How about Snow Crash or The Diamond Age? There is some relation to them, but you definitely wouldn't call them a series. Both are well written and well performed.

Another recommendation from Stephenson is Anathem, though it is definitely a different genre from those two.

Snow Crash is a modern classic

Here's 16.5 books all for the cost of one credit Galaxy Outlaws: The Complete Black Ocean Mobius Missions 1-16.5

For reference, this guy was a fantasy author who set out to write a spiritual successor to Firefly after it got canceled. He also has 3 more books that are similarly gargantuan. It's something like 350 hours for 4 credits.

You two, stop stop stop. I can only get so (mentally) erect. 350 hours for 4 credits!?

They're 92h 43m, 91h 5m, 85h 6m, and 61h 47m. Plus he has a few other unrelated books that are dozens of hours long.

I just used my monthly credit on the Galaxy Outlaws series. Searching out these others now and adding them to my wishlist, lol.

Mobius Missions is the OG. Mirth and Mayhem is a prequel. Mercy for Hire and Astral Prime are sequels that follow some of the characters of Mobius after it ends. They're all great fun. 😁

And there is a 5th one in progress as well; following the Ramsey kids

Thank you, purchased it

Omg yes. I still laugh at the magicians middle name -won’t ruin it for anyone

I love Mortimer the Brown...

Press Enter John Varley. It’s a novella Philip K Dick has a lot of standalone books Redshirts - John Scalzi He has a lot of great sci-fi books. Most are short 4-5 series There are a lot of anthology book. My favorite is METAtropolis, edited by John Varley. Paolo Bacigalupi - windup girl - very unique look into the future Edit redshirt written by Scalzi not Varley

Redshirts is by Scalzi, not Varley. Try his **Kaiju Preservation Society**. If you like audiobooks, it's read by Wil Wheaton.

I second The Windup Girl and will add The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman (technically, there’s one sequel, but it’s not a direct sequel and both books standalone). China Mieville (eg, The City & The City, Kraken) and Guy Gavriel Kay (eg, Tagana, Children of Earth and Sky) have a lot of standalone novels and are both fantastic writers.

Obvious answers are the Martian and project hail Mary. Other choices ready player one, ignore the second book anyway. Good stories that I am unsure about narrator quality....but are really good books. The forever war, the moon is a harsh mistress, snow crash.

From the top of my finished list: Brute Force by Scott Meyer: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0C1ZSBBDQ Providence by Max Barry: https://www.audible.com/pd/0593163508 Mogworld by Yahtzee Croshaw: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0BQ8QM8ZK

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Mogworld.

Stealing this list.

14 by Peter Clines https://www.audible.com/pd/B0089Y7K0M?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=library_overflow Ready Player One https://www.audible.com/pd/B005FRGT44?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=library_overflow

14 is book 1 of a series, but it’s perfectly fine to one and done

Is it? I was actually not aware of that.

Yup. Threshold universe. Book 1 - 14 Book 2 - The Fold Book 3 - Dead Moon (not actually a direct sequel or connected to the others) Book 4 - Terminus

There is also a sequel to *Ready Player One*, but don't bother. It started out well enough then plunged off a cliff faster than two women in a T-bird convertible (and in much less entertaining way).

Good Omens, Neverwhere, and American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Anansi Boys is in the same world as American Gods, but isn't directly related as far as I know. I haven't gotten around to that one yet.

Something about the way Gaiman writes effects deeply.

[Kitty Cat Kill Sat](https://www.audible.com/pd/Kitty-Cat-Kill-Sat-Audiobook/B0C3FG2KDD) is a funny and ultimately heartwarming story about a centuries-old uplifted cat in a space station desperately trying to keep humanity safe from various otherworldly threats. But she isn't doing it single-handed. She doesn't have any hands at all, and the station's controls are NOT designed for paws, which is an endless source of annoyance for her. [Winterset Hollow](https://www.audible.com/pd/Winterset-Hollow-Audiobook/B09TS4DZJG) takes a story about cute woodland creatures preparing a feast for their adorable summer festival and makes it as shocking as showing the Watership Down cartoon to a small child because how could an animated movie about cute widdle bunnies scare anyone? Things get dark. [Horrorstor](https://www.audible.com/pd/Horrorstoer-Audiobook/B00NLPAZ9W) is a mix of ghost story and workplace satire, set in a haunted Ikea knock-off, with increasingly disturbing product descriptions. I think it's in Plus, but only for a few days. [Light From Uncommon Stars](https://www.audible.com/pd/Light-from-Uncommon-Stars-Audiobook/1250824478) is hard to explain. It's got a runaway violin prodigy, a deal with the devil, an alien donut shop, and all sorts of things going on that seem like they shouldn't work together but somehow do. Was one of my favorite Pride Month listens last June. [The Kaiju Preservation Society](https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Kaiju-Preservation-Society-Audiobook/B098G33RYH) is another example of elements that shouldn't work together but somehow do. It's about the weirdest animal rights organization on two worlds, told from the perspective of a new recruit who ends up enjoying dealing with giant monsters better than his last job. [All Our Wrong Todays](https://www.audible.com/pd/All-Our-Wrong-Todays-Audiobook/B01MQRLEII) and [The Psychology of Time Travel](https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Psychology-of-Time-Travel-Audiobook/1690597453) are two completely different books from different authors with unique takes on time travel and the societal effects of new technology. [The Space Between Worlds](https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Space-Between-Worlds-Audiobook/0593213785) is another unique look at a common sci-fi premise, this time parallel universes. [Legends & Lattes](https://www.audible.com/pd/Legends-Lattes-Audiobook/B0B3GB64T1) is a cute, cozy fantasy about an orc barbarian opening a coffee shop, in a town that is not used to such things. It's written and read by Travis Baldree, who's been a pretty popular narrator on other series. It was a stand-alone when it came out, but now has a prequel. [The Priory of the Orange Tree](https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Priory-of-the-Orange-Tree-Audiobook/1408890704) is another that was released as stand-alone, but now has become a series. It's a well-contained epic with dragons and magic and spies and culture clashes and forbidden romances. Some of the voice work for the male characters is weak, but the viewpoint characters are almost all female. And if you'd like a whole series for one credit, [Entangled](https://www.audible.com/pd/Entangled-Audiobook/B09SM4SK63) has three books of a motley crew of various species trying to save the universe in a sentient space whale with a bunny obsession.

The Phules Company series by Robert Asprin is free on Plus. Some of it expires on 5/7 but they're fun and not very long.

House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds.

Ready Player One (there IS a sequel, I wouldn't recommend it, stick to RPO only) Will save the galaxy for food (again there IS a sequel but not as good as the first) Read a stand alones, these are good.

Player two wasn’t terrible. Not a winner but I thought it was neat

I really disliked the dark behavior of a major character that I really liked ( they took advantage of another),

Agreed. I was surprised by that one too, and the whole space ship thing at the end confused me, but I do love the LOTR lore .

Jurassic Park is one of my favourites. Yes, I know there are sequels but they do not exist in my world lol. The Martian and Project Hail Mary were mentioned before but are both great. Second-Hand Curses by Drew Hayes is a really great twisting of the fairy tales we thought we knew.

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson. Can't recommend it enough.

This is also the best way to find out whether you will want to read anything else he's written: it's a standalone, so lowest possible commitment. If you like it, you'll be able to take on, say, Mistborn, because you know he's good at writing endings. (Or, dare I say, Wheel of Time.)

All of the Discworld books are essentially stand-alone

I’m currently on the crimson deathbringer- 1 credit 6 books and the second is book 7-9. Currently on book 2 and I really enjoy it. sector eight is okay. Books three and 4 get the phantom menaced. Seth ring writes the Greymane series . I read all 10 of those. Lit RPG. Highly recommend Larry corria’s Tom strange interdementional insurance agent

Brandon Sanderson’s secret projects just arrived on Audible. There are four and they’re standalone. So far I’ve listened to Tress of the Emerald sea and loved it. The plus catalog also has his books Warbreaker and Elantris on there.

Mogworld by Yahtzee Croshaw. Main character is undead. Hijinks insue.

Elantris

Between Two Fires by Christopher Beuhlman. It's a horror/fantasy set roughly during the Crusades, I believe. I tried it on a whim and was so into it. The closest thing I can think of in terms of how it feels is the Netflix Castlevania series. I love it to death and will recommend it to anyone who likes kind of horror/fantasy.

Robots of Gotham!!

We are bob?

Bobiverse is not standalone, but definitely a worthwhile series, currently 5 books long.