SF books similar to Mass Effect

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A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 65,235 ratings
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Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2)
Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 33,061 ratings
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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 175,375 ratings
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The Icarus Hunt (The Icarus Saga #0)
The Icarus Hunt (The Icarus Saga #0) 4.11 avg rating — 5,487 ratings
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The Uplift War (The Uplift Saga, #3)
The Uplift War (The Uplift Saga, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 27,223 ratings
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Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 304,587 ratings
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Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 52,782 ratings
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Forging Zero (The Legend of ZERO, #1)
Forging Zero (The Legend of ZERO, #1)
by: Sara King
4.10 avg rating — 7,416 ratings
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Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1)
Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 16,210 ratings
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Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 60,093 ratings
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Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2)
Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2) 4.30 avg rating — 39,708 ratings
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The Chanur Saga (Chanur, #1-3)
The Chanur Saga (Chanur, #1-3) 4.22 avg rating — 1,250 ratings
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The Temporal Void (Void #2)
The Temporal Void (Void #2) 4.25 avg rating — 24,386 ratings
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The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,453 ratings
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Sundiver (The Uplift Saga, #1)
Sundiver (The Uplift Saga, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 27,363 ratings
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The Dreaming Void (Void #1)
The Dreaming Void (Void #1) 4.18 avg rating — 29,330 ratings
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The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1)
The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 72,230 ratings
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The Evolutionary Void (Void, #3)
The Evolutionary Void (Void, #3) 4.28 avg rating — 23,116 ratings
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A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 34,625 ratings
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Survival (Species Imperative, #1)
Survival (Species Imperative, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 2,215 ratings
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Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 115,500 ratings
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Gabriel's Ghost (Dock Five Universe, #1)
Gabriel's Ghost (Dock Five Universe, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 4,466 ratings
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Migration (Species Imperative, #2)
Migration (Species Imperative, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 1,401 ratings
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The Ringworld Engineers (Ringworld #2)
The Ringworld Engineers (Ringworld #2) 3.88 avg rating — 33,536 ratings
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Chanur's Legacy (Chanur, #5)
Chanur's Legacy (Chanur, #5) 4.14 avg rating — 2,366 ratings
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Becoming Alien (Saga of Tom Red-Clay, #1)
Becoming Alien (Saga of Tom Red-Clay, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 238 ratings
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The Antaran Legacy, Book 1: For Duty
The Antaran Legacy, Book 1: For Duty 4.36 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Greetings Earthlings, My name is Appleton and I come from the Planet Reginta
Greetings Earthlings, My name is Appleton and I come from the Planet Reginta 3.48 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)
The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 37,674 ratings
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Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 97,991 ratings
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Dawn of Procyon (Distant Suns, #1)
Dawn of Procyon (Distant Suns, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 351 ratings
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Enemy Mine
Enemy Mine 4.22 avg rating — 1,507 ratings
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Stormblood (The Common, #1)
Stormblood (The Common, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 618 ratings
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Valor's Choice (Confederation, #1)
Valor's Choice (Confederation, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 8,825 ratings
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The Last Watch (The Divide, #1)
The Last Watch (The Divide, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 11,503 ratings
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HumAIn: Navigating the Impact of AI in a Jobless Future
HumAIn: Navigating the Impact of AI in a Jobless Future it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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50,000 A.D. The Awakening
50,000 A.D. The Awakening 3.43 avg rating — 77 ratings
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The Neutronium Alchemist (Night's Dawn, #2)
The Neutronium Alchemist (Night's Dawn, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 20,586 ratings
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Close Proximity (Perilous Alliance, #1)
Close Proximity (Perilous Alliance, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 340 ratings
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Blindspace (The Common, #2)
Blindspace (The Common, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 158 ratings
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Seeds of Earth (Humanity's Fire, #1)
Seeds of Earth (Humanity's Fire, #1) 3.43 avg rating — 3,317 ratings
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Last Shuttle Flight, First Alien Contact Part 1
Last Shuttle Flight, First Alien Contact Part 1 3.60 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Naked God (Night's Dawn, #3)
The Naked God (Night's Dawn, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 20,500 ratings
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The Pride of Chanur (Chanur, #1)
The Pride of Chanur (Chanur, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 7,632 ratings
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Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,294 ratings
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The Gate at the Grey Wolf Star (Perseus Gate, #1)
The Gate at the Grey Wolf Star (Perseus Gate, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 529 ratings
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Last Shuttle Flight, First Alien Contact Part 2
Last Shuttle Flight, First Alien Contact Part 2 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Kutath (The Faded Sun, #3)
Kutath (The Faded Sun, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 1,555 ratings
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Decision at Doona (Doona, #1)
Decision at Doona (Doona, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 4,852 ratings
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R.U.R. / War with the Newts
R.U.R. / War with the Newts 3.84 avg rating — 679 ratings
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Rebel (Rebel Stars, #0)
Rebel (Rebel Stars, #0) 4.05 avg rating — 557 ratings
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Starplex
Starplex 3.83 avg rating — 2,604 ratings
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Last Shuttle Flight, First Alien Contact Part 3
Last Shuttle Flight, First Alien Contact Part 3 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Alien Stars (Alien Stars #1)
Alien Stars (Alien Stars #1) 3.66 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Footfall
Footfall 3.92 avg rating — 17,393 ratings
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Star Nomad (Fallen Empire, #1)
Star Nomad (Fallen Empire, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 7,626 ratings
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Star Healer (Sector General, #6)
Star Healer (Sector General, #6) 4.14 avg rating — 421 ratings
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Chanur's Endgame (Chanur, #4-5)
Chanur's Endgame (Chanur, #4-5) 4.27 avg rating — 674 ratings
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Awakened (Kurtherian Gambit: Age of Expansion: The Ascension Myth, #1)
Awakened (Kurtherian Gambit: Age of Expansion: The Ascension Myth, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 1,570 ratings
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For Love of Mother-Not (Pip & Flinx #5)
For Love of Mother-Not (Pip & Flinx #5) 4.02 avg rating — 4,911 ratings
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Angel with the Sword (Merovingen Nights, #0)
Angel with the Sword (Merovingen Nights, #0) 3.82 avg rating — 1,016 ratings
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Traitor's Code (Freelancer #1 / Obsidian Rim #3)
Traitor's Code (Freelancer #1 / Obsidian Rim #3) 3.92 avg rating — 131 ratings
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A Thousand Words for Stranger (Trade Pact Universe, #1)
A Thousand Words for Stranger (Trade Pact Universe, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 2,886 ratings
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Shon'jir (The Faded Sun, #2)
Shon'jir (The Faded Sun, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 1,567 ratings
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The Draco Tavern
The Draco Tavern 3.92 avg rating — 2,613 ratings
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Stardoc (Stardoc, #1)
Stardoc (Stardoc, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 3,906 ratings
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Cuckoo's Egg (Age of Exploration, #3)
Cuckoo's Egg (Age of Exploration, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 1,800 ratings
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Kesrith (The Faded Sun, #1)
Kesrith (The Faded Sun, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 2,473 ratings
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The Morgaine Saga (Morgaine & Vanye, #1-3)
The Morgaine Saga (Morgaine & Vanye, #1-3) 4.11 avg rating — 1,803 ratings
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Foreigner (Foreigner, #1)
Foreigner (Foreigner, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 10,804 ratings
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Marrow (Great Ship, #1)
Marrow (Great Ship, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 2,405 ratings
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Downbelow Station (The Company Wars, #1)
Downbelow Station (The Company Wars, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 16,166 ratings
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The Great Dune Trilogy
The Great Dune Trilogy 4.37 avg rating — 62,720 ratings
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Contact
Contact 4.15 avg rating — 149,999 ratings
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The Word for World Is Forest
The Word for World Is Forest 4.06 avg rating — 40,128 ratings
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Serpent's Reach
Serpent's Reach 3.90 avg rating — 1,422 ratings