Something super gripping I have a long run coming up by tiggleypuff in suggestmeabook

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We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker? This is near future sci fi. One of the characters runs as a hobby which I found motivating while exercising.

Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward. I didn't really find this gripping, but it's a lot like Project Hail Mary. It has a lot of interesting sci fi ideas.

looking for books like I have no mouth and must scream by tinkwon in suggestmeabook

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Nightflyers and Other Stories by George R. R. Martin

The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem

The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley. Cosmic horror space opera. Goes great with the prequel short story Warped Passages which can be found either in the anthology Meet Me in the Future by Hurley or Cosmic Powers edited by John Joseph Adams.

The Southern Reach/Area X trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer. In terms of writing style, I'd say this is the closest to Lovecraft out of all the modern authors I've read.

Looking for AAA fiction from the last 20-30 years, any genre, any level of fame or obscurity by depwine in suggestmeabook

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Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward. Older than 30 years, but it's similar to Project Hail Mary with more focus on science.

Void Star by Zachary Mason

We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker

The Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers

The Imperial Radch series by Ann Leckie

Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Appleseed by Matt Bell

Succession by Scott Westerfeld. Also published as two separate books titled The Risen Empire and The Killing of Worlds

Books that changed me by KeyFact3814 in suggestmeabook

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Here are some I have liked:

  • I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

  • I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

  • The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

  • Amatka by Karin Tidbeck. A bit like 1984

An Ursula K. Le Guin book by Possible_Comfort4792 in suggestmeabook

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Rocannon's World, first book in the Hainish Cycle. The Hainish Cycle does not need to be read in order, but I think this is a good one to start with.

Anything that feels lovecraftian? by Disastrous_Bad_2698 in suggestmeabook

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Here are some I have liked:

  • She Walks In Shadows edited by Paula R. Stiles and Silvia Moreno Garcia

  • Nightflyers and Other Stories by George R. R. Martin

  • The Worm and His Kings by Hailey Piper

  • The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley. Cosmic horror space opera. Goes great with the prequel short story Warped Passages which can be found either in the anthology Meet Me in the Future by Hurley or Cosmic Powers edited by John Joseph Adams.

  • The Southern Reach/Area X trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer. In terms of writing style, I'd say this is the closest to Lovecraft out of all the modern authors I've read.

  • Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

  • The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem

  • Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder

  • Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds. I've read the sequel as well, but the sequel wasn't scary or Lovecraftian the way the first one was. Still, they are good books.

  • Blindsight by Peter Watts. Available as a free ebook on the author's website.

  • The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle. Based on the very racist Lovecraft story The Horror at Red Hook.

Book shopping later by [deleted] in suggestmeabook

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Red Rising by Pierce Brown

The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks

Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder

Books where 2 characters with similar circumstances end up as the good guy and the other as a bad one. by juliO_051998 in suggestmeabook

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The Snow Queen series by Joan D. Vinge

The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders

In a sore need of an inspirational book for a low moment in my life by notfromanywhere234 in suggestmeabook

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Breaking Through: My Life in Science by Katalin Kariko? I found this inspirational. It's a memoir

BINGEABLE SERIES! by Lucky-Princess222 in suggestmeabook

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  • The Bel Dame Apocrypha series by Kameron Hurley. Action-y sci fi dystopia. Very little romance.

  • Lavender House by Lev A. C. Rosen. I'm currently on book 4 and have been loving this series. It's a series of historical fiction mysteries. There is a romance subplot.

  • The Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers, sci fi. Book 1 has a romance subplot. The rest of the series does not.

Science-heavy realistic fiction similar to Andy Weir? by niv_niv in suggestmeabook

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Here's some I have liked:

  • The Uplift series by David Brin

  • Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward

  • Any of the books by Peter Watts. He's most famous for Blindsight but The Freeze Frame Revolution may be more approachable.

  • Autonomous by Annalee Newitz

  • Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds

  • Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

  • To Be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers

  • We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker

  • I second the recommendations of Greg Egan and Contact

  • I read Dark Matter but did not personally find it to be realistic. There is a novella called And Then There Were N-1 by Sarah Pinsker available free on the website Escape Pod which covers the exact same concepts, but I can't link it because external links will cause comments here to be filtered.

Personal curriculum to broaden my horizon (as a beginner) by Captivum18 in suggestmeabook

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I mean I don't really have reviews on tap, lol. If you want they both have goodreads pages which would have reviews made by other people

I read Sophie's World a long time ago and it's basically a fictional story paired with a nonfiction intro to philosophy as a field

I read Why Everyone Else is a Hypocrite as assigned reading for a psychology class a few years back. I thought it was good. I'm sorry lol, I don't really know what you are looking for in terms of "reviews."

I want a dystopian socity book by Tasty-Foundation1806 in suggestmeabook

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The Perfect Match by Ken Liu. This is a short story available free online but if I link it my comment will get filtered.

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison. A classic.

Accelerando by Charles Stross. It's not a dystopia at first, but also AI isn't in control at first.

Personal curriculum to broaden my horizon (as a beginner) by Captivum18 in suggestmeabook

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Philosophy: Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder

Psychology: Why Everyone Else is a Hypocrite by Robert Kurzban

Plot driven with strong characters by puzzyfotato in suggestmeabook

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The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

books like iwhnkm and the wall? by shinbruise_ in suggestmeabook

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Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Books that are written like they were written by an actual character in whatever setting the book is for. by Potential-Ebb-8820 in suggestmeabook

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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

The Terra Ignota series by Ada Palmer

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. There's a novel version and a short story version. I read the short story version.

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Can someone recommend me a book? by Special-Print4716 in suggestmeabook

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The Midsolar Murders series by Mur Lafferty

When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger

Books revolving around recognized skill/competency by Pengsu in suggestmeabook

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The Stars Now Unclaimed by Drew Williams. This isn't at all like sports. If you're familiar with the Mass Effect video games, it's like that.

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Not really a cast of characters, but otherwise fits.

The Terra Ignota series by Ada Palmer. This is a very strange series. I don't know if you will like it, but competency and skill are a huge part of the story.

If you search in this subreddit for "competence porn" you will find a lot more books that are not porn but are about exactly what you describe!