Books like All Systems Red

1. 

   2001: A Space Odyssey

   Arthur C. Clarke · 1968 · Space Odyssey #1

   Because shares tags: science fiction, space, adventure.

   A black slab nudges apes to tools, calls Floyd to the Moon, and pulls Bowman past HAL toward Saturn and a strange rebirth.

2. 

   Life, the Universe and Everything

   Douglas Adams · 1982 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #3

   Because shares tags: science fiction, space.

   Arthur in slippers must stop cricket robots from rebuilding the Wikkit Gate.

3. 

   Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

   Jules Verne · 1870

   Because shares tags: science fiction, adventure.

   A monster hunt finds Nemo submarine, and three captives tour seas they cannot leave.

4. 

   Speaker for the Dead

   Orson Scott Card · 1986 · Ender Saga #2

   Because shares tags: science fiction, space.

   Ender speaks whole truths for alien deaths on a fenced colony where biology confuses murder.

5. 

   Morning Star

   Pierce Brown · 2016 · Red Rising Saga #3

   Because shares tags: science fiction, adventure.

   Broken in a box by the Jackal, Darrow rises with Howlers to open Mars mines to sky.

6. 

   The War of the Worlds

   H.G. Wells · 1898

   Because shares tags: science fiction, adventure.

   A Surrey writer watches Martians land in cylinders, march on London in tripods, and fall to Earth's smallest life.

7. 

   The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

   Douglas Adams · 1980 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #2

   Because shares tags: science fiction, space.

   Arthur Dent flees Vogons, dines at Milliways at the end of time, and strands on prehistoric Earth in Adams' sharp 1980 sequel.

8. 

   The City of Ember

   Jeanne DuPrau · 2003 · Book of Ember #1

   Because shares tags: science fiction, adventure.

   Two twelve-year-olds trade jobs and chase a chewed-up note to save their fading underground city before its lights fail.

9. 

   Leviathan Wakes

   James S.A. Corey · 2011 · The Expanse #1

   Because shares tags: science fiction, adventure.

   A destroyed ice hauler, a missing heiress, and an alien growth pull a crew and a tired detective toward war across the solar system.

10. 

    Artemis

    Andy Weir · 2017

    Because shares tags: science fiction, space.

    Jazz Bashara, a porter and small-time smuggler in the Moon city Artemis, takes a sabotage job that drags her into a fight for the city.

11. 

    Klara and the Sun

    Kazuo Ishiguro · 2021

    Because shares tags: science fiction, robots.

    Solar robot Klara loves Josie and bargains with the Sun to save her.

12. 

    I, Robot

    Isaac Asimov · 1950 · Robot #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, robots.

    Powell Donovan test Three Laws while Calvin narrates positronic puzzles.

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