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A thrilling, friendship-fueled space opera about stepping into a massive legacy and realizing the universe is far more dangerous and wondrous than expected. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Victories Greater Than Death.
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- wondrous
- triumphant
- 01
The City in the Middle of the Night
Charlie Jane Anders
A haunting exploration of radical empathy and toxic devotion set against the harsh extremes of a tidally locked world.
- 02
Partials
Dan Wells
A desperate race against extinction where medical mystery meets post-apocalyptic rebellion.
- 03
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Becky Chambers
A warm, character-driven journey through the stars that feels like coming home to a family you never knew you had.
- 04
Six months, three days, five others
Charlie Jane Anders
A wry, offbeat collection of speculative tales that uses the bizarre to illuminate the deeply human.
- 05
Some Desperate Glory
Emily Tesh
A furious, mind-bending journey of unlearning everything you were raised to believe in the cold vacuum of space.
- 06
Record of a Spaceborn Few
Becky Chambers
A warm, quiet slice-of-life journey through the everyday lives of people finding their place in a vast, changing universe.
- 07
Children of Time
Adrian Tchaikovsky
A sweeping, deep-time evolutionary epic that will make you root for the most unlikely of sentient species.
- 08
The last human
Zack Jordan
A wildly inventive, fast-paced space opera that balances witty banter and a ragtag found family with mind-bending existential questions.
- 09
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
Claudia Gray
A breathless, dimension-hopping adventure fueled by the desperate urgency of saving the one you love.
- 10
Illuminae
Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
A breathless, mixed-media race for survival through the cold vacuum of space, fueled by snark, terror, and a chillingly poetic AI.
- 11
These Broken Stars
Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
A sweeping, star-crossed romance forged in the eerie isolation of a haunted, uncharted planet.
- 12
Skyward
Brandon Sanderson
An adrenaline-fueled underdog story that trades the gravity of space for the sheer thrill of defying the odds.
