Books like The Employees
12 books with a reading profile close to The Employees by Olga Ravn. Deep, inward-looking, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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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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2
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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3
Bloodchild and Other Stories
Also deep and thought-provoking · science fiction, literary
This collection centers on biological interdependence and the physical cost of survival.
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4
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Also deep and thought-provoking · science fiction, literary
In this dystopian novel, the United States prison system operates as a televised death match.
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5
Frankissstein
Also deep and open-ended · science fiction, literary
The narrative follows two parallel timelines.
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6
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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The Maniac
Also deep and inward-looking · science fiction, literary
The Maniac focuses on the intellectual evolution of John von Neumann, mapping his contributions to quantum mechanics, game theory, and the architecture of modern computing.
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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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9
Poor Things
Also deep and open-ended · science fiction, literary
Archibald McCandless, a Glasgow medical student in the 1880s, tells how his friend, the surgeon Godwin Baxter, rescued a drowned pregnant woman and transplanted her unborn child's brain into her body.
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
by Haruki Murakami, Alfred Birnbaum
Also deep and inward-looking · science fiction, literary
In a high-tech Tokyo, a data processor known as a Calcutec performs mental data encryption for a clandestine organization called the System.
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11
Feed
Also deep and thought-provoking · science fiction, literary
In a future where brain implants connect citizens directly to a constant stream of consumer data and instant messaging, Titus and his teenage friends live for mindless trends and corporate-sponsored recreation.
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12
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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