Books like 'Robot, Volume 1'
Readers who enjoyed Robot, Volume 1 by Range Murata, Yoshitoshi Abe, Sho-u Tajima, Ugetsu Hakua & Hiroyuki Asada also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 73 ratingsOn the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all... -
This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSergeant Nix Marr is a damn good soldier. She’s also desperate to leave her haunted past deep in the bioluminescent ocean, buried alongside her best friend, Quian. So, when Subarch Kessandra, Valkesh’s favorite royal–and Nix’s loathed ex–requests Nix’s help investigating a massacre in the abyssal city of Fall, Nix refuses. Vehemently.She should have known Kessandra would fight back... -
The Iron Jackal by Chris Wooding
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThings are finally looking good for Captain Frey and his crew. The Ketty Jay has been fixed up good as new. They've got their first taste of fortune and fame. And, just for once, nobody is trying to kill them. Even Trinica Dracken, Frey's ex-fiancee and long-time nemesis, has given up her quest for revenge... -
Whistlers by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat happens when two worlds collide? Jack Walker and Michael Talbot come from two worlds; the same, yet different. They both find themselves transported into an alien one, where things aren’t as they seem. While it appears similar to the ones they come from, there are some terrifying differences... -
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First Mission by Ramy Vance, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 3 ratingsAlex and the Boundless have their first mission. There comes a day where every recruit is assigned their first mission. Alex is no exception. Except she is. After performing exceptionally well on her test and helping defend the Nest, the instructors have taken notice of her. That’s why her first mission isn’t going to be easy. It’s time to leave the Nest... -
The Descent by Ramy Vance, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 3 ratingsThe hero riders are pinned down and about to die. And Alex and the Boundless aren’t allowed to help.But that doesn’t work for Alex. She doesn’t care that she’s a recruit, just off of her first mission. She doesn’t care that the Middang3ard forces are mobilizing to help the hero riders. Alex knows she can help. She knows that her team of Boundless are needed.But their dragons are grounded... -
Sacrifices by Ramy Vance, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 3 ratingsThe heroes have been saved. And the world is about to end.The Dark One’s greatest weapon is descending on Middang3ard. Should it make impact, all will be lost. Everyone will die.But to stop it, Alex must sacrifice herself.Mounting her most daring attack yet, Alex leads the Boundless into what could be their last mission. But despite all efforts, its not enough. There is one last move to make... -
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShesheshen has made a mistake fatal to all monsters: she's fallen in love. Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who happily resides as an amorphous lump at the bottom of a ruined manor. When her rest is interrupted by hunters intent on murdering her, she constructs a body from the remains of past meals: a metal chain for a backbone, borrowed bones for limbs, and a bear trap as an extra mouth... -
The Lost and the Damned by Guy Haley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWith the solar defences overcome through the devastating strength of the Traitor armada and the power of the warp, Horus launches his assault on the Throneworld in earnest. After withstanding a ferocious barrage of ordnance, an immense ground war commences outside the Palace with every inch gained paid for in the lives of billions. On the thirteenth day of Secundus, the bombardment of Terra began...Categorized as:
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Eisenhorn: Xenos - Illustrated and Annotated Edition by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAn Illustrated Hardback Edition of Book 1 in the Eisenhorn SeriesInquisitor Eisenhorn faces a vast interstellar cabal and the dark power of daemons, all racing to recover an arcane text of abominable power – an ancient tome known as the Necroteuch.READ IT BECAUSEThe classic novel returns in a brand new hardback edition... -
Mistress of Lies by K.M. Enright
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 1 ratingsFATE IS A CRUEL MISTRESSThe daughter of a powerful but disgraced Blood Worker, Shan LeClaire has spent her entire life perfecting her blood magic, building her network of spies, and gathering every scrap of power she could. Now, to protect her brother, she assassinates their father and takes her place at the head of the family. And that is only the start of her revenge... -
The City in Glass by Nghi Vo
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 1 ratingsIn this new standalone, Hugo Award-winning author Nghi Vo introduces a beguiling fantasy city in the tradition of Calvino, Mieville, and Le Guin.A demon. An angel. A city that burns at the heart of the world.The demon Vitrine—immortal, powerful, and capricious—loves the dazzling city of Azril... -
The Solar War by John French
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsSiege of Terra Book 1After years of devastating war, Horus and his forces have arrived at Terra. But before they can set foot on the Throneworld, they must first break the defences of the Sol System... -
The Dust of Dawn by Eloise J. Knapp
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZabat's Comet promises a stunning astronomical display as it narrowly passes our planet. Then a solar flare nudges it hurtling toward Earth. Humanity crumbles during the countdown to Doomsday. But Zabat is more than just a comet. The impact brings not swift extinction but a massive cloud of dust that appears to have a mind of its own. A sinister intelligence... -
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The Last Phi Hunter by Salinee Goldenberg
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 4 ratingsAmbitious Phi Hunter and perpetual lone wolf, Ex, finds his road to glory interrupted when a heavily pregnant runaway enlists his help to escape through the ghost-infected forest…Ex, the youngest member of the Phi Hunters Order, has spent his life slaying the ghosts and demons of Suyoram Kingdom... -
Window of Time by D.J. Erfert, Debra Erfert
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 2 ratingsASIN B019EP3H10 moved to the most recent edition hereCIA courier Lucy James never gets used to seeing innocent people killed, but she copes with it—every day. Cursed with the ability to glimpse into the future when a death is about to happen, she has a short window of time to interfere—risking her life in order to change it... -
Rescued by the Married Monster Hunters by Ennis Rook Bashe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 2 ratingsVessel is a monster living in a dimension-hopping dungeon where his only solace is mercy-killing human prisoners. When one of these prisoners leaves Vessel a diary about his life as a monster hunter, Vessel imagines a new future for himself and takes on a human identity in an attempt to survive... -
Sygillis of Metatron by Ren Garcia, Carol Phillips
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 1 ratingsFor ages League mothers have told their children terrifying stories about the Black Hats: the enemy, eager to slay anyone who falls into their grasp, always searching for their next victim. Only the League's ruling body, the Sisterhood of Light, has been able to counter their evil... -
Birth Of An Age by James BeauSeigneur
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFORETOLD IN THE BIBLE: Two nuclear wars. Three asteroids. Demonic madness that kills one third of the world 's population. Into this, a savior will rise, cloned from Christ. It 's not fiction. It 's prophecy. The Messiah of the New Age. His coming is prophesied by more than a dozen major religions... -
Lord of the Night by Simon Spurrier
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Night Lords space marines prepare to invade an Imperial Hive world. Meanwhile, on the surface, one of their advanced landing party is being hunted!READ IT BECAUSEThe full horror of the Night Lords Chaos Space Marines is revealed in this pulse-pounding SF thriller from author Simon Spurrier...Categorized as:
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Acts of God by James BeauSeigneur
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFORETOLD IN THE BIBLE: Two nuclear wars. Three asteroids. Demonic madness. Into this, a savior will rise, cloned from Christ. It's not fiction. It's prophecy. It is the dawn of the New Age. After six millennia of stagnation, humanity stands on the brink of its final great evolutionary step. But it is a step that has come at tremendous cost. Half the world's population is dead... -
The World After by Ryan Casey
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsScott Harvard's life is falling to pieces. His mother has passed away. The love of his life has died in a tragic accident. And now his job is under threat. Things can't get much worse. But things do get worse. An EMP devastates the country's infrastructure, obliterating everything electrically powered, plunging society into a new dark age without media or government to control it... -
The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Everly family is cursed. Every generation is destined to lose their best and brightest, taken by a woman named Penelope, who never ages, never sickens, and never forgives a debt.When her mother vanishes in the middle of the night, the curse falls on Violet Everly—unless she can break it first... -
Hunting the Corrigan's Blood by Holly Lisle
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCadence Drake is a finder of lost things. Badger Bede is a technical wizard adept at creating programs that make Cady's life easier. Both are handy with a stunner.All their talents are put to the test as they search for the CORRIGAN'S BLOOD, a new kind of TFN-drive spaceship with some very special abilities...Categorized as:
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Bound to the Shadow Prince by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn order to protect her kingdom from the wrath of a vengeful goddess, Princess Candra must remain locked inside a tower for seven years. Seven long years without a friend―or a lover―by her side. And shut inside the tower with her? A Fellian, the enemy of her people, a fearsome warrior race complete with wings and claws and fangs. Nemeth is terrifying, cruel, and disturbingly magnetic... -
The Last Shield by Cameron Johnston
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA gender-flipped Die Hard set in a mysterious castle, Cameron Johnston's The Last Shield is an engaging fantasy read, perfect for fans of John Gwynne and Mark Lawrence.The ancient forest realm of Sunweald is bordered on two sides by far mightier nations – a precarious situation... -
The Darkangel by Meredith Ann Pierce
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsAeriel is kidnapped by the darkangel, a black-winged vampyre of astounding beauty and youth. In his castle keep, she serves his 13 wives, wraiths whose souls he stole. She must kill him before his next marriage and comes into full power, but is captivated by his magnificent beauty and inner spark of goodness... -
Zarkon, Lord of the Unknown in The nemesis of evil: A case from the files of Omega by Lin Carter
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 2 ratingsHis fiendish foes would do anything to learn the identity of the man called Prince Zarkon, who foils their most diabolical schemes. But Zarkon remains a mystery to even his devoted Omega Crew as they follow him to the ends of the Earth battling the forces of darkness.Now Prince Zarkon and his Omega Crew must meet their ultimate challenge... -
想做男配其实也不容易 [It’s Actually Not Easy Wanting to Be a Supporting Male Lead] by mijia
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 2 ratings在这个无数配角们都在试图翻身、逆袭、转正的时代,他存在的意义就是要尽忠职守地扮演好男配的角色,为这个世界增光添彩。只可惜,不怕神一样的敌人,就怕猪一样的队友,他苦逼的发现,自己莫名其妙地被一个完全不按剧本走的家伙缠上了……为了自己的男配之路,他与那人斗智斗勇,相爱相杀,最终还是逃不过命运的捉弄。——想当一个尽职尽责的男配角肿么就辣么难!QAQ"It’s Actually Not Easy Wanting to Be a Supporting Male Lead"In this period where countless supporting lead actors always attempt to counterattack, turn over a new leaf or simply refuse to take up the role, his purpose of... -
At the Queen's Command by Michael A. Stackpole
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1763: The Crown Colonies of Mystria are in turmoil, trapped between warring empires and facing insurrection from natives and colonists alike...Captain Owen Strake, a wounded and battle-weary Redcoat of the Queen's Own Wurms, has come to this untamed land...Categorized as:
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Crueler Mercies by Maren Chase
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Vita’s rage overflowed until she was prepared to drown in it, and she knew that she would never again dam this anger to please another.” After nine years as the people’s beloved princess in the sun-soaked Kingdom of Carca, Vita witnesses the execution of her mother by her father’s hand. Forced into exile, Vita fades into obscurity with her only friends—the crows that visit her window... -
Shrouded Loyalties by Reese Hogan
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 4 ratingsA soldier returns home with a dangerous secret from an alternate realm, unaware that she is surrounded by spies and collaborators, in this intense military science fiction novel.Naval officer Mila Blackwood is determined to keep her country's most powerful secret - shrouding, the ability to traverse their planet in seconds through an alternate realm - out of enemy hands...Categorized as:
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Labyrinth of Sorrows by George Mann
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAs war spreads across the sector, Imperial and Chaos forces clash on the mortuary world of Kasharat. Far from the front lines, Space Marines of the Brazen Minotaurs infiltrate an ancient temple-tomb, seeking an artefact sacred to their Chapter... one that could turn the tide of battle in the Imperium’s favour... -
The Forest by Justin Groot
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn an Earth with titanic forests instead of oceans, highly trained rangers brave the depths to bring back footage of treacherous landscapes and ferocious beasts. It’s a dangerous job, but it has its when a trio of ranger recruits stumble across a strange artifact, they begin to unravel a mystery with planet-spanning ramifications... -
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Rocannon's World by Ursula K. Le Guin
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA world shared by three native humanoid races - the cavern-dwelling Gdemiar, elvish Fiia, and warrior clan, Liuar - is suddenly invaded and conquered by a fleet of ships from the stars. Earth scientist Rocannon is on that world, and he sees his friends murdered and his spaceship destroyed... -
True Name by David Annandale
Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars · 3 ratingsDeparting from the Sanctus Reach after their ill-fated battle with the daemon Ku’gath Plaguefather, the Grey Knights encounter their nemesis again as they enter the warp. With daemons invading their ship and assaulting Librarian Gared’s mind, the situation looks bleak. As the battle becomes one between Gared and Ku’gath himself, it falls to the Librarian to save his brothers… and his soul... -
Repairer of Ruin by Joshua Reynolds, Ian Brooker
Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars · 4 ratingsLupercalia burns, the might of the Traitor Legions reducing the last redoubt of the Sons of Horus to rubble. And through the ruins strides Apothecary Fabius of the Emperor’s Children, with an army of vile genetic experiments... -
Tempting Shadow: A Steamy Monster Novella from "The Land of Everything" by Margo Davis
Rated: 3.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen twenty-five-year-old Penelope rereads her grandmother's old books about the shadow creature dwelling in the mysterious Land of Everything, her imagination ignites, drawing her in like a moth to a flame. As she embarks on a daring quest to uncover the truth behind the enigmatic being, the allure of the shadow creature becomes impossible to resist...
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