Recs if you like Artificial Condition...

Shorter books (under 200 pages) that are part of at least one quest. Many are also in the public domain, making them easily accessible when you want to grind for that next badge.

Book titles that represent reasons you might go to the doctor, what you might say to each other, or what treatments might be offered to cure your ailments. It's up to you to decide what is what😉

(This is not a commentary on these books or authors! The focus of this list is purely on the titles---but if you find a favorite new read here, I'd love to know🤭)

Novellas, shorter books, and stories that are a decent bite of literature and a full meal despite being compact. Like a burrito on a commute to work. AKA my full novella master list.

Animals, Aliens, Robots, and Monsters! Books to get you out of your human skin and into something with different instincts and senses

science fiction about people living and working on space ships or space stations, in the near or far future.

“from the ground, we stand. from our ships, we live. by the stars, we hope.”

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Audiobooks that are less than 10 hours long and are safe for work AKA not aiming to get you (too) horned up at your desk (no guarantees that you won't cry or get the creeps though). Recommendations welcome!

alternatively: robots and androids murderbot would begrudgingly and unintentionally befriend.

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robots and androids who teach us a little more about humanity, friendship, and the human condition. and also sarcasm and sardonic humour, on occasion.

Sci fi and fantasy that's clever, funny, high-stakes, and fast-paced.

3…2…1…. blastoff on a short novella sized sci-fi adventure. Perfect for a palette cleanser or when you are in the mood for a quick read that is out of this world.

Recommendations welcome!

Sentient constructs who didn’t ask to be born but now have to grapple with ethics, personhood, and the inconvenient need to fight monsters—both literal and systemic. A collection of books that explores the many shades of “otherness” in human lives through robotic ones.

Not sure what to read after Project Hail Mary? Here’s a list of sci-fi (and some sci-fantasy) books that will keep you out of a reading slump.

I love any and all sentient machines and you will too.

my favourite melodramatic space adventures!

Books with robots and robot-adjacent characters that I can't stop thinking about. Series are represented by the book I think best fits this list. Most of these books have LGBT+ characters, but there may be exceptions!

Queer sci-fi books that feature ai, human constructs, and some romance

Books where the robot or android or AI (not stupid real life AI) learns how to be human or human-adjacent. That MUST be part of their arc, even if it’s multi-book. (For example, The Monk and the Robot wouldn’t count because Mosscap is so well adjusted already).

The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works given at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon).

I added winners of Best Novel & Novella awards for 2024 until 2013. I will add more when I have time. :)

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