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by James S.A. Corey

Science FictionSpace OperaMystery 🌶️🌶️ 2/5

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8 Books Matched to The Expanse: Leviathan Wakes

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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet cover
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
by Becky Chambers
🌶️ 1/5 · 518p · Science Fiction, Space Opera
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet matched on addictive and enemies-to-lovers. That's not a coincidence.
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94%
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A Memory Called Empire
by Arkady Martine
🌶️ 1/5 · 462p · Science Fiction, Space Opera
If The Expanse: Leviathan Wakes left a void, A Memory Called Empire fills it — then digs a new one.
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91%
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A Desolation Called Peace
by Arkady Martine
🌶️ 1/5 · 496p · Science Fiction, Space Opera
You'll finish this and immediately text someone "READ THIS." We guarantee it.
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89%
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The Seven Devils
by Laura Lam & Elizabeth May
🌶️ 1/5 · 480p · Science Fiction, Space Opera
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86%
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The Spare Man
by Mary Robinette Kowal
🌶️ 1/5 · 368p · Science Fiction, Mystery
Shares The Expanse: Leviathan Wakes's addictive DNA — same rush, different story.
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84%
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The City & The City
by China Mieville
❄️ 0/5 · 312p · Science Fiction, Mystery
Shares The Expanse: Leviathan Wakes's addictive DNA — same rush, different story.
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Aurora Rising
by Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman
❄️ 0/5 · 480p · YA Science Fiction, Space Opera
94% compatibility match. The addictive hits different here.
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The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
by Stuart Turton
❄️ 0/5 · 432p · Mystery, Science Fiction
This is the rebound book that becomes the relationship.
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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers — 🌶️ 1/5 spice, 518 pages

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