Books like Micro
12 books with a reading profile close to Micro by Michael Crichton. Practical, outward-looking, growth-minded, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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Reamde
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · 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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Tom Clancy's Net Force
by Tom Clancy, Steve R. Pieczenik
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
Set in the year 2010, the narrative follows Commander Alex Michaels as he takes control of Net Force, a specialized division of the FBI tasked with policing the internet.
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State of Fear
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · 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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Next
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment
Next is a molecular biology thriller set in a world where genetic sequences are privatized and human cells are patented property.
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The Kill Order
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
Set thirteen years before the Glade, this prequel documents the immediate aftermath of the sun flares that scorched the Earth.
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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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7
Lightning
by Dean Koontz
Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment
Laura Shane’s life is marked by the recurring appearance of a mysterious guardian during moments of extreme crisis.
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By the Light of the Moon
by Dean Koontz
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Dylan O'Conner, a young man, and Jilly Jarvis, a stand-up comedian, are two people who cross paths after a stranger injects them with a mysterious substance.
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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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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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Maze Runner 02. Die Auserwählten - In der Brandwüste
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Thomas and the surviving Gladers escape the Maze only to find the outside world scorched by solar flares and ravaged by the Flare, a brain-eating virus.
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The Swarm
Also outward-looking and 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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