Books like State of Fear
12 books with a reading profile close to State of Fear by Michael Crichton. Outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; a moderate read.
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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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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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Next
Also outward-looking and escapist · 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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Micro
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
In this technothriller, seven graduate students travel to Hawaii for jobs at Vin Drake’s cutting-edge biotech firm, Nanigen.
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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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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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Tom Clancy's Net Force
by Tom Clancy, Steve R. Pieczenik
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · 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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Shadowfires
by Dean Koontz
Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Rachael Leben believes her abusive ex-husband, Eric, is dead after a violent traffic accident.
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The Scorch Trials
Also clear-cut and 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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Maze Runner 02. Die Auserwählten - In der Brandwüste
Also clear-cut and escapist · 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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