Books like The dry salvages by Caitlín R. Kiernan

A covert scientific team ventures into the isolated Area X, a reclaimed landscape rife with anomalies and unknown life. As discoveries deepen, hidden motives and secrets threaten to unravel the expedition and alter humanity’s understanding of nature.

Inspector Tyador Borlú journeys from Besźel to Ul Qoma to investigate the murder of a woman, navigating two distinct cities that both share one physical space yet have separate identities.

In Dan Simmons’ chilling historical adventure, the Franklin expedition’s steamships Terror and Erebus are trapped in the Arctic for two years, where crew face starvation, mutiny, and a nameless terror lurking in the ice.

A youthful science‑fiction adventure that explores survival, community building, and early political themes through an interplanetary setting.

Astronauts and researchers dive into the Marianas Trench, desperate to find a cure for the plague that has taken over the world.

Two widowers in upstate New York pursue trout in Dutchman's Creek and uncover a dark, ancient secret tied to the Ashokan Reservoir, forcing them to confront loss and the price of reclaiming what they lost.

A schizophrenic woman wrestles with mythic beings that may be hallucinations or something more, exploring identity, gender, and self‑realization in a fantastical world.

In Kolkata, a college professor named Alok becomes embroiled with a mysterious stranger who recounts a haunting tale of a 17th‑century Mughal wanderer and a defiant woman, amid a mythic race of shapeshifters.

After leaving a turbulent life in Atlanta, Sarah Crowe moves to a remote Rhode Island home where she discovers a parapsychologist’s unfinished manuscript tied to an ancient oak. As the tree’s mystery unfolds, Sarah’s sanity and health are threatened by a long‑hidden revelation.

NASA engineers, led by scientist Paula Benacerraf, launch a one‑way expedition to Titan to seek signs of organic life, facing a decade‑long interplanetary journey that includes a Venus slingshot, a solar storm, and relentless technical challenges.

When Starfleet’s Prime Directive is violated, the celebrated Enterprise crew must revisit the ruined planet Talin to confront the disastrous consequences of their actions and uncover the fate of their disgraced captain.

Dancy Flammarion, a battle‑worn warrior of supernatural foes, has long battled demons and other dark beings. Now alone, she faces an encroaching pack of wolves in a grim, Georgia‑set fantasy‑horror comic.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

The USS da Vinci, led by Captain David Gold and Commander Sonya Gomez, tackles impossible Starfleet engineering challenges—from damaged planetary rings to generation ships—while confronting personal demons and navigating interstellar politics.

Captain Janeway and the crew of the U.S.S. Voyager are captured by the Edesian fleet and forced to fight in a war against the Gimlon, only to uncover a devastating super‑weapon that threatens entire worlds.

Star Trek II – The Wrath of Khan follows Captain Kirk, Spock, and the Enterprise crew as they confront the hostile Khan during an interplanetary conflict.

In the pre‑Domination era of Bajor, a 25‑year occupation by Cardassians fuels resistance and moral conflict as rebels, led by Kira Nerys, fight for freedom on the planet Terok Nor, the future Deep Space Nine.

Explore the richly detailed worlds of Ferenginar and the Dominion, as Ferengi politics collide with Odo’s quest for the Founders’ true motives in this collection of Deep Space Nine tales.

When a renegade Section 31 operative threatens the Federation, ship‑boarded, Doctor Julian Bashir confronts a genetically enhanced enemy who may remake the galaxy—forcing a confrontation with both his duty and his own darkened past.

Section 31, the covert operations arm of Starfleet, hunts a stolen cloaking device that could destabilize the galaxy—a ruthless mission that pits the Empire of Space against the Enterprise in a battle of secrets and survival.

The USS Enterprise is sent to Memory Prime for a 23rd‑century Nobel Award ceremony, only to encounter an assassin who frames Spock for murder. Spock must clear his name and uncover the true killer while Mira Romaine returns to lend her aid.

Two legendary captains reunite in the USS Enterprise to confront a superweapon threat that could endanger billions.

Quark’s bar profits turn into a high‑stakes political crisis when the Ferengi Grand Nagus blocks a lost Orb of the Prophets, sparking a trade war between Bajor and the Ferengi Alliance on Deep Space Nine.

Sisko, a starship captain, discovers a mysterious device on Bajor and embarks on a dangerous mission to obtain it before the Klingons, Cardassians, and Ferengi Alliance can acquire it. This book is part of the Star Trek Deep Space Nine series and is written by Dean Wesley Smith.

Borne follows two humans in a desolate, post‑industrial world: Rachel, a scavenger, and Wick, a drug dealer, as they confront secretive dangers and survive alongside mysterious, biotech‑derived creatures named Mord and Borne.