50 Books like Humus

Creation Lake

by Rachel Kushner • 2024

A spy goads a French commune toward violence, but a cave philosopher's words erode her purpose.

3.34

38k+

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🔍 Paranoid Suspense 🕵️ Undercover Agent

Creation Lake 92%

A spy goads a French commune toward violence, but a cave philosopher's words erode her purpose.

by Rachel Kushner 2024

3.34

38k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🔍 Paranoid Suspense 🕵️ Undercover Agent

Vigil Harbor

by Julia Glass • 2022

A bombing survivor returns to his coastal hometown, only to find the violence waiting there.

3.66

2k+

🌡️ Climate Fiction 🔍 Small Town Secrets 👁️ Multiple Perspectives

Vigil Harbor 91%

A bombing survivor returns to his coastal hometown, only to find the violence waiting there.

by Julia Glass 2022

3.66

2k+ ratings

🌡️ Climate Fiction 🔍 Small Town Secrets 👁️ Multiple Perspectives

La vie heureuse

by David Foenkinos • 2024

A Parisian in crisis discovers a Seoul ritual where clients rehearse their deaths to embrace living.

3.62

8k+

🌀 Midlife Reinvention ⚰️ Confronting Mortality 🍂 Bittersweet Humor

La vie heureuse 90%

A Parisian in crisis discovers a Seoul ritual where clients rehearse their deaths to embrace living.

by David Foenkinos 2024

3.62

8k+ ratings

🌀 Midlife Reinvention ⚰️ Confronting Mortality 🍂 Bittersweet Humor

The Ministry for the Future

by Kim Stanley Robinson • 2020

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

3.86

44k+

🌅 Solarpunk 🌏 Near-Future Earth ✊ Eco-Resistance

The Ministry for the Future 90%

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

by Kim Stanley Robinson 2020

3.86

44k+ ratings

🌅 Solarpunk 🌏 Near-Future Earth ✊ Eco-Resistance

The Overstory

by Richard Powers • 2018

Trees summon nine lives across a century to a final stand for the last ancient forests.

4.11

200k+

🌲 Forest Ecology ✊ Eco-Activism 🌳 Generational Saga

The Overstory 90%

Trees summon nine lives across a century to a final stand for the last ancient forests.

by Richard Powers 2018

4.11

200k+ ratings

🌲 Forest Ecology ✊ Eco-Activism 🌳 Generational Saga

The Little Paris Bookshop

by Nina George • 2013

A Paris bookseller heals heartache with novels. His own waited twenty years in an unopened letter.

3.50

108k+

📚 Bibliotherapy 📖 Bookish Fiction 🚢 River Journey

The Little Paris Bookshop 90%

A Paris bookseller heals heartache with novels. His own waited twenty years in an unopened letter.

by Nina George 2013

3.50

108k+ ratings

📚 Bibliotherapy 📖 Bookish Fiction 🚢 River Journey

GPS

by Lucie Rico • 2022

After her best friend vanishes, a woman obsessively tracks the GPS dot still moving on her phone.

3.09

418

🧩 Obsessive Friendship 📱 Grief And Technology 🔍 Literary Mystery

GPS 90%

After her best friend vanishes, a woman obsessively tracks the GPS dot still moving on her phone.

by Lucie Rico 2022

3.09

418 ratings

🧩 Obsessive Friendship 📱 Grief And Technology 🔍 Literary Mystery

Playground

by Richard Powers • 2024

Tech mogul seeks forgiveness on a Pacific island as the community votes on his final plan.

4.13

51k+

🌏 Climate Fiction 📖 Polyphonic Narrative 🏝️ Remote Pacific Island

Playground 90%

Tech mogul seeks forgiveness on a Pacific island as the community votes on his final plan.

by Richard Powers 2024

4.13

51k+ ratings

🌏 Climate Fiction 📖 Polyphonic Narrative 🏝️ Remote Pacific Island

Scaffolding

by Lauren Elkin • 2024

In Paris, a grieving analyst falls for her neighbor's boyfriend: her own first love.

3.63

6k+

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Fiction 💔 Affair With Ex 🌈 Queer Awakening

Scaffolding 90%

In Paris, a grieving analyst falls for her neighbor's boyfriend: her own first love.

by Lauren Elkin 2024

3.63

6k+ ratings

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Fiction 💔 Affair With Ex 🌈 Queer Awakening

Acide sulfurique

by Amélie Nothomb • 2005

A student is dragged into a reality-TV death camp where the audience decides who is killed.

3.57

13k+

📺 Dystopian Reality Tv 🏷️ Power Of Names 🔄 Villain Redemption

Acide sulfurique 89%

A student is dragged into a reality-TV death camp where the audience decides who is killed.

by Amélie Nothomb 2005

3.57

13k+ ratings

📺 Dystopian Reality Tv 🏷️ Power Of Names 🔄 Villain Redemption

Marshlands

by André Gide • 1895

To write about a man at peace with stagnation, a writer must confront his own paralysis.

3.58

1k+

📖 Novel Within A Novel 🤔 Philosophical Fiction ✒️ Writer Protagonist

Marshlands 89%

To write about a man at peace with stagnation, a writer must confront his own paralysis.

by André Gide 1895

3.58

1k+ ratings

📖 Novel Within A Novel 🤔 Philosophical Fiction ✒️ Writer Protagonist

Migrations

by Charlotte McConaghy • 2020

A woman tracks Arctic terns across a dying sea, her husband's ashes in her pocket.

4.11

109k+

🥀 Climate Fiction 🌊 Life At Sea 🖤 Elegiac

Migrations 89%

A woman tracks Arctic terns across a dying sea, her husband's ashes in her pocket.

by Charlotte McConaghy 2020

4.11

109k+ ratings

🥀 Climate Fiction 🌊 Life At Sea 🖤 Elegiac

Identity

by Milan Kundera • 1997

A woman who believes men no longer see her receives anonymous letters insisting she is beautiful.

3.69

34k+

🥐 French Existentialism 💌 Secret Admirer 💔 Deceptive Partner

Identity 89%

A woman who believes men no longer see her receives anonymous letters insisting she is beautiful.

by Milan Kundera 1997

3.69

34k+ ratings

🥐 French Existentialism 💌 Secret Admirer 💔 Deceptive Partner

Le sourire contagieux des croissants au beurre

by Camille Andrea • 2021

A million-dollar coffee lures a French pastry mogul into chasing a happiness money cannot brew.

3.43

505

📖 Philosophical Fable 💭 Midlife Crisis 👴 Unlikely Mentor

Le sourire contagieux des croissants au beurre Summary

Le sourire contagieux des croissants au beurre 89%

A million-dollar coffee lures a French pastry mogul into chasing a happiness money cannot brew.

by Camille Andrea 2021

3.43

505 ratings

📖 Philosophical Fable 💭 Midlife Crisis 👴 Unlikely Mentor

L'Homme qui n'aimait plus les chats

by Isabelle Aupy • 2018

Island cats vanish; a man gets a leashed 'cat' and must choose: conformity or quiet rebellion.

3.75

1k+

🏝️ Allegorical Fiction 🕊️ Quiet Resistance 🗣️ Language As Power

L'Homme qui n'aimait plus les chats Summary

L'Homme qui n'aimait plus les chats 89%

Island cats vanish; a man gets a leashed 'cat' and must choose: conformity or quiet rebellion.

by Isabelle Aupy 2018

3.75

1k+ ratings

🏝️ Allegorical Fiction 🕊️ Quiet Resistance 🗣️ Language As Power

Hector and the Search for Happiness

by François Lelord • 2002

A psychiatrist who cannot make his patients happy travels the world to learn what does.

3.48

18k+

🦊 Philosophical Fable 🧭 Quest For Wisdom 🌍 World Journey

Hector and the Search for Happiness Summary

Hector and the Search for Happiness 89%

A psychiatrist who cannot make his patients happy travels the world to learn what does.

by François Lelord 2002

3.48

18k+ ratings

🦊 Philosophical Fable 🧭 Quest For Wisdom 🌍 World Journey

Et tu trouveras le trésor qui dort en toi

by Laurent Gounelle • 2016

A consultant bets a struggling priest she can fill his church, upending both their worlds.

3.84

2k+

🕊️ Spiritual Fiction 📚 Philosophical Novel ⛪ Priest In Crisis

Et tu trouveras le trésor qui dort en toi Summary

Et tu trouveras le trésor qui dort en toi 89%

A consultant bets a struggling priest she can fill his church, upending both their worlds.

by Laurent Gounelle 2016

3.84

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Fiction 📚 Philosophical Novel ⛪ Priest In Crisis

No and Me

by Delphine de Vigan • 2007

A thirteen-year-old prodigy, too anxious to speak, meets a homeless girl and finds her voice.

3.72

20k+

🖋️ Literary Young Adult 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧠 Precocious Narrator

No and Me 89%

A thirteen-year-old prodigy, too anxious to speak, meets a homeless girl and finds her voice.

by Delphine de Vigan 2007

3.72

20k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Young Adult 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧠 Precocious Narrator

Atomised by Houellebecq, Michel, Wynne, Frank New Edition

by Michel Houellebecq • 1998

Two estranged half-brothers search for connection in a Europe engineering its own replacement.

3.80

52k+

👬 Estranged Brothers 🖤 Transgressive Fiction 💔 Sexual Despair

Atomised by Houellebecq, Michel, Wynne, Frank New Edition Summary

Atomised by Houellebecq, Michel, Wynne, Frank New Edition 89%

Two estranged half-brothers search for connection in a Europe engineering its own replacement.

by Michel Houellebecq 1998

3.80

52k+ ratings

👬 Estranged Brothers 🖤 Transgressive Fiction 💔 Sexual Despair

Prodigal Summer

by Barbara Kingsolver • 2000

In southern Appalachia, three stubborn loners discover the wild refuses to let anyone live apart.

4.05

130k+

🏔️ Southern Appalachia 💕 Age Gap Romance 🖤 Widow Finding Herself

Prodigal Summer 89%

In southern Appalachia, three stubborn loners discover the wild refuses to let anyone live apart.

by Barbara Kingsolver 2000

4.05

130k+ ratings

🏔️ Southern Appalachia 💕 Age Gap Romance 🖤 Widow Finding Herself

Jellyfish Have No Ears

by Adèle Rosenfeld • 2022

Hearing fading, a woman navigates a surreal inner world and the choice of a cochlear implant.

3.13

2k+

🦻 Deaf Experience 👤 Imaginary Companions 🌀 Surreal Encounters

Jellyfish Have No Ears 89%

Hearing fading, a woman navigates a surreal inner world and the choice of a cochlear implant.

by Adèle Rosenfeld 2022

3.13

2k+ ratings

🦻 Deaf Experience 👤 Imaginary Companions 🌀 Surreal Encounters

The Anomaly

by Hervé Le Tellier • 2020

When a routine flight duplicates, every passenger faces the stranger who shares their face and past.

3.79

70k+

🪞 Parallel Selves 💻 Simulated Reality 😱 Existential Dread

The Anomaly 89%

When a routine flight duplicates, every passenger faces the stranger who shares their face and past.

by Hervé Le Tellier 2020

3.79

70k+ ratings

🪞 Parallel Selves 💻 Simulated Reality 😱 Existential Dread

Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (6-Jul-2006) Paperback

by Per Petterson • 2003

He fled to the Norwegian woods to forget. A neighbor's face pulled him back to 1948.

3.81

38k+

🏔️ Norwegian Fiction 🕰️ Dual Timeline 👨‍👦 Absent Father

Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (6-Jul-2006) Paperback Summary

Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (6-Jul-2006) Paperback 89%

He fled to the Norwegian woods to forget. A neighbor's face pulled him back to 1948.

by Per Petterson 2003

3.81

38k+ ratings

🏔️ Norwegian Fiction 🕰️ Dual Timeline 👨‍👦 Absent Father

Fresh Water for Flowers

by Valérie Perrin • 2018

A cemetery keeper's quiet life is upended by a detective's mysterious request to scatter ashes.

4.27

129k+

🔍 Slow-Burn Mystery 🕊️ Bereaved Mother 🌿 Gardening And Healing

Fresh Water for Flowers 89%

A cemetery keeper's quiet life is upended by a detective's mysterious request to scatter ashes.

by Valérie Perrin 2018

4.27

129k+ ratings

🔍 Slow-Burn Mystery 🕊️ Bereaved Mother 🌿 Gardening And Healing

Las gratitudes

by Delphine de Vigan • 2019

A woman losing language searches for the strangers who saved her during the war, to thank them.

4.33

57k+

🕯️ Aging And Dignity 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 🗣️ Language Loss

Las gratitudes 89%

A woman losing language searches for the strangers who saved her during the war, to thank them.

by Delphine de Vigan 2019

4.33

57k+ ratings

🕯️ Aging And Dignity 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 🗣️ Language Loss

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+

🏛️ Political Sci-Fi 🏴 Anarchist Society 🌱 Utopian Experiment

The Dispossessed 89%

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

🏛️ Political Sci-Fi 🏴 Anarchist Society 🌱 Utopian Experiment

Sentimental Education

by Gustave Flaubert • 1869

Paris, the 1840s. A young dreamer falls for a married woman and never quite recovers.

3.81

25k+

😔 Novel Of Disillusionment 🇫🇷 French Realism 💔 Unattainable Love

Sentimental Education 89%

Paris, the 1840s. A young dreamer falls for a married woman and never quite recovers.

by Gustave Flaubert 1869

3.81

25k+ ratings

😔 Novel Of Disillusionment 🇫🇷 French Realism 💔 Unattainable Love

The Camp of the Saints

by Jean Raspail • 1987

When a refugee fleet sails for the French coast, the West discovers it has already surrendered.

3.85

2k+

🏚️ Societal Collapse 🪦 Collapse From Within 🧊 Moral Paralysis

The Camp of the Saints 88%

When a refugee fleet sails for the French coast, the West discovers it has already surrendered.

by Jean Raspail 1987

3.85

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Societal Collapse 🪦 Collapse From Within 🧊 Moral Paralysis

Freedom

by Jonathan Franzen • 2010

Patty Berglund has the perfect liberal life, until her husband's best friend moves back to town.

3.80

176k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🇺🇸 Great American Novel 💔 Unhappy Marriage

Freedom 88%

Patty Berglund has the perfect liberal life, until her husband's best friend moves back to town.

by Jonathan Franzen 2010

3.80

176k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🇺🇸 Great American Novel 💔 Unhappy Marriage

Flight Behavior

by Barbara Kingsolver • 2012

She climbed the mountain to wreck her life and found a sea of monarchs instead.

3.83

103k+

🦋 Climate Fiction ⛰️ Appalachian Literature 💍 Trapped In Marriage

Flight Behavior 88%

She climbed the mountain to wreck her life and found a sea of monarchs instead.

by Barbara Kingsolver 2012

3.83

103k+ ratings

🦋 Climate Fiction ⛰️ Appalachian Literature 💍 Trapped In Marriage

You Are Here

by David Nicholls • 2024

Two divorced Londoners are sent walking across England by a friend who sees what they cannot.

3.98

99k+

🥾 Walking Journey 🌱 Midlife Starting Over 🤝 Loners Connect

You Are Here 88%

Two divorced Londoners are sent walking across England by a friend who sees what they cannot.

by David Nicholls 2024

3.98

99k+ ratings

🥾 Walking Journey 🌱 Midlife Starting Over 🤝 Loners Connect

Generation A

by Douglas Coupland • 2009

Five strangers stung after bees vanish are imprisoned and mined for a secret in their blood.

3.52

8k+

🐝 Ecological Collapse 💊 Pharmaceutical Conspiracy 📖 Story Within A Story

Generation A 88%

Five strangers stung after bees vanish are imprisoned and mined for a secret in their blood.

by Douglas Coupland 2009

3.52

8k+ ratings

🐝 Ecological Collapse 💊 Pharmaceutical Conspiracy 📖 Story Within A Story

The Book of Goose

by Yiyun Li • 2022

Two girls wrote a book. One became a prodigy. Only the other knew the truth.

3.68

22k+

🖤 Intense Female Friendship 🖋️ Fake Authorship 📖 Storytelling As Control

The Book of Goose 88%

Two girls wrote a book. One became a prodigy. Only the other knew the truth.

by Yiyun Li 2022

3.68

22k+ ratings

🖤 Intense Female Friendship 🖋️ Fake Authorship 📖 Storytelling As Control

The Boyhood of Cain

by Michael Amherst • 2025

His father's ruin exiles him to the countryside, where a golden rival mirrors everything he lacks.

3.26

1k+

🎓 Literary Bildungsroman 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age ⚠️ Toxic Mentorship

The Boyhood of Cain 88%

His father's ruin exiles him to the countryside, where a golden rival mirrors everything he lacks.

by Michael Amherst 2025

3.26

1k+ ratings

🎓 Literary Bildungsroman 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age ⚠️ Toxic Mentorship

The Terraformers

by Annalee Newitz • 2023

On a corporate world, a ranger uncovers a hidden city fighting to reshape the planet.

3.33

7k+

🌿 Ecological Sf 🪐 Terraformed Planet 🤖 Sentient Machines

The Terraformers 88%

On a corporate world, a ranger uncovers a hidden city fighting to reshape the planet.

by Annalee Newitz 2023

3.33

7k+ ratings

🌿 Ecological Sf 🪐 Terraformed Planet 🤖 Sentient Machines

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+

🏔️ Literary Dystopia 💨 Quiet Apocalypse 🌿 Female Survivalist

The Wall 88%

An invisible wall seals a woman inside a mountain valley, the world beyond it frozen dead.

by Marlen Haushofer 1999

3.99

42k+ ratings

🏔️ Literary Dystopia 💨 Quiet Apocalypse 🌿 Female Survivalist

Woodworking

by Emily St. James • 2025

A closeted trans teacher in South Dakota meets a defiant trans teen. Hiding can't last.

4.23

16k+

📖 Trans Literary Fiction 🏠 Chosen Family 🏡 Small-Town America

Woodworking 88%

A closeted trans teacher in South Dakota meets a defiant trans teen. Hiding can't last.

by Emily St. James 2025

4.23

16k+ ratings

📖 Trans Literary Fiction 🏠 Chosen Family 🏡 Small-Town America

Le Temps des secrets

by Marcel Pagnol • 1962

In a Provençal summer, a boy's first love threatens his oldest friendship.

4.06

2k+

🌾 Rural France 🤝 Boyhood Friendship 💔 First Love

Le Temps des secrets 88%

In a Provençal summer, a boy's first love threatens his oldest friendship.

by Marcel Pagnol 1962

4.06

2k+ ratings

🌾 Rural France 🤝 Boyhood Friendship 💔 First Love

Chien 51

by Laurent Gaudé • 2022

A refugee cop in a corporate megacity hunts a killer through zones of privilege and ruin.

3.64

2k+

🖤 Dystopian Noir 💼 Corporate Dystopia 👥 Reluctant Partners

Chien 51 88%

A refugee cop in a corporate megacity hunts a killer through zones of privilege and ruin.

by Laurent Gaudé 2022

3.64

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dystopian Noir 💼 Corporate Dystopia 👥 Reluctant Partners

Les marins ne savent pas nager

by Dominique Scali • 2022

An orphan who can swim defies a rigged citizenship lottery on the walled island of Ys.

3.73

1k+

🏝️ Fictional Island 🫂 Found Family 👨‍🏫 Reluctant Mentor

Les marins ne savent pas nager 88%

An orphan who can swim defies a rigged citizenship lottery on the walled island of Ys.

by Dominique Scali 2022

3.73

1k+ ratings

🏝️ Fictional Island 🫂 Found Family 👨‍🏫 Reluctant Mentor

Ishmael

by Daniel Quinn • 1992

A gorilla places a newspaper ad seeking a pupil to teach the secret of humanity's self-destruction.

4.01

105k+

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🌍 Ecological Parable 🦍 Animal Teacher

Ishmael 88%

A gorilla places a newspaper ad seeking a pupil to teach the secret of humanity's self-destruction.

by Daniel Quinn 1992

4.01

105k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🌍 Ecological Parable 🦍 Animal Teacher

Small Boat

by Vincent Delecroix • 2023

A rescue operator answers a sinking migrant boat's distress calls, and her calm becomes the crime.

3.98

14k+

📖 Philosophical Novella 🛶 Migration Crisis 📋 Cold Bureaucracy

Small Boat 88%

A rescue operator answers a sinking migrant boat's distress calls, and her calm becomes the crime.

by Vincent Delecroix 2023

3.98

14k+ ratings

📖 Philosophical Novella 🛶 Migration Crisis 📋 Cold Bureaucracy

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+

☣️ Ecological Dystopia 🗣️ Reluctant Prophet 🧩 Fragmented Narrative

The Sheep Look Up 88%

America is dying of its own poison, and the people who warned us are being hunted.

by John Brunner 2003

3.91

6k+ ratings

☣️ Ecological Dystopia 🗣️ Reluctant Prophet 🧩 Fragmented Narrative

Dream State

by Eric Puchner • 2025

At her fiance's Montana lake house, Cece plans a wedding while falling for the best man.

3.57

30k+

🏠 Family Saga 💔 Love Triangle 😬 Best Friend'S Wife

Dream State 88%

At her fiance's Montana lake house, Cece plans a wedding while falling for the best man.

by Eric Puchner 2025

3.57

30k+ ratings

🏠 Family Saga 💔 Love Triangle 😬 Best Friend'S Wife

Слушай песню ветра. Пинбол 1973

by Haruki Murakami • 1980

A fading Japanese summer. Two friends, a bar, and the quiet ache of nowhere to go.

3.53

35k+

🍃 Slice Of Life 🤝 Male Friendship 🚬 Aimless Youth

Слушай песню ветра. Пинбол 1973 88%

A fading Japanese summer. Two friends, a bar, and the quiet ache of nowhere to go.

by Haruki Murakami 1980

3.53

35k+ ratings

🍃 Slice Of Life 🤝 Male Friendship 🚬 Aimless Youth

The Light Pirate

by Lily Brooks-Dalton • 2022

As Florida drowns, a hurricane-born girl discovers the water lights up at her touch.

4.03

44k+

🌀 Climate Fiction 👨‍👩‍👧 Generational Saga 🤝 Found Family

The Light Pirate 88%

As Florida drowns, a hurricane-born girl discovers the water lights up at her touch.

by Lily Brooks-Dalton 2022

4.03

44k+ ratings

🌀 Climate Fiction 👨‍👩‍👧 Generational Saga 🤝 Found Family

Super-Cannes by J. G. Ballard

by J.G. Ballard • 2000

Above Cannes, a corporate paradise hides its last doctor's killing spree behind a wall of silence.

3.72

5k+

🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🏘️ Gated Community Horror 🔪 Sanctioned Violence

Super-Cannes by J. G. Ballard 88%

Above Cannes, a corporate paradise hides its last doctor's killing spree behind a wall of silence.

by J.G. Ballard 2000

3.72

5k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🏘️ Gated Community Horror 🔪 Sanctioned Violence

Helm

by Sarah Hall • 2025

A sentient Pennine wind watches ten thousand years of human worship, blame, and longing.

3.80

2k+

🏔️ Personified Landscape 🧵 Braided Timelines 🔬 Scientific Hubris

Helm 88%

A sentient Pennine wind watches ten thousand years of human worship, blame, and longing.

by Sarah Hall 2025

3.80

2k+ ratings

🏔️ Personified Landscape 🧵 Braided Timelines 🔬 Scientific Hubris

Les Thanatonautes

by Bernard Werber • 1996

Two friends map the afterlife through clinical death, giving humanity answers it isn't ready for.

4.07

9k+

✨ Philosophical Sci-Fi 📖 Forbidden Knowledge ⚡ Science And Mystery

Les Thanatonautes 88%

Two friends map the afterlife through clinical death, giving humanity answers it isn't ready for.

by Bernard Werber 1996

4.07

9k+ ratings

✨ Philosophical Sci-Fi 📖 Forbidden Knowledge ⚡ Science And Mystery

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+

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Mad Scientist 🫀 Engineered Humans

Oryx and Crake 88%

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

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Mad Scientist 🫀 Engineered Humans

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