Books like This Is How You Lose the Time War
12 books with a reading profile close to This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar. Inward-looking; a moderate read.
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The Husbands
romance, literary
Lauren comes home from a bad night out to discover a door in her flat that she has never seen before.
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The Ministry of Time
romance, science fiction
In a near-future Britain, a shadowy government agency develops time-travel technology to extract individuals from their eras just before they die.
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Oryx and Crake
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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Feed
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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Mona Lisa Overdrive
science fiction, literary
The narrative follows four converging plotlines eight years after the events of Count Zero: a young Japanese girl sent to London for safety, a prostitute named Mona who undergoes surgical alteration to impersonate a fam…
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The Time Traveler's Wife
Also inward-looking · romance, science fiction
Henry DeTamble possesses a genetic clock that malfunctions, forcing him to vanish from the present and reappear in his own past or future without warning.
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7
Bloodchild and Other Stories
science fiction, literary
This collection centers on biological interdependence and the physical cost of survival.
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Little Eyes
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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Chain-Gang All-Stars
science fiction, literary
In this dystopian novel, the United States prison system operates as a televised death match.
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10
1985
by Anthony Burgess, Anthony Burgess
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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Slapstick, or Lonesome No More!
science fiction, literary
Wilbur Swain, last president of the United States, is writing his memoirs from the ruins of Manhattan, now called the Island of Death.
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Galápagos
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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