Books like Bloodchild
12 books with a reading profile close to Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
The Anomaly
narrative, science fiction
In March 2021, an Air France flight from Paris to New York flies into a violent storm and lands safely at JFK.
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2
Timequake
narrative, science fiction
In 2001 the universe's expansion hits a snag and snaps back to 1991, forcing everyone to relive the following ten years exactly as before, unable to change a thing.
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3
The Age of Miracles
narrative, science fiction
On an ordinary Saturday, the earth’s rotation begins to slow, an event known as "the slowing." Julia, an eleven-year-old living in California, watches as gravity shifts and birds fall from the sky.
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The Bees
by Laline Paull
narrative, science fiction
Flora 717 is born into the lowest caste of a rigid apiary society, a sanitation worker destined for silent labor.
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5
The Dream Hotel
by Laila Lalami
narrative, science fiction
Set in a near-future America, the narrative follows a museum curator named Miina who is detained after an algorithmic prediction identifies her as a potential threat to national security.
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Sea of Tranquility
narrative, science fiction
In 1912, an exiled British aristocrat hears the notes of a violin and a mechanical roar while standing in a remote Canadian forest.
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7
Annie Bot
by Sierra Greer
narrative, science fiction
Annie Bot follows the domestic life of Annie, a sophisticated C-13 built to be the ideal companion for her owner, Doug.
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8
American War
narrative, science fiction
In the late twenty-first century, a second American Civil War erupts after federal legislation bans fossil fuels.
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9
Yakma Zevki
by Ray Bradbury
narrative, science fiction
Yakma Zevki, or Pleasure to Burn, is a collection of sixteen short stories and early drafts that trace the evolution of the concept eventually known as Fahrenheit 451.
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10
The Dreamers
narrative, science fiction
In an isolated college town in the California mountains, a student falls into a deep sleep and cannot be woken.
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The Marrow Thieves
narrative, science fiction
In a future ravaged by climate collapse, humanity has lost the ability to dream, leading to widespread madness.
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Station Eleven
narrative, science fiction
The narrative begins with a stage actor dying of a heart attack during a production of King Lear, moments before a Georgia Flu pandemic kills most of the global population.
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