10 books for fans of Leviathan Wakes
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The Mercy of Gods
The Captive's War • Book 1
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When alien conquerors treat humanity as experimental subjects in their ancient war, survival depends on proving we're worth keeping alive. Corey crafts cosmic horror with intimate stakes.
★ 4.16 Goodreads (38.5K ratings) - 2
Too Like the Lightning
Terra Ignota • Book 1
by Ada Palmer
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Set in a world where nation-states are replaced by philosophical tribes, this genre-defying novel follows a convict-narrator investigating crimes that could shatter utopian society.
★ 3.81 Goodreads (15.9K ratings) - 3
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) - 4
Devoradores de estrelas
by Andy Weir, Natalie Gerhardt
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Weir's latest combines scientific problem-solving with cosmic stakes as a lone astronaut must prevent humanity's extinction from stellar parasites threatening all life.
★ 4.51 Goodreads (1.3M ratings) - 5
Golden Son
Red Rising • Book 2
by Pierce Brown
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Darrow must maintain his Gold disguise while orchestrating a rebellion that could free the enslaved Red caste. Brown's middle volume amplifies the stakes with space warfare and political betrayal.
★ 4.50 Goodreads (505.3K ratings) - 6
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) - 7
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Sector 64 Box Set
Sector 64 • Book 1
by Dean M. Cole
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Cole's trilogy explores the unintended consequences of human advancement: our attempt at species uplift draws hostile alien attention. Fighter pilots become humanity's unlikely heroes in a war we never saw coming.
★ 5.00 Goodreads (1 ratings) - 9
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Exploration: A Litrpg Apocalypse
Welcome to the Multiverse • Book 10
by Sean Oswald, Joshua Mason
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Transported across the multiverse to medieval Aerth, Silas confronts the Order—a powerful faction that cloaks control and oppression in the language of righteousness.
★ 4.68 Goodreads (635 ratings)