Books like Cloud Atlas
12 books with a reading profile close to Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Deep, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
Sprawl (Necromancer) Series
Also deep · dense, science fiction
The Sprawl series follows Henry Dorsett Case, a data thief hired by a mysterious entity to bypass the ice securing a massive artificial intelligence.
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2
A Clockwork Orange
Also deep and open-ended · dense, science fiction
Alex is a teenage delinquent who leads his gang of droogs through a landscape of ultra-violence and theft in a future London.
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3
Galápagos
Also deep · science fiction, literary
Set one million years in the future, the ghost of Leon Trout narrates the regression of the human race.
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4
Ghostwritten
Also deep and open-ended · dense, literary
David Mitchell’s debut novel connects nine disparate characters across the globe through a series of interlocking narratives.
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5
1985
by Anthony Burgess, Anthony Burgess
Also deep and open-ended · science fiction, literary
Anthony Burgess divides this work into a critical analysis and a fictional response to George Orwell’s dystopian vision.
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6
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Also deep and thought-provoking · science fiction, literary
In this dystopian novel, the United States prison system operates as a televised death match.
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7
Oryx and Crake
Also deep · science fiction, literary
Snowman, formerly known as Jimmy, is the last human survivor in a world populated by the Crakers, a floor-model species of genetically engineered humanoids.
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8
The Candy House
Also deep and open-ended · science fiction, literary
Bix Bouton, a tech entrepreneur who appeared in A Visit from the Goon Squad, develops a technology called Own Your Unconscious.
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9
Number9Dream
Also deep and open-ended · dense, literary
Nineteen-year-old Eiji Miyake travels from rural Yakushima to the neon-drenched cityscape of Tokyo to find the father he has never met.
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10
Bloodchild and Other Stories
Also deep and thought-provoking · science fiction, literary
This collection centers on biological interdependence and the physical cost of survival.
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11
High-Rise
by J.G. Ballard
Also deep and open-ended · science fiction, literary
A new forty-story tower block on the edge of London houses a thousand tenants, stacked by income, with professionals on top and families lower down.
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Little Eyes
Also deep and open-ended · science fiction, literary
In Samanta Schweblin's novel, a new device called a kentuki, a small robot animal with a camera for eyes, becomes a global craze.
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