Books like The City & the City
12 books with a reading profile close to The City & the City by China Miéville. Deep and open-ended; a moderate read.
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1985
by Anthony Burgess, Anthony Burgess
Also deep and open-ended · science fiction, literary
Anthony Burgess divides this work into a critical analysis and a fictional response to George Orwell’s dystopian vision.
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Galápagos
Also deep · science fiction, literary
Set one million years in the future, the ghost of Leon Trout narrates the regression of the human race.
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Oryx and Crake
Also deep · science fiction, literary
Snowman, formerly known as Jimmy, is the last human survivor in a world populated by the Crakers, a floor-model species of genetically engineered humanoids.
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5
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Also deep · science fiction, literary
In this dystopian novel, the United States prison system operates as a televised death match.
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6
The Trees
mystery, literary
In Money, Mississippi, a series of brutal murders puzzles local police and state investigators.
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Mona Lisa Overdrive
science fiction, literary
The narrative follows four converging plotlines eight years after the events of Count Zero: a young Japanese girl sent to London for safety, a prostitute named Mona who undergoes surgical alteration to impersonate a fam…
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Bloodchild and Other Stories
Also deep · science fiction, literary
This collection centers on biological interdependence and the physical cost of survival.
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The Candy House
Also deep and open-ended · science fiction, literary
Bix Bouton, a tech entrepreneur who appeared in A Visit from the Goon Squad, develops a technology called Own Your Unconscious.
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10
High-Rise
by J.G. Ballard
Also deep and open-ended · science fiction, literary
A new forty-story tower block on the edge of London houses a thousand tenants, stacked by income, with professionals on top and families lower down.
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His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae
Also open-ended · mystery, literary
In 1869, a triple murder occurs in the remote Scottish Highlands village of Culduie.
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Little Eyes
Also deep and open-ended · science fiction, literary
In Samanta Schweblin's novel, a new device called a kentuki, a small robot animal with a camera for eyes, becomes a global craze.
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