18 books like Dust

What to read after Dust — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Wool

Wool Hugh Howey · 2011 · ★ 4.2 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Moderate They live beneath the earth in a prison of their own making. There is a view of the outside world, a spoiled and rotten world, their forefathers left behind. But this view fades over time, ruined by the toxic airs that kill any who brave them. So they leave it to the criminals, those who break the rules, and who are sent to cleaning. Why do they do it, these people condemned to death? Sheriff… Shares Underground areas, Subterranean Civilization, Revolutions, Sheriffs

Shift

Shift Hugh Howey · 2013 · ★ 4.1 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Moderate In a future less than 50 years away, the world is still as we know it. Time continues to tick by. The truth is that it is ticking away. A powerful few know what lies ahead. They are preparing for it. They are trying to protect us. They are setting us on a path from which we can never return. A path that will lead to destruction; a path that will take us below ground. The history of the silo is… Shares Underground areas, Subterranean Civilization, Long Now Manual for Civilization

The Fighting Four Frederick Faust · 1933 · 166p · ≈ 5h · Moderate His name was Jim Silver, but they called him Silvertip. His only companions were his stallion, Parade, and a wolf, Frosty, who obeyed nothing but the wild instincts of his breed and the soft commands of his master. Together they were part of the legend of the West. ??Silvertip was a man who hungered for action the way most men hungered for food. And he found plenty when bank robber Jim Lovell… Shares Sheriffs

The moon is a harsh mistress Robert A. Heinlein · 1965 · ★ 4.2 · 382p · ≈ 12h · Moderate It is the late 21st Century and the Moon has been colonized -- as a giant, open, prison. Every aspect of life is overseen by the Federated Nations "Lunar Authority"; until one day when a self-aware Super-Computer, a Jack of all Trades Technician, an Anarchist Professor, and a beautiful Blonde Revolutionary decide to change their world. The conspirators' plans go along beautifully...for a… Shares Revolutions, Long Now Manual for Civilization

How to Survive a Robot Uprising Daniel H. Wilson · 2005 · ★ 3.0 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Revolutions with this book.

Accelerando Charles Stross · 1900 · ★ 3.9 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The Singularity. It is the era of the posthuman. Artificial intelligences have surpassed the limits of human intellect. Biotechnological beings have rendered people all but extinct. Molecular nanotechnology runs rampant, replicating and reprogramming at will. Contact with extraterrestrial life grows more imminent with each new day. Struggling to survive and thrive in this accelerated world are… Shares Long Now Manual for Civilization

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths Ingri Parin D'Aulaire · 1962 · ★ 4.4 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A re-telling of the myths of ancient Greece for children. Shares Long Now Manual for Civilization

The Robots of Dawn Isaac Asimov · 1983 · ★ 4.5 · 445p · ≈ 14h · Moderate A millennium into the future two advances have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. Isaac Asimov's Robot novels chronicle the unlikely partnership between a New York City detective and a humanoid robot who must learn to work together. Detective Elijah Baley is called to the Spacer world Aurora to solve a bizarre case of… Shares Long Now Manual for Civilization

Passage of arms Eric Ambler · 1959 · ★ 3.9 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate In this classic thriller, two American tourists find more adventure than they bargained for when they get involved with Chinese gun smugglers and Muslim revolutionaries, learning first hand about the intrigue of the post-colonial world.Greg and Dorothy Nilsen had wanted to go on an adventurous trip, see some of the more out-of-the-way places. But the cruise they were on was turning out to be a… Shares Revolutions

Sheltering Dunes

Sheltering Dunes Radclyffe · 2011 · ★ 4.5 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "The lives of two women and the community that shelters them shatter in a single night of violence. Ex-gang member Mica Butler is running from a past that just may kill her if she's ever caught. Paramedic and ordained priest Flynn Edwards struggles to recover her faith in herself and find absolution for her greatest failure. Sheriff Reese Conlon fights to embrace the joy of new life while a dark… Shares Sheriffs

Double Star Robert A. Heinlein · 1956 · ★ 3.9 · 159p · ≈ 5h · Moderate One minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was — as usual — in a bar, drinking away his troubles as he watched his career go down the tubes. Then a space pilot bought him a drink, and the next thing Smythe knew, he was shanghaied to Mars. Suddenly he found himself agreeing to the most difficult role of his career: impersonating an important politician who had been kidnapped. Peace with the… Shares Long Now Manual for Civilization

The uncommercial traveller Charles Dickens · 1776 · ★ 3.5 · 419p · ≈ 13h · Challenging A collection of seventeen sketches which grew out of Dickens' insomnia. He took long walks through London at night and his observations resulted in these sketches. Shares Long Now Manual for Civilization

Seeds of Rebellion Brandon Mull · 2012 · ★ 4.5 · 568p · ≈ 18h · Moderate After Jason succeeds in finding a way back to Lyrian, he's immediately in more danger than ever. Meanwhile, Rachel and the others have made their own progress--as well as discovered new enemies. As the group ultimately rejoins, they strive to convince their most needed ally to join the war and form a rebellion strong enough to triumph against the emperor. ---------- **Books in this… Shares Revolutions

The Cold Dish

The Cold Dish Craig Johnson · 2006 · ★ 4.5 Introducing Wyoming’s Sheriff Walt Longmire in this riveting novel from New York Times bestselling author Craig Johnson—the first in the Longmire mystery seriesThe hit drama Longmire is now streaming on Paramount+Fans of Ace Atkins, Nevada Barr and Robert B. Parker will love this outstanding first novel, in which Craig Johnson draws on his deep attachment to the American West to produce a… Shares Sheriffs

Head Over Heels Jill Shalvis · 2011 · ★ 3.6 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Moderate 1 volume ; 20 cm Shares Sheriffs

State and Revolution Vladimir Il’ich Lenin · 1900 · ★ 4.3 · 143p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Lenin wrote ‘State and Revolution’ in 1917, while he was hiding from the Russian secret police. The book describes the inherent nature of the State as a tool for class oppression, a creation born of one social class’s desire to control all other social classes. Drawing on detailed quotes from Karl Marx and Friedrick Engels, Lenin lays down a Marxist view of the state, describes how a… Shares Revolutions

Gates of Fire

Gates of Fire Steven Pressfield · 1998 · ★ 4.5 · 387p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Godine 480.pr.Kr. kod Termopila (Vruća vrata) na sjeveru Grčke odigrala se najveličanstvenija bitka za slobodu tijekom čitave povijesti čovječanstva. U uskom planinskom prolazu iznad Egejskog mora sukobilo se 300 spartanskih vitezova s nadmoćnim snagama perzijskog kralja Kserksa. Od samog početka bilo je jasno da će Spartanci izgubiti bitku. Zašto su ipak bili spremni poginuti? Priča zarobljenog… Shares Long Now Manual for Civilization

Robot Dreams Isaac Asimov · 1986 · ★ 4.2 · 481p · ≈ 16h · Moderate This is a collection of short Asimov stories. "Little Lost Robot" (1947), a Robot story "Robot Dreams" (1986), a Robot story "Breeds There a Man...?" (1951) "Hostess" (1951) "Sally" (1953), a Robot story "Strikebreaker" (1957) "The Machine that Won the War" (1961), a Multivac story "Eyes Do More Than See" (1965) "The Martian Way" (1952) "Franchise" (1955), a Multivac story "Jokester"… Shares Long Now Manual for Civilization

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