If you loved
Books like Wyrms
A dark, mythic journey across an alien world where biological destiny and human free will violently collide. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Wyrms.
- unsettling
- atmospheric
- brooding
- alien
- 01
Ender in Exile
Orson Scott Card
A contemplative journey through the stars as a brilliant, broken youth tries to outrun his devastating legacy and find a place to belong.
- 02
Visitors
Orson Scott Card
A cerebral, time-twisting puzzle box that wrestles with the ethical weight of saving a world.
- 03
Skyward
Brandon Sanderson
An adrenaline-fueled underdog story that trades the gravity of space for the sheer thrill of defying the odds.
- 04
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
Christopher Paolini
A massive, cinematic space opera that balances terrifying alien encounters with the awe-inspiring scale of a galaxy at war.
- 05
Dragonflight
Anne McCaffrey
A sweeping, classic adventure that immerses you in the thrill of an unbreakable telepathic bond and the desperate fight to save a world.
- 06
Dragonheart
Todd McCaffrey · 2008
A desperate race against time where the survival of a world rests on the unbreakable bond between a young woman and her dragon.
- 07
All the Weyrs of Pern
Anne McCaffrey
A deeply satisfying culmination of a long-running saga where ancient technology and telepathic dragons unite to change a world forever.
- 08
Starsight
Brandon Sanderson
A high-octane, star-spanning adventure that trades the claustrophobia of a besieged planet for the thrilling, terrifying expanse of a wider galactic empire.
- 09
Earthfall
Tor Books
A claustrophobic, philosophically rich journey through space where the greatest threat isn't the cosmos, but the bitter resentments of family.
- 10
Lockstep
Karl Schroeder
A sweeping, time-dilated space adventure where family drama plays out across millennia and the fate of civilization hangs in the balance.
- 11
Lilith’s Brood
Octavia E. Butler
An unsettling, visionary journey that asks what parts of our humanity we are willing to sacrifice in order to survive.
- 12
Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao
A furious, adrenaline-soaked roar of a novel about burning down a misogynistic world from the cockpit of a giant robot.
