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We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
by Dennis E. Taylor • 2016
A dead engineer wakes as an AI and is hurled into space inside a self-replicating probe.
4.25
133k+
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) Summary
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) 88%
A dead engineer wakes as an AI and is hurled into space inside a self-replicating probe.
by Dennis E. Taylor 2016
4.25
133k+ ratings
Seveneves
by Neal Stephenson • 2015
The moon shatters. Earth will burn. Seven women in orbit carry the last hope for humanity.
4.00
126k+
Seveneves Summary
Seveneves 88%
The moon shatters. Earth will burn. Seven women in orbit carry the last hope for humanity.
by Neal Stephenson 2015
4.00
126k+ ratings
From the Godless Abyss
by Abe Moss • 2022
Her blood cracked the Void. The monsters that poured through are hunting her now.
4.54
224
From the Godless Abyss Summary
From the Godless Abyss 88%
Her blood cracked the Void. The monsters that poured through are hunting her now.
by Abe Moss 2022
4.54
224 ratings
The Butcher's Masquerade
by Matt Dinniman • 2022
Carl and his cat are prey on the dungeon's hunting ground. He's hunting back.
4.69
117k+
The Butcher's Masquerade Summary
The Butcher's Masquerade 88%
Carl and his cat are prey on the dungeon's hunting ground. He's hunting back.
by Matt Dinniman 2022
4.69
117k+ 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 87%
The fever traps victims in habit loops. Candace Chen, office worker, was already there.
by Ling Ma 2018
3.88
134k+ ratings
Good Morning, Midnight
by Lily Brooks-Dalton • 2016
An Arctic astronomer and a deep-space crew both reach for a voice in the silence.
3.90
24k+
Good Morning, Midnight Summary
Good Morning, Midnight 87%
An Arctic astronomer and a deep-space crew both reach for a voice in the silence.
by Lily Brooks-Dalton 2016
3.90
24k+ ratings
As Our World Ends
by Jack Hunt • 2020
A fractured family navigates a lawless America after a cyberattack, racing to rescue their daughter.
4.18
1k+
As Our World Ends Summary
As Our World Ends 87%
A fractured family navigates a lawless America after a cyberattack, racing to rescue their daughter.
by Jack Hunt 2020
4.18
1k+ 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 87%
America is dying of its own poison, and the people who warned us are being hunted.
by John Brunner 2003
3.91
6k+ ratings
Shift
by Hugh Howey • 2013
An architect wakes from frozen sleep to learn his shelters were built to cull, not save.
4.13
157k+
Shift Summary
Shift 87%
An architect wakes from frozen sleep to learn his shelters were built to cull, not save.
by Hugh Howey 2013
4.13
157k+ ratings
Grasshopper Jungle
by Andrew Smith • 2014
An Iowa teen's spilled blood unleashes a giant insect apocalypse and a bisexual love triangle.
3.64
19k+
Grasshopper Jungle Summary
Grasshopper Jungle 87%
An Iowa teen's spilled blood unleashes a giant insect apocalypse and a bisexual love triangle.
by Andrew Smith 2014
3.64
19k+ ratings
Life As We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer • 2006
An asteroid strikes the moon, plunging the world into volcanic winter, and one family must survive.
3.89
134k+
Life As We Knew It Summary
Life As We Knew It 87%
An asteroid strikes the moon, plunging the world into volcanic winter, and one family must survive.
by Susan Beth Pfeffer 2006
3.89
134k+ 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 87%
After a plague, a lone survivor leads three strangers across a dead America to Wyoming.
by Joshua Gayou 2017
4.18
3k+ 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 87%
A failed physicist's broken calibrator is a one-way time machine, each jump exponentially longer.
by Joe Haldeman 2007
3.73
11k+ 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 87%
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
The Waste Lands
by Stephen King • 1991
A gunslinger's band must out-riddle a psychotic monorail to cross the waste lands.
4.25
250k+
The Waste Lands Summary
The Waste Lands 87%
A gunslinger's band must out-riddle a psychotic monorail to cross the waste lands.
by Stephen King 1991
4.25
250k+ ratings
Cat’s Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. • 1963
A writer researching Hiroshima finds the bomb-maker's kids with a speck that can freeze the earth.
4.15
444k+
Cat’s Cradle Summary
Cat’s Cradle 87%
A writer researching Hiroshima finds the bomb-maker's kids with a speck that can freeze the earth.
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1963
4.15
444k+ ratings
Ghosts
by Nicholas Sansbury Smith • 2017
Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.
4.25
9k+
Ghosts Summary
Ghosts 87%
Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.
by Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2017
4.25
9k+ ratings
Contention
by Sean Oswald • 2024
Earth becomes a cosmic RPG. One man must power-level his family before the apocalypse timer ends.
4.51
3k+
Contention Summary
Contention 87%
Earth becomes a cosmic RPG. One man must power-level his family before the apocalypse timer ends.
by Sean Oswald 2024
4.51
3k+ ratings
The Time Ships
by Stephen Baxter • 1995
A Victorian inventor discovers his time machine has splintered the future into warring worlds.
3.95
7k+
The Time Ships Summary
The Time Ships 87%
A Victorian inventor discovers his time machine has splintered the future into warring worlds.
by Stephen Baxter 1995
3.95
7k+ ratings
A Search for Starlight
by James Maxwell • 2021
A mystic and her warrior lover enter alien territory to halt a war of extinction.
4.34
4k+
A Search for Starlight Summary
A Search for Starlight 87%
A mystic and her warrior lover enter alien territory to halt a war of extinction.
by James Maxwell 2021
4.34
4k+ 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 87%
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 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 87%
A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.
by Stephen King 1982
3.91
669k+ ratings
Cell
by Stephen King • 2006
A signal drives cell phone users insane; one father crosses the burning world to save his son.
3.65
238k+
Cell Summary
Cell 87%
A signal drives cell phone users insane; one father crosses the burning world to save his son.
by Stephen King 2006
3.65
238k+ 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 87%
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
Machine Learning
by Hugh Howey • 2017
He knows the world ends at noon. His family packed for a camping trip.
4.02
3k+
Machine Learning Summary
Machine Learning 87%
He knows the world ends at noon. His family packed for a camping trip.
by Hugh Howey 2017
4.02
3k+ ratings
Our Final Invention
by James Barrat • 2013
An intelligence greater than human will not hate us; it simply won't need us.
3.72
4k+
Our Final Invention Summary
Our Final Invention 87%
An intelligence greater than human will not hate us; it simply won't need us.
by James Barrat 2013
3.72
4k+ ratings
전지적 독자 시점 4 [Jeonjijeog Dogja Sijeom 4]
by singNsong • 2019
His world becomes the novel only he finished. Every page he remembers could save a life.
4.73
4k+
전지적 독자 시점 4 [Jeonjijeog Dogja Sijeom 4] Summary
전지적 독자 시점 4 [Jeonjijeog Dogja Sijeom 4] 87%
His world becomes the novel only he finished. Every page he remembers could save a life.
by singNsong 2019
4.73
4k+ ratings
Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters
by Jared Knott • 2020
History turns on unopened letters, wrong turns, and badly designed ballots, not grand strategy.
4.01
2k+
Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters Summary
Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters 87%
History turns on unopened letters, wrong turns, and badly designed ballots, not grand strategy.
by Jared Knott 2020
4.01
2k+ ratings
Command and Control
by Eric Schlosser • 2013
One dropped socket in an Arkansas missile silo exposes seventy years of nuclear near-disasters.
4.27
15k+
Command and Control Summary
Command and Control 87%
One dropped socket in an Arkansas missile silo exposes seventy years of nuclear near-disasters.
by Eric Schlosser 2013
4.27
15k+ 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 87%
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
Metro 2033
by Dmitry Glukhovsky • 2013
To stop the creatures menacing his home, a young man journeys through the haunted Moscow metro.
4.03
78k+
Metro 2033 Summary
Metro 2033 87%
To stop the creatures menacing his home, a young man journeys through the haunted Moscow metro.
by Dmitry Glukhovsky 2013
4.03
78k+ ratings
The Passage
by Justin Cronin • 2010
A government experiment unleashes a vampiric plague, and a child may be the world's only hope.
4.05
224k+
The Passage Summary
The Passage 87%
A government experiment unleashes a vampiric plague, and a child may be the world's only hope.
by Justin Cronin 2010
4.05
224k+ ratings
Recursion
by Blake Crouch • 2019
A detective and a neuroscientist race to stop a memory-altering technology from unraveling reality.
4.16
328k+
Recursion Summary
Recursion 87%
A detective and a neuroscientist race to stop a memory-altering technology from unraveling reality.
by Blake Crouch 2019
4.16
328k+ ratings
Monument 14
by Emmy Laybourne • 2012
Trapped in a superstore by a freak hailstorm, fourteen kids discover the air outside is lethal.
3.90
25k+
Monument 14 Summary
Monument 14 87%
Trapped in a superstore by a freak hailstorm, fourteen kids discover the air outside is lethal.
by Emmy Laybourne 2012
3.90
25k+ ratings
Borne
by Jeff Vandermeer • 2017
A scavenger raises a biotech creature in a ruined city: her child, and a weapon.
3.93
42k+
Borne Summary
Borne 87%
A scavenger raises a biotech creature in a ruined city: her child, and a weapon.
by Jeff Vandermeer 2017
3.93
42k+ 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 87%
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 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 87%
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
WaR
by Will.i.am • 2018
Centuries-old wizards, time-traveling robots, and a lonely teen coder fight for the key to creation.
3.34
332
WaR Summary
WaR 87%
Centuries-old wizards, time-traveling robots, and a lonely teen coder fight for the key to creation.
by Will.i.am 2018
3.34
332 ratings
03
by Mainak Dhar • 2016
An EMP kills Mumbai's grid. A VP must turn his apartment building into an army.
4.06
1k+
03 Summary
03 87%
An EMP kills Mumbai's grid. A VP must turn his apartment building into an army.
by Mainak Dhar 2016
4.06
1k+ ratings
Dungeon Crawler Carl
by Matt Dinniman • 2020
Earth is an alien dungeon crawl. Carl enters barefoot, half-dressed, and the cat won't stop talking.
4.47
308k+
Dungeon Crawler Carl Summary
Dungeon Crawler Carl 87%
Earth is an alien dungeon crawl. Carl enters barefoot, half-dressed, and the cat won't stop talking.
by Matt Dinniman 2020
4.47
308k+ ratings
Dust
by Hugh Howey • 2013
Every exile poisons the world further; survivors must cross dead land to reach the only green.
4.23
141k+
Dust Summary
Dust 87%
Every exile poisons the world further; survivors must cross dead land to reach the only green.
by Hugh Howey 2013
4.23
141k+ ratings
How to Predict Everything
by William Poundstone • 2019
The math that gives humanity 760 more years also explains why aliens never call.
3.19
68
How to Predict Everything Summary
How to Predict Everything 87%
The math that gives humanity 760 more years also explains why aliens never call.
by William Poundstone 2019
3.19
68 ratings
Defiance of the Fall 3
by TheFirstDefier • 2021
Zac faces Salvation's army and an inheritance trial that forces him to master life and death.
4.49
11k+
Defiance of the Fall 3 Summary
Defiance of the Fall 3 87%
Zac faces Salvation's army and an inheritance trial that forces him to master life and death.
by TheFirstDefier 2021
4.49
11k+ ratings
Nuclear War
by Annie Jacobsen • 2024
North Korea fires a missile. Civilization ends in 72 minutes. Exactly how, protocol by protocol.
4.36
53k+
Nuclear War Summary
Nuclear War 87%
North Korea fires a missile. Civilization ends in 72 minutes. Exactly how, protocol by protocol.
by Annie Jacobsen 2024
4.36
53k+ ratings
The Best of Connie Willis
by Connie Willis • 1993
In worlds broken by time, war, and alien judgment, people still find reasons to sing.
4.10
2k+
The Best of Connie Willis Summary
The Best of Connie Willis 87%
In worlds broken by time, war, and alien judgment, people still find reasons to sing.
by Connie Willis 1993
4.10
2k+ ratings
All These Worlds
by Dennis E. Taylor • 2017
Cloned starship minds battle planet-devouring aliens as the last humans flee a freezing Earth.
4.40
67k+
All These Worlds Summary
All These Worlds 87%
Cloned starship minds battle planet-devouring aliens as the last humans flee a freezing Earth.
by Dennis E. Taylor 2017
4.40
67k+ ratings
The Traveler
by Joseph Eckert • 2026
A single lost day becomes a skipped century, then the end of time, for one ordinary father.
4.09
729
The Traveler Summary
The Traveler 87%
A single lost day becomes a skipped century, then the end of time, for one ordinary father.
by Joseph Eckert 2026
4.09
729 ratings
The Gate of the Feral Gods
by Matt Dinniman • 2021
Four castles, fifteen days, a flying gnome fortress: the fifth floor wants Carl dead.
4.55
135k+
The Gate of the Feral Gods Summary
The Gate of the Feral Gods 87%
Four castles, fifteen days, a flying gnome fortress: the fifth floor wants Carl dead.
by Matt Dinniman 2021
4.55
135k+ ratings
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
by Matt Dinniman • 2023
Carl hunts monsters for cards on doomed Havana's dungeon floor, stalked by a spider goddess.
4.66
93k+
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride Summary
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride 86%
Carl hunts monsters for cards on doomed Havana's dungeon floor, stalked by a spider goddess.
by Matt Dinniman 2023
4.66
93k+ ratings
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+
Operation Bounce House Summary
Operation Bounce House 86%
A farmer wakes to find his colony turned into a children's live-fire mech game.
by Matt Dinniman 2026
3.92
30k+ ratings
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