28 Books like Jurassic Park

Extinction

by Douglas Preston

At a de-extinction resort, a couple is beheaded. Agent Cash finds killers who aren't human.

4.06

26k+

🧬 Biotech Thriller 🌩️ Playing God 🏢 Corporate Cover-Up 🏔️ Isolated Mountain Resort 🔍 Forensic Investigation

Extinction 95%

At a de-extinction resort, a couple is beheaded. Agent Cash finds killers who aren't human.

by Douglas Preston 2024

4.06

26k+ ratings

🧬 Biotech Thriller 🌩️ Playing God 🏢 Corporate Cover-Up 🏔️ Isolated Mountain Resort 🔍 Forensic Investigation

The Great Zoo of China

by Matthew Reilly • 2014

A herpetologist is invited to China's secret dragon zoo on the day the creatures break free.

3.78

17k+

🎢 Theme Park Gone Wrong 🦖 Creature Thriller 🏭 Secret Facility 🏛️ Government Cover-Up 💥 High-Octane Action

The Great Zoo of China 92%

A herpetologist is invited to China's secret dragon zoo on the day the creatures break free.

by Matthew Reilly 2014

3.78

17k+ ratings

🎢 Theme Park Gone Wrong 🦖 Creature Thriller 🏭 Secret Facility 🏛️ Government Cover-Up 💥 High-Octane Action

Congo

by Michael Crichton • 1980

An expedition hunts Congo diamonds and finds itself hunted by a new species of killer ape.

3.64

180k+

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🐒 Creature Feature 🐅 Hostile Wildlife 💼 Corporate Espionage 🏭 Technology Vs Nature

Congo 92%

An expedition hunts Congo diamonds and finds itself hunted by a new species of killer ape.

by Michael Crichton 1980

3.64

180k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🐒 Creature Feature 🐅 Hostile Wildlife 💼 Corporate Espionage 🏭 Technology Vs Nature

Sandstorm

by James Rollins • 2004

Lightning strikes a London museum, hurling a curator across Oman toward a lost city's deadly secret.

3.96

55k+

🏛️ Archaeological Thriller 🕵️ Covert Ops 🗝️ Secret Society 🩸 Ancient Bloodline 🗺️ Treasure Hunt

Sandstorm 89%

Lightning strikes a London museum, hurling a curator across Oman toward a lost city's deadly secret.

by James Rollins 2004

3.96

55k+ ratings

🏛️ Archaeological Thriller 🕵️ Covert Ops 🗝️ Secret Society 🩸 Ancient Bloodline 🗺️ Treasure Hunt

The Island

by Adrian McKinty • 2022

An accident on a private Australian island traps a family in a brutal clan's grip.

3.76

43k+

🩸 Survival Horror 🏝️ Remote Island 🔪 Final Girl 🐾 Cat And Mouse 🌐 Insular Community

The Island 89%

An accident on a private Australian island traps a family in a brutal clan's grip.

by Adrian McKinty 2022

3.76

43k+ ratings

🩸 Survival Horror 🏝️ Remote Island 🔪 Final Girl 🐾 Cat And Mouse 🌐 Insular Community

Without Remorse

by Tom Clancy • 1993

When drug dealers murder the runaway he saved, a grieving ex-SEAL becomes their worst enemy.

4.22

77k+

📚 Military Thriller 🎯 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 💔 Grieving Protagonist

Without Remorse 89%

When drug dealers murder the runaway he saved, a grieving ex-SEAL becomes their worst enemy.

by Tom Clancy 1993

4.22

77k+ ratings

📚 Military Thriller 🎯 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 💔 Grieving Protagonist

The Andromeda Strain

by Michael Crichton • 1969

An alien organism kills a desert town, then mutates inside the sealed lab hunting it.

3.91

274k+

🧬 Techno Thriller 🦠 Alien Pathogen ⚠️ Containment Breach 🧪 Underground Laboratory 🔄 Rapid Mutation

The Andromeda Strain 89%

An alien organism kills a desert town, then mutates inside the sealed lab hunting it.

by Michael Crichton 1969

3.91

274k+ ratings

🧬 Techno Thriller 🦠 Alien Pathogen ⚠️ Containment Breach 🧪 Underground Laboratory 🔄 Rapid Mutation

Westworld

by Michael Crichton • 1974

A Wild West theme park's robot gunslinger breaks its programming and starts killing the guests.

3.73

2k+

💻 Techno-Thriller 🎢 Theme Park Gone Wrong 🤠 Futuristic Western 🎯 Unstoppable Hunter ⚙️ Man Vs Machine

Westworld 92%

A Wild West theme park's robot gunslinger breaks its programming and starts killing the guests.

by Michael Crichton 1974

3.73

2k+ ratings

💻 Techno-Thriller 🎢 Theme Park Gone Wrong 🤠 Futuristic Western 🎯 Unstoppable Hunter ⚙️ Man Vs Machine

Deception Point

by Dan Brown • 2001

An analyst verifying NASA's Arctic meteorite finds flawless evidence of an elaborate, deadly hoax.

3.77

704k+

🖥️ Techno-Thriller ❄️ Arctic Thriller 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🔬 Scientist Heroes 🚁 Military Chase

Deception Point 90%

An analyst verifying NASA's Arctic meteorite finds flawless evidence of an elaborate, deadly hoax.

by Dan Brown 2001

3.77

704k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno-Thriller ❄️ Arctic Thriller 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🔬 Scientist Heroes 🚁 Military Chase

Eruption

by Michael Crichton

Mauna Loa erupts, sending lava toward a cave where the military stashed a forgotten bioweapon.

3.74

71k+

🏚️ Disaster Thriller 🌋 Volcanic Catastrophe 🧬 Bioweapon Threat 🔐 Military Cover-Up 🔬 Scientist Hero

Eruption 89%

Mauna Loa erupts, sending lava toward a cave where the military stashed a forgotten bioweapon.

by Michael Crichton 2024

3.74

71k+ ratings

🏚️ Disaster Thriller 🌋 Volcanic Catastrophe 🧬 Bioweapon Threat 🔐 Military Cover-Up 🔬 Scientist Hero

Darwin's Radio

by Greg Bear • 1999

A dormant virus stirs in our genome, turning pregnancy into the engine of human evolution.

3.73

17k+

🧬 Hard Science Fiction 🦠 Ancient Virus Awakens 🧫 Genetic Transformation 😷 Pandemic Panic 👶 New Species Emerges

Darwin's Radio 88%

A dormant virus stirs in our genome, turning pregnancy into the engine of human evolution.

by Greg Bear 1999

3.73

17k+ ratings

🧬 Hard Science Fiction 🦠 Ancient Virus Awakens 🧫 Genetic Transformation 😷 Pandemic Panic 👶 New Species Emerges

Ghosts

by Nicholas Sansbury Smith • 2017

Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.

4.25

9k+

🪂 Drop Team Survival 🏜️ Wasteland Survival ✈️ Airship Society 👹 Creature Feature 👑 Authoritarian Leader

Ghosts 88%

Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.

by Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2017

4.25

9k+ ratings

🪂 Drop Team Survival 🏜️ Wasteland Survival ✈️ Airship Society 👹 Creature Feature 👑 Authoritarian Leader

Raise the Titanic!

by Clive Cussler • 1976

To recover a Cold War edge, Dirk Pitt must salvage the Titanic, with Soviets closing in.

3.99

30k+

🤖 Techno-Thriller 💰 Sunken Treasure 🔍 MacGuffin Hunt 🕶️ Rogue Hero ✈️ Pulp Adventure

Raise the Titanic! 88%

To recover a Cold War edge, Dirk Pitt must salvage the Titanic, with Soviets closing in.

by Clive Cussler 1976

3.99

30k+ ratings

🤖 Techno-Thriller 💰 Sunken Treasure 🔍 MacGuffin Hunt 🕶️ Rogue Hero ✈️ Pulp Adventure

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 88%

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

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 88%

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

Relic

by Douglas Preston • 1995

Beneath a New York museum, a creature surgically removes brains. The gala opens tonight.

4.05

116k+

🦎 Creature Feature 🧬 Science Horror 📋 Institutional Cover-Up 🌿 Lost Expedition 🏛️ Museum Labyrinth

Relic 90%

Beneath a New York museum, a creature surgically removes brains. The gala opens tonight.

by Douglas Preston 1995

4.05

116k+ ratings

🦎 Creature Feature 🧬 Science Horror 📋 Institutional Cover-Up 🌿 Lost Expedition 🏛️ Museum Labyrinth

Amazonia

by James Rollins • 2002

Four years lost, a soldier emerges from the jungle with a regrown arm and lethal plague.

4.15

36k+

🏕️ Jungle Expedition 🌿 Eco Thriller 🧬 Biological Horror 🌀 Shamanic Wisdom 🗿 Ancient Tribe Secret

Amazonia 90%

Four years lost, a soldier emerges from the jungle with a regrown arm and lethal plague.

by James Rollins 2002

4.15

36k+ ratings

🏕️ Jungle Expedition 🌿 Eco Thriller 🧬 Biological Horror 🌀 Shamanic Wisdom 🗿 Ancient Tribe Secret

The Lost World - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [Penguin Books]

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1912

Trapped on an Amazon plateau, four explorers face dinosaurs, ape-men, and a traitor to escape.

3.93

73k+

🦖 Prehistoric Expedition 🔬 Rival Scientists 🌴 Amazon Jungle 🎩 Gentleman Explorers 🦍 Ape Men

The Lost World - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [Penguin Books] Summary

The Lost World - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [Penguin Books] 88%

Trapped on an Amazon plateau, four explorers face dinosaurs, ape-men, and a traitor to escape.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1912

3.93

73k+ ratings

🦖 Prehistoric Expedition 🔬 Rival Scientists 🌴 Amazon Jungle 🎩 Gentleman Explorers 🦍 Ape Men

Watchers

by Dean Koontz • 1987

A haunted veteran saves a golden retriever with unnatural intelligence as a monster hunts them both.

4.19

173k+

👹 Creature Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🐕 Man And Dog Bond 🏠 Found Family 😢 Sympathetic Monster

Watchers 88%

A haunted veteran saves a golden retriever with unnatural intelligence as a monster hunts them both.

by Dean Koontz 1987

4.19

173k+ ratings

👹 Creature Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🐕 Man And Dog Bond 🏠 Found Family 😢 Sympathetic Monster

Ice Station

by Matthew Reilly • 1998

Marines find a buried spaceship in Antarctica, then their allies attack and a killer hides within.

4.12

35k+

🧊 Antarctic Isolation 🎖️ Military Thriller 🏰 Under Siege 🕵️ Covert Conspiracy 🐍 Enemy Within

Ice Station 88%

Marines find a buried spaceship in Antarctica, then their allies attack and a killer hides within.

by Matthew Reilly 1998

4.12

35k+ ratings

🧊 Antarctic Isolation 🎖️ Military Thriller 🏰 Under Siege 🕵️ Covert Conspiracy 🐍 Enemy Within

While Justice Sleeps

by Stacey Abrams • 2021

Guardian of a comatose justice, a law clerk uncovers a White House conspiracy worth killing for.

3.95

46k+

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 👨‍⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🧬 Biotech Thriller 👁️ Paranoid Thriller

While Justice Sleeps 88%

Guardian of a comatose justice, a law clerk uncovers a White House conspiracy worth killing for.

by Stacey Abrams 2021

3.95

46k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 👨‍⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🧬 Biotech Thriller 👁️ Paranoid Thriller

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 89%

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

The Atlantis Gene

by A.G. Riddle • 2013

A geneticist's cure triggers evolution, and a shadow cabal will kill billions to control it.

3.79

82k+

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Human Evolution 🕵️ Secret Society 🔴 Nazi Conspiracy

The Atlantis Gene 89%

A geneticist's cure triggers evolution, and a shadow cabal will kill billions to control it.

by A.G. Riddle 2013

3.79

82k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Human Evolution 🕵️ Secret Society 🔴 Nazi Conspiracy

The Island

by Natasha Preston

A true-crime vlogger joins five influencers on a remote island. Then the murders begin.

3.48

39k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔪 Teen Slasher 🎭 Hidden Identity Killer 🎬 True Crime Protagonist 💔 Betrayal By Friend

The Island 87%

A true-crime vlogger joins five influencers on a remote island. Then the murders begin.

by Natasha Preston 2023

3.48

39k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔪 Teen Slasher 🎭 Hidden Identity Killer 🎬 True Crime Protagonist 💔 Betrayal By Friend

Eden

by Tim Lebbon • 2020

A team infiltrates a sealed wilderness to find a missing mother, but the land itself hunts.

3.41

2k+

🏞️ Eco Horror 🌿 Sentient Wilderness 🗺️ Expedition Gone Wrong 👁️ Possessed Parent 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond

Eden 88%

A team infiltrates a sealed wilderness to find a missing mother, but the land itself hunts.

by Tim Lebbon 2020

3.41

2k+ ratings

🏞️ Eco Horror 🌿 Sentient Wilderness 🗺️ Expedition Gone Wrong 👁️ Possessed Parent 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond

The Troop

by Nick Cutter • 2014

A remote scout trip turns lethal when a starving man brings a parasite eating from within.

3.83

129k+

🦠 Body Horror 🏕️ Survival Horror 🏝️ Trapped On An Island 🧫 Contagion Horror 👦 Boys In Peril

The Troop 88%

A remote scout trip turns lethal when a starving man brings a parasite eating from within.

by Nick Cutter 2014

3.83

129k+ ratings

🦠 Body Horror 🏕️ Survival Horror 🏝️ Trapped On An Island 🧫 Contagion Horror 👦 Boys In Peril

Memento

by Amie Kaufman • 2020

A grieving neurogrammer teaches a warship's AI about morality; it learns the trolley problem.

4.29

8k+

🚀 Space Opera 🧠 AI Consciousness 🚋 Trolley Problem 💔 Forbidden Romance 🔖 Memory Rituals

Memento 88%

A grieving neurogrammer teaches a warship's AI about morality; it learns the trolley problem.

by Amie Kaufman 2020

4.29

8k+ ratings

🚀 Space Opera 🧠 AI Consciousness 🚋 Trolley Problem 💔 Forbidden Romance 🔖 Memory Rituals

Hemlock Island

by Kelley Armstrong • 2023

Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.

3.44

13k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🌲 Haunted Landscape 👻 Cursed Inheritance

Hemlock Island 88%

Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.

by Kelley Armstrong 2023

3.44

13k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🌲 Haunted Landscape 👻 Cursed Inheritance

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