Books like The Kilternan legacy by Anne McCaffrey

Menolly, a fisher’s daughter from Pern, escapes her hold to pursue her dream of becoming a Harper, only to discover a surprising gift that will alter her destiny amid the threat of deadly Threadfall.

1965 science‑fiction novel set on a fully colonized Solar System, exploring reality, unreality, drugs and religious themes.

On Pern, a dragon rider named Lord Jaxom bonds with an unlikely white dragon, challenging the island's traditions as they fight the deadly Thread together.

When a secret agency of temporal engineers rewrites history to secure humanity’s future, one man rebels to protect a loved one, sparking a battle that ends the bureaucracy and restores individual destiny.

Three teenagers and an older scientist build a homemade atomic rocket, overcome obstacles, and launch themselves to the moon in this classic Heinlein adventure.

Marianne Daventry escapes Bath’s dull routine and an unwanted suitor by joining her twin sister at the Edenbrooke estate. There, her plans unravel into romance, intrigue, and a chance that a mysterious stranger may win her heart.

Set on the world of Pern, this tale follows dolphins that colonized the planet's oceans alongside humans and recounts their revival as the dragonriders battle the deadly Thread.

After years of musical study, Killashandra Ree is drawn to the Heptite Guild, a mystic society on Ballybran that offers extraordinary careers and fortune, yet few who join return.

an adventurous science‑fiction tale featuring Prof. George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, and Prof. Summerlee on a perilous quest closely tied to earlier mysteries.

A classic tale of aliens in our midst, exploring human responses to superior beings.

A techno‑thriller in report form, The Andromeda Strain follows an expert team in New Mexico as they confront a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism that threatens humanity.

Jack Finney’s classic time‑travel tale follows commercial artist Si Morley, recruited by the U.S. Army to imagine himself in 1882 New York, where he encounters love and paradoxes while navigating a secret project that rewrites history.

Science‑fiction story set on a dying world, touching themes of violence, mystery and the clash of cultures.

Set on a distant planet, the descendants of the Rowan confront threats to their peaceful, telepathic colony as overpopulation and social conflict challenge their hopes for prosperity.

Director of the Jerhattan Parapsychic Center, telepath Rhyssa Owen manages the nation’s gifted Talents, balancing a high-demand space program and the struggle of children who need their abilities. When a man without a Talent appears and two Talented children show unexpected powers, Rhyssa must rethink Talentkind’s true potential.

A thrilling novel about humanity's desperate struggle to survive after a catastrophic rise in sea levels.

A spellbinding novel of contemporary romantic suspense--the unforgettable story of a woman caught between love and vengeance... Manhattan attorney Claire Green is haunted by the brutal murder of her twin sister Zoe in a dangerous revenge scheme that soon implicates Claire. Claire's only hope of clearing her name is to bring her sister's murderer to justice on her own...before a second killer strikes. But someone else is dogging Claire's trail: relentless F.B.I. agent Liam Jameson, who has tracked her to New Orleans. With her own life threatened, Claire reluctantly joins forces with the enigmatic Jameson. Distrust quickly flames into desire. As Mardi Gras builds to fever pitch, they are inexorably drawn into a shadowy world where impeccable tradition cloaks deadly secrets and where no one--not Claire nor even Jameson--is safe from the shocking truth...

When Earth’s currency collapses, the planet faces an alien invasion disguised as bowling balls, talking dogs, and dolls that march like humans. A handful of skeptics must convince the world that the invasion is real before it’s too late.