Books like The Prestige
12 books with a reading profile close to The Prestige by Christopher Priest. Deep and open-ended; a moderate read.
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1
Sea of Tranquility
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.
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Also deep · narrative, mystery
In this alternate history set in the Alaskan panhandle, the Sitka District serves as a temporary federal preserve for Jewish refugees after the collapse of Israel in 1948.
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3
The Glass Hotel
narrative, mystery
Vincent is a bartender at a remote luxury hotel on Vancouver Island when a threatening message scrawled on the glass lobby wall coincides with the arrival of billionaire Jonathan Alkaitis.
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4
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
Also deep and open-ended · narrative, science fiction
In a subterranean complex, an omniscient military supercomputer named AM has eradicated humanity except for five survivors.
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5
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Also deep · narrative, mystery
Maali Almeida, a war photographer, gambler and closeted gay man, wakes up dead in a visa office in the afterlife with no idea how he died.
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6
The Anomaly
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.
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7
De Laatste Afspraak
by Tana French
narrative, mystery
Retired Chicago police officer Cal Hooper seeks a quiet life in a remote West Irish village, but his peace is interrupted when a local teenager named Trey Reddy asks him to find a missing older brother.
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8
Timequake
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.
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9
Annie Bot
by Sierra Greer
narrative, science fiction
Annie Bot follows the domestic life of Annie, a sophisticated C-13 built to be the ideal companion for her owner, Doug.
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The Dreamers
narrative, science fiction
In an isolated college town in the California mountains, a student falls into a deep sleep and cannot be woken.
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12
Disappearing Earth
narrative, mystery
The story begins on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia with the abduction of two young sisters, Sophia and Alyona Golosovskaya, by a stranger in a tan sedan.
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