Where to Start with Alastair Reynolds
- Best entry point → House of Suns
- Best standalone → Pushing Ice
- Start the Prefect Dreyfus Emergency series → The Prefect
- What readers keep coming back to → Revelation Space
- Highest rated by readers → Inhibitor Phase (Revelation Space #4)
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The Prefect
Prefect Dreyfus Emergency • Book 1
★ 4.14 BLT Score (21.9K ratings)★ 4.17 Goodreads (21.9K) - 4
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Elysium Fire
Prefect Dreyfus Emergency • Book 2
★ 4.07 BLT Score (7.8K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (7.8K) - 6
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On the Steel Breeze
Poseidon's Children • Book 2
★ 3.93 BLT Score (7.0K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (7.0K) - 9
Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days
Revelation Space #1.5 • Book 6
★ 3.91 BLT Score (12.5K ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (12.5K) - 10
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Blue Remembered Earth
Poseidon's Children • Book 1
★ 3.85 BLT Score (12.3K ratings)★ 3.89 Goodreads (12.3K) - 12
Revelation Space
Revelation Space • Book 1
★ 3.83 BLT Score (62.3K ratings)★ 3.99 Goodreads (62.3K) - 13
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