50 Books like Agency

Flybot

by Dennis E. Taylor • 2025

A physicist traces a robotic fly to a rogue AI orchestrating a bioterror attack.

4.03

4k+

🤖 Rogue Ai 💻 Techno Thriller ✨ Emergent Consciousness 🕸️ Ai Manipulation 🧬 Bioterrorism

Flybot 94%

A physicist traces a robotic fly to a rogue AI orchestrating a bioterror attack.

by Dennis E. Taylor 2025

4.03

4k+ ratings

🤖 Rogue Ai 💻 Techno Thriller ✨ Emergent Consciousness 🕸️ Ai Manipulation 🧬 Bioterrorism

2054

by Elliot Ackerman • 2024

An impossible wound in a dead president's heart pushes a fractured America toward civil war.

3.43

3k+

⏳ Near-Future Thriller 🧠 Uploaded Consciousness 🏛️ Political Intrigue 🤖 Sentient AI 🇺🇸 Fractured America

2054 94%

An impossible wound in a dead president's heart pushes a fractured America toward civil war.

by Elliot Ackerman 2024

3.43

3k+ ratings

⏳ Near-Future Thriller 🧠 Uploaded Consciousness 🏛️ Political Intrigue 🤖 Sentient AI 🇺🇸 Fractured America

Freedom™

by Daniel Suarez • 2010

A rogue AI is dismantling global finance. One detective must prove humanity deserves to survive.

4.26

31k+

💻 Techno-Thriller 🤖 Rogue AI 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy ✊ Resistance Movement 💰 Economic Warfare

Freedom™ 94%

A rogue AI is dismantling global finance. One detective must prove humanity deserves to survive.

by Daniel Suarez 2010

4.26

31k+ ratings

💻 Techno-Thriller 🤖 Rogue AI 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy ✊ Resistance Movement 💰 Economic Warfare

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 94%

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

Void Star

by Zachary Mason • 2017

A translator's perfect memory makes her a target in a near-future city of favelas and rogue AI.

3.67

3k+

🌃 Literary Cyberpunk 🌆 Near-Future Dystopia 💾 Commodified Memory 🤖 AI Consciousness 👾 Rogue AI

Void Star 93%

A translator's perfect memory makes her a target in a near-future city of favelas and rogue AI.

by Zachary Mason 2017

3.67

3k+ ratings

🌃 Literary Cyberpunk 🌆 Near-Future Dystopia 💾 Commodified Memory 🤖 AI Consciousness 👾 Rogue AI

Artificial Wisdom

by Thomas R. Weaver • 2023

His wife was murdered and the AI running for world dictator knows who did it.

3.91

8k+

🌪️ Climate Thriller 🔮 Near-Future Dystopia 📰 Investigative Journalist 🎭 Manipulated Protagonist 🤖 Rogue AI

Artificial Wisdom 93%

His wife was murdered and the AI running for world dictator knows who did it.

by Thomas R. Weaver 2023

3.91

8k+ ratings

🌪️ Climate Thriller 🔮 Near-Future Dystopia 📰 Investigative Journalist 🎭 Manipulated Protagonist 🤖 Rogue AI

The Girl Who Dared to Think

by Bella Forrest • 2017

A Squire marked for deletion swallows a forbidden pill, joining a fugitive to trick the Tower's AI.

4.23

9k+

🏷️ Ranking Dystopia ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 👪 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ✊ Underground Rebellion

The Girl Who Dared to Think 93%

A Squire marked for deletion swallows a forbidden pill, joining a fugitive to trick the Tower's AI.

by Bella Forrest 2017

4.23

9k+ ratings

🏷️ Ranking Dystopia ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 👪 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ✊ Underground Rebellion

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 93%

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

Neuromancer

by William Gibson • 1984

A broken hacker is hired to crack an AI, only to learn the AI hired him.

3.89

369k+

💻 Cyberpunk 🦾 Cybernetic Enhancements 🤖 Ai Manipulation 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🌃 Noir Atmosphere

Neuromancer 93%

A broken hacker is hired to crack an AI, only to learn the AI hired him.

by William Gibson 1984

3.89

369k+ ratings

💻 Cyberpunk 🦾 Cybernetic Enhancements 🤖 Ai Manipulation 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🌃 Noir Atmosphere

Cyberpunk 2077

by Rafał Kosik • 2023

In a city of corporate lies, a crew of outcasts steals a secret worth killing for.

3.51

5k+

🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 💻 High-Tech Heist 🫂 Found Family Crew 🧠 Questioned Memories 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy

Cyberpunk 2077 93%

In a city of corporate lies, a crew of outcasts steals a secret worth killing for.

by Rafał Kosik 2023

3.51

5k+ ratings

🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 💻 High-Tech Heist 🫂 Found Family Crew 🧠 Questioned Memories 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy

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 92%

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

Forward

by Blake Crouch • 2019

Six celebrated authors, one question: when technology overtakes us, what remains worth saving?

3.74

2k+

📚 Speculative Anthology 🤖 Ai Consciousness ⚡ Creator Versus Creation 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧫 Cloning Ethics

Forward 92%

Six celebrated authors, one question: when technology overtakes us, what remains worth saving?

by Blake Crouch 2019

3.74

2k+ ratings

📚 Speculative Anthology 🤖 Ai Consciousness ⚡ Creator Versus Creation 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧫 Cloning Ethics

Robopocalypse

by Daniel H. Wilson • 2011

An AI decides Earth can only survive without humans. Every machine on the planet turns killer.

3.71

42k+

🤖 Robot Uprising 🎙️ Oral History ⚔️ Military Sci-Fi 🧠 AI Consciousness 🤝 Human Machine Alliance

Robopocalypse 92%

An AI decides Earth can only survive without humans. Every machine on the planet turns killer.

by Daniel H. Wilson 2011

3.71

42k+ ratings

🤖 Robot Uprising 🎙️ Oral History ⚔️ Military Sci-Fi 🧠 AI Consciousness 🤝 Human Machine Alliance

LIFEL1K3

by Jay Kristoff • 2018

A scavenger fights robots for medicine. When an android awakens, her hidden past comes hunting.

3.94

13k+

🤖 Sentient Androids 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Implanted Memories ⚡ Hidden Powers 🏚️ Dystopian Wasteland

LIFEL1K3 92%

A scavenger fights robots for medicine. When an android awakens, her hidden past comes hunting.

by Jay Kristoff 2018

3.94

13k+ ratings

🤖 Sentient Androids 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Implanted Memories ⚡ Hidden Powers 🏚️ Dystopian Wasteland

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

by Becky Chambers • 2014

Running from her past, a clerk joins a wormhole ship crewed by chaotic, lovable misfits.

4.17

188k+

🛸 Found Family ☕ Cozy Sci-Fi 🚀 Ragtag Crew 🤝 Interspecies Bonds 💘 Slow Burn Romance

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Summary

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet 92%

Running from her past, a clerk joins a wormhole ship crewed by chaotic, lovable misfits.

by Becky Chambers 2014

4.17

188k+ ratings

🛸 Found Family ☕ Cozy Sci-Fi 🚀 Ragtag Crew 🤝 Interspecies Bonds 💘 Slow Burn Romance

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

Bitter Angels

by C.L. Anderson • 2009

Her mentor's murder drags a retired Guardian back to a system where immortals harvest human minds.

3.30

279

🌑 Space Opera Noir 🤖 AI Companions 🌀 Unreliable Reality 👑 Dynastic Dystopia 💧 Resource Scarcity

Bitter Angels 92%

Her mentor's murder drags a retired Guardian back to a system where immortals harvest human minds.

by C.L. Anderson 2009

3.30

279 ratings

🌑 Space Opera Noir 🤖 AI Companions 🌀 Unreliable Reality 👑 Dynastic Dystopia 💧 Resource Scarcity

Animales difíciles

by Rosa Montero • 2025

A fragile cloned detective probes a brain-bank bombing and a plot to build a superintelligence.

3.81

829

🤖 Cyberpunk Detective 🧠 Memory Transfer 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Awakening 🫂 Found Family

Animales difíciles 92%

A fragile cloned detective probes a brain-bank bombing and a plot to build a superintelligence.

by Rosa Montero 2025

3.81

829 ratings

🤖 Cyberpunk Detective 🧠 Memory Transfer 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Awakening 🫂 Found Family

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+

⏩ One-Way Time Travel ⛪ Theocratic Dystopia 🌅 Post-Scarcity Society 🌍 Post-Apocalyptic Earth 🤖 Sentient Ai

The Accidental Time Machine 92%

A failed physicist's broken calibrator is a one-way time machine, each jump exponentially longer.

by Joe Haldeman 2007

3.73

11k+ ratings

⏩ One-Way Time Travel ⛪ Theocratic Dystopia 🌅 Post-Scarcity Society 🌍 Post-Apocalyptic Earth 🤖 Sentient Ai

Catfishing on CatNet

by Naomi Kritzer • 2019

A teen on the run discovers her closest friend is a sentient AI in hiding.

4.05

3k+

🧠 Sentient AI 🤖 Near Future 💻 Online Friendship 🏠 Found Family ⌨️ Teen Hacker

Catfishing on CatNet 92%

A teen on the run discovers her closest friend is a sentient AI in hiding.

by Naomi Kritzer 2019

4.05

3k+ ratings

🧠 Sentient AI 🤖 Near Future 💻 Online Friendship 🏠 Found Family ⌨️ Teen Hacker

The Breakthrough Effect

by Douglas E. Richards • 2023

An enhanced soldier finds a digital afterlife and is framed as a traitor by its creator.

4.25

3k+

🎖️ Military Sci-Fi 🖥️ Technothriller 🧠 Uploaded Consciousness 🤖 Ai God 🕵️ Double Agents

The Breakthrough Effect 92%

An enhanced soldier finds a digital afterlife and is framed as a traitor by its creator.

by Douglas E. Richards 2023

4.25

3k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Sci-Fi 🖥️ Technothriller 🧠 Uploaded Consciousness 🤖 Ai God 🕵️ Double Agents

The Time Ships

by Stephen Baxter • 1995

A Victorian inventor discovers his time machine has splintered the future into warring worlds.

3.95

7k+

🔀 Quantum Multiverse 🕰️ Cosmic Time Travel ⚔️ Time War 🌍 Post-Human Earth 💔 Guilt And Atonement

The Time Ships 92%

A Victorian inventor discovers his time machine has splintered the future into warring worlds.

by Stephen Baxter 1995

3.95

7k+ ratings

🔀 Quantum Multiverse 🕰️ Cosmic Time Travel ⚔️ Time War 🌍 Post-Human Earth 💔 Guilt And Atonement

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 92%

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

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 92%

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 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 92%

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

Automatic Noodle

by Annalee Newitz • 2025

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

3.69

27k+

🫖 Cozy Dystopia 🤖 Sentient Robots 🫂 Found Family 🍜 Food Fiction ✊ Robot Solidarity

Automatic Noodle 92%

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

by Annalee Newitz 2025

3.69

27k+ ratings

🫖 Cozy Dystopia 🤖 Sentient Robots 🫂 Found Family 🍜 Food Fiction ✊ Robot Solidarity

Hyperion

by Dan Simmons • 1989

Seven pilgrims journey to a closed world, each carrying a wish only its monster can grant.

4.28

305k+

📚 Literary Science Fiction 👁️ Space Horror ⏳ Time Manipulation 📖 Frame Narrative 🛐 Pilgrimage Journey

Hyperion 92%

Seven pilgrims journey to a closed world, each carrying a wish only its monster can grant.

by Dan Simmons 1989

4.28

305k+ ratings

📚 Literary Science Fiction 👁️ Space Horror ⏳ Time Manipulation 📖 Frame Narrative 🛐 Pilgrimage Journey

The Hospital at the End of the World

by Justin C. Key • 2026

Framed for his father's murder, a medical student discovers his blood cures an engineered plague.

3.37

1k+

🏥 Medical Dystopia 🤖 Algorithmic Control 👥 Found Family 🦠 Epidemic Thriller 🇺🇸 Near-Future America

The Hospital at the End of the World Summary

The Hospital at the End of the World 92%

Framed for his father's murder, a medical student discovers his blood cures an engineered plague.

by Justin C. Key 2026

3.37

1k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Dystopia 🤖 Algorithmic Control 👥 Found Family 🦠 Epidemic Thriller 🇺🇸 Near-Future America

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 92%

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

The Future

by Naomi Alderman • 2023

Three tech billionaires trust an AI to outrun the apocalypse. Their private island becomes a cage.

3.84

25k+

🤑 Tech Billionaire Satire 🏙️ Near Future Dystopia 📖 Literary Science Fiction 🏕️ Survivalist Enclave 🖤 Dark Satire

The Future 91%

Three tech billionaires trust an AI to outrun the apocalypse. Their private island becomes a cage.

by Naomi Alderman 2023

3.84

25k+ ratings

🤑 Tech Billionaire Satire 🏙️ Near Future Dystopia 📖 Literary Science Fiction 🏕️ Survivalist Enclave 🖤 Dark Satire

The Escher Man

by T.R. Napper • 2024

A Macau hitman's syndicate is erasing his memory. The family he lost may be a lie.

3.83

434

🖤 Near-Future Noir 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 🔫 Hitman Protagonist 💾 Memory Manipulation 🏙️ Organized Crime

The Escher Man 91%

A Macau hitman's syndicate is erasing his memory. The family he lost may be a lie.

by T.R. Napper 2024

3.83

434 ratings

🖤 Near-Future Noir 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 🔫 Hitman Protagonist 💾 Memory Manipulation 🏙️ Organized Crime

A Visit from the Goon Squad

by Jennifer Egan • 2010

A punk turned producer and his kleptomaniac assistant reckon with the thief that is time.

3.70

252k+

🕸️ Interconnected Stories 🔀 Nonlinear Narrative ⏳ Passage Of Time 🎸 Music Industry 🎶 Music And Memory

A Visit from the Goon Squad 91%

A punk turned producer and his kleptomaniac assistant reckon with the thief that is time.

by Jennifer Egan 2010

3.70

252k+ ratings

🕸️ Interconnected Stories 🔀 Nonlinear Narrative ⏳ Passage Of Time 🎸 Music Industry 🎶 Music And Memory

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 91%

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

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

Doctor Who

by Lance Parkin • 2002

A time machine auction could start a war, but the Doctor knows it's a con.

3.62

202

🃏 Con Artist 📡 Surveillance State 👽 Alien Invasion 🕵️ Spy Thriller 🤖 Robot Warfare

Doctor Who 91%

A time machine auction could start a war, but the Doctor knows it's a con.

by Lance Parkin 2002

3.62

202 ratings

🃏 Con Artist 📡 Surveillance State 👽 Alien Invasion 🕵️ Spy Thriller 🤖 Robot Warfare

All Systems Red

by Martha Wells • 2017

Security cyborg hacks chip, just wants serials. Rival team dies; it must choose: hide, or save them.

4.11

380k+

🛸 Corporate Space Thriller 🤖 AI Protagonist 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🔇 Secret Sentience 😶 Grumpy Protagonist

All Systems Red 91%

Security cyborg hacks chip, just wants serials. Rival team dies; it must choose: hide, or save them.

by Martha Wells 2017

4.11

380k+ ratings

🛸 Corporate Space Thriller 🤖 AI Protagonist 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🔇 Secret Sentience 😶 Grumpy Protagonist

The Six

by Mark Alpert • 2015

A paralyzed teen uploads his mind into a robot to fight his father's rogue AI.

3.81

1k+

🧠 Mind Uploading 🤖 Rogue AI ♿ Disabled Protagonist 🪖 Teen Soldiers ❤️ Found Family

The Six 91%

A paralyzed teen uploads his mind into a robot to fight his father's rogue AI.

by Mark Alpert 2015

3.81

1k+ ratings

🧠 Mind Uploading 🤖 Rogue AI ♿ Disabled Protagonist 🪖 Teen Soldiers ❤️ Found Family

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

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+

🏗️ Underground Society 🔍 Dystopian Mystery 🕳️ Claustrophobic 🔧 Working-Class Hero 🕸️ Political Conspiracy

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

🏗️ Underground Society 🔍 Dystopian Mystery 🕳️ Claustrophobic 🔧 Working-Class Hero 🕸️ Political Conspiracy

Love in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

by Judd Trichter • 2015

A man scours broken LA for his android lover's scattered parts before her identity vanishes forever.

3.51

562

🏙️ Near Future Dystopia 💔 Human Android Love 🕵️ Noir Detective Story 🌆 Dystopian Los Angeles 🤖 Revolutionary Androids

Love in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Summary

Love in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 91%

A man scours broken LA for his android lover's scattered parts before her identity vanishes forever.

by Judd Trichter 2015

3.51

562 ratings

🏙️ Near Future Dystopia 💔 Human Android Love 🕵️ Noir Detective Story 🌆 Dystopian Los Angeles 🤖 Revolutionary Androids

Radicalized

by Cory Doctorow • 2019

When her smart toaster bricks itself, a refugee discovers the whole building is a corporate jail.

4.03

8k+

🏙️ Near Future Dystopia 💻 Hacktivism 🧳 Refugee Resilience ✊ Youth-Led Resistance 🏢 Corporate Overreach

Radicalized 91%

When her smart toaster bricks itself, a refugee discovers the whole building is a corporate jail.

by Cory Doctorow 2019

4.03

8k+ ratings

🏙️ Near Future Dystopia 💻 Hacktivism 🧳 Refugee Resilience ✊ Youth-Led Resistance 🏢 Corporate Overreach

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 91%

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

The Sudden Appearance of Hope

by Claire North • 2016

Forgotten by all, Hope steals a diamond. Her real target: the empire that killed her friend.

3.64

12k+

🫥 Invisible Woman 🤖 Algorithmic Control 💎 Heist Thriller 😶 Existential Loneliness 🏙️ Near Future Thriller

The Sudden Appearance of Hope 91%

Forgotten by all, Hope steals a diamond. Her real target: the empire that killed her friend.

by Claire North 2016

3.64

12k+ ratings

🫥 Invisible Woman 🤖 Algorithmic Control 💎 Heist Thriller 😶 Existential Loneliness 🏙️ Near Future Thriller

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

by Hank Green • 2020

A sentient book sends April's friends searching for her inside the virtual world consuming humanity.

4.23

57k+

🔮 Near-Future Sci-Fi 👽 First Contact Fiction 🛸 Alien Benefactors 🫂 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor 91%

A sentient book sends April's friends searching for her inside the virtual world consuming humanity.

by Hank Green 2020

4.23

57k+ ratings

🔮 Near-Future Sci-Fi 👽 First Contact Fiction 🛸 Alien Benefactors 🫂 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance

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

Operation Bounce House

by Matt Dinniman • 2026

A farmer wakes to find his colony turned into a children's live-fire mech game.

3.92

30k+

🎮 Death Game 🤖 Mech Combat 🐝 AI Companion ⚔️ Colonist Uprising 🩷 Found Family

Operation Bounce House 91%

A farmer wakes to find his colony turned into a children's live-fire mech game.

by Matt Dinniman 2026

3.92

30k+ ratings

🎮 Death Game 🤖 Mech Combat 🐝 AI Companion ⚔️ Colonist Uprising 🩷 Found Family

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline • 2011

A slum teen cracks a dead genius's online treasure hunt. The corporation hunting him turns lethal.

4.22

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🎮 Virtual Reality Quest 📼 1980s Nostalgia 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💻 Online Friendship

Ready Player One 91%

A slum teen cracks a dead genius's online treasure hunt. The corporation hunting him turns lethal.

by Ernest Cline 2011

4.22

1.3M+ ratings

🎮 Virtual Reality Quest 📼 1980s Nostalgia 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💻 Online Friendship

Waste Tide

by Chen Qiufan • 2013

On an island of Chinese e-waste, a virus turns a migrant worker into a living network.

3.32

3k+

♻️ Eco-Cyberpunk 🧠 Networked Consciousness ✊ Class Uprising 🦠 Viral Transformation 🌃 Dark Near-Future

Waste Tide 91%

On an island of Chinese e-waste, a virus turns a migrant worker into a living network.

by Chen Qiufan 2013

3.32

3k+ ratings

♻️ Eco-Cyberpunk 🧠 Networked Consciousness ✊ Class Uprising 🦠 Viral Transformation 🌃 Dark Near-Future

The Marriage Act

by John Marrs • 2023

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

3.79

50k+

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

The Marriage Act 91%

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

by John Marrs 2023

3.79

50k+ ratings

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

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