10 books for fans of Doomsday Book
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All Clear
All Clear • Book 2
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Oxford time-travel historians trapped in WWII London begin to suspect their presence has changed history. This conclusion to Willis's time-travel duology explores whether the future can be preserved when the past goes wrong.
★ 4.08 Goodreads (22.1K ratings) - 2
Rogues
Ancient World
by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Joe Abercrombie, Gillian Flynn, Matthew Hughes, Joe R. Lansdale, Michael Swanwick, David Ball, Carrie Vaughn, Scott Lynch, Bradley Denton, Cherie Priest, Daniel Abraham, Paul Cornell, Steven Saylor, Garth Nix, Walter Jon Williams, Phyllis Eisenstein, Lisa Tuttle, Neil Gaiman, Connie Willis, Patrick Rothfuss
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Thieves, con artists, and morally flexible heroes populate these original stories from genre heavyweights like Neil Gaiman and Patrick Rothfuss. The anthology celebrates characters who operate in ethical gray areas.
★ 3.87 Goodreads (24.6K ratings) - 3
Blackout
All Clear • Book 1
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Oxford historians studying WWII realize they're trapped in 1940s London when their time travel portals malfunction. Willis weaves together multiple timelines as her researchers face the possibility that they've accidentally altered history.
★ 3.86 Goodreads (27.6K ratings) - 4
Light Bringer
Red Rising • Book 6
by Pierce Brown
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Brown's space opera reaches new emotional depths as Darrow faces his greatest losses yet, while political maneuvering threatens to destroy everything the Rising fought for.
★ 4.77 Goodreads (110.6K ratings) - 5
This Inevitable Ruin
Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 7
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Floor nine brings Faction Wars: nine alien-sponsored armies battling for a central castle in the Dungeon Crawler system's most elaborate death match yet.
★ 4.68 Goodreads (74.1K ratings) - 6
Morning Star
Red Rising • Book 3
by Pierce Brown
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Darrow leads the final rebellion against the Gold overlords who hanged his wife and enslaved his people in this devastating conclusion to his revolutionary war.
★ 4.55 Goodreads (414.3K ratings) - 7
Defiance of the Fall 2
Defiance of the Fall • Book 2
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Zac has secured his island and grown incredibly powerful, but his strength attracts dangerous attention from natives, aliens, and the System itself. This LitRPG sequel balances character development with relentless progression mechanics.
★ 4.52 Goodreads (12.1K ratings) - 8
Fallout
Expeditionary Force • Book 13
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Joe Bishop and the Merry Band of Pirates face new cosmic threats in this continuation of humanity's unlikely partnership with ancient alien technology.
★ 4.52 Goodreads (7.2K ratings) - 9
The Dark Forest
Remembrance of Earth's Past • Book 2
by Liu Cixin, Joel Martinsen
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If the universe is a dark forest full of hidden predators, humanity just revealed its location to the Trisolaran fleet.
★ 4.40 Goodreads (224.9K ratings) - 10
Death's End
Remembrance of Earth's Past • Book 3
by Liu Cixin, Ken Liu
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The Three-Body trilogy's finale follows humanity's desperate attempts to survive alien colonization across multiple centuries and dimensions. Liu's hard science fiction tackles the Fermi paradox with solutions both ingenious and terrifying.
★ 4.40 Goodreads (176.1K ratings)