Books like The Vanished Birds
12 books with a reading profile close to The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez. Balanced in tone; 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 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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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 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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5
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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6
Yakma Zevki
by Ray Bradbury
narrative, science fiction
Yakma Zevki, or Pleasure to Burn, is a collection of sixteen short stories and early drafts that trace the evolution of the concept eventually known as Fahrenheit 451.
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7
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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8
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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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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10
Replay: A Novel
by Ken Grimwood
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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How High We Go in the Dark
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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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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