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12 books with a reading profile close to Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Deep, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

  1. 1 To Be Taught, If Fortunate

    To Be Taught, If Fortunate

    by Becky Chambers

    Also contemplative · narrative, science fiction

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

  2. 2 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.

  3. 3 Sea of Tranquility

    Sea of Tranquility

    by Emily St. John Mandel

    narrative, science fiction

    In 1912, an exiled British aristocrat hears the notes of a violin and a mechanical roar while standing in a remote Canadian forest.

  4. 4 How High We Go in the Dark

    How High We Go in the Dark

    by Sequoia Nagamatsu

    Also thought-provoking · narrative, science fiction

    The narrative begins in the Siberian permafrost, where researchers inadvertently release an ancient "Arctic Plague" from a prehistoric corpse.

  5. 5 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.

  6. 6 Future Home of the Living God

    Future Home of the Living God

    by Louise Erdrich

    Also thought-provoking · narrative, science fiction

    In this story, evolution has reversed.

  7. 7 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.

  8. 8 Timequake

    Timequake

    by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

    narrative, science fiction

    In 2001 the universe's expansion hits a snag and snaps back to 1991, forcing everyone to relive the following ten years exactly as before, unable to change a thing.

  9. 9 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.

  10. 10 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.

  11. 11 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.

  12. 12 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.

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