Books like Congo
12 books with a reading profile close to Congo by Michael Crichton. Practical, outward-looking, growth-minded, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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Watchers
by Dean Koontz
Also practical and clear-cut · 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.
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Prey
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.
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Sphere
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Psychologist Norman Johnson joins a specialized team of scientists to examine a massive spacecraft discovered deep on the floor of the Pacific Ocean.
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MAZE RUNNER - CORRER O MORIR
Also practical and clear-cut · 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.
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The One
by John Marrs
Also practical and clear-cut · 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.
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The Maze Runner
Also practical and clear-cut · 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.
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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.
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Catching Fire
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.
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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.
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I Am Pilgrim
by Terry Hayes
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
The story follows a retired intelligence agent, known by the codename Pilgrim, who is pulled back into the field to stop a global biological threat.
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The Runaway Jury
by John Grisham
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark trial pits a widow against Pynex, a massive tobacco corporation.
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