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
Omnivore (Of Man and Manta)
The Menace from Earth
City at World's End
The dragon masters
The Killing Machine
Federation
Starswarm
The Man Who Sold the Moon
Reach for Tomorrow
Fury
Across a Billion Years
Cosmic Engineers
The Book of Dreams (The Demon Princes, Book 5)
Time of the Great Freeze
Star King
Life for the Stars
The Star Fox
Hoka! Hoka! Hoka!
The Whole Man
Chernobyl
Orn
Cycle of Fire
Deathworld
The Prefect