Read-alikes and related books

Books like Lagoon

Readers who finished Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Space Exploration, Alien Contact, Urban, and African American & Black.

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Top related books to Lagoon

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Lagoon.

The Gods of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

The Clockwork Rocket Orthogonal Book One

Greg Egan

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

Activation Degradation A Novel

Marina J. Lostetter

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

Rastignac the Devil by Philip Jose Farmer, Science, Fantasy, Adventure

Philip Jose Farmer

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

Skywave

K. Patrick Donoghue

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

Gulliver of Mars

Edwin Lester Arnold

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

Butterfly Book III: Tomorrow’s Children

David Saperstein

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

Last Human

Doug Naylor

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

The Warlock in Spite of Himself

Christopher Stasheff

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

#10

Nyxia (the Nyxia Triad)

Scott Reintgen

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

#11

Backwards

Rob Grant

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

#12

Leave the World Behind A Novel

Rumaan Alam

Themes: Urban • African American & Black • Science Fiction

#13

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 36 Bestselling Anthology of Award-Winning Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Stories

L. Ron Hubbard

Themes: Alien Contact • African American & Black • Science Fiction

#14

Under Fortunate Stars

Ren Hutchings

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

#15

Tiamat’s Wrath

James S. A. Corey

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

#16

Doctor Who: the Chimes of Midnight

Robert Shearman

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

#17

Icehenge

Kim Stanley Robinson

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

#18

The Seven

Fred Ellis Brock

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

#19

Hell Divers

Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

#20

Dream Thief

Stephen R. Lawhead

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

#21

Out Past the Stars

K. B. Wagers

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

#22

Doctor Who: Wannabes A 1990s Story

Dave Rudden

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

#23

The Lost Colony

A.G. Riddle

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

#24

Helix

Eric Brown

Themes: Space Exploration • Alien Contact • Science Fiction

Fans of Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor will find 24 titles here, all united by Space Exploration, Alien Contact, Urban. Authors represented include Edgar Rice Burroughs, Greg Egan, Marina J. Lostetter, Philip Jose Farmer, and others.