Welcome. Do you like sci-fi and space fantasy books involving spaceships?

Spaceships among the stars. Spaceships on planets. People hanging out in spaceships. Spaceships with curious lore or make. We have it all!

Every book has a spaceship that's noteworthy within the story, whether centric to the narrative or a vital part of it.

A majority are named, too! Check out the summaries below for each spaceship's name. Please do note that a few books in this bundle include adult content.


The Re-Emergence by Alan K. Dell

A daring but inexperienced crew of space birds and an endearing synthetic lifeform battle for the fate of their homeworld against a terrifying mythological enemy.

Spaceship: The Qesh'kal

First Light [and] Shakedown by Dan F. Bispo

An epidemiologist finds herself among the stars.

Spaceship: The Trilo (Special appearances by the Radiant, the Moonglow, and the Mariposa.)

Terribly Unprofessional by Alina Lee

Maria is hired muscle, Isabella is genetic aristocracy aboard the worldship New Renaissance. When Maria is hired as Isabella's bodyguard, she must struggle with strange science, confusing politics, and feelings for her boss that are terribly unprofessional.

Spaceship: New Renaissance

Metanoeia by Conrad Altmann

One uncovers a world changing discovery. Another's hope is abandoned. Both events shake the foundations of their existence. Can two worlds reconcile with themselves before they meet face to face?

Spaceship: The Ark

The Protector and the Annihilation by Naila Moonsi

After teen prodigies Ranvir and Armando are confronted by their future son Antonio, they begin to question why reality upon their planet is unraveling. Furious at his fathers and former friend Alejandro, Antonio only has one goal: not to giving up a world where his beloved survives.

Spaceship: The Ainarrami (Focal in Part 2. Special mentions: The Lyrae, the Al-Safina.)

Adamere in Swan by A. P. Howell

Part-time smuggler Baschimeh needs a ride off-planet—fast. But is she desperate enough to trust a stranger with an agenda of her own?

Spaceship: Kitrino Alogo

Araña by Jennifer R. Povey

A Star Trek homage that engages with the Prime Directive in interesting ways. Oh, and with a mildly screwed up veteran and interesting faster than light.

Spaceship: EFS Endeavour

Ariana and Cansina Save the World by Simon Wolfe

After the devastating losses she suffered during her tragic first mission, Ariana returns to service alongside her new captain, Cansina. They have to save a distant colony from a looming war. As they travel together, Ariana finds herself falling romantically for Cansina, who provides the support and intimacy she needs to face her past.

Spaceship: Firefly

Common Accord by K N Brindle

A rag-tag crew is one thing. A skip-ship cobbled together out of parts rescued from the recycler, though? Well, when you're at the bottom of the ladder, you grab for the rung you can reach. You need a ship. You need a crew. You need a mission. But more than that, you need a family...

Spaceship: CCS Common Law

Abductees... of the Spermo-Masculoids! by Rob MacWolf

STOP! Reader, and DON’T dare TURN ANOTHER PAGE! The story we bring you now is one of the STRANGEST I’ve ever HEARD, but it’s TRUE—OHHH! How I wish it were not! A tale of a mysterious, unfathomable menace, out of the PRIMAL DARKNESS beyond the MOON! And the warning it carries may be all that saves you from the WEIRD and ASTOUNDING fate of the ABDUCTEES… of the SPERMO-MASCULOIDS!

Spaceship: [Not named.]

Note from author: Contains adult situations

Learning in Space by Joyce Reynolds-Ward

IN A TECH-DRIVEN FUTURE INVOLVING SPACE, LEARNING TO SURVIVE MATTERS

Bess Fielding has a natural affinity for life in space. But that doesn’t mean that she—and her beloved, Alex Jeffreys—don’t have things to learn about survival in space.

Spaceship: DIR 1

Note from the author: First story, "Tranquility Freeriders," was a Writers of the Future semifinalist placement.

A Spark in Space by Janina Franck

Tabea's secret powers as a technomancer make her a hero to her friends but a potential threat to other planets. As the only one who can communicate with their sentient spaceship Calliope, it's up to them to save the rest of their crew when an unexpected enemy emerges.

Spaceship: Calliope

Protostar: Memoirs Of The Messenger by Jesse Pohlman

Lahira Ocean is the chief navigator of the George Washington. One day, she receives a dire message that will change how Humankind interacts with the stars. Given a command of her own, she must rally together a team to help protect all living species from a dangerous threat.

Spaceship(s): The George Washington; The Messenger

The Sarcophagus of Lamia by Rebecca E Reyes

A radiant cadaver is discovered beneath a comet's ice. The mission is to get the corpse to her home world. Will the reward be worth the danger?

Spaceship: Magpie

The Uncontinented Stars by Haden Cross

A queer sci-fi retelling of Moby-Dick. Xenobiologists on an exoplanet frontier tour find their mission derailed by their captain's quest for revenge against the deep-space creature that nearly killed him.

Spaceship: The Amihaf

Bisection by Sheila Jenné

Tria and Resa have shared the same body since they were born. Like everyone on their home planet of Kinaru, their mind and body are divided down the middle: the logical right and the emotional left. When aliens land on Kinaru, Tria and Resa seize the opportunity to be the first of their people to travel to the stars.

Spaceship: Galajak

Mara by Sophia Turner

Built to be a tool of an oppressive empire, the android Mara has broken free and is now on the run. Pursued across the vast reaches of space by both captors and followers alike, Mara and her quickly growing cult unwaveringly chase their own purpose. A mission as mysterious as it is potent.

The Lost Star Chart by Jeannette Bedard

Join a grumpy treasure hunter on a quest for an ancient secret in this gritty, sometimes silly, stand alone space adventure novel.

Spaceship: The Mallard (after the train, not the duck)

The Battle of Braxia by Alex S. Garcia

A young girl from a patriarchal society is thrown into a war between the vast and powerful Imperium and the rebels who fight its tyranny, and discovers that freedom is more elusive than she ever expected.

Inside the Dragon Ships by L’Poni Baldwin

"This book collects various short stories taking place on dragon ships or within them. It's part of the Empire of Dragons series!

One story is about a dragonboy being sucked into a cotton harvester. Another is about dragonboys fighting to survive escaping an alien ship. Another story is about two fused dragons linking with their attack ship. Another is about a draconic vampire fighting to destroy an alien ship."

Spaceship(s): V-Fem, Nobound, Spirit of Science, Pegasus, and others that are unnamed.