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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 95%
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
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 94%
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
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 93%
After a plague, a lone survivor leads three strangers across a dead America to Wyoming.
by Joshua Gayou 2017
4.18
3k+ ratings
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife
by Meg Elison • 2014
After a plague kills most women, a midwife hides as a man to walk the ruins of America.
4.14
28k+
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife Summary
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife 93%
After a plague kills most women, a midwife hides as a man to walk the ruins of America.
by Meg Elison 2014
4.14
28k+ 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 93%
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
Pines
by Blake Crouch • 2012
A Secret Service agent wakes with no memory in a perfect town where nobody ever leaves.
3.92
189k+
Pines Summary
Pines 93%
A Secret Service agent wakes with no memory in a perfect town where nobody ever leaves.
by Blake Crouch 2012
3.92
189k+ ratings
Partials
by Dan Wells • 2012
To save the last newborns from extinction, a medic kidnaps a genetically engineered enemy soldier.
3.93
60k+
Partials Summary
Partials 93%
To save the last newborns from extinction, a medic kidnaps a genetically engineered enemy soldier.
by Dan Wells 2012
3.93
60k+ ratings
Darwin's Children
by Greg Bear • 2004
Their daughter is evolution's next step. The government calls her a threat. They call her family.
3.66
6k+
Darwin's Children Summary
Darwin's Children 93%
Their daughter is evolution's next step. The government calls her a threat. They call her family.
by Greg Bear 2004
3.66
6k+ 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 93%
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
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 93%
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
Unwind
by Neal Shusterman • 2007
Three teens flee a world that harvests adolescents for parts, chasing a hidden sanctuary.
4.17
251k+
Unwind Summary
Unwind 92%
Three teens flee a world that harvests adolescents for parts, chasing a hidden sanctuary.
by Neal Shusterman 2007
4.17
251k+ 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 92%
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
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 92%
The Mandibles waited decades for an inheritance that disappears the night America defaults.
by Lionel Shriver 2016
3.71
12k+ ratings
Sick Bastards
by Matt Shaw • 2014
A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.
3.54
4k+
Sick Bastards Summary
Sick Bastards 92%
A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.
by Matt Shaw 2014
3.54
4k+ 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 92%
A scavenger raises a biotech creature in a ruined city: her child, and a weapon.
by Jeff Vandermeer 2017
3.93
42k+ 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 92%
A marine biologist enters a vaccine trial and wakes to a world that has already ended.
by Claire Fuller 2023
3.57
6k+ ratings
Brilliance
by Marcus Sakey • 2013
An agent who reads patterns to hunt gifted terrorists learns his own agency faked the attacks.
3.98
33k+
Brilliance Summary
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
Parasite
by Mira Grant • 2013
Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.
3.68
19k+
Parasite Summary
Parasite 92%
Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.
by Mira Grant 2013
3.68
19k+ ratings
The Merge
by Grace Walker • 2025
To save her mother, a skeptic fuses their minds. The clinic's healing is a slow vanishing.
3.69
7k+
The Merge Summary
The Merge 92%
To save her mother, a skeptic fuses their minds. The clinic's healing is a slow vanishing.
by Grace Walker 2025
3.69
7k+ ratings
Starters
by Lissa Price • 2012
A teen rents out her body. The woman inside it has a gun and a senator's address.
3.88
46k+
Starters Summary
Starters 92%
A teen rents out her body. The woman inside it has a gun and a senator's address.
by Lissa Price 2012
3.88
46k+ 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
Born for Lace
by Nicci Harris • 2025
Fleeing with an infant, a bred woman falls to a violent gene-spliced warrior who demands everything.
3.99
3k+
Born for Lace Summary
Born for Lace 92%
Fleeing with an infant, a bred woman falls to a violent gene-spliced warrior who demands everything.
by Nicci Harris 2025
3.99
3k+ 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 92%
A fractured family navigates a lawless America after a cyberattack, racing to rescue their daughter.
by Jack Hunt 2020
4.18
1k+ ratings
The Kill Order
by James Dashner • 2012
A mind-shredding virus sweeps the wasteland. One immune child is the cure; her protectors go mad.
3.71
263k+
The Kill Order Summary
The Kill Order 92%
A mind-shredding virus sweeps the wasteland. One immune child is the cure; her protectors go mad.
by James Dashner 2012
3.71
263k+ ratings
Little Mushroom
by Yi Shi Si Zhou • 2022
A sentient mushroom disguised as human seeks his lost spore in a fortress that executes mutants.
4.59
6k+
Little Mushroom Summary
Little Mushroom 92%
A sentient mushroom disguised as human seeks his lost spore in a fortress that executes mutants.
by Yi Shi Si Zhou 2022
4.59
6k+ 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 92%
The fever traps victims in habit loops. Candace Chen, office worker, was already there.
by Ling Ma 2018
3.88
134k+ ratings
The Gender Game
by Bella Forrest • 2016
A female convict infiltrates a male-ruled nation on a heist mission, her cover a fake marriage.
3.87
43k+
The Gender Game Summary
The Gender Game 92%
A female convict infiltrates a male-ruled nation on a heist mission, her cover a fake marriage.
by Bella Forrest 2016
3.87
43k+ ratings
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
by C.A. Fletcher • 2019
When their dog is stolen, a young islander chases the stranger into an emptied Britain.
4.15
22k+
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World Summary
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World 92%
When their dog is stolen, a young islander chases the stranger into an emptied Britain.
by C.A. Fletcher 2019
4.15
22k+ ratings
LIFEL1K3
by Jay Kristoff • 2018
A scavenger fights robots for medicine. When an android awakens, her hidden past comes hunting.
3.94
13k+
LIFEL1K3 Summary
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
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 92%
A failed entrepreneur and a spy enter a company town where wristbands track every heartbeat.
by Rob Hart 2019
3.84
15k+ 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 91%
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
The Inverted World
by Christopher Priest • 1974
A city rolls north to outrun a twisted world. An apprentice bound by secrecy doubts reality.
3.95
11k+
The Inverted World Summary
The Inverted World 91%
A city rolls north to outrun a twisted world. An apprentice bound by secrecy doubts reality.
by Christopher Priest 1974
3.95
11k+ ratings
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+
The Future Summary
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
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
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 91%
The moon shatters. Earth will burn. Seven women in orbit carry the last hope for humanity.
by Neal Stephenson 2015
4.00
126k+ 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 91%
America is dying of its own poison, and the people who warned us are being hunted.
by John Brunner 2003
3.91
6k+ ratings
Gliff
by Ali Smith • 2024
Branded disposable, two siblings hide in an abandoned school where a horse becomes their rebellion.
3.89
10k+
Gliff Summary
Gliff 91%
Branded disposable, two siblings hide in an abandoned school where a horse becomes their rebellion.
by Ali Smith 2024
3.89
10k+ ratings
Forward
by Blake Crouch • 2019
Six celebrated authors, one question: when technology overtakes us, what remains worth saving?
3.74
2k+
Forward Summary
Forward 91%
Six celebrated authors, one question: when technology overtakes us, what remains worth saving?
by Blake Crouch 2019
3.74
2k+ ratings
Dawn
by Octavia E. Butler • 1987
After nuclear war, a woman wakes on an alien ship: her rescuers demand a genetic merger.
4.15
65k+
Dawn Summary
Dawn 91%
After nuclear war, a woman wakes on an alien ship: her rescuers demand a genetic merger.
by Octavia E. Butler 1987
4.15
65k+ ratings
Bird Box
by Josh Malerman • 2014
One look kills. A blindfolded mother rows a river, her children her only guides.
4.05
213k+
Bird Box Summary
Bird Box 91%
One look kills. A blindfolded mother rows a river, her children her only guides.
by Josh Malerman 2014
4.05
213k+ ratings
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+
Archetype Summary
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
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+
Void Star Summary
Void Star 91%
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
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 91%
Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.
by Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2017
4.25
9k+ ratings
The End of the World As We Know It
by Christopher Golden • 2025
A flu kills billions; survivors dream of a compassionate elder or a wicked charmer.
3.84
8k+
The End of the World As We Know It Summary
The End of the World As We Know It 91%
A flu kills billions; survivors dream of a compassionate elder or a wicked charmer.
by Christopher Golden 2025
3.84
8k+ ratings
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+
Robopocalypse Summary
Robopocalypse 91%
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
2054
by Elliot Ackerman • 2024
An impossible wound in a dead president's heart pushes a fractured America toward civil war.
3.43
3k+
2054 Summary
2054 91%
An impossible wound in a dead president's heart pushes a fractured America toward civil war.
by Elliot Ackerman 2024
3.43
3k+ ratings
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+
The Girl Who Dared to Think Summary
The Girl Who Dared to Think 91%
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
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
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 91%
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
Dark Inside
by Jeyn Roberts • 2011
An ancient evil spreads after the quakes, turning people into killers. Four teens fight to survive.
3.92
9k+
Dark Inside Summary
Dark Inside 91%
An ancient evil spreads after the quakes, turning people into killers. Four teens fight to survive.
by Jeyn Roberts 2011
3.92
9k+ ratings
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