18 books like The Naked Sun

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The Robot Novels Isaac Asimov · 1954 · ★ 4.4 · 404p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares Robots, Murder, Science Fiction with this book. Shares Robots, Murder, Science Fiction

Robot Visions Isaac Asimov · 1990 · ★ 4.3 · 497p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Collection of science fiction short stories and factual essays **Short stories:** Robot visions Too bad! Robbie Liar! Runaround Evidence Little lost robot The Evitable conflict Feminine intuition The Bicentennial man Someday Think! Segregationist Mirror image Lenny Galley slave Christmas without Rodney **Essays:** Robots I have known The New teachers Whatever you… Shares Robots in fiction, Robots, Science Fiction

A Burial at Sea

A Burial at Sea Charles Finch · 2011 · 314p · ≈ 10h · Moderate In March 1873 aristocratic sleuth Charles Lenox undertakes a delicate espionage mission to Egypt, where five British agents have been killed, apparently by the French. But soon after Charles's ship sets sail, the captain calls on him to dust off his deductive skills when a crew member is murdered and left eviscerated on the deck. Shares Investigation, Murder

Edison's conquest of Mars Garrett Putman Serviss · 1947 · ★ 2.8 · 119p · ≈ 3h · Moderate The original sequel to HG Wells War of the Worlds as written by the science editor of the Hearst newspaper group. Mentioned multiple times by rocket pioneer Robert Hutchings Goddard in his diaries as one of the sources of inspiration for him. The 2005 paperback edition from Apogee Books includes an extensive history of the work by Robert Godwin, noted space historian and space curator of the… Shares American literature, Science Fiction

Isaac Asimov's Utopia Roger MacBride Allen · 1996 · ★ 4.0 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In a universe protected by the Three Laws of Robotics, humans are safe. The Third Law states, A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. The world of Inferno is dying. A world where Spacers work with Settlers, where standard Three-Law robots exist alongside the controversial New-Law robots. A world that will be uninhabitable… Shares Robots, Science Fiction

The Runaway Robot Lester del Rey · 1964 · ★ 4.0 · 188p · ≈ 6h · Moderate this is one of the first sf books that I read and will always remember it. Shares Robots, Science Fiction

The killer thing Kate Wilhelm · 1967 · ★ 3.2 · 190p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A robot destroys its inventor and programs itself to kill all life. How much must be sacrificed to stop it? Shares Robots, Science Fiction

Isaac Asimov's Caliban Roger MacBride Allen · 1993 · ★ 4.0 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate In a universe protected by the Three Laws of Robotics, humans are safe. The First Law states, A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.When an experiment with a new type of robot brain goes awry, the unthinkable happens. Caliban is created... A robot without guilt or conscience. A robot with no knowledge of or compassion for humanity. A robot… Shares Robots, Science Fiction

Isaac Asimov's Inferno Roger MacBride Allen · 1994 · ★ 2.0 · 285p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In a Universe protected by the Three Laws of Robotics, humans are safe. The Second Law states, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. When a key politician is murdered, suspicion falls on Caliban... the only robot without guilt or conscience, with no need to obey or to respect humanity... a robot without the Three Laws.… Shares Robots, Science Fiction

Norby, the Mixed-up Robot Janet Asimov · 1983 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Jeff Wells, a Space Academy student, and Norby, a second-hand robot with unusual abilities, find themselves involved in the sinister plans of Ing the Ingrate, who intends to take over the universe. Shares Robots, Science Fiction

Eager Helen Fox · 2003 · ★ 3.7 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate It's the end of the 21st century where technocrats rule and robots take care of humans' every need. Your house watches you, knows your secrets, and talks to you. And your closest friend can be--a machine? Gavin Bell and his teenage sister Fleur come from a middle-class family. Their much-loved, old-fashioned robot, Grumps, is running down and can't be repaired, so a scientist friend loans them… Shares Robots, Science Fiction

Eager's nephew Helen Fox · 2004 · 299p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In a world which has banned self-aware robots, Eager and his brilliant but headstrong nephew, Jonquil, come out of hiding to visit the Bell family, and soon become involved in the mysterious and dangerous events surrounding them and their friends. Shares Robots, Science Fiction

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 Robots in fiction, Robots

The Complete Robot Isaac Asimov · 1982 · ★ 4.5 · 557p · ≈ 18h · Moderate The complete collection of Isaac Asimov’s classic Robot stories. In these stories, Asimov creates the Three Laws of Robotics and ushers in the Robot Age – when Earth is ruled by master-machines and when robots are more human than mankind. The Complete Robot is the ultimate collection of timeless, amazing and amusing robot short stories from the greatest science fiction writer of all time,… Shares Robots in fiction, Robots, American literature, Science Fiction

The Caves of Steel Isaac Asimov · 1953 · ★ 4.5 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In the future you will walk down the crowded streets of New York City not knowing if the bodies brushing past you are humans or androids. With tensions already mounting between humans and robots, the murder of a Spacer must be handled in a politically-correct fashion so Detective Elijah Baley is assigned a robot partner. Baley and R. Daneel Olivaw become like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle s Sherlock… Shares Robots, American literature, Murder, Science Fiction

The Redbreast

The Redbreast Jo Nesbø · 2007 · ★ 4.5 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Don’t Miss the Netflix series Detective Hole, based on Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole series, premiering March 26, 2026!“An elegant and complex thriller….Harrowingly beautiful.” —New York Times Book Review“The Redbreast certainly ranks with the best of current American crime fiction.” —Washington PostJo Nesbø, the New York Times bestselling author of The Snowman, has solidified his spot as one of the most… Shares Investigation, Murder

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 Robots, American literature

Final Option

Final Option Clive Cussler & Boyd Morrison · 2019 · ★ 4.5 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate In Final Option, Juan Cabrillo fights the worst enemy from his past to the terrifying and unexpected finish created by the Grand Master of Adventure, Clive Cussler, in the latest action-packed thriller in his #1 New York Times-bestselling series.When the CIA realizes the identities of three American spies in Brazil have been compromised, they turn to Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon to… Shares American literature

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