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Looking for recommendations for good Sci-Fi mystery novels (startrek.website)

submitted 2 days ago by showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website to c/books@lemmy.ml

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Hey Lemmings,
I’ve just finished up the second of John Scalzi’s Lock-In novels and I’m looking for some recommendations for some new books in the same vein. I’ve enjoyed a bunch of sci-fi mysteries like The Murderbot series, the I Robot novels, even Niven’s ARM stories. So throw me some more like that if you can.

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[–] stevethegeek@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Might not be an exact fit, but maybe Old Man's War by John Scalzi. It's not a mystery per se, but there is definitely an element of "what's actually going on here" for the main character to sort out.

[–] showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s funny I started on Scalzi with Redshirts, which was good but felt like a short story that he padded out to make a novel with. I then read the Old Man Wars series and it just wasn’t for me. It felt like a slog to get through and I was about to give up on Scalzi but I figured the first Lock In book was already in my reading list on my library audiobook app so I’d give it a go, and man that turned me around on Scalzi really right in my groove. So I’ll give Fuzzy Nation a go next and see if I just don’t like the Old Man’s War series.

[–] stevethegeek@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Starter Villain might also scratch that itch for you, but to be honest, I'm just a big Scalzi fan. Kaiju Preservation Society and When the Moon Hits Your Eye were a lot of fun too.