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Dan Stevens narrates Frankenstein with an eerie, sculpted intensity — his Victor is both feverish and cold, a man who speaks of creation the way others speak of God, and the creature's chapters arrive in a voice that is somehow more eloquent and more wounded than the man who made him. At 9 hours, the story never rushes its philosophical dread. Several of these recommendations also feature Stevens in the 's chair, and the rest run a similar length with that same unsettling quality of horror that thinks.

10 books for fans of Frankenstein

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    Terran Tactics (Antecedents' Legacy Book 3)

    Antecedents' Legacy • Book 3

    by Daniel Schinhofen

    4.74 Goodreads (1.3K ratings)
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    Turning Point

    Galaxy's Edge • Book 8

    by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

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    Article Nineteen initiates a hard reset against galactic corruption, but when the House of Reason allies with zhee extremists, the Legion commits to Total War. Anspach and Cole escalate their space military saga into galaxy-spanning conflict.

    4.51 Goodreads (2.2K ratings)
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    Endure

    Forgotten Starship • Book 4

    by M.R. Forbes

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    Deep behind enemy lines, the starship Pioneer teeters on capture while internal conspiracies threaten Tyson's defense preparations and the ship's remaining secrets.

    4.50 Goodreads (556 ratings)
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    Kingsblade: Warhammer 40,000

    by Andy Clarke, Andy Clark, Christopher Tester

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    After an Imperial retribution force shatters, two young Imperial Knight pilots must master the ways of war to save the world of Donatos. Andy Clarke focuses on character development within Warhammer 40,000's massive battles.

    4.50 Goodreads (2 ratings)
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    Blake's 7: Lucifer

    by Paul Darrow, Xanna Eve Chown, Jason Haigh-Ellery, Nicholas Briggs, Cavan Scott, Andrew Mark Sewell, Terry Nation, Anthony Lamb

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    Starting at the final moments of Blake's 7, Darrow imagines Avon's fate after losing Blake, his crew, and his ship. A lone survivor's struggle without the resources that once defined him.

    4.50 Goodreads (2 ratings)
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    Core Values (Trade World Saga Book 4)

    Trade World Saga • Book 4

    by Ken Pence

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    Discovering the origin of mysterious aliens while developing space-folding technology puts Earth at risk from unprepared colonists and hostile races. Progress versus preservation in interstellar trade wars.

    4.49 Goodreads (96 ratings)
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    Chasing the Dragon

    Tyrus Rechs: Contracts & Terminations • Book 2

    by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

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    The Dragon survived crime lords and Nether Ops, but notorious bounty hunter Tyrus Rechs presents a different kind of threat entirely.

    4.48 Goodreads (934 ratings)
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    Survival

    From Beyond • Book 3

    by Jasper T. Scott, Nathan Hystad

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    Atlas Donovan distributes humanity's cure on a mostly conquered Earth, but with Crawlers everywhere and reinfection looming, salvation may require going underground.

    4.45 Goodreads (803 ratings)
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    Sword of the Legion

    Galaxy's Edge • Book 6

    by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

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    Dark Ops must prevent Goth Sullus from claiming vital shipyards, even if stopping the Black Fleet's advance costs them everything. Anspach and Cole push their military sci-fi into sacrifice-or-surrender territory.

    4.44 Goodreads (2.5K ratings)
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    The Flood

    Arisen • Book 10

    by Michael Stephen Fuchs

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    Major Jameson must decide whether to risk everything on a mission into the collapsed Russian Empire to retrieve a designer pathogen deadly enough to stop the zombie hordes threatening London.

    4.44 Goodreads (1.9K ratings)