Books like The School for Good Mothers
12 books with a reading profile close to The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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How High We Go in the Dark
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, science fiction
The narrative begins in the Siberian permafrost, where researchers inadvertently release an ancient "Arctic Plague" from a prehistoric corpse.
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2
We Are the Ants
Also inward-looking · narrative, science fiction
Henry Denton is periodically abducted by slug-like aliens who present him with a red button and a deadline.
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3
Future Home of the Living God
Also thought-provoking · narrative, science fiction
In this story, evolution has reversed.
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The Dreamers
Also inward-looking · 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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Replay: A Novel
by Ken Grimwood
Also inward-looking · 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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The Age of Miracles
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.
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7
More Than This
by Patrick Ness
Also inward-looking · narrative, science fiction
Seth Wearing drowns in the opening chapter, hitting his head against rocks in the freezing ocean.
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The Marrow Thieves
narrative, science fiction
In a future ravaged by climate collapse, humanity has lost the ability to dream, leading to widespread madness.
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The Dog Stars
by Peter Heller
narrative, science fiction
Hig Higman lives in a hangar at a small Colorado airport nine years after a flu pandemic killed most of the global population.
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10
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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To Be Taught, If Fortunate
narrative, science fiction
Ariadne is an astronaut on a four-person crew, the Lawki mission, traveling to study four potentially habitable worlds.
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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.
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