Find your next SF/F read by mood

series6 books2013

Set in near future.

“One young man orphaned by a High Epic joins a group that is killing Epics.”
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Larry Niven & Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1985

Alien invasion and first contact, about aliens, set in our world.

“When aliens travel to Earth from Alpha Centauri, differences between alien and human psychology result in an unprovoked invasion, and the resulting resistance results in the aliens' use of a devastating weapon.”
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H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
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Start with The War of the Worlds →

includes The War of the Worlds

DivergentSeries

series10 books2011

Dystopia, about identity, set in near future.

Start with The Transfer →

Dave vs. the Monsters / Dave HooperSeries

series6 books2015

Adventurous in tone, set in contemporary.

“Hooper is an offshore oil rig worker who leads a fight against subterranean monsters who have emerged from his oil rig; he has somehow acquired the strengths of one of the monsters.”
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Start with Emergence →

NightUniverse

universe134 books2006

Set in contemporary.

“Jonathan Maberry's Night is one dark country stitched from horror and hard science, where a weaponized pathogen and an old nightmare called Doctor Nine turn out to haunt the same map.”
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Start with Broken Lands →

includes Joe Ledger, Dead of Night (Maberry), Pine Deep, Rot & Ruin, The Sam Hunter Case Files, Joe Ledger / Rot and Ruin

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