I'm looking for space themed recs, i.e. books that are set in space in the following genres:
-romance
-fantasy
-literary fiction
-horror
-dystopian
-space opera/sci-fi
Orbital by Samantha Harvey! It’s set on the international space station but definitely leans more litfic than scifi
jacksavant on
The Expanse by James S. A. Corey is a grounded space opera of the highest caliber! Also really enjoyed Artifact Space by Miles Cameron.
Blindsight by Peter Watts might serve your horror needs.
ANonnyMouse79 on
The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez.
The Stardust Grail (space heist!) By Yume Kitasei.
Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinnaman.
The Darkness Outside Us and The Brightness Between us by Eliot Schrefer
The Martian by Andy Weir
The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir.
zhongdaplaysdota on
Substack’s The Next One Piece (thenextonepiece [dot] substack [dot] com) has been my favourite story recently – not strictly “set in space” the whole time, but it has that same large-scale, shifting-worlds feel and layered factions you’d get in space opera, just approached in a more character-first way.
For romance, *The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet* by Becky Chambers is great – very character-driven, found family, with some soft romance woven in.
For horror, *Dead Silence* by S. A. Barnes – basically a haunted spaceship, very tense.
For dystopian, *The Space Between Worlds* by Micaiah Johnson – more multiverse than traditional space travel, but it hits that survival + systems vibe.
For something more literary, *The Employees* by Olga Ravn is super unique – told through reports/interviews on a spaceship, very introspective.
And for full-on space opera, *Leviathan Wakes* by James S. A. Corey – big world, mystery, politics, but still very readable.
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Orbital by Samantha Harvey! It’s set on the international space station but definitely leans more litfic than scifi
The Expanse by James S. A. Corey is a grounded space opera of the highest caliber! Also really enjoyed Artifact Space by Miles Cameron.
Blindsight by Peter Watts might serve your horror needs.
The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez.
The Stardust Grail (space heist!) By Yume Kitasei.
Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinnaman.
The Darkness Outside Us and The Brightness Between us by Eliot Schrefer
The Martian by Andy Weir
The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir.
Substack’s The Next One Piece (thenextonepiece [dot] substack [dot] com) has been my favourite story recently – not strictly “set in space” the whole time, but it has that same large-scale, shifting-worlds feel and layered factions you’d get in space opera, just approached in a more character-first way.
For romance, *The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet* by Becky Chambers is great – very character-driven, found family, with some soft romance woven in.
For horror, *Dead Silence* by S. A. Barnes – basically a haunted spaceship, very tense.
For dystopian, *The Space Between Worlds* by Micaiah Johnson – more multiverse than traditional space travel, but it hits that survival + systems vibe.
For something more literary, *The Employees* by Olga Ravn is super unique – told through reports/interviews on a spaceship, very introspective.
And for full-on space opera, *Leviathan Wakes* by James S. A. Corey – big world, mystery, politics, but still very readable.