Books like Sphere
12 books with a reading profile close to Sphere by Michael Crichton. Escapist; an easy read.
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Prey
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Jack Forman, an unemployed software programmer, becomes suspicious of his wife Julia’s secretive behavior at Xymos Technology.
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2
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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3
Congo
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
In 1979, a Houston-based geology firm sends a team into the Virunga volcanic region of the Zaire River basin to locate a rare site of blue diamonds, which are necessary for developing next-generation semi-conductors.
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Watchers
by Dean Koontz
Also escapist · 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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5
The One
by John Marrs
Also escapist · 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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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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MAZE RUNNER - CORRER O MORIR
Also escapist · 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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Catching Fire
Also 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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10
The Maze Runner
Also escapist · 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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11
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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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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