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Books like Glory O'Brien's History of the Future

12 books with a reading profile close to Glory O'Brien's History of the Future by A.S. King. Balanced in tone; an easy read.

  1. 1 The Marrow Thieves

    The Marrow Thieves

    by Cherie Dimaline

    narrative, science fiction

    In a future ravaged by climate collapse, humanity has lost the ability to dream, leading to widespread madness.

  2. 2 Replay: A Novel

    Replay: A Novel

    by Ken Grimwood

    narrative, science fiction

    Jeff Winston is a forty-three-year-old radio journalist who dies of a heart attack in 1988, only to wake up in his college dormitory in 1963.

  3. 3 Annie Bot

    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.

  4. 4 The Age of Miracles

    The Age of Miracles

    by Karen Thompson Walker

    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.

  5. 5 The Dog Stars

    The Dog Stars

    by Peter Heller

    narrative, science fiction

    Hig Higman lives in a hangar at a small Colorado airport nine years after a flu pandemic killed most of the global population.

  6. 6 The Dreamers

    The Dreamers

    by Karen Thompson Walker

    narrative, science fiction

    In an isolated college town in the California mountains, a student falls into a deep sleep and cannot be woken.

  7. 7 More Than This

    More Than This

    by Patrick Ness

    narrative, science fiction

    Seth Wearing drowns in the opening chapter, hitting his head against rocks in the freezing ocean.

  8. 8 Yakma Zevki

    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.

  9. 9 The Dream Hotel

    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.

  10. 10 To Be Taught, If Fortunate

    To Be Taught, If Fortunate

    by Becky Chambers

    narrative, science fiction

    Ariadne is an astronaut on a four-person crew, the Lawki mission, traveling to study four potentially habitable worlds.

  11. 11 Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

    Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

    by Tim Hamilton

    narrative, science fiction

    In this 2009 graphic novel adaptation, Tim Hamilton translates the narrative of fireman Guy Montag into a high-contrast visual medium.

  12. 12 The Anomaly

    The Anomaly

    by Hervé Le Tellier

    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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