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Books like The Invisibles, Volume 1: Say You Want a Revolution

12 books with a reading profile close to The Invisibles, Volume 1: Say You Want a Revolution by Grant Morrison. Deep and open-ended; a moderate read.

1

Ubik

by Philip K. Dick

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, science fiction

In 1992, Glen Runciter runs a corporate security agency that employs inertials to neutralize the telepathic powers of industrial spies.
2

Watchmen

by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, science fiction

Set in an alternate 1985 where costumed vigilantes are real and Richard Nixon remains President, the narrative begins with the murder of Edward Blake, known as the Comedian.
3

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

by Haruki Murakami, Alfred Birnbaum

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, science fiction

In a high-tech Tokyo, a data processor known as a Calcutec performs mental data encryption for a clandestine organization called the System.
4

Frankissstein

by Jeanette Winterson

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, science fiction

The narrative follows two parallel timelines.
5

The Sirens of Titan

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, science fiction

Malachi Constant is the wealthiest man in a future America, but his life is redirected by Winston Niles Rumfoord, a space traveler who exists as a wave phenomenon between Earth and Titan.
6

The Invention of Morel

by Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, science fiction

A fugitive on a remote, deserted island discovers he is not alone, but rather surrounded by a group of people who seem to be caught in a perpetual, unchangeable loop of their past.
7

Einstein’s Dreams

by Alan Lightman

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, science fiction

Set in Bern, Switzerland, in 1905, this novel presents a series of thirty fictional dreams experienced by a young Albert Einstein while he works as a patent clerk.
8

VALIS

by Philip K. Dick

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, science fiction

In 1974, a protagonist named Horselover Fat experiences a psychiatric fracture after a beam of pink light transmits vast amounts of information directly into his brain.
9

Stories of Your Life and Others

by Ted Chiang

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, science fiction

Ted Chiang’s debut collection contains eight stories rooted in scientific inquiry and rigorous logic.
10

Heretics of Dune

by Frank Herbert

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, science fiction

Fifteen hundred years after the death of the Tyrant, humanity returns from the Scattering to a transformed galaxy.
11

Exhalation

by Ted Chiang

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, science fiction

Exhalation is a collection of nine speculative stories that grapple with entropy, memory, and the mechanics of reality.
12

I Who Have Never Known Men

by Jacqueline Harpman

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, science fiction

Forty women live in an underground cage, guarded by silent men who never speak or touch them.

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