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Спекулятивная проза Саммари книг

The Urth of the New Sun

— Gene Wolfe • 1987

A torturer-turned-king sails a starship beyond the universe to be judged by the makers of suns.

4.06

9 000+

🪐 Dying Earth 🔮 Science Fantasy 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Cosmic Judgment ✝️ Messianic Figure

The Urth of the New Sun

A torturer-turned-king sails a starship beyond the universe to be judged by the makers of suns.

— Gene Wolfe 1987 372 стр.

4.06

9 000+ оценок

🪐 Dying Earth 🔮 Science Fantasy 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Cosmic Judgment ✝️ Messianic Figure

Star Wars

— Mike Chen • 2022

A bombing shatters a neutral world. One Jedi must uncover the truth before war claims it.

4.13

11 000+

🧑‍🏫 Master And Apprentice 🗳️ Political Conspiracy 💕 Secret Romance ⚔️ Reluctant Warrior 🫂 Found Brotherhood

Star Wars

A bombing shatters a neutral world. One Jedi must uncover the truth before war claims it.

— Mike Chen 2022 333 стр.

4.13

11 000+ оценок

🧑‍🏫 Master And Apprentice 🗳️ Political Conspiracy 💕 Secret Romance ⚔️ Reluctant Warrior 🫂 Found Brotherhood

The Dark Mirror

— Samantha Shannon • 2025

Memory erased, a rebel dreamwalker must free the immortal bound to her soul before Europe falls.

4.51

10 000+

🧠 Amnesia Quest 💔 Forbidden Love 🔗 Soul Bond 🏠 Found Family 🗡️ Espionage Fantasy

The Dark Mirror

Memory erased, a rebel dreamwalker must free the immortal bound to her soul before Europe falls.

— Samantha Shannon 2025 576 стр.

4.51

10 000+ оценок

🧠 Amnesia Quest 💔 Forbidden Love 🔗 Soul Bond 🏠 Found Family 🗡️ Espionage Fantasy

The Echo Wife

— Sarah Gailey • 2021

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

3.60

38 000+

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

The Echo Wife

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

— Sarah Gailey 2021 256 стр.

3.60

38 000+ оценок

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

Observer

— Robert Lanza • 2023

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

4.03

3 000+

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

Observer

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

— Robert Lanza 2023 368 стр.

4.03

3 000+ оценок

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

Mushoku Tensei

— Rifujin na Magonote • 2016

A reincarnated mage marries his childhood friend, then opens their haunted manor to his sisters.

4.27

2 000+

🚪 Isekai Fantasy 📘 Light Novel 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🩹 Healing From Trauma ☕ Quiet Slice Of Life

Mushoku Tensei

A reincarnated mage marries his childhood friend, then opens their haunted manor to his sisters.

— Rifujin na Magonote 2016 205 стр.

4.27

2 000+ оценок

🚪 Isekai Fantasy 📘 Light Novel 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🩹 Healing From Trauma ☕ Quiet Slice Of Life

Supertoys

— Brian W. Aldiss • 1969

An android boy faces replacement when his mother wins the right to a real child.

3.49

1 000+

📚 New Wave Sf 🤖 Android Protagonist 🧒 Artificial Child 💔 Melancholy Sf 🌍 Overpopulated World

Supertoys

An android boy faces replacement when his mother wins the right to a real child.

— Brian W. Aldiss 1969 216 стр.

3.49

1 000+ оценок

📚 New Wave Sf 🤖 Android Protagonist 🧒 Artificial Child 💔 Melancholy Sf 🌍 Overpopulated World

How I Live Now

— Meg Rosoff • 2004

A New York teen finds forbidden love with her English cousin, then war forces them apart.

3.57

47 000+

🖤 Cousin Romance 📡 Telepathic Bond 💔 Forced Separation 🏡 Found Family 🍽️ Eating Disorder Rep

How I Live Now

A New York teen finds forbidden love with her English cousin, then war forces them apart.

— Meg Rosoff 2004 194 стр.

3.57

47 000+ оценок

🖤 Cousin Romance 📡 Telepathic Bond 💔 Forced Separation 🏡 Found Family 🍽️ Eating Disorder Rep

Front Lines

— Michael Grant • 2016

1942: women are drafted into combat. Three soldiers face the brutality of the North African front.

4.09

6 000+

🕰️ Alternate History 🪖 Women In Combat 🫂 Found Family 🏋️ Military Training 💥 Gritty War Story

Front Lines

1942: women are drafted into combat. Three soldiers face the brutality of the North African front.

— Michael Grant 2016 548 стр.

4.09

6 000+ оценок

🕰️ Alternate History 🪖 Women In Combat 🫂 Found Family 🏋️ Military Training 💥 Gritty War Story

Company Town

— Madeline Ashby • 2016

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

3.50

5 000+

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

Company Town

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

— Madeline Ashby 2016 285 стр.

3.50

5 000+ оценок

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

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

— Becky Chambers • 2022

A tea monk and a curious robot travel the countryside, asking one deceptively simple question.

4.37

89 000+

☕ Cozy Sci-Fi 🤖 Robot Companion 🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi 🏞️ Quiet Adventure ☀️ Solarpunk

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

A tea monk and a curious robot travel the countryside, asking one deceptively simple question.

— Becky Chambers 2022 152 стр.

4.37

89 000+ оценок

☕ Cozy Sci-Fi 🤖 Robot Companion 🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi 🏞️ Quiet Adventure ☀️ Solarpunk

Школа окончена — навсегда

— Джеймс Паттерсон • 2006

A winged girl hides in high school: a clone wants her identity, wolf-men want her dead.

4.14

100 000+

🧬 Genetic Manipulation 🏃‍♂️ Lab Escapees 👥 Found Family ✨ Reluctant Chosen One 👯 Clone Replacement

Школа окончена — навсегда

A winged girl hides in high school: a clone wants her identity, wolf-men want her dead.

— Джеймс Паттерсон 2006 409 стр.

4.14

100 000+ оценок

🧬 Genetic Manipulation 🏃‍♂️ Lab Escapees 👥 Found Family ✨ Reluctant Chosen One 👯 Clone Replacement

Homecoming

— Christie Golden • 2003

Voyager returns home after seven years. Earth blames the crew for a plague and hologram uprising.

3.92

3 000+

🖖 Star Trek 🤖 Ai Personhood 🏠 Homecoming Aftermath 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 💔 Bittersweet Return

Homecoming

Voyager returns home after seven years. Earth blames the crew for a plague and hologram uprising.

— Christie Golden 2003 262 стр.

3.92

3 000+ оценок

🖖 Star Trek 🤖 Ai Personhood 🏠 Homecoming Aftermath 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 💔 Bittersweet Return

All Those Things We Never Said

— Marc Levy • 2008

Her dead father returns as an android: six days of battery, a lifetime of silence to undo.

3.87

15 000+

🖤 Estranged Parent 💔 Lost First Love ✨ Speculative Romance 💌 Unsent Letters 🕯️ Processing Grief

All Those Things We Never Said

Her dead father returns as an android: six days of battery, a lifetime of silence to undo.

— Marc Levy 2008 318 стр.

3.87

15 000+ оценок

🖤 Estranged Parent 💔 Lost First Love ✨ Speculative Romance 💌 Unsent Letters 🕯️ Processing Grief

Pebble in the Sky

— Isaac Asimov • 1950

A 1949 tailor hurled into the far future gains telepathy and must stop a galactic genocide.

3.90

27 000+

🚀 Golden Age Sci-Fi 🌌 Galactic Empire 🧠 Reluctant Telepath ⏳ Man Out Of Time 💫 Interstellar Romance

Pebble in the Sky

A 1949 tailor hurled into the far future gains telepathy and must stop a galactic genocide.

— Isaac Asimov 1950 308 стр.

3.90

27 000+ оценок

🚀 Golden Age Sci-Fi 🌌 Galactic Empire 🧠 Reluctant Telepath ⏳ Man Out Of Time 💫 Interstellar Romance

The Marriage Act

— John Marrs • 2023

The government rewards marriage with privilege. An AI decides who deserves to keep it.

3.79

50 000+

👁️ Surveillance State 🇬🇧 Near Future Britain 🎭 Manufactured Reality 🏛️ Government Overreach 🔗 Interwoven Storylines

The Marriage Act

The government rewards marriage with privilege. An AI decides who deserves to keep it.

— John Marrs 2023 432 стр.

3.79

50 000+ оценок

👁️ Surveillance State 🇬🇧 Near Future Britain 🎭 Manufactured Reality 🏛️ Government Overreach 🔗 Interwoven Storylines

Among the Enemy

— Margaret Peterson Haddix • 2005

A hidden child escapes a raid, then enters enemy headquarters to save his friends and spy.

4.15

20 000+

🏛️ Totalitarian Regime 🫣 Children In Hiding 🫂 Found Family 🕵️ Undercover Spy 🦸 Reluctant Hero

Among the Enemy

A hidden child escapes a raid, then enters enemy headquarters to save his friends and spy.

— Margaret Peterson Haddix 2005 240 стр.

4.15

20 000+ оценок

🏛️ Totalitarian Regime 🫣 Children In Hiding 🫂 Found Family 🕵️ Undercover Spy 🦸 Reluctant Hero

The Bane of the Black Sword

— Michael Moorcock • 1987

Doomed sorcerer Elric wields a soul-stealing sword; his quest for peace may destroy his only hope.

4.01

8 000+

⚔️ Sword And Sorcery 🗡️ Cursed Blade ⛓️ Tragic Antihero 💔 Doomed Love 🔄 Vengeance Quest

The Bane of the Black Sword

Doomed sorcerer Elric wields a soul-stealing sword; his quest for peace may destroy his only hope.

— Michael Moorcock 1987 157 стр.

4.01

8 000+ оценок

⚔️ Sword And Sorcery 🗡️ Cursed Blade ⛓️ Tragic Antihero 💔 Doomed Love 🔄 Vengeance Quest

Songlight

— Moira Buffini • 2024

Betrayed brother. Forced marriage. A telepath must survive a deadly regime and ignite a revolution.

4.12

3 000+

🧠 Telepathic Powers 💔 Forbidden Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage ✊ Political Rebellion 🤝 Enemies To Allies

Songlight

Betrayed brother. Forced marriage. A telepath must survive a deadly regime and ignite a revolution.

— Moira Buffini 2024 384 стр.

4.12

3 000+ оценок

🧠 Telepathic Powers 💔 Forbidden Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage ✊ Political Rebellion 🤝 Enemies To Allies

The Haunted Mesa

— Louis L'Amour • 1987

A skeptic's search for a vanished friend leads through a desert kiva into a parallel world.

3.81

7 000+

🤠 Weird West 🌀 Portal Fantasy 🏛️ Lost Civilization 🐍 Mesoamerican Mythology 🏜️ Atmospheric Desert

The Haunted Mesa

A skeptic's search for a vanished friend leads through a desert kiva into a parallel world.

— Louis L'Amour 1987 426 стр.

3.81

7 000+ оценок

🤠 Weird West 🌀 Portal Fantasy 🏛️ Lost Civilization 🐍 Mesoamerican Mythology 🏜️ Atmospheric Desert

The Heart Goes Last

— Margaret Atwood • 2015

Homeless, they joined a town of monthly jail turns. An affair made them each other's inmates.

3.39

75 000+

🎭 Dystopian Satire 🏚️ Near-Future Collapse 📹 Surveillance State 👥 Double Life 💋 Forbidden Desire

The Heart Goes Last

Homeless, they joined a town of monthly jail turns. An affair made them each other's inmates.

— Margaret Atwood 2015 320 стр.

3.39

75 000+ оценок

🎭 Dystopian Satire 🏚️ Near-Future Collapse 📹 Surveillance State 👥 Double Life 💋 Forbidden Desire

The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 4

— Philip K. Dick • 1987

The founder of a system jailing people for future crimes is predicted to murder a stranger.

4.11

14 000+

🔮 Predictive Policing 🧠 Philosophical Sci-Fi 🏃 Framed Protagonist 🕵️ Paranoid Conspiracy 🎵 Reality-Altering Art

The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 4

The founder of a system jailing people for future crimes is predicted to murder a stranger.

— Philip K. Dick 1987 396 стр.

4.11

14 000+ оценок

🔮 Predictive Policing 🧠 Philosophical Sci-Fi 🏃 Framed Protagonist 🕵️ Paranoid Conspiracy 🎵 Reality-Altering Art

The Slynx

— Tatyana Tolstaya • 2007

In frozen, mutated Russia, a scribe copies a tyrant's decrees as a forest beast steals minds.

3.81

5 000+

📚 Forbidden Books 🧠 Cultural Amnesia 😈 Dark Absurdist Humor 🪆 Post-Soviet Satire 🧬 Mutated Creatures

The Slynx

In frozen, mutated Russia, a scribe copies a tyrant's decrees as a forest beast steals minds.

— Tatyana Tolstaya 2007 299 стр.

3.81

5 000+ оценок

📚 Forbidden Books 🧠 Cultural Amnesia 😈 Dark Absurdist Humor 🪆 Post-Soviet Satire 🧬 Mutated Creatures

Walking in Two Worlds

— Wab Kinew • 2021

A Native teen rules a VR world with sacred magic, but a hateful clan needs her erased.

3.47

1 000+

🖥️ Indigenous Futurism 🎮 Virtual Reality Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Contemporary Rez Life 🌿 Cultural Reclamation

Walking in Two Worlds

A Native teen rules a VR world with sacred magic, but a hateful clan needs her erased.

— Wab Kinew 2021 296 стр.

3.47

1 000+ оценок

🖥️ Indigenous Futurism 🎮 Virtual Reality Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Contemporary Rez Life 🌿 Cultural Reclamation

Остров доктора Моро

— Г.Дж. Уэллс • 1896

A castaway lands on an island of beasts carved into men by a surgeon playing god.

3.73

100 000+

🧪 Mad Scientist 🩸 Body Horror ⚡ Man Playing God 🐺 The Beast Within 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Остров доктора Моро

A castaway lands on an island of beasts carved into men by a surgeon playing god.

— Г.Дж. Уэллс 1896 143 стр.

3.73

100 000+ оценок

🧪 Mad Scientist 🩸 Body Horror ⚡ Man Playing God 🐺 The Beast Within 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

On Such a Full Sea

— Chang-rae Lee • 2014

When her boyfriend vanishes, a diver abandons her walled settlement for the dangerous open counties.

3.49

11 000+

🏙️ Literary Dystopia 🏚️ Post-Collapse Society 🌏 Asian Diaspora ⚒️ Labor And Privilege 👀 Outsider In Elite World

On Such a Full Sea

When her boyfriend vanishes, a diver abandons her walled settlement for the dangerous open counties.

— Chang-rae Lee 2014 407 стр.

3.49

11 000+ оценок

🏙️ Literary Dystopia 🏚️ Post-Collapse Society 🌏 Asian Diaspora ⚒️ Labor And Privilege 👀 Outsider In Elite World

(The Unconsoled) [By

— Kazuo Ishiguro • 1995

A pianist is summoned to save a city through music, but he cannot find the stage.

3.59

18 000+

🔮 Dream Logic 🎹 Artist In Crisis 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🤐 Generational Silence 💔 Failed Redemption

(The Unconsoled) [By

A pianist is summoned to save a city through music, but he cannot find the stage.

— Kazuo Ishiguro 1995

3.59

18 000+ оценок

🔮 Dream Logic 🎹 Artist In Crisis 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🤐 Generational Silence 💔 Failed Redemption

A Magical Girl Retires

— Park Seolyeon • 2022

A twenty-nine-year-old in debt is recruited by a magical girl union, her talisman a credit card.

3.54

12 000+

🪄 Magical Realism 🌟 Not The Chosen One 💫 Sapphic Slow Burn ⚡ Trauma And Magic 🌧️ Melancholy Hopeful

A Magical Girl Retires

A twenty-nine-year-old in debt is recruited by a magical girl union, her talisman a credit card.

— Park Seolyeon 2022 160 стр.

3.54

12 000+ оценок

🪄 Magical Realism 🌟 Not The Chosen One 💫 Sapphic Slow Burn ⚡ Trauma And Magic 🌧️ Melancholy Hopeful

The Last Oracle

— James Rollins • 2008

A dying man leaves a radioactive coin, pulling Sigma Force into the hunt for psychic children.

4.17

35 000+

🏛️ Archaeological Thriller 🧠 Autistic Savant 🔮 Psychic Abilities 📜 Ancient Prophecy 🧬 Genetic Engineering

The Last Oracle

A dying man leaves a radioactive coin, pulling Sigma Force into the hunt for psychic children.

— James Rollins 2008 434 стр.

4.17

35 000+ оценок

🏛️ Archaeological Thriller 🧠 Autistic Savant 🔮 Psychic Abilities 📜 Ancient Prophecy 🧬 Genetic Engineering

The Merge

— Grace Walker • 2025

To save her mother, a skeptic fuses their minds. The clinic's healing is a slow vanishing.

3.69

7 000+

📖 Literary Dystopia 🏥 Medical Dystopia 🧩 Memory Manipulation 🫥 Identity Erasure 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

The Merge

To save her mother, a skeptic fuses their minds. The clinic's healing is a slow vanishing.

— Grace Walker 2025 320 стр.

3.69

7 000+ оценок

📖 Literary Dystopia 🏥 Medical Dystopia 🧩 Memory Manipulation 🫥 Identity Erasure 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

The Doors of Eden

— Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2020

When her lover vanishes into another Earth, a cryptozoologist must save parallel worlds from ruin.

3.87

10 000+

🌍 Parallel Worlds 🧬 Alternate Evolution 💕 Sapphic Romance 💔 Lost And Found Love 🪐 Cosmic Scale

The Doors of Eden

When her lover vanishes into another Earth, a cryptozoologist must save parallel worlds from ruin.

— Adrian Tchaikovsky 2020 609 стр.

3.87

10 000+ оценок

🌍 Parallel Worlds 🧬 Alternate Evolution 💕 Sapphic Romance 💔 Lost And Found Love 🪐 Cosmic Scale

Совершенные

— Скотт Вестерфельд • 2006

Now a surgically enhanced enforcer, Tally hunts rebels into the wild, where her first love waits.

3.75

200 000+

🧬 Body Modification 🧠 Programmed Identity ⚔️ Morally Gray Heroine 🫧 Toxic Friendship 🔺 Love Triangle

Совершенные

Now a surgically enhanced enforcer, Tally hunts rebels into the wild, where her first love waits.

— Скотт Вестерфельд 2006 384 стр.

3.75

200 000+ оценок

🧬 Body Modification 🧠 Programmed Identity ⚔️ Morally Gray Heroine 🫧 Toxic Friendship 🔺 Love Triangle

Прелестные

— Скотт Вестерфельд • 2005

Surgically perfected and obedient, she dreams of rebellion and a dangerous cure for her mind.

3.83

200 000+

💄 Beauty Dystopia 🧠 Brainwashed Society 🕵️ Secret Police State ❤️‍🔥 Rebel Love Interest 🏙️ Futuristic City

Прелестные

Surgically perfected and obedient, she dreams of rebellion and a dangerous cure for her mind.

— Скотт Вестерфельд 2005 370 стр.

3.83

200 000+ оценок

💄 Beauty Dystopia 🧠 Brainwashed Society 🕵️ Secret Police State ❤️‍🔥 Rebel Love Interest 🏙️ Futuristic City

To Be Taught, If Fortunate

— Becky Chambers • 2019

Four astronauts explore alien worlds in bodies engineered for each one. Then Earth stops answering.

4.19

58 000+

🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Ensemble 🧬 Genetic Adaptation 🌱 Hopepunk 🧘 Quiet Contemplation

To Be Taught, If Fortunate

Four astronauts explore alien worlds in bodies engineered for each one. Then Earth stops answering.

— Becky Chambers 2019 153 стр.

4.19

58 000+ оценок

🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Ensemble 🧬 Genetic Adaptation 🌱 Hopepunk 🧘 Quiet Contemplation

The Ministry for the Future

— Kim Stanley Robinson • 2020

A heat wave kills millions. A diplomat is asked to represent the unborn. She says yes.

3.86

44 000+

🌅 Solarpunk 🌏 Near-Future Earth ✊ Eco-Resistance 🌳 Rewilding 🌡️ Geoengineering

The Ministry for the Future

A heat wave kills millions. A diplomat is asked to represent the unborn. She says yes.

— Kim Stanley Robinson 2020 563 стр.

3.86

44 000+ оценок

🌅 Solarpunk 🌏 Near-Future Earth ✊ Eco-Resistance 🌳 Rewilding 🌡️ Geoengineering

Another Day

— David Levithan • 2015

She fell for her boyfriend on the one day someone else was living his life.

3.58

26 000+

🫂 Impossible Romance 💔 Bittersweet Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🌱 Choosing Yourself 🍂 Letting Go Of Love

Another Day

She fell for her boyfriend on the one day someone else was living his life.

— David Levithan 2015 327 стр.

3.58

26 000+ оценок

🫂 Impossible Romance 💔 Bittersweet Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🌱 Choosing Yourself 🍂 Letting Go Of Love

Bitterblue

— Kristin Cashore • 2012

Her father's mind-control reign ended, but his secrets still poison the kingdom she rules.

4.00

100 000+

👑 Court Intrigue 🕊️ Healing A Kingdom 🎭 Royal In Disguise 🤝 Found Family 💕 Rebel Love Interest

Bitterblue

Her father's mind-control reign ended, but his secrets still poison the kingdom she rules.

— Kristin Cashore 2012 576 стр.

4.00

100 000+ оценок

👑 Court Intrigue 🕊️ Healing A Kingdom 🎭 Royal In Disguise 🤝 Found Family 💕 Rebel Love Interest

The Mandibles

— Lionel Shriver • 2016

The Mandibles waited decades for an inheritance that disappears the night America defaults.

3.71

12 000+

🏚️ Economic Collapse 💸 Failed Inheritance 👁️ Surveillance State 📉 Generational Decline 🐌 Slow Apocalypse

The Mandibles

The Mandibles waited decades for an inheritance that disappears the night America defaults.

— Lionel Shriver 2016 416 стр.

3.71

12 000+ оценок

🏚️ Economic Collapse 💸 Failed Inheritance 👁️ Surveillance State 📉 Generational Decline 🐌 Slow Apocalypse

InterWorld

— Neil Gaiman • 2007

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

3.56

23 000+

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

InterWorld

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

— Neil Gaiman 2007 239 стр.

3.56

23 000+ оценок

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

All That We See or Seem

— Ken Liu • 2025

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

3.53

2 000+

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

All That We See or Seem

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

— Ken Liu 2025 404 стр.

3.53

2 000+ оценок

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

The Catch

— Yrsa Daley-Ward • 2025

Dead twenty years, her mother enters Selfridges. A writer follows, and her life's story comes apart.

3.24

2 000+

🖊️ Autofiction 🔮 Magical Realist Mystery 👯 Estranged Twins 🕳️ Mother Wound 💔 Adoption Trauma

The Catch

Dead twenty years, her mother enters Selfridges. A writer follows, and her life's story comes apart.

— Yrsa Daley-Ward 2025 352 стр.

3.24

2 000+ оценок

🖊️ Autofiction 🔮 Magical Realist Mystery 👯 Estranged Twins 🕳️ Mother Wound 💔 Adoption Trauma

The Shimmering State

— Meredith Westgate • 2021

A photographer and dancer meet in Malibu rehab, each unsure whose memories are really theirs.

3.43

1 000+

🚀 Near Future Sci-Fi 💊 Memory Drug 🧩 Fragmented Identity 🤝 Shared Trauma Bond 🎨 Grief And Art

The Shimmering State

A photographer and dancer meet in Malibu rehab, each unsure whose memories are really theirs.

— Meredith Westgate 2021 320 стр.

3.43

1 000+ оценок

🚀 Near Future Sci-Fi 💊 Memory Drug 🧩 Fragmented Identity 🤝 Shared Trauma Bond 🎨 Grief And Art

NEW-Handmaids Tale, The

— Atwood Margaret • 2000

A Handmaid forced to bear children risks death for a forbidden love and whisper of rebellion.

4.17

275

🌸 Reproductive Dystopia 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Covert Resistance 🌹 Illicit Affair 🤰 Forced Reproduction

NEW-Handmaids Tale, The

A Handmaid forced to bear children risks death for a forbidden love and whisper of rebellion.

— Atwood Margaret 2000 325 стр.

4.17

275 оценок

🌸 Reproductive Dystopia 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Covert Resistance 🌹 Illicit Affair 🤰 Forced Reproduction

The Candy House

— Jennifer Egan • 2022

Externalized memory promises total connection, but some souls will do anything to stay hidden.

3.64

68 000+

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The Candy House

Externalized memory promises total connection, but some souls will do anything to stay hidden.

— Jennifer Egan 2022 352 стр.

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— Mira Grant • 2017

A scientist hunts mermaids in the deepest trench on Earth. They killed her sister first.

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Into the Drowning Deep

A scientist hunts mermaids in the deepest trench on Earth. They killed her sister first.

— Mira Grant 2017 448 стр.

3.93

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The Dragon Factory

— Jonathan Maberry • 2010

A disgraced agent must stop an immortal Nazi's engineered plagues designed to erase entire peoples.

4.16

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The Dragon Factory

A disgraced agent must stop an immortal Nazi's engineered plagues designed to erase entire peoples.

— Jonathan Maberry 2010 486 стр.

4.16

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— Annalee Newitz • 2025

Four bots open a noodle shop in post-war San Francisco. The city wants them shut down.

3.69

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Automatic Noodle

Four bots open a noodle shop in post-war San Francisco. The city wants them shut down.

— Annalee Newitz 2025 163 стр.

3.69

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Into the Void

— Tim Lebbon • 2013

A Je'daii Ranger must hunt her brother before his cult's ancient device destroys their planet.

3.65

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🚀 Space Opera 👭 Sibling Rivalry 👽 Ancient Alien Tech 🔥 Cult Fanaticism 🌑 Fall To Darkness

Into the Void

A Je'daii Ranger must hunt her brother before his cult's ancient device destroys their planet.

— Tim Lebbon 2013 263 стр.

3.65

15 000+ оценок

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The Paradox Hotel

— Rob Hart • 2022

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

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The Paradox Hotel

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

— Rob Hart 2022 336 стр.

3.53

10 000+ оценок

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Aliss

— Patrick Senécal • 2000

She flees the suburbs and tumbles into a Montreal underworld ruled by a Red Queen.

4.33

10 000+

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Aliss

She flees the suburbs and tumbles into a Montreal underworld ruled by a Red Queen.

— Patrick Senécal 2000 521 стр.

4.33

10 000+ оценок

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