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Kemi Ashing-Giwa is an author and scientist-in-training based in Palo Alto. Her work includes the USA Today bestselling, Compton Crook Award-winning novel The Splinter in the Sky, the novella This World Is Not Yours, and the forthcoming novel The King Must Die. Her short fiction, which has been nominated for an Ignyte Award and featured on the Locus Recommended Reading List, has been reprinted in collections including Some of the Best from Tor.com: 15th Anniversary Edition and The Year’s Top Tales of Space and Time. She is now pursuing a PhD in the Earth & Planetary Sciences department at Stanford.

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Average rating: 3.42 · 4,081 ratings · 1,019 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Splinter in the Sky 3.47 avg rating — 1,384 ratings — published 2023 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This World Is Not Yours 3.16 avg rating — 1,299 ratings — published 2024 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The King Must Die 3.57 avg rating — 305 ratings — published 2025 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fruiting Bodies 3.33 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Being Aro: A Collection of Aromantic Fiction about Love, Connection, and Empowerment by Madeline Dyer (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rosiee Thor (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Julie Sondra Decker (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.79 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 2026 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Sufficient Loss Protocol 3.50 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Don't Belong Where You Don't Belong 3.53 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Some of the Best from Reactor: 2024 Edition by Kemi Ashing-Giwa (Goodreads Author), Renan Bernardo (Goodreads Author), Genoveva Dimova (Goodreads Author) 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

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The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

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The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O'Keefe

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The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan

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The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

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