30 Books like Dark Matter

The Gone World

by Tom Sweterlitsch

An NCIS agent hunts a missing girl through time, but every future is already ending.

3.91

30k+

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🔍 Time Travel Detective ⏳ Alternate Timelines 🕯️ Cult And Conspiracy 👥 Mirror Selves

The Gone World 91%

An NCIS agent hunts a missing girl through time, but every future is already ending.

by Tom Sweterlitsch 2018

3.91

30k+ ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🔍 Time Travel Detective ⏳ Alternate Timelines 🕯️ Cult And Conspiracy 👥 Mirror Selves

Quantum Radio

by A.G. Riddle • 2023

A physicist detects a signal from outside reality carrying four human genomes. One is his own.

4.08

17k+

🌀 Quantum Multiverse 📜 Alternate History 🤝 Found Family 🧬 Genetic Destiny 🌐 Multiverse Agents

Quantum Radio 96%

A physicist detects a signal from outside reality carrying four human genomes. One is his own.

by A.G. Riddle 2023

4.08

17k+ ratings

🌀 Quantum Multiverse 📜 Alternate History 🤝 Found Family 🧬 Genetic Destiny 🌐 Multiverse Agents

Split Second

by Douglas E. Richards • 2015

A time travel breakthrough costs a physicist his life, and his fiancée must run for hers.

3.97

28k+

🧬 Physics Thriller ⏳ Time Travel Paradox 🕵️ Sci-Fi Conspiracy 🎯 Scientist Hunted 👥 Duplicate Identity

Split Second 95%

A time travel breakthrough costs a physicist his life, and his fiancée must run for hers.

by Douglas E. Richards 2015

3.97

28k+ ratings

🧬 Physics Thriller ⏳ Time Travel Paradox 🕵️ Sci-Fi Conspiracy 🎯 Scientist Hunted 👥 Duplicate Identity

The Space Between Worlds

by Micaiah Johnson • 2020

The multiverse opens only to those already dead there. Cara qualifies on nearly every world.

3.93

46k+

🌀 Multiverse Sci-Fi 🎭 Stolen Identity 💋 Sapphic Romance 🏚️ Dystopian Class Divide 💔 Class-Crossed Lovers

The Space Between Worlds 92%

The multiverse opens only to those already dead there. Cara qualifies on nearly every world.

by Micaiah Johnson 2020

3.93

46k+ ratings

🌀 Multiverse Sci-Fi 🎭 Stolen Identity 💋 Sapphic Romance 🏚️ Dystopian Class Divide 💔 Class-Crossed Lovers

The Anomaly

by Hervé Le Tellier • 2020

When a routine flight duplicates, every passenger faces the stranger who shares their face and past.

3.79

70k+

🪞 Parallel Selves 💻 Simulated Reality 😱 Existential Dread 🎭 Identity Crisis 🧠 Philosophical Thriller

The Anomaly 92%

When a routine flight duplicates, every passenger faces the stranger who shares their face and past.

by Hervé Le Tellier 2020

3.79

70k+ ratings

🪞 Parallel Selves 💻 Simulated Reality 😱 Existential Dread 🎭 Identity Crisis 🧠 Philosophical Thriller

Upgrade

by Blake Crouch • 2022

A gene crime agent forcibly enhanced must hunt his sister before she unleashes a genetic apocalypse.

3.81

124k+

🧬 Genetic Enhancement 🤖 Technothriller ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Legacy 🏃‍♂️ On The Run

Upgrade 92%

A gene crime agent forcibly enhanced must hunt his sister before she unleashes a genetic apocalypse.

by Blake Crouch 2022

3.81

124k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Enhancement 🤖 Technothriller ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Legacy 🏃‍♂️ On The Run

The One

by John Marrs • 2016

Genetic soulmates exist. For five people, meeting theirs is when the real trouble begins.

4.09

331k+

🧬 Near Future Thriller 📊 Science Vs Fate 👥 Multiple Povs 🌀 Twisty 🎭 Hidden Identities

The One 91%

Genetic soulmates exist. For five people, meeting theirs is when the real trouble begins.

by John Marrs 2016

4.09

331k+ ratings

🧬 Near Future Thriller 📊 Science Vs Fate 👥 Multiple Povs 🌀 Twisty 🎭 Hidden Identities

InterWorld

by Neil Gaiman • 2007

A lost boy walks into a war between magic and science fought by his alternate selves.

3.56

23k+

🌀 Multiverse Adventure 🚪 Portal Fantasy ⚡ Magic Vs Science 🪞 Alternate Selves 💛 Found Family

InterWorld 91%

A lost boy walks into a war between magic and science fought by his alternate selves.

by Neil Gaiman 2007

3.56

23k+ ratings

🌀 Multiverse Adventure 🚪 Portal Fantasy ⚡ Magic Vs Science 🪞 Alternate Selves 💛 Found Family

I Know Who You Are

by Alice Feeney • 2019

An actress finds her husband gone and a stranger wearing her face dismantling her life.

3.42

76k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🪪 Stolen Identity 🧒 Child Abduction

I Know Who You Are 91%

An actress finds her husband gone and a stranger wearing her face dismantling her life.

by Alice Feeney 2019

3.42

76k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🪪 Stolen Identity 🧒 Child Abduction

Angels & Demons

by Dan Brown • 2000

A murdered scientist. A stolen antimatter canister. The Vatican set to detonate at midnight.

3.96

3.4M+

🕊️ Religious Conspiracy ⛪ Vatican Intrigue 🎨 Art Historical Thriller ⚛️ Science Vs Religion ⏳ Race Against Time

Angels & Demons 91%

A murdered scientist. A stolen antimatter canister. The Vatican set to detonate at midnight.

by Dan Brown 2000

3.96

3.4M+ ratings

🕊️ Religious Conspiracy ⛪ Vatican Intrigue 🎨 Art Historical Thriller ⚛️ Science Vs Religion ⏳ Race Against Time

My Murder

by Katie Williams • 2023

A murder victim cloned back to life discovers her crime scene doesn't match the official story.

3.62

36k+

🧬 Clone Identity 🧠 Unreliable Memory 👶 Motherhood Ambivalence 📺 True Crime Critique 🔍 Speculative Mystery

My Murder 91%

A murder victim cloned back to life discovers her crime scene doesn't match the official story.

by Katie Williams 2023

3.62

36k+ ratings

🧬 Clone Identity 🧠 Unreliable Memory 👶 Motherhood Ambivalence 📺 True Crime Critique 🔍 Speculative Mystery

A Thousand Pieces of You

by Claudia Gray • 2014

Her father's killer escaped into another dimension. She followed and fell in love with him.

3.89

62k+

🌌 Dimension Hopping 💞 Multiverse Romance 🪞 Alternate Selves 🔺 Love Triangle 🚫 Forbidden Romance

A Thousand Pieces of You 93%

Her father's killer escaped into another dimension. She followed and fell in love with him.

by Claudia Gray 2014

3.89

62k+ ratings

🌌 Dimension Hopping 💞 Multiverse Romance 🪞 Alternate Selves 🔺 Love Triangle 🚫 Forbidden Romance

Recursion

by Blake Crouch • 2019

A detective and a neuroscientist race to stop a memory-altering technology from unraveling reality.

4.16

328k+

🔬 Technothriller 🧠 Memory Manipulation 🌀 Reality Breakdown 🔄 Second Chance At Life ⚠️ Science Gone Wrong

Recursion 92%

A detective and a neuroscientist race to stop a memory-altering technology from unraveling reality.

by Blake Crouch 2019

4.16

328k+ ratings

🔬 Technothriller 🧠 Memory Manipulation 🌀 Reality Breakdown 🔄 Second Chance At Life ⚠️ Science Gone Wrong

Wrong Place Wrong Time

by Gillian McAllister

A mother sees her son kill a stranger. The next morning, it hasn't happened yet.

3.96

475k+

🔁 Time Loop Mystery 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔐 Hidden Criminal Past 👩‍👦 Mother Saving Son 🕵️ Undercover Identity

Wrong Place Wrong Time 91%

A mother sees her son kill a stranger. The next morning, it hasn't happened yet.

by Gillian McAllister 2022

3.96

475k+ ratings

🔁 Time Loop Mystery 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔐 Hidden Criminal Past 👩‍👦 Mother Saving Son 🕵️ Undercover Identity

The Peripheral

by William Gibson • 2014

Flynne Fisher pilots a drone sim, sees a murder in future London, and the killers know.

3.89

34k+

🔀 Parallel Timelines 🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 👁️ Witness To Murder 🤖 Remote Body 🛸 Drone Surveillance

The Peripheral 91%

Flynne Fisher pilots a drone sim, sees a murder in future London, and the killers know.

by William Gibson 2014

3.89

34k+ ratings

🔀 Parallel Timelines 🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 👁️ Witness To Murder 🤖 Remote Body 🛸 Drone Surveillance

The Ferryman

by Justin Cronin • 2023

A ferryman of rebirth discovers paradise is a simulation. His dying father left the exit code.

3.92

42k+

🖥️ Simulated Reality 🏙️ Utopian Dystopia ⚔️ Rebellion Against System 🏝️ Isolated Archipelago 🚀 Space Colonization

The Ferryman 91%

A ferryman of rebirth discovers paradise is a simulation. His dying father left the exit code.

by Justin Cronin 2023

3.92

42k+ ratings

🖥️ Simulated Reality 🏙️ Utopian Dystopia ⚔️ Rebellion Against System 🏝️ Isolated Archipelago 🚀 Space Colonization

All That We See or Seem

by Ken Liu • 2025

A reclusive hacker hunts for a missing dream artist and uncovers an empire of stolen identity.

3.53

3k+

🖤 Tech Noir 💻 Hacker Protagonist 🫂 Found Family ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔍 Missing Person Case

All That We See or Seem 91%

A reclusive hacker hunts for a missing dream artist and uncovers an empire of stolen identity.

by Ken Liu 2025

3.53

3k+ ratings

🖤 Tech Noir 💻 Hacker Protagonist 🫂 Found Family ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔍 Missing Person Case

Brilliance

by Marcus Sakey • 2013

An agent who reads patterns to hunt gifted terrorists learns his own agency faked the attacks.

3.98

33k+

🔮 Near-Future Thriller 🏛️ Government Conspiracy 🔍 Hunting His Own Kind 🏃 Rogue Agent 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Brilliance 91%

An agent who reads patterns to hunt gifted terrorists learns his own agency faked the attacks.

by Marcus Sakey 2013

3.98

33k+ ratings

🔮 Near-Future Thriller 🏛️ Government Conspiracy 🔍 Hunting His Own Kind 🏃 Rogue Agent 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

The Minders

by John Marrs • 2020

Britain stores its darkest secrets inside five broken minds, but the data begins to speak back.

3.74

18k+

🏛️ Government Conspiracy 💔 Broken Protagonists 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏃 Woman On The Run 🧠 Psychological Horror

The Minders 91%

Britain stores its darkest secrets inside five broken minds, but the data begins to speak back.

by John Marrs 2020

3.74

18k+ ratings

🏛️ Government Conspiracy 💔 Broken Protagonists 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏃 Woman On The Run 🧠 Psychological Horror

Jumper

by Steven Gould • 2002

A brutal beating reveals a teenager can teleport. Now the government wants to own him.

3.93

16k+

🔮 Teleportation Power 🔋 Grounded Superpowers 💥 Power Born From Trauma 🏙️ Gritty Survival 🕵️ Government Pursuit

Jumper 91%

A brutal beating reveals a teenager can teleport. Now the government wants to own him.

by Steven Gould 2002

3.93

16k+ ratings

🔮 Teleportation Power 🔋 Grounded Superpowers 💥 Power Born From Trauma 🏙️ Gritty Survival 🕵️ Government Pursuit

Cyberpunk 2077

by Rafał Kosik

Blackmailed strangers steal a container in Night City. Every gang in the city wants them dead.

3.51

5k+

🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Manufactured Memories 💰 Criminal Underdogs

Cyberpunk 2077 91%

Blackmailed strangers steal a container in Night City. Every gang in the city wants them dead.

by Rafał Kosik 2023

3.51

5k+ ratings

🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Manufactured Memories 💰 Criminal Underdogs

Observer

by Robert Lanza • 2023

A disgraced neurosurgeon uses quantum implants to reach the multiverses where the dead still live.

4.03

3k+

🧠 Quantum Consciousness 🩺 Medical Sci-Fi 🌌 Multiverse Journey 💞 Love Beyond Death 🖤 Grief And Healing

Observer 92%

A disgraced neurosurgeon uses quantum implants to reach the multiverses where the dead still live.

by Robert Lanza 2023

4.03

3k+ ratings

🧠 Quantum Consciousness 🩺 Medical Sci-Fi 🌌 Multiverse Journey 💞 Love Beyond Death 🖤 Grief And Healing

The Echo Wife

by Sarah Gailey • 2021

Her husband replaced her with her clone. When he dies, the two women build a replacement.

3.60

39k+

🧬 Clone Identity 🏚️ Domestic Suspense ⚗️ Scientific Hubris 🩸 Murder Cover-Up 🎭 Gaslighting Partner

The Echo Wife 92%

Her husband replaced her with her clone. When he dies, the two women build a replacement.

by Sarah Gailey 2021

3.60

39k+ ratings

🧬 Clone Identity 🏚️ Domestic Suspense ⚗️ Scientific Hubris 🩸 Murder Cover-Up 🎭 Gaslighting Partner

The Paradox Hotel

by Rob Hart • 2022

A time-slipping security chief finds a vanished corpse as time itself fractures inside the hotel.

3.53

11k+

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 💔 Ghost Of Lost Love 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 👥 Found Family

The Paradox Hotel 91%

A time-slipping security chief finds a vanished corpse as time itself fractures inside the hotel.

by Rob Hart 2022

3.53

11k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 💔 Ghost Of Lost Love 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 👥 Found Family

Change Agent

by Daniel Suarez • 2017

An Interpol analyst wakes as the cartel boss he's chasing. His colleagues now hunt him.

3.98

8k+

🧪 Biopunk Thriller 🪞 Identity Erasure 🏃 Framed And Hunted 👁️ Surveillance State 🐍 Cartel Conspiracy

Change Agent 91%

An Interpol analyst wakes as the cartel boss he's chasing. His colleagues now hunt him.

by Daniel Suarez 2017

3.98

8k+ ratings

🧪 Biopunk Thriller 🪞 Identity Erasure 🏃 Framed And Hunted 👁️ Surveillance State 🐍 Cartel Conspiracy

The Business Trip

by Jessie Garcia • 2025

Escaping her abuser, a waitress steals a traveler's ID, then finds a double already using it.

3.61

106k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Identity Theft 🏚️ Abuse Survivor 👁️ Dual Perspectives ⚖️ Framed For Murder

The Business Trip 91%

Escaping her abuser, a waitress steals a traveler's ID, then finds a double already using it.

by Jessie Garcia 2025

3.61

106k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Identity Theft 🏚️ Abuse Survivor 👁️ Dual Perspectives ⚖️ Framed For Murder

Timeline

by Michael Crichton • 1999

Four historians enter a quantum portal to rescue their professor from medieval France at war.

3.87

219k+

🌀 Multiverse Travel ⚔️ Medieval Siege 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🏰 14th Century France 🎯 Rescue Mission

Timeline 91%

Four historians enter a quantum portal to rescue their professor from medieval France at war.

by Michael Crichton 1999

3.87

219k+ ratings

🌀 Multiverse Travel ⚔️ Medieval Siege 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🏰 14th Century France 🎯 Rescue Mission

Company Town

by Madeline Ashby • 2016

An unaugmented bodyguard on an oil rig protects a teenage heir from a body-snatching killer.

3.50

5k+

🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🧬 Bioaugmentation 🫂 Found Family

Company Town 90%

An unaugmented bodyguard on an oil rig protects a teenage heir from a body-snatching killer.

by Madeline Ashby 2016

3.50

5k+ ratings

🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🧬 Bioaugmentation 🫂 Found Family

The New One

by Evie Green • 2023

After their daughter's accident, parents accept a clone replacement and a life of hidden cameras.

3.60

1k+

🧬 Near-Future Biotech 🪞 Clone Identity 📹 Corporate Surveillance 🤖 Engineered Perfection 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

The New One 90%

After their daughter's accident, parents accept a clone replacement and a life of hidden cameras.

by Evie Green 2023

3.60

1k+ ratings

🧬 Near-Future Biotech 🪞 Clone Identity 📹 Corporate Surveillance 🤖 Engineered Perfection 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Nexus

by Ramez Naam • 2012

A neuroscientist's mind-linking drug plunges him into a spy war for the future of humanity.

4.04

21k+

🧬 Biopunk 🔍 Techno-Thriller 🧠 Shared Consciousness 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🏃 Fugitive Duo

Nexus 90%

A neuroscientist's mind-linking drug plunges him into a spy war for the future of humanity.

by Ramez Naam 2012

4.04

21k+ ratings

🧬 Biopunk 🔍 Techno-Thriller 🧠 Shared Consciousness 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🏃 Fugitive Duo

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