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I Who Have Never Known Men
by Jacqueline Harpman
Forty women escape their underground cage onto an empty earth where no explanation awaits.
4.08
524k+
I Who Have Never Known Men Summary
I Who Have Never Known Men 91%
Forty women escape their underground cage onto an empty earth where no explanation awaits.
by Jacqueline Harpman 1995
4.08
524k+ ratings
The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner • 2003
America is dying of its own poison, and the people who warned us are being hunted.
3.91
6k+
The Sheep Look Up Summary
The Sheep Look Up 93%
America is dying of its own poison, and the people who warned us are being hunted.
by John Brunner 2003
3.91
6k+ ratings
Dhalgren
by Samuel R. Delany • 1975
No memory, no name, no exit: a wanderer in a city where reality rewrites itself daily.
3.77
12k+
Dhalgren Summary
Dhalgren 93%
No memory, no name, no exit: a wanderer in a city where reality rewrites itself daily.
by Samuel R. Delany 1975
3.77
12k+ ratings
Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler • 1993
An empathic teen invents a faith of change and leads a band through a scorched California.
4.19
274k+
Parable of the Sower Summary
Parable of the Sower 91%
An empathic teen invents a faith of change and leads a band through a scorched California.
by Octavia E. Butler 1993
4.19
274k+ ratings
The Lathe of Heaven
by Ursula K. Le Guin • 1971
When dreams reshape reality, a psychiatrist exploits his patient's gift to build utopia at any cost.
4.13
90k+
The Lathe of Heaven Summary
The Lathe of Heaven 91%
When dreams reshape reality, a psychiatrist exploits his patient's gift to build utopia at any cost.
by Ursula K. Le Guin 1971
4.13
90k+ ratings
The Futurological Congress
by Stanisław Lem • 1971
The water at a futurist conference is drugged. Ijon Tichy discovers the apocalypse feels wonderful.
4.17
15k+
The Futurological Congress Summary
The Futurological Congress 91%
The water at a futurist conference is drugged. Ijon Tichy discovers the apocalypse feels wonderful.
by Stanisław Lem 1971
4.17
15k+ ratings
Wool Omnibus
by Hugh Howey • 2012
A buried silo's new sheriff finds the outside is a lie, a secret guarded by murder.
4.23
280k+
Wool Omnibus Summary
Wool Omnibus 91%
A buried silo's new sheriff finds the outside is a lie, a secret guarded by murder.
by Hugh Howey 2012
4.23
280k+ ratings
In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster
by Paul Auster • 1987
Anna searches a nameless, crumbling city for her brother while hunger and forgetting consume all.
3.91
16k+
In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster Summary
In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster 91%
Anna searches a nameless, crumbling city for her brother while hunger and forgetting consume all.
by Paul Auster 1987
3.91
16k+ ratings
The Memory of Animals
by Claire Fuller • 2023
A marine biologist enters a vaccine trial and wakes to a world that has already ended.
3.57
6k+
The Memory of Animals Summary
The Memory of Animals 91%
A marine biologist enters a vaccine trial and wakes to a world that has already ended.
by Claire Fuller 2023
3.57
6k+ ratings
The Shadow of the Torturer
by Gene Wolfe • 1980
An apprentice torturer's act of mercy exiles him into a dying world haunted by miracles.
3.84
36k+
The Shadow of the Torturer Summary
The Shadow of the Torturer 93%
An apprentice torturer's act of mercy exiles him into a dying world haunted by miracles.
by Gene Wolfe 1980
3.84
36k+ ratings
The Shadow of the Torturer
by Gene Wolfe • 1980
An apprentice torturer's act of mercy exiles him into a dying world haunted by miracles.
3.84
36k+
The Shadow of the Torturer Summary
The Shadow of the Torturer 92%
An apprentice torturer's act of mercy exiles him into a dying world haunted by miracles.
by Gene Wolfe 1980
3.84
36k+ ratings
Pines
by Blake Crouch
A Secret Service agent wakes nameless in a perfect town where escape means death.
3.92
189k+
Pines Summary
Pines 91%
A Secret Service agent wakes nameless in a perfect town where escape means death.
by Blake Crouch 2012
3.92
189k+ ratings
The Palace of Dreams
by Ismail Kadare • 1981
An empire scours its subjects' dreams for sedition. A young clerk's first case threatens his family.
3.94
7k+
The Palace of Dreams Summary
The Palace of Dreams 91%
An empire scours its subjects' dreams for sedition. A young clerk's first case threatens his family.
by Ismail Kadare 1981
3.94
7k+ ratings
The Wall
by Marlen Haushofer • 1999
An invisible wall seals a woman inside a mountain valley, the world beyond it frozen dead.
3.99
42k+
The Wall Summary
The Wall 91%
An invisible wall seals a woman inside a mountain valley, the world beyond it frozen dead.
by Marlen Haushofer 1999
3.99
42k+ ratings
High-Rise
by J.G. Ballard • 1975
A luxury tower's residents transform into warring tribes, trapping a detached doctor seeking peace.
3.64
42k+
High-Rise Summary
High-Rise 91%
A luxury tower's residents transform into warring tribes, trapping a detached doctor seeking peace.
by J.G. Ballard 1975
3.64
42k+ ratings
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+
Oryx and Crake Summary
Oryx and Crake 91%
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
Counter-Clock World
by Philip K. Dick • 1967
When time flows backward, a resurrectionist revives a prophet and fights the book-erasing Library.
3.55
5k+
Counter-Clock World Summary
Counter-Clock World 91%
When time flows backward, a resurrectionist revives a prophet and fights the book-erasing Library.
by Philip K. Dick 1967
3.55
5k+ ratings
The Long Walk
by Richard Bachman • 1979
Sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty walks with ninety-nine others. Slow down, and soldiers shoot.
4.00
289k+
The Long Walk Summary
The Long Walk 91%
Sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty walks with ninety-nine others. Slow down, and soldiers shoot.
by Richard Bachman 1979
4.00
289k+ ratings
Cyclonopedia
by Reza Negarestani
Petroleum is a sentient planetary intelligence. The Middle East is its body. The war is its hunger.
3.86
1k+
Cyclonopedia Summary
Cyclonopedia 91%
Petroleum is a sentient planetary intelligence. The Middle East is its body. The war is its hunger.
by Reza Negarestani 2008
3.86
1k+ ratings
Blindness
by José Saramago • 1995
An epidemic of blindness sweeps a city, but inside the quarantine, one woman still sees.
4.18
344k+
Blindness Summary
Blindness 92%
An epidemic of blindness sweeps a city, but inside the quarantine, one woman still sees.
by José Saramago 1995
4.18
344k+ ratings
Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel • 2014
A pandemic erases the world; a traveling Shakespeare troupe becomes what remains of human culture.
4.07
623k+
Station Eleven Summary
Station Eleven 92%
A pandemic erases the world; a traveling Shakespeare troupe becomes what remains of human culture.
by Emily St. John Mandel 2014
4.07
623k+ ratings
The Last Murder at the End of the World
by Stuart Turton • 2024
An elder's murder on the last island; her heartbeat was the only barrier against the fog.
3.67
66k+
The Last Murder at the End of the World Summary
The Last Murder at the End of the World 91%
An elder's murder on the last island; her heartbeat was the only barrier against the fog.
by Stuart Turton 2024
3.67
66k+ ratings
The Slynx
by Tatyana Tolstaya • 2007
In frozen, mutated Russia, a scribe copies a tyrant's decrees as a forest beast steals minds.
3.81
6k+
The Slynx Summary
The Slynx 90%
In frozen, mutated Russia, a scribe copies a tyrant's decrees as a forest beast steals minds.
by Tatyana Tolstaya 2007
3.81
6k+ ratings
Hazards of Time Travel
by Joyce Carol Oates • 2018
A teenager's forbidden questions land her in 1959 Wisconsin, where one wrong memory means erasure.
2.98
8k+
Hazards of Time Travel Summary
Hazards of Time Travel 90%
A teenager's forbidden questions land her in 1959 Wisconsin, where one wrong memory means erasure.
by Joyce Carol Oates 2018
2.98
8k+ ratings
Greatest Hits
by Harlan Ellison • 2024
A vengeful AI tortures its prisoners. A rebel defies the clock. A mercy that destroys.
4.07
2k+
Greatest Hits Summary
Greatest Hits 90%
A vengeful AI tortures its prisoners. A rebel defies the clock. A mercy that destroys.
by Harlan Ellison 2024
4.07
2k+ ratings
The Accidental Time Machine
by Joe Haldeman • 2007
A failed physicist's broken calibrator is a one-way time machine, each jump exponentially longer.
3.73
11k+
The Accidental Time Machine Summary
The Accidental Time Machine 90%
A failed physicist's broken calibrator is a one-way time machine, each jump exponentially longer.
by Joe Haldeman 2007
3.73
11k+ ratings
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick • 1968
A bounty hunter chasing six androids discovers his empathy test is failing him.
4.09
519k+
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Summary
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 90%
A bounty hunter chasing six androids discovers his empathy test is failing him.
by Philip K. Dick 1968
4.09
519k+ ratings
The Dispossessed
by Ursula K. Le Guin • 1974
A physicist leaves an anarchist moon for a capitalist planet where his theories become a weapon.
4.26
154k+
The Dispossessed Summary
The Dispossessed 92%
A physicist leaves an anarchist moon for a capitalist planet where his theories become a weapon.
by Ursula K. Le Guin 1974
4.26
154k+ ratings
Island
by Aldous Huxley • 1962
A journalist washes onto a forbidden island to exploit its utopia, and finds himself remade instead.
3.85
37k+
Island Summary
Island 92%
A journalist washes onto a forbidden island to exploit its utopia, and finds himself remade instead.
by Aldous Huxley 1962
3.85
37k+ ratings
The Camp of the Saints
by Jean Raspail
When a refugee fleet sails for the French coast, the West discovers it has already surrendered.
3.85
2k+
The Camp of the Saints Summary
The Camp of the Saints 91%
When a refugee fleet sails for the French coast, the West discovers it has already surrendered.
by Jean Raspail 1987
3.85
2k+ ratings
On Such a Full Sea
by Chang-rae Lee • 2014
When her boyfriend vanishes, a diver abandons her walled settlement for the dangerous open counties.
3.49
12k+
On Such a Full Sea Summary
On Such a Full Sea 90%
When her boyfriend vanishes, a diver abandons her walled settlement for the dangerous open counties.
by Chang-rae Lee 2014
3.49
12k+ ratings
The Memory Police
by Yōko Ogawa • 1994
The Memory Police erase objects from the mind; a novelist hides a man who still remembers.
3.69
145k+
The Memory Police Summary
The Memory Police 90%
The Memory Police erase objects from the mind; a novelist hides a man who still remembers.
by Yōko Ogawa 1994
3.69
145k+ ratings
A Scanner Darkly
by Philip K. Dick • 1977
An undercover agent addicted to a brain-splitting drug is assigned the target: himself.
4.02
111k+
A Scanner Darkly Summary
A Scanner Darkly 90%
An undercover agent addicted to a brain-splitting drug is assigned the target: himself.
by Philip K. Dick 1977
4.02
111k+ ratings
Satantango
by László Krasznahorkai • 1985
A crumbling Hungarian farm, endless rain, a dead con man the villagers need to believe.
4.06
17k+
Satantango Summary
Satantango 90%
A crumbling Hungarian farm, endless rain, a dead con man the villagers need to believe.
by László Krasznahorkai 1985
4.06
17k+ ratings
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
by Haruki Murakami • 1985
An experiment turns a data processor's mind into a walled town. His real life is vanishing.
4.11
154k+
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Summary
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 90%
An experiment turns a data processor's mind into a walled town. His real life is vanishing.
by Haruki Murakami 1985
4.11
154k+ ratings
Commune
by Joshua Gayou • 2017
After a plague, a lone survivor leads three strangers across a dead America to Wyoming.
4.18
3k+
Commune Summary
Commune 90%
After a plague, a lone survivor leads three strangers across a dead America to Wyoming.
by Joshua Gayou 2017
4.18
3k+ ratings
Chronicles From The Future
by Achilleas Sirigos
From a coma in 1921, a teacher awakens inside a man of the year 3906.
3.78
569
Chronicles From The Future Summary
Chronicles From The Future 90%
From a coma in 1921, a teacher awakens inside a man of the year 3906.
by Achilleas Sirigos 1972
3.78
569 ratings
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+
The Ferryman Summary
The Ferryman 92%
A ferryman of rebirth discovers paradise is a simulation. His dying father left the exit code.
by Justin Cronin 2023
3.92
42k+ ratings
BEYOND EXTINCTION
by John Keeble • 2018
A geneticist's refuge becomes a lab; his lover, a numan; his DNA, a museum of extinction.
3.83
138
BEYOND EXTINCTION Summary
BEYOND EXTINCTION 91%
A geneticist's refuge becomes a lab; his lover, a numan; his DNA, a museum of extinction.
by John Keeble 2018
3.83
138 ratings
The Mandibles
by Lionel Shriver • 2016
The Mandibles waited decades for an inheritance that disappears the night America defaults.
3.71
12k+
The Mandibles Summary
The Mandibles 90%
The Mandibles waited decades for an inheritance that disappears the night America defaults.
by Lionel Shriver 2016
3.71
12k+ ratings
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
by Robert M. Pirsig • 1974
A father rides cross-country with his son, haunted by the philosopher he used to be.
3.78
247k+
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Summary
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 90%
A father rides cross-country with his son, haunted by the philosopher he used to be.
by Robert M. Pirsig 1974
3.78
247k+ ratings
War with the Newts
by Karel Čapek • 1990
Intelligent newts, found for pearls, become a global workforce that demands the planet for itself.
4.17
19k+
War with the Newts Summary
War with the Newts 90%
Intelligent newts, found for pearls, become a global workforce that demands the planet for itself.
by Karel Čapek 1990
4.17
19k+ ratings
One Second After
by William R. Forstchen • 2009
An EMP erases civilization. A widowed professor must keep his daughters alive as his town starves.
3.98
77k+
One Second After Summary
One Second After 90%
An EMP erases civilization. A widowed professor must keep his daughters alive as his town starves.
by William R. Forstchen 2009
3.98
77k+ ratings
Phyl-Undhu
by Nick Land • 2014
A daughter's game is a doorway to cosmic extinction. Her parents enter to bring her back.
3.56
284
Phyl-Undhu Summary
Phyl-Undhu 91%
A daughter's game is a doorway to cosmic extinction. Her parents enter to bring her back.
by Nick Land 2014
3.56
284 ratings
The Tower
by Colin Wilson • 1987
Giant telepathic spiders rule the earth, and one boy's mind holds the power they cannot break.
4.02
509
The Tower Summary
The Tower 91%
Giant telepathic spiders rule the earth, and one boy's mind holds the power they cannot break.
by Colin Wilson 1987
4.02
509 ratings
Generation A
by Douglas Coupland
Five strangers stung after bees vanish are imprisoned and mined for a secret in their blood.
3.52
8k+
Generation A Summary
Generation A 90%
Five strangers stung after bees vanish are imprisoned and mined for a secret in their blood.
by Douglas Coupland 2009
3.52
8k+ ratings
Severance
by Ling Ma • 2018
The fever traps victims in habit loops. Candace Chen, office worker, was already there.
3.88
134k+
Severance Summary
Severance 90%
The fever traps victims in habit loops. Candace Chen, office worker, was already there.
by Ling Ma 2018
3.88
134k+ ratings
The Gunslinger
by Stephen King • 1982
A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.
3.91
669k+
The Gunslinger Summary
The Gunslinger 90%
A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.
by Stephen King 1982
3.91
669k+ ratings
Nous
by Christelle Dabos • 2024
Without instinct in a society built on it, one girl's hidden absence becomes a spreading contagion.
4.02
2k+
Nous Summary
Nous 90%
Without instinct in a society built on it, one girl's hidden absence becomes a spreading contagion.
by Christelle Dabos 2024
4.02
2k+ ratings
The Warehouse
by Rob Hart • 2019
A failed entrepreneur and a spy enter a company town where wristbands track every heartbeat.
3.84
15k+
The Warehouse Summary
The Warehouse 90%
A failed entrepreneur and a spy enter a company town where wristbands track every heartbeat.
by Rob Hart 2019
3.84
15k+ ratings
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