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Sci Fi Romance Book Recommendations
Filter the shelf by trope, heat comfort, and aliens or humans only.
- Pick a trope, a heat level, and whether you want aliens.
- The list updates the moment you choose.
- Open any book for its details, then save it to your shelf.
One way to test our own entry costs nothing: the free opening chapters.
Sourced sci fi romance books; we publish The Starfall Accord, marked Ours, and it uses the same filters as the rest.
25 matches
All We Have Is TimeHeat not statedAliens: not stated
Heat: not stated by the publisher.
Atria Books
A jaded immortal woman and a time traveler from 2202 fall in love across the centuries. Time travel romance on the adjacent shelf.
- Time travel
At Star's EndOpen doorAliens: not stated
Heat: per the author's blurb, which promises "scorching desire." Do not expect a closed door.
Indie (self published)
A space archeologist and a treasure hunter chase the galaxy's most famous treasure, Indiana Jones in space energy, per the author's copy.
- Opposites attract
Broken DoveHeat not statedHuman only
Heat: not stated by the publisher.
Del Rey (Penguin Random House)
The sequel to Silver Elite: a double agent, a resistance uprising, and a war between two human factions, per the publisher's page.
Note: Planet bound dystopian science fiction rather than spaceship space opera.
Start with the full glossary of reader terms if a label on any shelf is new to you.
What each heat rating actually means is set out in the spice level guide.
Every book in the picker
- All We Have Is Time by Amy Tordoff
- At Star's End by Anna Hackett
- Broken Dove by Dani Francis
- Choosing Theo by Victoria Aveline
- Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray
- Fortune's Pawn by Rachel Bach
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- Hell's Heart by Alexis Hall
- Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik
- I Punched an Alien and Now We're in Couples Therapy by Kimberly Lemming
- Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon
- Moss'd in Space by Rebecca Thorne
- Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik
- Quicksilver by Callie Hart
- Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
- Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Strange Love by Ann Aguirre
- The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
- The Last Hour of Gann by R. Lee Smith
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
- The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
- The Starfall Accord by Sera Voss (Ours)
- This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
- Vexing Valmir by Ruby Dixon
- Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
Our own book sits in the picker on the same filters as everything else, and you can read the full description, the format, and the frequently asked questions for Sera Voss's debut.
Nothing in it has to arrive as a surprise: see what is and is not on the page.
Frequently asked questions
How does the Next Read Picker work?
Pick a trope, a heat level, and whether you want aliens or human only leads.
The list updates the moment you choose.
Open any book for its details, then save it to your private shelf.
Where do the book details come from?
Some entries are sourced from publicly available publisher, author, or retailer listings, and each one says which.
Publishers rarely state a door label at all, so where we give a heat level and no listing does, it is our editorial estimate and is labelled as one.
Where a heat level is not stated anywhere, the book is marked accordingly.
None of it comes from our own reading.
Is my saved reading list private?
Yes.
Books you save go to a private to-be-read shelf stored on your own device.
There is no account and no sign in required to use the picker or to save books.
Is The Starfall Accord included in the picker?
Yes.
The Starfall Accord is included and marked Ours because we publish it.
It uses the same trope, heat, and aliens filters as every other book, so it only appears when it matches what you picked.
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