Books like Lexicon
12 books with a reading profile close to Lexicon by Max Barry. Escapist; a moderate read.
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1
Upgrade
by Blake Crouch
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Logan Ramsay is a genetic enforcement agent working in a future where gene editing is strictly illegal following a global famine caused by a failed experiment.
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2
The Terminal Man
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Harry Benson suffers from psychomotor epilepsy, a condition that triggers violent, uncontrollable seizures.
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3
The Running Man
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Set in a decaying 2025 where industrial pollution chokes the poor, the story follows Ben Richards, a desperate man who enters a lethal reality television program to fund medical care for his dying daughter.
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4
Dry
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
In a sudden environmental collapse known as the Tap-Out, Southern California’s water supply is terminated, leaving millions in a lethal drought.
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5
Crank Palace
by James Dashner, Mark Deakins
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Set between the events of The Death Cure and the series finale, this novella follows Newt after he separates from Thomas and his friends.
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6
State of Fear
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Environmental lawyer Peter Evans becomes entangled in a global conspiracy when he discovers that a radical group is orchestrating catastrophic weather events to simulate the effects of climate change.
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7
Shadowfires
by Dean Koontz
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Rachael Leben believes her abusive ex-husband, Eric, is dead after a violent traffic accident.
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8
Chasm City
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Tanner Mirabel, a security specialist seeking vengeance, travels to the planet Yellowstone to hunt a noble who murdered his client’s wife.
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9
Vox
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
In a near-future United States, a radical religious group called the Pure Movement seizes political control and strips women of their rights.
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10
The Scorch Trials
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
After escaping the Maze, Thomas and the surviving Gladers learn their ordeal was merely the first phase of a clinical experiment conducted by WICKED.
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11
The Swarm
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Off the coast of Norway, a new species of aggressive worms destroys methane hydrate deposits, destabilizing the continental shelf.
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12
Reamde
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Richard Forthrast, an entrepreneur and former draft dodger, builds a fortune through a massive multiplayer online role-playing game called T’Rain.
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