Recs if you like Rogue Protocol...

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.

main or side characters

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!

Are you like me and have lost yourself in the massive scale of concept art paintings by Ralph McQuarrie, Jaime Jones, or Raja Nandepu? Do you see a retro-futuristic art piece and go "hell yeah"?

This list aims to collect all books with covers that consist of large scale, holy-shit-people-are-so-small, massively proportioned scenes. Landscapes that somehow have so much more depth than it seems can actually fit into them.

Suggestions of any genre are 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.

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

The Machines plus their inspiration

my favourite melodramatic space adventures!

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).

Books featuring a day in the life for characters in a high-stress, high-stakes environment where no matter how bad things get, intense fear won't put food on the table. Every day could be your last, but it's not over yet, so...

The general vibe of this list is to collect books which, rather than changing the world through a heroic perfect storm, involve a slice-of-life portrayal of a character's daily journey through a rather dangerous path.

Martha wells murder bot

a list of drm-free ebooks that you can enjoy anywhere. i love the convenience of ebooks but loathe the practice of adding drm to them. suggestions are welcome! (please add a link)

All of the books in the Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells in order