What to Read After Close to Critical
Readers who loved Close to Critical by Hal Clement keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Close to Critical is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Close to Critical
The Menace from Earth
City at World's End
Omnivore (Of Man and Manta)
Dark Star
The Dragon Masters
The Killing Machine
Starswarm
Federation
Reach for Tomorrow
The Man Who Sold the Moon
Fury
Across a Billion Years
The Book of Dreams (The Demon Princes, Book 5)
Cosmic Engineers
Time of the Great Freeze
Star King
A Life for the Stars
Galaxy Primes
The Star Fox
Hoka! Hoka! Hoka!
The Whole Man
The Survivors
Chernobyl
Ox