Books like 'Ember'

Readers who enjoyed Ember by James K. Decker also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.

sc-fi  dystopia  aliens  post-apocalyptic  super-powered  cyberpunk

  • Prepper's Collapse by A.J. Newman

    Prepper's Collapse by A.J. Newman

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Prepper's Collapse - Book 2 in the Prepper’s Apocalypse series.Prepper Post-Apocalyptic Survival FictionEMP blasts started the apocalypse during Tom and his family's return flight home from vacation. Surviving the crash only caused them to confront the chaos of the apocalypse head-on...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  post-apocalyptic  adult  book  fiction  sci-fi
  • Restitution by Bruno Miller

    Restitution by Bruno Miller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival seriesWill they ever see home again?Colorado seems farther away than ever for Ben and his crew. Especially when a road block lures them deeper into the Appalachian Mountains.Ambushed and captured, they fall prey to a gang of backwoods moonshiners turned post apocalyptic outlaws. After being led back to camp and locked up, the crew’s morale is at an all time low...
  • Endurance by Bruno Miller

    Endurance by Bruno Miller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Post-Apocalyptic Survival SeriesWould you fight for the ones you love? The struggle for survival in Cloverdale continues as Vince Walker and a small group of survivors find that nothing comes easy in the post-apocalyptic ruins of what was once their town...
  • Aeson: Blue by Vera Nazarian

    Aeson: Blue by Vera Nazarian

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Aeson's secrets revealed at last!Before Gwen won Aeson's heart…Before they joined forces to protect two planets and humanity itself…Aeson faced death on his own.And lost.Young Imperial Crown Prince Aeson Kassiopei. Intelligent, well-educated, perfectly isolated in his lofty rank, responsibilities, and privilege of the divine Imperial Dynasty...
  • Aliens: Phalanx by Scott Sigler

    Aliens: Phalanx by Scott Sigler

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It's Medieval carnage meets Alien as a pre-industrial society fights against extinction brought about by a massive infestation of Xenomorphs.Ataegina was an isolated world of medieval castles, varied cultures, and conquests, vibrant until the demons rose and spread relentless destruction...
  • Zenith by Jenetta Penner

    Zenith by Jenetta Penner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The gripping conclusion of the Starfire Wars...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  dystopia  book  fiction  magic  young-adult  sci-fi
  • Survival by Bruno Miller

    Survival by Bruno Miller

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Post-Apocalyptic Survival SeriesWould you survive? Vince Walker and the remaining survivors from the town of Cloverdale, Indiana continue to come to terms with their new reality. Accepting the fact that the country has been thrust into nuclear war with an unknown enemy means they must forget their former lives and forge ahead...
  • Travelers by K.A. Riley

    Travelers by K.A. Riley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After their costly victory over President Krug and the Patriot Army, Kress and her Conspiracy travel to London, fight their way through the ruins of Paris, and plunge into the heart of Spain as they race to track down a mythical pair of twins who are rumored to have the unique ability to enter the world of dreams...
  • Present Danger by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus

    Present Danger by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The United States is in chaos. Fleeing his hometown, Joel accompanies Helen on a dangerous cross-country trip, hoping to reunite her with a mysterious prepper group her grandfather belonged to. Danger lurks around every corner in Chicago as Big T and his companions strengthen their base of operations - but all good things come with a cost in Storm's Fury Book 3...
  • Destined by Alexandra Moody

    Destined by Alexandra Moody

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some destinies are written in the stars, others are forged from the fire.In the dark and stunning conclusion to The ARC Series, Elle finds herself deep in hiding. Battling with the talents she struggles to control, she fights for only one thing: revenge...
  • Flying Season for the Mis-Recorded by Ann Christy

    Flying Season for the Mis-Recorded by Ann Christy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Even in a good silo, life can be hell.Elizabeth the Other, born to the silo and living under the stain of her father's actions, has no one. She is alone, untouchable and unloved. Her only outlet is 25 Drums, the place where teen shadows mix, mingle and find a mate. She will find no life partner there, but she can dance. And tomorrow is her 20th birthday...
  • Deception by Bruno Miller

    Deception by Bruno Miller

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Are there any decent people left? Having reached his kids in Maryland, Ben is faced with the challenge of crossing the country once more and getting everyone safely home to Colorado. The struggle to survive is the only constant in their otherwise unpredictable lives...
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction by Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer

    The Big Book of Science Fiction by Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Quite possibly the greatest science fiction collection of all time - past, present and future. What if life was neverending? What if you could change your body to adapt to an alien ecology? What if the pope were a robot? Spanning galaxies and millennia, this must-have anthology showcases classic contributions from H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Octavia E...
  • America Falls Collection 2: Books 7-10 by Scott Medbury

    America Falls Collection 2: Books 7-10 by Scott Medbury

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The epic America Falls series continues in this second mega collection books 7-11 LONE WOLFWhat would it take to turn an all-American teenager into a stone-cold killer?America has fallen to a catastrophic stealth attack and a ground invasion of the continental United States has begun. Sacramento teenager, Jack Monaghan, has just buried his parents and needs to work out what to do...
  • The Prepared Prepper by William Stone

    The Prepared Prepper by William Stone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When an EMP wipes out the power grid, Stephanie’s world shatters, and survival is no longer a choice. It’s a necessity. A skilled welder who built her life on hard work, she spent years running from her prepper upbringing, determined to give her twin daughters a normal life. But as chaos erupts and danger closes in, the skills she rejected may be the only thing keeping them alive...
  • Ascend by K.A. Riley

    Ascend by K.A. Riley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Uprising is gaining ground. But supplies are scarce, and the Aristocracy is more powerful than anyone ever imagined.Ash's fight may be unwinnable...but the affection of a certain young man may just give her the strength she needs to persevere...
  • UKD1 by Chris Harris

    UKD1 by Chris Harris

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “What would happen if…?”Many people ask themselves the question, but how many do something about it?Tom lives in Birmingham, England with his family. After asking himself the question and researching what could happen, he decided it wouldn’t do any harm to be a little bit prepared and store some food and equipment.Just in case...
  • Static by James Hunt

    Static by James Hunt

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The thin thread holding the civilized world together has been severed. Millions of citizens have been thrust into the unknown, breeding fear into the minds and souls of those seeking to survive. Wren Burton, an architect from Chicago, has been engulfed by the chaotic aftermath of an EMP blast. Her family is injured. The enemy is unknown. And help is nowhere to be found...
  • Delovoa by Steven Campbell

    Delovoa by Steven Campbell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Collection of short stories featuring Delovoa and his life pre-Belvaille...
  • Going Gone by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

    Going Gone by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    n Going Gone, Book 2 of the dystopian series, The Irish End Game, tragedy strikes the three Americans where they live in Ireland. Sarah Woodson is brutally taken —across the Irish Sea to the pastoral beauty of England’s Cotswold’s—and the horrors of a post-apocalyptic sex slave trade...
  • Extincta by Victor Dixen

    Extincta by Victor Dixen

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    L’ESPÈCE HUMAINE DISPARAÎTRA DANS 255 HEURES.Les pires prédictions climatiques se sont réalisées, le Grand Effondrement a eu lieu et presque toutes les espèces animales se sont éteintes. Les Derniers Humains se sont réfugiés dans les Dernières Terres : un archipel rocailleux surgi des glaces, où ils survivent dans des cités-royaumes éparses...
  • Sacrifice by K.A. Riley

    Sacrifice by K.A. Riley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Captured by the group of rogue Emergents known as “Hypnagogics,” Kress and her Conspiracy search desperately for a way out of their confinement in a stadium-sized prison-lab called the Mill. There, they find themselves subjected to a bombardment of psychological manipulations, physical challenges, and cruel techno-genetic experiments...
  • Synthesis by K.A. Riley

    Synthesis by K.A. Riley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Encouraged by happy reunions, shocked by terrifying discoveries, and with the lives of millions and the fate of the nation hanging in the balance, Kress and her Conspiracy—along with their new legions of allies, the Survivalists and the Unkindness—prepare for their final, all-or-nothing war against Krug and the assembled might of his Patriot Army...
  • Big Sky Fallen: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Adventure by Kevin Craver

    Big Sky Fallen: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Adventure by Kevin Craver

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In an instant, it was all gone.The survivors called it the Unraveling—a merciless one-two punch of economic collapse and deadly plague that brought the United States, and the world, to its knees.For history teacher and Army veteran Eric Jaeger, the collapse of the nation he once swore to defend is only the beginning...
  • Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories by Hugh Howey

    Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories by Hugh Howey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A new collection of stories, including some that have never before been seen, from the New York Times best-selling author of the Silo trilogy Hugh Howey is known for crafting riveting and immersive page-turners of boundless imagination, spawning millions of fans worldwide, first with his best-selling novel Wool, and then with other enthralling works such as Sand and Beacon 23...
  • The Planet by Skyler Grant

    The Planet by Skyler Grant

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Conquering the Earth was only the beginning. Emma and Anna may have defeated the last foe to their Empire on Earth, but at a terrible price. The planet's atmosphere has largely burned off and the remaining ecosystems are on the verge of total collapse. The other planets of the solar system offer a new home, new hope, and new threats...
  • Seveneves: A Novel by Neal Stephenson | Summary & Analysis by Book*Sense

    Seveneves: A Novel by Neal Stephenson | Summary & Analysis by Book*Sense

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Seveneves: A Novel by Neal Stephenson | Summary & Analysis This is a Summary & Analysis of Seveneves. Neal Stephenson’s science fiction thriller, depicts the end of the Earth through the destruction of the Moon by an unknown Agent and the attempts to preserve humanity through a multi-millennial gap between times when the surface of the planet will be inhabitable...
  • Terminator Salvation: Trial by Fire by Timothy Zahn

    Terminator Salvation: Trial by Fire by Timothy Zahn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Following the dramatic events of Terminator Salvation, a recovering John Connor grants Barnes permission to return to the destroyed VLA lab and bury his brother, killed in the explosive opening of the movie. At the ruins Barnes and Blair Williams hunt through the debris for the remains of their comrade but instead uncover a mysterious cable leading up into the mountains...
  • The Sword of Forbearance by Paul O. Williams

    The Sword of Forbearance by Paul O. Williams

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After eleven hundred years of struggle, the warring tribes that survived the apocalyptic destruction of the United States have finally united, forming the peaceful Heart River Federation. But three eastern cities remain outside the federation. Led by Innanigani forces, these last rogue tribes seek western victories and rich lands from the Heart River Federation...
  • Chromed: Upgrade by Richard Parry

    Chromed: Upgrade by Richard Parry

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s 2150AD. There hasn’t been a corporate war… until now.Mason Floyd is an augmented syndicate enforcer at the top of his game. His job is asset protection and acquisition, no questions asked.Company tech is stolen on Mason’s watch. Rival megacorps want it, and they don’t mind killing him to get it. Framed for the theft, Mason runs...
  • Desolation by M.L. Banner

    Desolation by M.L. Banner

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The greatest solar event in history turned off the world's power and destroyed much of its technology. The sun's barrage continues today effectively bringing humanity back to a new Stone Age. This is a time of desolation, where every day is a desperate fight for survival. Food and water are disappearing, and many will kill to take these from you...
  • Your Basic Swiss Family by J.F. Perkins

    Your Basic Swiss Family by J.F. Perkins

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the third part of the Renewal Series, the hidden community in the Coffee County countryside teaches the painful lesson that fairness and justice carry a cost, and reveals the story of how the Carter family carve a home from the southern woods in the chaos of post-Breakdown America...
  • Down on the River by J.F. Perkins

    Down on the River by J.F. Perkins

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When the fight for post-Breakdown law and order begins, Terry joins the small band from Coffee County on a mission to the new state capital, in a plea for official justice against local tyranny in the wilds of Tennessee. A larger crisis forces a detour into the broken and dangerous territory of a destroyed Nashville to face an unknown enemy...
  • Cold by J.F. Perkins

    Cold by J.F. Perkins

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the aftermath of the Nashville battle, the community of Coffee County’s post-Breakdown future deals with complex new challenges in preparation for all-out war while the state’s limited legal system is pushed to the limits of morality. Back in the days of the Breakdown, the Carter family fights against the first enemy that cannot be tamed as they face the brutal cold of nuclear winter...
  • Broken Ties by James Hunt

    Broken Ties by James Hunt

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After fighting tooth and nail to reach his cabin in Ohio, Mike Grant has finally been reunited with his family. The safe haven he built has enough supplies to last them for months, but with the extra mouths to feed that timeline is shrinking fast...
  • An Untimely Fall by J.F. Perkins

    An Untimely Fall by J.F. Perkins

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Terry, the young and untested engineer of America's future, meets a new level of enemy, battling in the ruins of a post-Breakdown Nashville landscape, where the city may be gone, but the Cumberland River keeps flowing...
  • War Council by J.F. Perkins

    War Council by J.F. Perkins

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bill Carter responds to the cruel assassination of Dusty Baer with some uncharacteristic cruelty of his own. Back in the days of the Breakdown, the Carters find there is no way to escape a confrontation unless they are willing to forge a whole new life in a bleak year in which summer never arrives...
  • When the Student is Ready by J.F. Perkins

    When the Student is Ready by J.F. Perkins

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tension rises in the hidden community of Coffee County as major forces for harm align against Bill Carter and his dream of rebuilding America in the image of freedom from hunger and oppression. He reveals the continuing story of his own past as his family emerges from the bitter cold of nuclear winter, only to discover that not everyone who survived is willing to live in peace...
  • Delay Tactics by J.F. Perkins

    Delay Tactics by J.F. Perkins

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Knights of the White God are on the move, driven to Coffee County by vengeance, where they have every intention of delivering their own twisted justice to Bill Carter and his community. Fortunately for Bill, horse-mounted friends in Bedford County are prepared to spring some ugly surprises that will likely lead to horse drawn nightmares for a very long time...
  • Cleaning Up by Patrice Fitzgerald

    Cleaning Up by Patrice Fitzgerald

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is a 20,000 word novella set in the world of WOOL, published with author Hugh Howey's permission. Three more parts to come!****************Five years have passed since the airlock slammed shut on the 4,000 souls condemned to live in the Silo.Karma can remember now that there was a time before--before she was locked into this cylindrical tomb under the earth...
  • The Grid Goes Black by Dave Conifer

    The Grid Goes Black by Dave Conifer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life was grim in Nick Mercator’s suburban neighborhood after the power grid went down on that summer day. Central air and mini-vans were out. Spoiled food, outhouses, and wild-west lawlessness were in. Before long, Nick and his group were in serious trouble. The gravest danger people faced turned out to be each other. There was a way out, but it involved the toughest choice Nick ever had to make...
  • 11,4 sueños luz by Nicholas Avedon

    11,4 sueños luz by Nicholas Avedon

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    En el París del siglo XXIII donde todo está en venta, las emociones puras son de gran valor para aquellos que no pueden vivirlas. Ariel de Santos es un creador de sueños vívidos, uno de los pocos artistas capaces de modelar las emociones para seducir e inspirar a un mundo que se ha olvidado de soñar...
    Categorized as:
    cyberpunk  dystopia  adult  book  fiction  sci-fi
  • The Dawn: Omnibus edition by Michelle Muckley

    The Dawn: Omnibus edition by Michelle Muckley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    NOW PICK UP ALL FIVE BOOKS IN THIS DYSTOPIAN FICTION POST APOCALYPTIC SERIES IN ONE BUMPER SCIENCE FICTION DEAL BOOK ONE IS AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD ON KINDLE WITH 85% FOUR AND FIVE STAR REVIEWS AND A 4.2 STAR AVERAGE THE BOMBS FALL (book 1) Zachary Christian is Delta Tower resident 8652...
  • Deep Dark by Ann Christy

    Deep Dark by Ann Christy

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Graham set Silo 49 free from the machinations of Silo 1 and the control of the W.O.O.L. agenda in Silo 49: Going Dark. Since then, they have been alone and their silo has changed for the better. But a gentler and kinder lie is still a lie and the truth waits to be found...
  • The Fall of the Shell by Paul O. Williams

    The Fall of the Shell by Paul O. Williams

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Eleven hundred years after the apocalyptic destruction of the United States of America, peace between the remaining warring tribes has finally been achieved. Despite this peace, the Pelbar stronghold Threerivers retains its secretive and reclusive ways, keeping its distance from the other remaining tribes and guarding against change...
  • The Song of the Axe by Paul O. Williams

    The Song of the Axe by Paul O. Williams

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Twenty years after the great battle at Northwall, the disparate warring tribes are moving toward a peaceful unity for the first time since before the Time of the Fire. With the comfort of peace, the running bands of nomadic Shumai Axemen are settling down and forgoing their traditional ways...
  • CICADA by M.L. Banner

    CICADA by M.L. Banner

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A small group of survivors, including some of the world's brightest scientists, sought safety in a walled sanctuary known as Cicada in what is left of Colorado. Their goal is to find solutions to the seemingly permanent solar storms plaguing the ailing Earth...
  • The System by Skyler Grant

    The System by Skyler Grant

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The solar system has fallen and the galaxy awaits. The Sol system has now gained admission to galactic society, a junior member held in little esteem with obligations mounting...
  • Shelter by Sarah Jaune

    Shelter by Sarah Jaune

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mia Harper was not prepared for a solar flare to knock out the world's electricity. No one was, although Mia and her fifteen-month-old sister had a slight advantage: their father, a hardcore doomsday prepper, left them a safe haven to help them survive their new reality. Andrew Greene is Mia's childhood friend...
  • Tomorrow Factory: Collected Fiction by Rich Larson

    Tomorrow Factory: Collected Fiction by Rich Larson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Twenty-three stories from one of speculative fiction’s up-and-coming stars, Pushcart and Journey Prize-nominated author Rich Larson.Welcome to the Tomorrow Factory...
Fantastic book recommendations by book lovers for book lovers.
Find out more about thebooknaut.com.



Looking for more inspiration? Enter another book title to get more suggestions on what to read next.


Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.