Reddit mentions of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers Book 1)

A book you want is The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers.

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Nothing really epic happens in this book, which is what makes it so good. It just follows the crew of a ship that (best way to describe it) plots hyperspace routes on an adventure to plot a route further than anyone has gone before. Again, this is less full of sci-fi tropes and more character interaction. I recommend it to anyone. Also, it is a civilian ship, so no military.

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I liked Firefly, and I liked this, they are different, but have lots of similarities.

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet is $1.99 on Amazon kindle right now. I picked it up the other day and binged thru it...someday I'll learn not to start reading a book at 1030 when I have to work the next day...lol. It was well worth the price, I enjoyed it and will probably get the next one too

Just thinking about it and re-reading your post, have you looked at Charles Stross's Laundry Files? If you liked The Dresden Files these may be right up your alley...

Lighthearted space opera, like Nathan Lowell, Andrew Moriarty, Jamie McFarlane, Becky Chambers, Peter Grant. The stories often involve a young person getting their first job onboard a commercial spacecraft of some sort.

Long Trip to a Small Angry Planet

https://www.amazon.com/Long-Small-Angry-Planet-Wayfarers-ebook/dp/B00ZP64F28/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504576843&sr=8-1&keywords=long+trip+to+a+small+angry+planet




Redshirts

https://www.amazon.com/Redshirts-Novel-Three-Codas-Winner-ebook/dp/B0079XPUOW/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1504576869&sr=1-1&keywords=redshirts

It depends on what you mean by 'similar feel', since star citizen is of course different things to different people.

There are some literal wing commander novelizations that are fine if you're looking for WW2 in space military adventure. Character development errm... But there's definitely parallels to the Star Citizen setting, having its roots in the same places.

https://www.amazon.com/Through-Struggle-Stars-Human-Reach-ebook/dp/B005FGNLDM

The Human Reach is a well done 'space war story' with a decent degree of hardness. It's not really space opera since the main character(s) function more as viewpoint characters as opposed to being the only ones moving the war along.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZP64F28/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Long Way to a Small Angry Planet is a largely non-violent space adventure that is character-focused with a deep backstory and well developed setting.

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like...what do you think you like in such a book?

a well developed setting with deep lore and thought given to the logical consequences of the society and technology?

appealing and interesting characters with developed personalities and consistent reactions?

Fast paced action and adventure?

To see the bad guys get their proper comeuppance regularly?

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These things are not always compatible or present in the same books.

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers --I bought this one but just noticed today that it was on kindle unlimited. An easy but well written sci fi book. I have a hard time caring about characters in Sci Fi books (I don't know why this has been the case for me, but it has) but I did give a shit about the characters in this book.

This is the one. Some other good ones might be Ender's Game, A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, and Fluency. Really all depends on what types of book you like to read. I can recommend many!