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12 books with a reading profile close to Artemis by Andy Weir. Outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

  1. 1 Prey

    Prey

    by Michael Crichton

    Also outward-looking and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Jack Forman, an unemployed software programmer, becomes suspicious of his wife Julia’s secretive behavior at Xymos Technology.

  2. 2 Jurassic Park

    Jurassic Park

    by Michael Crichton

    Also outward-looking and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    On a remote island off the coast of Costa Rica, billionaire John Hammond creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs cloned from prehistoric DNA found in amber.

  3. 3 Watchers

    Watchers

    by Dean Koontz

    Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Travis Cornell, a depressed former Delta Force operative, encounters a Golden Retriever with human-level intelligence while hiking in the foothills of California.

  4. 4 Recursion

    Recursion

    by Blake Crouch

    Also escapist · thriller, entertainment

    New York City detective Barry Sutton investigates False Memory Syndrome, a condition where people experience vivid recollections of lives they never lived.

  5. 5 MAZE RUNNER - CORRER O MORIR

    MAZE RUNNER - CORRER O MORIR

    by James Dashner

    Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Thomas wakes up in a metal elevator with no memory of his past, arriving in the Glade, a stone courtyard populated by dozens of teenage boys.

  6. 6 The One

    The One

    by John Marrs

    Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    In a near-future setting, a simple DNA test promises to identify every person's "one true love" based on a specific genetic match.

  7. 7 The Maze Runner

    The Maze Runner

    by James Dashner

    Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Thomas wakes up in a metal elevator with no memory of his past, arriving at the Glade, a large courtyard inhabited by teenage boys.

  8. 8 Catching Fire

    Catching Fire

    by Suzanne Collins

    Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    After surviving the Hunger Games through an act of shared defiance, Katniss Everdeen returns to District 12 only to find that her gesture has sparked uprisings across Panem.

  9. 9 Dark Matter

    Dark Matter

    by Blake Crouch

    Also escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Jason Dessen is a physics professor living a quiet life in Chicago with his wife and son until a masked stranger kidnaps him at gunpoint.

  10. 10 Reamde

    Reamde

    by Neal Stephenson

    Also outward-looking and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Richard Forthrast, an entrepreneur and former draft dodger, builds a fortune through a massive multiplayer online role-playing game called T’Rain.

  11. 11 The Rainmaker

    The Rainmaker

    by John Grisham

    Also outward-looking and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Rudy Baylor is a newly licensed attorney struggling to survive in a Memphis legal market saturated with practitioners.

  12. 12 Running blind

    Running blind

    by Lee Child

    Also outward-looking and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    In Jack Reacher’s fourth outing, the FBI blackmails the former military policeman into profiling a serial killer targeting female ex-soldiers.

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