Books like Speaker for the Dead

1. 

   Ender's Game

   Orson Scott Card · 1985 · Ender Saga #1

   Because same series (Ender Saga #1); also by Orson Scott Card; shares tags: science fiction, space.

   Ender Wiggin trains at Battle School to fight the Formics, winning games that turn out to be real.

2. 

   The Girl with All the Gifts

   M.R. Carey · 2014 · The Girl with All the Gifts #1

   Because shares tags: science fiction, philosophy.

   Hungry girl Melanie loves myths while teacher, soldier, and scientist use her.

3. 

   Starship Troopers

   Robert A. Heinlein · 1959

   Because shares tags: science fiction, philosophy.

   Rico earns citizenship through Mobile Infantry drops against Bugs.

4. 

   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.

5. 

   Cloud Atlas

   David Mitchell · 2004

   Because shares tags: science fiction, philosophy.

   Six lives from 1850 to a post-apocalypse nest inside each other, linked by a comet birthmark, as souls drift like clouds across power and…

6. 

   Hyperion

   Dan Simmons · 1989 · Hyperion Cantos #1

   Because shares tags: science fiction, philosophy.

   Seven pilgrims cross Hyperion telling tales of faith, war, and time while the Shrike waits at the Tombs.

7. 

   All Systems Red

   Martha Wells · 2017 · The Murderbot Diaries #1

   Because shares tags: science fiction, space.

   A self aware security robot just wants soap operas, but its survey team keeps walking into corporate murder.

8. 

   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.

9. 

   Stranger in a Strange Land

   Robert A. Heinlein · 1961

   Because shares tags: science fiction, philosophy.

   A Mars-raised man lands on Earth, learns religion and love, and founds a church that shocks everyone.

10. 

    Obsidian

    Jennifer L. Armentrout · 2011 · Lux #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, aliens.

    New senior Katy befriends alien neighbors Dee and Daemon and gains a light trace that draws their enemies.

11. 

    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.

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    2001: A Space Odyssey

    Arthur C. Clarke · 1968 · Space Odyssey #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, space.

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

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