10 books for fans of The Last Colony
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Old Man's War
Old Man\u2019s War • Book 1
by John Scalzi
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Join the army at 75, get a new enhanced body, and fight aliens for habitable planets—Scalzi's take on military sci-fi.
★ 4.23 Goodreads (226.8K ratings) - 2
The Consuming Fire
The Interdependency • Book 2
by John Scalzi
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Emperox Grayland watches the Flow that enables interstellar travel disappear, stranding entire star systems while politicians deny the coming catastrophe.
★ 4.22 Goodreads (37.6K ratings) - 3
The Last Emperox
The Interdependency • Book 3
by John Scalzi
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Star systems vanish behind the collapsing Flow while politicians and profiteers deny the science, leaving Emperox Grayland to save what she can of human civilization.
★ 4.14 Goodreads (33.4K ratings) - 4
The Collapsing Empire
The Interdependency • Book 1
by John Scalzi
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Scalzi builds a space empire dependent on interdimensional Flow streams, then watches it crumble as the physics that bind civilization start breaking down.
★ 4.13 Goodreads (60.3K ratings) - 5
The Android's Dream
The Android's Dream • Book 1
by John Scalzi
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Diplomatic relations with an alien species depend on finding a specific genetically-modified sheep before Earth faces annihilation—only Scalzi could make this work.
★ 3.99 Goodreads (24.2K ratings) - 6
The Kaiju Preservation Society
by John Scalzi
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COVID-era food delivery driver Jamie Gray accidentally lands a job protecting kaiju in an alternate dimension. Scalzi wrote this as pandemic comfort reading, and it shows in the best possible way.
★ 3.98 Goodreads (72.6K ratings) - 7
Agent to the Stars
by John Scalzi
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Benevolent aliens want to make contact but face a PR nightmare: they're hideous and smell terrible, so they hire Hollywood's hottest agent to rebrand them.
★ 3.93 Goodreads (24.1K ratings) - 8
Lock In
Lock In • Book 1
by John Scalzi
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After a pandemic causes 'lock in' syndrome in millions, society adapts with neural networks and robotic bodies. Scalzi uses this setup to explore disability, technology, and what makes us human through a murder investigation.
★ 3.92 Goodreads (72.3K ratings) - 9
When the Moon Hits Your Eye
by John Scalzi
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What starts as an absurd premise—the moon becomes cheese—becomes Scalzi's vehicle for exploring how humanity adapts to impossible circumstances with typical wit.
★ 3.78 Goodreads (18.5K ratings) - 10
Tor.com: Selected Original Fiction, 2008-2012
by Tor Books, Sylvia Day, Brandon Sanderson, Charles Stross, Ken MacLeod, Lee Mandelo, Rachel Swirsky, Meghan McCarron, John Scalzi
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This collection showcases Tor.com's finest original short fiction, including Nebula-nominated tales from Sanderson, Scalzi, and other genre luminaries. Premium speculative fiction in concentrated doses.
★ 3.32 Goodreads (104 ratings)