33 Books like Double Helix

Girl in a Rabbit Hole

by R.J. Law

A geneticist refuses a shadowy offer, and within days her entire life is surgically erased.

3.50

1k+

🧬 Genetic Horror 👁️ Paranoid Thriller 🏛️ Shadow Government 💪 Superhuman Transformation 🔪 Female Vengeance

Girl in a Rabbit Hole 91%

A geneticist refuses a shadowy offer, and within days her entire life is surgically erased.

by R.J. Law 2021

3.50

1k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Horror 👁️ Paranoid Thriller 🏛️ Shadow Government 💪 Superhuman Transformation 🔪 Female Vengeance

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 94%

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 Angel Experiment

by James Patterson • 2005

Six winged experiments. One recaptured. Their leader follows a voice toward the lab that made them.

4.07

234k+

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🖤 Found Family 🏃 Kids On The Run 🧪 Evil Laboratory 👑 Reluctant Leader

The Angel Experiment 94%

Six winged experiments. One recaptured. Their leader follows a voice toward the lab that made them.

by James Patterson 2005

4.07

234k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🖤 Found Family 🏃 Kids On The Run 🧪 Evil Laboratory 👑 Reluctant Leader

Seizure by Robin Cook

by Robin Cook • 2003

A senator with Parkinson's makes a corrupt deal: his vote for an illegal cloning cure.

3.60

5k+

🧬 Therapeutic Cloning 🤝 Faustian Bargain 🏛️ Political Corruption ✝️ Religious Relic 🔫 Mob Entanglement

Seizure by Robin Cook 92%

A senator with Parkinson's makes a corrupt deal: his vote for an illegal cloning cure.

by Robin Cook 2003

3.60

5k+ ratings

🧬 Therapeutic Cloning 🤝 Faustian Bargain 🏛️ Political Corruption ✝️ Religious Relic 🔫 Mob Entanglement

Unwind

by Neal Shusterman • 2007

Three teens flee a world that harvests adolescents for parts, chasing a hidden sanctuary.

4.17

251k+

🫁 Dystopian Body Horror 🏃 Teens On The Run 👥 Found Family ⛪ Crisis Of Faith ✊ Body Autonomy

Unwind 91%

Three teens flee a world that harvests adolescents for parts, chasing a hidden sanctuary.

by Neal Shusterman 2007

4.17

251k+ ratings

🫁 Dystopian Body Horror 🏃 Teens On The Run 👥 Found Family ⛪ Crisis Of Faith ✊ Body Autonomy

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 91%

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

SYLO

by D.J. MacHale • 2013

When soldiers seal off his island, a teen discovers the quarantine hides a secret worth killing for.

3.92

5k+

🏝️ Isolated Island 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🧪 Biological Experimentation 🦸 Reluctant Hero 👥 Found Family

SYLO 91%

When soldiers seal off his island, a teen discovers the quarantine hides a secret worth killing for.

by D.J. MacHale 2013

3.92

5k+ ratings

🏝️ Isolated Island 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🧪 Biological Experimentation 🦸 Reluctant Hero 👥 Found Family

Starters

by Lissa Price • 2012

A teen rents out her body. The woman inside it has a gun and a senator's address.

3.88

46k+

🏦 Dystopian Body Rental 🧠 Consciousness Sharing 🎯 Political Assassination 💔 Body Snatched Romance 👧 Sibling Protection

Starters 91%

A teen rents out her body. The woman inside it has a gun and a senator's address.

by Lissa Price 2012

3.88

46k+ ratings

🏦 Dystopian Body Rental 🧠 Consciousness Sharing 🎯 Political Assassination 💔 Body Snatched Romance 👧 Sibling Protection

Infinity Lost

by S. Harrison • 2015

A girl discovers her memories are fake: she's the deadliest weapon her father ever built.

3.64

4k+

🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🧠 Memory Manipulation 🎭 Split Personality 🔪 Trained Assassin 🏫 Boarding School

Infinity Lost 91%

A girl discovers her memories are fake: she's the deadliest weapon her father ever built.

by S. Harrison 2015

3.64

4k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🧠 Memory Manipulation 🎭 Split Personality 🔪 Trained Assassin 🏫 Boarding School

Shock

by Robin Cook • 1999

When two friends donate their eggs, the clinic takes far more than they agreed to give.

3.44

5k+

🩺 Medical Thriller 🥚 Fertility Clinic Horror 🕵️ False Identities 🧪 Unethical Experiments 🧬 Cloning Horror

Shock 93%

When two friends donate their eggs, the clinic takes far more than they agreed to give.

by Robin Cook 1999

3.44

5k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Thriller 🥚 Fertility Clinic Horror 🕵️ False Identities 🧪 Unethical Experiments 🧬 Cloning Horror

One of the Boys

by Jayne Cowie • 2023

A test predicts violent boys. Two sisters make opposite choices, and their sons are the casualties.

3.85

1k+

🧬 Genetic Dystopia 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👭 Sibling Rivalry 🔒 Family Secrets 😟 Maternal Fear

One of the Boys 93%

A test predicts violent boys. Two sisters make opposite choices, and their sons are the casualties.

by Jayne Cowie 2023

3.85

1k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Dystopia 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👭 Sibling Rivalry 🔒 Family Secrets 😟 Maternal Fear

The Book of Guilt

by Catherine Chidgey

Three cloned brothers, doted on and daily dosed, discover the cure is what kills them.

4.18

10k+

🧬 Clone Protagonists 🇬🇧 Alternate Britain 💉 Medical Experimentation 📋 Bureaucratic Evil 😶 Quiet Dread

The Book of Guilt 90%

Three cloned brothers, doted on and daily dosed, discover the cure is what kills them.

by Catherine Chidgey 2025

4.18

10k+ ratings

🧬 Clone Protagonists 🇬🇧 Alternate Britain 💉 Medical Experimentation 📋 Bureaucratic Evil 😶 Quiet Dread

The Gender Game

by Bella Forrest • 2016

A female convict infiltrates a male-ruled nation on a heist mission, her cover a fake marriage.

3.87

43k+

🔀 Gendered Dystopia 💰 Heist Mission ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Fake Marriage 😈 Morally Gray Heroine

The Gender Game 91%

A female convict infiltrates a male-ruled nation on a heist mission, her cover a fake marriage.

by Bella Forrest 2016

3.87

43k+ ratings

🔀 Gendered Dystopia 💰 Heist Mission ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Fake Marriage 😈 Morally Gray Heroine

Archetype

by M.D. Waters • 2014

She wakes with no past, a stranger for a husband, and dreams of a rebel's life.

3.78

4k+

🧬 Clone Identity Crisis 💭 Manufactured Memories 🪙 Women As Commodities 💉 Medical Experimentation ⚔️ Rebel Fighter Heroine

Archetype 91%

She wakes with no past, a stranger for a husband, and dreams of a rebel's life.

by M.D. Waters 2014

3.78

4k+ ratings

🧬 Clone Identity Crisis 💭 Manufactured Memories 🪙 Women As Commodities 💉 Medical Experimentation ⚔️ Rebel Fighter Heroine

The House of the Scorpion

by Nancy Farmer • 2004

A clone raised in a drug empire must escape before the patriarch harvests his heart.

4.08

98k+

🧬 Clone Dystopia 🫀 Proving Humanity 🛡️ Gruff Mentor 🤝 Found Family 💔 Sacrificial Love

The House of the Scorpion 91%

A clone raised in a drug empire must escape before the patriarch harvests his heart.

by Nancy Farmer 2004

4.08

98k+ ratings

🧬 Clone Dystopia 🫀 Proving Humanity 🛡️ Gruff Mentor 🤝 Found Family 💔 Sacrificial Love

My Sister's Keeper

by Jodi Picoult • 2004

Born to save her sister, a thirteen-year-old sues her parents for control of her own body.

4.11

1.3M+

🩺 Medical Ethics 🧬 Designer Baby 👭 Sibling Sacrifice 🫂 Childhood Illness 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Rift

My Sister's Keeper 91%

Born to save her sister, a thirteen-year-old sues her parents for control of her own body.

by Jodi Picoult 2004

4.11

1.3M+ ratings

🩺 Medical Ethics 🧬 Designer Baby 👭 Sibling Sacrifice 🫂 Childhood Illness 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Rift

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 91%

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

Patient Zero

by Jonathan Maberry • 2009

A detective must stop a zombie plague while a traitor sabotages his team from within.

4.00

31k+

🦠 Bioterrorism 🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🪖 Military Thriller 🔪 Traitor In The Ranks 🫡 Reluctant Leader

Patient Zero 91%

A detective must stop a zombie plague while a traitor sabotages his team from within.

by Jonathan Maberry 2009

4.00

31k+ ratings

🦠 Bioterrorism 🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🪖 Military Thriller 🔪 Traitor In The Ranks 🫡 Reluctant Leader

What Have They Done to Liza McLean?

by Amy Doak

Meg's sister returned as a stranger. The school erases students. Asking why gets people killed.

3.68

462

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🧠 Mind Control Conspiracy 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🌑 Dark Boarding School 🤝 Enemies To Allies

What Have They Done to Liza McLean? Summary

What Have They Done to Liza McLean? 90%

Meg's sister returned as a stranger. The school erases students. Asking why gets people killed.

by Amy Doak 2025

3.68

462 ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🧠 Mind Control Conspiracy 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🌑 Dark Boarding School 🤝 Enemies To Allies

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 92%

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

Masterminds

by Gordon Korman • 2015

Cloned from criminals, raised in utopia. Eleven kids must escape before the experiment ends them.

4.31

14k+

🧬 Clone Experiment 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🎭 Fake Utopia 📹 Hidden Surveillance 👥 Kids Vs Adults

Masterminds 92%

Cloned from criminals, raised in utopia. Eleven kids must escape before the experiment ends them.

by Gordon Korman 2015

4.31

14k+ ratings

🧬 Clone Experiment 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🎭 Fake Utopia 📹 Hidden Surveillance 👥 Kids Vs Adults

Darwin's Children

by Greg Bear • 2004

Their daughter is evolution's next step. The government calls her a threat. They call her family.

3.66

6k+

🧬 Hard Sf Biology 🦎 Speculative Evolution 😢 Persecuted Children 🏃 Family On The Run 🏕️ Internment Camps

Darwin's Children 91%

Their daughter is evolution's next step. The government calls her a threat. They call her family.

by Greg Bear 2004

3.66

6k+ ratings

🧬 Hard Sf Biology 🦎 Speculative Evolution 😢 Persecuted Children 🏃 Family On The Run 🏕️ Internment Camps

Found

by Margaret Peterson Haddix • 2008

A note tells an adopted boy he was taken from the past. Then a second warns: someone's coming.

3.98

42k+

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 🔍 Kid Investigators 🎭 Hidden Identities 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🤝 Found Family

Found 90%

A note tells an adopted boy he was taken from the past. Then a second warns: someone's coming.

by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2008

3.98

42k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 🔍 Kid Investigators 🎭 Hidden Identities 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🤝 Found Family

Le Programme

by Sandra Dussault • 2018

To protect his brother, a teen fugitive finds a hidden village of young murderers.

4.18

437

🔮 Simulated World 🤝 Found Family 💔 Sacrifice For Sibling 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🌫️ Unreliable Reality

Le Programme 90%

To protect his brother, a teen fugitive finds a hidden village of young murderers.

by Sandra Dussault 2018

4.18

437 ratings

🔮 Simulated World 🤝 Found Family 💔 Sacrifice For Sibling 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🌫️ Unreliable Reality

The First Patient

by Michael Palmer • 2008

A Wyoming doctor replaces the President's missing physician and becomes the next target.

3.82

6k+

🩺 Medical Thriller 🏛️ Political Thriller 🇺🇸 Presidential Conspiracy 💔 Family Betrayal 🕵️ Rogue Agent

The First Patient 90%

A Wyoming doctor replaces the President's missing physician and becomes the next target.

by Michael Palmer 2008

3.82

6k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Thriller 🏛️ Political Thriller 🇺🇸 Presidential Conspiracy 💔 Family Betrayal 🕵️ Rogue Agent

The Haven

by Carol Lynch Williams • 2014

Genetically engineered as spare parts, Shiloh must break out of the hospital that farms her friends.

3.32

1k+

🏥 Medical Dystopia 💀 Organ Harvesting ⚡ Dystopian Rebellion 🏃 Escape Plan 🏚️ Sinister Institution

The Haven 92%

Genetically engineered as spare parts, Shiloh must break out of the hospital that farms her friends.

by Carol Lynch Williams 2014

3.32

1k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Dystopia 💀 Organ Harvesting ⚡ Dystopian Rebellion 🏃 Escape Plan 🏚️ Sinister Institution

Partials

by Dan Wells • 2012

To save the last newborns from extinction, a medic kidnaps a genetically engineered enemy soldier.

3.93

60k+

🦠 Virus Apocalypse 🤰 Dystopian Pregnancy 🤖 Engineered Beings 🔗 Captive To Ally 🧬 Hybrid Identity

Partials 92%

To save the last newborns from extinction, a medic kidnaps a genetically engineered enemy soldier.

by Dan Wells 2012

3.93

60k+ ratings

🦠 Virus Apocalypse 🤰 Dystopian Pregnancy 🤖 Engineered Beings 🔗 Captive To Ally 🧬 Hybrid Identity

Girl, Missing

by Sophie McKenzie

An adopted teen finds her face on a missing-children poster and flies to America for answers.

3.80

19k+

🔍 Missing Child Case 🧩 Adoption Search 🕵️ Teen Sleuth 🔒 Family Secrets 🧬 Biological Family

Girl, Missing 90%

An adopted teen finds her face on a missing-children poster and flies to America for answers.

by Sophie McKenzie 2006

3.80

19k+ ratings

🔍 Missing Child Case 🧩 Adoption Search 🕵️ Teen Sleuth 🔒 Family Secrets 🧬 Biological Family

Child of Another Kind

by Steven Decker • 2023

A mother dies for her telepathic daughter and meets the aliens who created the girl.

4.28

6k+

🔮 Mind Reading 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🌌 Speculative Afterlife 🔬 Government Captive 🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi

Child of Another Kind 90%

A mother dies for her telepathic daughter and meets the aliens who created the girl.

by Steven Decker 2023

4.28

6k+ ratings

🔮 Mind Reading 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🌌 Speculative Afterlife 🔬 Government Captive 🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi

Tempest

by Julie Cross • 2011

Time jumps never changed anything, until a bullet threw a teen two years into the past.

3.70

14k+

🕰️ Time Travel Romance 🕵️ Teen Spy 🧬 Genetic Abilities 🔬 Government Experiments 🔀 Alternate Timelines

Tempest 90%

Time jumps never changed anything, until a bullet threw a teen two years into the past.

by Julie Cross 2011

3.70

14k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Romance 🕵️ Teen Spy 🧬 Genetic Abilities 🔬 Government Experiments 🔀 Alternate Timelines

Oryx and Crake

by Margaret Atwood • 2003

A plague ends the world, and one man must guard the flawless new humans his friend made.

4.00

290k+

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Mad Scientist 🫀 Engineered Humans 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🏢 Corporate Dystopia

Oryx and Crake 90%

A plague ends the world, and one man must guard the flawless new humans his friend made.

by Margaret Atwood 2003

4.00

290k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Mad Scientist 🫀 Engineered Humans 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🏢 Corporate Dystopia

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

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