Books Like Sleeping Beauties

10 books for fans of Sleeping Beauties

1. 1

   

   The Tommyknockers

   by Stephen King

   King's residents of Haven develop miraculous technological abilities after exposure to a mysterious buried object, but their humanity slowly drains away with each innovation.

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   King's residents of Haven develop miraculous technological abilities after exposure to a mysterious buried object, but their humanity slowly drains away with each innovation.

   ★ 3.61 Goodreads (166.5K ratings)

   747 pages • 1987

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   11/22/63

   by Stephen King

   Jake Epping finds a diner's back room leads to 1958, launching his mission to stop Lee Harvey Oswald while navigating how the past resists alteration.

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   Jake Epping finds a diner's back room leads to 1958, launching his mission to stop Lee Harvey Oswald while navigating how the past resists alteration.

   ★ 4.35 Goodreads (667.2K ratings)

   849 pages • 2011

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   Light Bringer

   Red Rising • Book 6

   by Pierce Brown

   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.

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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)

   682 pages • 2023

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4. 4

   

   This Inevitable Ruin

   Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 7

   by Matt Dinniman

   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.

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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)

   870 pages • 2024

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5. 5

   

   Morning Star

   Red Rising • Book 3

   by Pierce Brown

   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.

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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)

   524 pages • 2016

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   Defiance of the Fall 2

   Defiance of the Fall • Book 2

   by TheFirstDefier, J.F. Brink

   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.

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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)

   638 pages • 2021

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   The Dark Forest

   Remembrance of Earth's Past • Book 2

   by Liu Cixin, Joel Martinsen

   If the universe is a dark forest full of hidden predators, humanity just revealed its location to the Trisolaran fleet.

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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)

   512 pages • 2008

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   Death's End

   Remembrance of Earth's Past • Book 3

   by Liu Cixin, Ken Liu

   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.

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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)

   604 pages • 2010

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   Calibans Krieg

   The Expanse • Book 2

   by James S.A. Corey

   Der zweite Band der Expanse-Saga eskaliert die Spannungen zwischen Erde und Mars, während das Protomolekül neue Bedrohungen auf Ganymed schafft. Corey erweitert das Universum um neue Charaktere und politische Komplexitäten.

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   Der zweite Band der Expanse-Saga eskaliert die Spannungen zwischen Erde und Mars, während das Protomolekül neue Bedrohungen auf Ganymed schafft. Corey erweitert das Universum um neue Charaktere und politische Komplexitäten.

   ★ 4.39 Goodreads (185.8K ratings)

   656 pages • 2012

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    Persepolis Rising

    The Expanse • Book 7

    by James S.A. Corey

    Thirty years after the ring gates opened, the Rocinante crew faces their biggest challenge yet when Laconia emerges with overwhelming alien-enhanced power.

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    Thirty years after the ring gates opened, the Rocinante crew faces their biggest challenge yet when Laconia emerges with overwhelming alien-enhanced power.

    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (88.5K ratings)

    608 pages • 2017

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