18 books like Making Money

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

Small Gods Terry Pratchett · 1992 · ★ 4.3 · 390p · ≈ 13h · Moderate In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was: "Hey, you!" For Brutha the novice is the Chosen One. He wants peace and justice and brotherly love. He also wants the Inquisition to stop torturing him now, please... Shares Discworld, English literature, Science Fiction

The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut · 1959 · ★ 4.2 · 317p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "His best book," Esquire wrote of Kurt Vonnegut's 1959 novel The Sirens of Titan, adding, "he dares not only to ask the ultimate question about the meaning of life, but to answer it." This novel fits into that aspect of the Vonnegut canon that might be classified as science fiction, a quality that once led Time to describe Vonnegut as "George Orwell, Dr. Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into… Shares Ciencia-ficción, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction

Reaper Man Terry Pratchett · 1991 · ★ 4.3 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Moderate They say there are only two things you can count on ...But that was before DEATH started pondering the existential. Of course, the last thing anyone needs is a squeamish Grim Reaper and soon his Discworld bosses have sent him off with best wishes and a well-earned gold watch. Now DEATH is having the time of his life, finding greener pastures where he can put his scythe to a whole new use.But like… Shares Discworld, English literature

Deathworld 1 Harry Harrison · 1960 · ★ 3.9 · 158p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "Deathworld" centers on Jason dinAlt, a professional gambler who uses his somewhat erratic psionic abilities to tip the odds in his favor. He is challenged by a man named Kerk Pyrrus (who turns out to be the ambassador from the planet Pyrrus) to turn a large amount of money into an immense sum by gambling at a government-run casino. He succeeds and survives the planetary government's desperate… Shares Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction

Sketches of Lavender, Blue, and Green Jerome Klapka Jérôme · 1897 · 138p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Shares Humor, English literature with this book.

War Bodies

War Bodies Neal Asher Duplicate of https://openlibrary.org/works/OL29326678W/War_Bodies Shares English literature, Science Fiction

Salvation Lost Peter F. Hamilton · 2019 · ★ 4.3 · 736p · ≈ 24h · Moderate Duplicate of https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20840033W/Salvation_Lost?edition= Shares English literature, Science Fiction

The Human Neal L. Asher · 2020 · ★ 4.3 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate A Jain warship has risen from an ancient prison, wielding lethal technology. The ship's goal is to catch its old adversary, the Client, and to destroy all who stand in its path. Humanity and the prador thought the Jain were long extinct. But their nemesis is back, and Orlandine must prepare humanity's defence. She'll need the Client's knowledge to do this - but is the enemy of your enemy a friend? Shares English literature, Science Fiction

War Bodies Neal Asher · 2023 · ★ 4.0 Rebellion will be their salvation or their doom. Long ago, the Cyberat faction left Earth to co-evolve with machines. Now, led by the powerful dictator Castron on a distant colony world, they believe machines should replace the physical body. But these beliefs are challenged when emissaries from Earth's Polity civilization arrive, igniting rebellion. Piper was raised as a covert weapon against… Shares English literature, Science Fiction

Bone Silence Alastair Reynolds · 2020 · ★ 4.0 · 624p · ≈ 20h · Moderate Sequel to Shadow Captain. Shares English literature, Science Fiction

Jack Four Neal Asher · 2021 · ★ 4.2 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Jack Four is one of twenty human clones, sold to the alien prador's king for warfare. However, no clone should possess the secrets in Jack's head - and they could help him escape. The prador king has been horribly mutated by the Spatterjay virus. But the prador will use any weapon against humanity, so they've infected a human. Now this experiment has broken free to rampage through the king's… Shares English literature, Science Fiction

Das NEINhorn Marc-Uwe Kling · 2019 · ★ 5.0 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Light Im Herzwald kommt ein kleines, schnickeldischnuckeliges Einhorn zur Welt. Aber obwohl alle ganz lilalieb zu ihm sind und es ständig mit gezuckertem Glücksklee füttern, benimmt sich das Tierchen ganz und gar nicht einhornmäßig. Es sagt einfach immer Nein, sodass seine Familie es bald nur noch NEINhorn nennt. Eines Tages bricht das NEINhorn aus seiner Zuckerwattewelt aus. Es trifft einen… Shares Humor

Black Canaan Robert E. Howard · 1978 · ★ 3.6 · 31p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares Science Fiction with this book.

See Them Run

See Them Run Marion Todd · 2020 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLOODY SCOTLAND SCOTTISH CRIME DEBUT OF THE YEAR 2020 In a famous Scottish town, someone is bent on murder but why? On the night of a wedding celebration, one guest meets a grisly end when he's killed in a hit-and-run. A card bearing the number '5' has been placed on the victim's chest. DI Clare Mackay, who recently moved from Glasgow to join the St Andrews force, leads the… Shares English literature

The House Next Door

The House Next Door Darcy Coates · 2020 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate I live next to a haunted house. I began to suspect something was wrong with the gothic building when its family fled in the middle of the night, the children screaming, the mother crying. They never came back to pack up their furniture. No family stays long. Animals avoid the place. Once, I thought I saw a woman’s silhouette pacing through the upstairs room… but that seems impossible; no… Shares English literature

God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen

God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen Rhys Bowen · 2021 · ★ 4.2 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Georgie is back and hanging the stockings with care when a murder interrupts her Christmas cheer in this all-new installment in the New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness series from Rhys Bowen. Georgie is excited for her first Christmas as a married woman in her lovely new home. She suggests to her dashing husband, Darcy, that they have a little house party, but when Darcy receives a… Shares English literature

The Room in the Attic

The Room in the Attic Louise Douglas · 2021 THE #2 BESTSELLERDiscover the latest chilling, unputdownable novel, from the Richard and Judy bestseller.A child who does not know her name…In 1903 fishermen find a wrecked boat containing a woman, who has been badly beaten, and a young girl. An ambulance is sent for, and the two survivors are taken to All Hallows, the imposing asylum, hidden deep on Dartmoor. The woman remains in a coma, but the… Shares English literature

The Hunter

The Hunter Tana French · 2024 · ★ 4.5 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die. Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace. He’s found it, more or less: he’s built a relationship with a local woman, Lena, and he’s gradually turning Trey Reddy… Shares English literature

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