Short (mostly) SFF books to read in a day (57 books)

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This is a collection of mostly sci-fi and fantasy novellas and novellettes to read when you're in the mood for something brief.

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1	All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) by Martha Wells (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 385,126 ratings score: 387, and 4 people voted	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
2	The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1) by Nghi Vo (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 46,412 ratings score: 262, and 3 people voted	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
3	Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 12,213 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	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
4	Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 21,670 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	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
5	A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) by Becky Chambers (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 195,261 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	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
6	To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 58,719 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	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
7	Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher 3.92 avg rating — 65,115 ratings score: 167, and 2 people voted	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
8	Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1) by Seanan McGuire (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 124,537 ratings score: 165, and 2 people voted	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
9	Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1) by Tamora Pierce (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 137,529 ratings score: 153, and 2 people voted	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
10	The Thief (The Queen's Thief, #1) by Megan Whalen Turner (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 94,437 ratings score: 148, and 2 people voted	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
11	Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson 4.16 avg rating — 7,600 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	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
11	Moon Soul by Nathaniel Luscombe (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 505 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	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
11	Some of Your Blood by Theodore Sturgeon 3.79 avg rating — 2,231 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	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
14	Icefields by Thomas Wharton (Goodreads Author) 3.58 avg rating — 1,400 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	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
15	Comeuppance Served Cold by Marion Deeds (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 945 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	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
16	Sisters of the Vast Black (Our Lady of Endless Worlds, #1) by Lina Rather (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 5,464 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	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
17	Sisters of the Forsaken Stars (Our Lady of Endless Worlds, #2) by Lina Rather (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 1,481 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	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
17	Binti (Binti, #1) by Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 81,538 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	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
19	Prosper's Demon by K.J. Parker 3.71 avg rating — 6,885 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	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
19	Audition for the Fox by Martin Cahill (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 3,020 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	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
21	The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 11,448 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	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
21	The Shoemaker by Megan Derr (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 300 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	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
23	Driftwood by Marie Brennan (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 1,034 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	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
23	Tea and Sympathetic Magic (Teacup Magic, #1) by Tansy Rayner Roberts (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 691 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	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
25	Penric’s Demon (Penric and Desdemona, #1) by Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 12,875 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	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
26	The Mountains of Mourning (Vorkosigan Saga, #5.1) by Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 9,287 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	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
27	Finna (LitenVerse, #1) by Nino Cipri (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 12,880 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	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
28	The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 7,111 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	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
29	Elder Race (Elder Race #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 25,965 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	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
30	Firewalkers by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 3,121 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	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
31	Ogres by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 4,735 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	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
32	A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2) by Becky Chambers (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 90,796 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	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
33	Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard (Goodreads Author) 3.37 avg rating — 5,624 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	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
34	The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 6,172 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	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
35	In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 2,716 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	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
36	The Jewel and Her Lapidary (Gemworld, #1) by Fran Wilde (Goodreads Author) 3.31 avg rating — 1,460 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	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
37	The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.07 avg rating — 45,954 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	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
38	The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.13 avg rating — 91,055 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	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
39	Orphans in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein 3.79 avg rating — 12,001 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	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
40	The Navigating Fox by Christopher Rowe (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 1,159 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	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
41	Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12,531 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	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
42	Minor Mage by T. Kingfisher 4.18 avg rating — 9,860 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	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
43	Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher 4.06 avg rating — 12,335 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	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
44	Solaris by Stanisław Lem 3.98 avg rating — 134,602 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	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
45	The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 135,149 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	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
46	In an Absent Dream (Wayward Children, #4) by Seanan McGuire (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 37,525 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	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
47	The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 3.89 avg rating — 571,757 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	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
48	The Last Tsar's Dragons by Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author) 2.85 avg rating — 328 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	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
49	The Witch of Duva (Grishaverse, #0.5) by Leigh Bardugo (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 19,486 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	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
50	The Black Tides of Heaven (Tensorate, #1) by Neon Yang 3.69 avg rating — 13,737 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	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
51	Inside Job by Connie Willis 3.72 avg rating — 2,032 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	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
52	The Exile (The Bound and the Broken, #2.5) by Ryan Cahill (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 6,937 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	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
53	A Pilgrimage of Swords (The Seven Swords, #1) by Anthony Ryan (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 2,834 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	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
54	The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip 4.07 avg rating — 21,740 ratings score: 56, and 1 person voted	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
55	Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 4.21 avg rating — 511,184 ratings score: 54, and 1 person voted	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
56	Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino 4.09 avg rating — 99,195 ratings score: 53, and 1 person voted	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
57	Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge 3.81 avg rating — 6,686 ratings score: 52, and 1 person voted	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