10 books for fans of The Three-Body Problem
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Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View
Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View • Book 1
by Elizabeth Schaefer, Ben Acker, Jonathan Davis, Tom Angleberger, Janina Gavankar, Ben Blacker, Jon Hamm, Jeffrey Brown, Jason Fry, Neil Patrick Harris, Christie Golden, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Pierce Brown, Ashley Eckstein, Carol Monda, Mur Lafferty, Marc Thompson, Ken Liu, Griffin McElroy, John Jackson Miller, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Nnedi Okorafor, Daniel José Older, Ian Doescher, Daniel M. Lavery, Madeleine Roux, Gary D. Schmidt, Matt Fraction, Cavan Scott, Sabaa Tahir, Kieron Gillen, Glen Weldon, Chuck Wendig, Gary Whitta, Meg Cabot, Pablo Hidalgo, Adam Christopher, Rae Carson, Zoraida Córdova, Delilah S. Dawson, Paul Dini, Alexander Freed, Claudia Gray, Paul S. Kemp, Elizabeth Wein, Beth Revis, Greg Rucka, Charles Soule, Wil Wheaton, Renée Ahdieh
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Forty authors reimagine A New Hope through the eyes of cantina patrons, Death Star gunners, and other background characters, revealing hidden stories within the familiar epic.
★ 3.94 Goodreads (15.5K ratings) - 2
Biomancer 2
New Era Online: Biomancer • Book 2
by Shemer Kuznits
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Flesh-manipulation powers meet overpowered druidic guardians as Seraph pushes toward the Heart of the Forest. Kuznits explores how virtual reality's moral flexibility corrupts real-world decision making.
★ 4.33 Goodreads (335 ratings) - 3
Written in Fire
Brilliance Saga • Book 3
by Marcus Sakey
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After thirty years of tension, the war between brilliants and normals finally explodes into open conflict with the White House in ruins. Sakey delivers a satisfying conclusion to his superhuman civil war saga.
★ 4.19 Goodreads (14.5K ratings) - 4
Off to Be the Wizard
Magic 2.0 • Book 1
by Scott Meyer
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Computer programmer Martin discovers he can manipulate reality like software code, but when caught by authorities, he escapes to medieval times to masquerade as a wizard with predictably chaotic results.
★ 4.00 Goodreads (42.7K ratings) - 5
An Unwelcome Quest
Magic 2.0 • Book 3
by Scott Meyer
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Meyer's third Magic 2.0 adventure pits his hacker-wizards against a former apprentice seeking revenge, mixing programming jokes with genuine fantasy adventure.
★ 4.00 Goodreads (18.6K ratings) - 6
Brilliance
Brilliance Saga • Book 1
by Marcus Sakey
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Since 1980, one percent of children are born with extraordinary abilities called brilliance, and now federal agent Nick Cooper—himself a brilliant—must track down terrorists using their powers against the government.
★ 3.98 Goodreads (33.2K ratings) - 7
The Ember War
The Ember War Saga • Book 1
by Richard Fox
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Earth faces extinction when an alien armada arrives, but a mysterious probe offers humanity one chance through inventor Marc Ibarra's daring plan. Military sci-fi with overwhelming odds and clever human solutions.
★ 3.95 Goodreads (3.7K ratings) - 8
Renegade Star
Renegade Star • Book 1
by J.N. Chaney
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Everyone knows Earth is just a bedtime story until Captain Hughes encounters a nun with secrets that shatter everything he thought he knew about humanity's origins. Chaney launches his series with genuine mystery and discovery.
★ 3.89 Goodreads (4.6K ratings) - 9
The Atopia Chronicles
Atopia Chronicles #1-6 • Book 1
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Corporate island Atopia offers Earth's wealthy virtual reality as an escape from planetary destruction, but Dr. Killiam's program to save humanity might damn it instead.
★ 3.56 Goodreads (6.1K ratings) - 10
The Legends of Luke Skywalker (Star Wars: Journey to Star Wars: the Last Jedi)
Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi
by Ken Liu
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Rather than answering what Luke Skywalker really accomplished, Liu explores how legends grow and distort across the galaxy. The conflicting tales reveal more about storytelling itself than any single 'true' version could.
★ 3.43 Goodreads (3.4K ratings)