sphinx 85%

A captain turned pirate scours a tower for his lost wife while addiction summons her ghost.

by Josiah Bancroft 2014

4.31

18k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Airship Pirates 💛 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Leader 🖤 Guilt And Obsession ⚓ Women In Command

Fallout

by Craig Alanson • 2021

Humanity bluffed its way among the stars. Now ancient machines awaken to erase all life.

4.52

7k+

🚀 Military Space Opera 🤖 Snarky AI Companion 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family Crew 👽 Ancient Alien Threat 🌍 Underdog Humanity

Fallout 85%

Humanity bluffed its way among the stars. Now ancient machines awaken to erase all life.

by Craig Alanson 2021

4.52

7k+ ratings

🚀 Military Space Opera 🤖 Snarky AI Companion 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family Crew 👽 Ancient Alien Threat 🌍 Underdog Humanity

Tides & Drift

by Adrienne Young • 2024

The heir to a harbor crime family falls for the trader who should be his enemy.

3.86

764

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 💔 Forbidden Love 🏚️ Family Of Criminals 🫂 Found Family 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Tides & Drift 85%

The heir to a harbor crime family falls for the trader who should be his enemy.

by Adrienne Young 2024

3.86

764 ratings

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 💔 Forbidden Love 🏚️ Family Of Criminals 🫂 Found Family 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

The Professor Wore Prussian Blue

by Shelley Adina • 2022

Pirates take her fiancé. Daisy and her medium sister rally a found family to steal him back.

4.41

167

🚀 Steampunk Airships 👻 Mediumship 💣 Heist And Sabotage 🦸 Unlikely Heroes 🖤 Found Family

The Professor Wore Prussian Blue Summary

The Professor Wore Prussian Blue 85%

Pirates take her fiancé. Daisy and her medium sister rally a found family to steal him back.

by Shelley Adina 2022

4.41

167 ratings

🚀 Steampunk Airships 👻 Mediumship 💣 Heist And Sabotage 🦸 Unlikely Heroes 🖤 Found Family

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 85%

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

Namesake

by Adrienne Young • 2021

Captured by a rival, a dredger leads a dive into lethal reefs to win her freedom.

4.01

70k+

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 💕 Slow-Burn Romance 💎 Treasure Diving 🔐 Generational Secrets

Namesake 85%

Captured by a rival, a dredger leads a dive into lethal reefs to win her freedom.

by Adrienne Young 2021

4.01

70k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 💕 Slow-Burn Romance 💎 Treasure Diving 🔐 Generational Secrets

Of Sea and Shadow

by Will Wight • 2014

A sea captain's hunt for an immortality artifact draws assassins and stirs an ancient sleeping god.

4.13

6k+

🚢 Nautical Fantasy 🩷 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identities ⚖️ Forbidden Bargains 💔 Grief And Loss

Of Sea and Shadow 85%

A sea captain's hunt for an immortality artifact draws assassins and stirs an ancient sleeping god.

by Will Wight 2014

4.13

6k+ ratings

🚢 Nautical Fantasy 🩷 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identities ⚖️ Forbidden Bargains 💔 Grief And Loss

Buried Deep and Other Stories

by Naomi Novik • 2024

Exiled to the colonies, a defiant heiress dons a magical disguise and joins her pirate captors.

4.02

7k+

🏰 Regency Fantasy 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 🎭 Gender Disguise 🤝 Reluctant Allies 👥 Found Family

Buried Deep and Other Stories 85%

Exiled to the colonies, a defiant heiress dons a magical disguise and joins her pirate captors.

by Naomi Novik 2024

4.02

7k+ ratings

🏰 Regency Fantasy 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 🎭 Gender Disguise 🤝 Reluctant Allies 👥 Found Family

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 85%

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

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 85%

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

The Human Division

by John Scalzi • 2013

With Earth gone, a diplomatic ship's forgotten crew must save humanity from a hidden enemy.

4.09

39k+

🚀 Episodic Space Opera 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🫂 Found Family 🌐 Interstellar Diplomacy 🏆 Underdog Protagonists

The Human Division 85%

With Earth gone, a diplomatic ship's forgotten crew must save humanity from a hidden enemy.

by John Scalzi 2013

4.09

39k+ ratings

🚀 Episodic Space Opera 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🫂 Found Family 🌐 Interstellar Diplomacy 🏆 Underdog Protagonists

The Star Outside My Window

by Onjali Q. Raúf • 2019

A ten-year-old sees her missing mother in a new star and sets off to name it.

4.31

3k+

🏠 Foster Care Story 🤝 Found Family 👫 Sibling Devotion 🌙 Nighttime Adventure 🌟 Symbolic Stars

The Star Outside My Window 85%

A ten-year-old sees her missing mother in a new star and sets off to name it.

by Onjali Q. Raúf 2019

4.31

3k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care Story 🤝 Found Family 👫 Sibling Devotion 🌙 Nighttime Adventure 🌟 Symbolic Stars

Red Seas Under Red Skies

by Scott Lynch • 2007

Two con artists, poisoned and trapped, must become pirates to survive the archon's deadly scheme.

4.25

162k+

🎭 Fantasy Heist 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 👥 Buddy Duo 🤝 Double Crosses 😈 Dark Humor

Red Seas Under Red Skies 85%

Two con artists, poisoned and trapped, must become pirates to survive the archon's deadly scheme.

by Scott Lynch 2007

4.25

162k+ ratings

🎭 Fantasy Heist 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 👥 Buddy Duo 🤝 Double Crosses 😈 Dark Humor

The Silver Tide

by Jen Williams • 2016

An old map. A cursed island. Three outcasts who must stop the gods from being reborn.

4.27

989

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 💛 Found Family ⚔️ War Against Gods 🏝️ Cursed Island 🖤 Cosmic Horror

The Silver Tide 85%

An old map. A cursed island. Three outcasts who must stop the gods from being reborn.

by Jen Williams 2016

4.27

989 ratings

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 💛 Found Family ⚔️ War Against Gods 🏝️ Cursed Island 🖤 Cosmic Horror

Pirates of Aletharia

by Britney Jackson • 2021

Fleeing the gallows, a dragon sorceress trades her magic for passage with a scarred pirate captain.

4.36

3k+

🏴‍☠️ Sapphic Pirates 🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Found Family 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 🐉 Dragon Bond

Pirates of Aletharia 85%

Fleeing the gallows, a dragon sorceress trades her magic for passage with a scarred pirate captain.

by Britney Jackson 2021

4.36

3k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Sapphic Pirates 🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Found Family 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 🐉 Dragon Bond

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 84%

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 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 84%

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

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

by T.J. Klune • 2024

Arthur's island sanctuary for magical children faces an inspection set on tearing his family apart.

4.10

224k+

😊 Cozy Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ✨ Magical Children 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Romance 🌈 Queer Family

Somewhere Beyond the Sea 84%

Arthur's island sanctuary for magical children faces an inspection set on tearing his family apart.

by T.J. Klune 2024

4.10

224k+ ratings

😊 Cozy Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ✨ Magical Children 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Romance 🌈 Queer Family

Brigands & Breadknives

by Travis Baldree • 2025

A bookseller bolts from her hollow success, waking between a weary elf and a goblin bounty.

4.03

36k+

🫂 Found Family 😬 Reluctant Adventurer 🍃 Low Stakes Fantasy 🛞 Fantasy Road Trip 📚 Bookish Fantasy

Brigands & Breadknives 84%

A bookseller bolts from her hollow success, waking between a weary elf and a goblin bounty.

by Travis Baldree 2025

4.03

36k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 😬 Reluctant Adventurer 🍃 Low Stakes Fantasy 🛞 Fantasy Road Trip 📚 Bookish Fantasy

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 84%

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

The Thief Lord

by Cornelia Funke • 2000

Two runaway brothers join Venice's child thieves and discover a magical secret on a hidden island.

3.99

103k+

🫂 Found Family 🏃 Runaway Children 👥 Band Of Misfits 💰 Heist Adventure 🛶 Venice

The Thief Lord 84%

Two runaway brothers join Venice's child thieves and discover a magical secret on a hidden island.

by Cornelia Funke 2000

3.99

103k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🏃 Runaway Children 👥 Band Of Misfits 💰 Heist Adventure 🛶 Venice

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 84%

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

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

by Becky Chambers • 2022

A tea monk and a curious robot travel the countryside, asking one deceptively simple question.

4.37

89k+

☕ Cozy Sci-Fi 🤖 Robot Companion 🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi 🏞️ Quiet Adventure ☀️ Solarpunk

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy 84%

A tea monk and a curious robot travel the countryside, asking one deceptively simple question.

by Becky Chambers 2022

4.37

89k+ ratings

☕ Cozy Sci-Fi 🤖 Robot Companion 🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi 🏞️ Quiet Adventure ☀️ Solarpunk

Across Dark Seas

by Clare Sager • 2020

Fleeing a forced marriage, a noblewoman joins pirates: the sea awakens her hidden fae magic.

3.85

2k+

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 🧚 Hidden Fae Blood 💔 Escaping The Altar ⚓ Female Pirate Crew 🤝 Chosen Family

Across Dark Seas 84%

Fleeing a forced marriage, a noblewoman joins pirates: the sea awakens her hidden fae magic.

by Clare Sager 2020

3.85

2k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 🧚 Hidden Fae Blood 💔 Escaping The Altar ⚓ Female Pirate Crew 🤝 Chosen Family

Waybound

by Will Wight • 2023

Lindon, a Dreadgod, must exile the Monarchs before the final Dreadgods wake, or hunger claims him.

4.62

24k+

📈 Progression Fantasy 🐉 Xianxia 🫂 Found Family 👶 Zero To Hero 🏋️ Training Arcs

Waybound 84%

Lindon, a Dreadgod, must exile the Monarchs before the final Dreadgods wake, or hunger claims him.

by Will Wight 2023

4.62

24k+ ratings

📈 Progression Fantasy 🐉 Xianxia 🫂 Found Family 👶 Zero To Hero 🏋️ Training Arcs

Fable

by Adrienne Young • 2020

Diving for gems keeps her alive; the outlaw ship ferrying her to her father might not.

4.00

117k+

⛵ Seafaring Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💎 Hidden Treasure 🌊 Survival At Sea

Fable 84%

Diving for gems keeps her alive; the outlaw ship ferrying her to her father might not.

by Adrienne Young 2020

4.00

117k+ ratings

⛵ Seafaring Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💎 Hidden Treasure 🌊 Survival At Sea

Master and Apprentice

by Claudia Gray • 2019

A Jedi Master and apprentice must crown a princess, but a vision of bloodshed foretells disaster.

4.16

23k+

🧑‍🏫 Mentor Mentee 🔮 Prophetic Dreams 🕵️ Honorable Thieves 🏰 Palace Coup 📜 Political Conspiracy

Master and Apprentice 84%

A Jedi Master and apprentice must crown a princess, but a vision of bloodshed foretells disaster.

by Claudia Gray 2019

4.16

23k+ ratings

🧑‍🏫 Mentor Mentee 🔮 Prophetic Dreams 🕵️ Honorable Thieves 🏰 Palace Coup 📜 Political Conspiracy

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 84%

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

The Last Legacy

by Adrienne Young • 2021

An orphan must survive her crime family's brutal games, where the silversmith is her sharpest rival.

3.91

13k+

🖤 Fantasy Crime Family ⚔️ Low Fantasy 🎭 Political Intrigue 💕 Reluctant Allies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Last Legacy 84%

An orphan must survive her crime family's brutal games, where the silversmith is her sharpest rival.

by Adrienne Young 2021

3.91

13k+ ratings

🖤 Fantasy Crime Family ⚔️ Low Fantasy 🎭 Political Intrigue 💕 Reluctant Allies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

by Shannon Chakraborty • 2023

Retired pirate captain takes a rescue job pitting her against a sorcerer and her demon ex-husband.

4.24

82k+

🏴‍☠️ Retired Pirate Captain 🖤 Found Family 👩‍👧 Mother On A Mission 😈 Demonic Pact 🗡️ Daring Rescue

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi Summary

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi 84%

Retired pirate captain takes a rescue job pitting her against a sorcerer and her demon ex-husband.

by Shannon Chakraborty 2023

4.24

82k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Retired Pirate Captain 🖤 Found Family 👩‍👧 Mother On A Mission 😈 Demonic Pact 🗡️ Daring Rescue

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