🔮 Simulated World

Fiction set within constructed realities where characters must confront the unsettling possibility that everything they know is an elaborate fabrication.

The Simulation Hypothesis

by Rizwan Virk • 2019

Video game history, quantum physics, and mysticism converge on one answer: we live in a simulation.

3.74

1k+

🖥️ Simulation Theory 🥽 Virtual Reality 💻 Digital Physics ⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🎮 Video Game Design

The Simulation Hypothesis 91%

Video game history, quantum physics, and mysticism converge on one answer: we live in a simulation.

by Rizwan Virk 2019

3.74

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Simulation Theory 🥽 Virtual Reality 💻 Digital Physics ⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🎮 Video Game Design

Reality+

by David J. Chalmers • 2022

Virtual worlds are real, not illusions. A simulated life can be meaningful. Yours may be one.

3.72

1k+

🖥️ Simulation Theory 🔧 Philosophy Of Technology 🧱 Digital Ontology 🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚛️ Digital Physics

Reality+ 90%

Virtual worlds are real, not illusions. A simulated life can be meaningful. Yours may be one.

by David J. Chalmers 2022

3.72

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Simulation Theory 🔧 Philosophy Of Technology 🧱 Digital Ontology 🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚛️ Digital Physics

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 88%

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

Loop

by Kōji Suzuki • 1998

A cloned man enters a dying virtual Earth to stop its cancer from spreading into reality.

3.51

5k+

🖥️ Simulated Reality 👾 Techno-Horror 🦠 Cancer Apocalypse 🧬 Clone Identity 💾 Digitized Consciousness

Loop 88%

A cloned man enters a dying virtual Earth to stop its cancer from spreading into reality.

by Kōji Suzuki 1998

3.51

5k+ ratings

🖥️ Simulated Reality 👾 Techno-Horror 🦠 Cancer Apocalypse 🧬 Clone Identity 💾 Digitized Consciousness

Warcross

by Marie Lu • 2017

She hacks into a global VR tournament; the creator drafts her to catch a hidden rival.

4.12

123k+

🎮 Virtual Reality Gaming 🏆 Game Competition 💻 Hacker Protagonist 🤖 Near-Future Tech 🧠 Mind Control

Warcross 88%

She hacks into a global VR tournament; the creator drafts her to catch a hidden rival.

by Marie Lu 2017

4.12

123k+ ratings

🎮 Virtual Reality Gaming 🏆 Game Competition 💻 Hacker Protagonist 🤖 Near-Future Tech 🧠 Mind Control

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 🎭 Identity Crisis 🧠 Philosophical Thriller

The Anomaly 88%

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 🎭 Identity Crisis 🧠 Philosophical Thriller

The Metaverse

by Matthew Ball • 2022

A trillion-dollar 3D internet is forming on technical foundations that barely exist.

3.79

2k+

🌐 Virtual Worlds 💰 Virtual Economies 🔮 Future Of The Internet 🥽 Immersive Technology 🏗️ Tech Infrastructure

The Metaverse 88%

A trillion-dollar 3D internet is forming on technical foundations that barely exist.

by Matthew Ball 2022

3.79

2k+ ratings

🌐 Virtual Worlds 💰 Virtual Economies 🔮 Future Of The Internet 🥽 Immersive Technology 🏗️ Tech Infrastructure

Children of Memory

by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2022

An alien machine dreams a human colony into existence. A girl starts to notice.

4.00

33k+

🖥️ Simulated Reality 🦅 Uplifted Animals 🚀 Generation Ship 🤝 Found Family 🤔 Philosophical Science Fiction

Children of Memory 87%

An alien machine dreams a human colony into existence. A girl starts to notice.

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022

4.00

33k+ ratings

🖥️ Simulated Reality 🦅 Uplifted Animals 🚀 Generation Ship 🤝 Found Family 🤔 Philosophical Science Fiction

Plowing the Dark

by Richard Powers • 2000

One artist, one hostage, two rooms: a novel about the stories we tell to survive.

3.65

1k+

🖥️ Virtual Reality 🔀 Parallel Narratives 🎨 Art And Technology 🔒 Captivity Narrative 💭 Imagination As Survival

Plowing the Dark 87%

One artist, one hostage, two rooms: a novel about the stories we tell to survive.

by Richard Powers 2000

3.65

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Virtual Reality 🔀 Parallel Narratives 🎨 Art And Technology 🔒 Captivity Narrative 💭 Imagination As Survival

Ready Player Two

by Ernest Cline • 2020

A rogue AI traps millions in virtual reality, demanding a deadly treasure hunt for their freedom.

3.44

188k+

🎮 Virtual Reality Quest 📼 1980s Pop Culture 🧠 Digital Consciousness 🤖 Rogue Ai 🗺️ Treasure Hunt

Ready Player Two 87%

A rogue AI traps millions in virtual reality, demanding a deadly treasure hunt for their freedom.

by Ernest Cline 2020

3.44

188k+ ratings

🎮 Virtual Reality Quest 📼 1980s Pop Culture 🧠 Digital Consciousness 🤖 Rogue Ai 🗺️ Treasure Hunt

Le Programme

by Sandra Dussault • 2018

To protect his brother, a teen fugitive finds a hidden village of young murderers.

4.18

437

🤝 Found Family 💔 Sacrifice For Sibling 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🌫️ Unreliable Reality 🩸 Body Horror

Le Programme 87%

To protect his brother, a teen fugitive finds a hidden village of young murderers.

by Sandra Dussault 2018

4.18

437 ratings

🤝 Found Family 💔 Sacrifice For Sibling 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🌫️ Unreliable Reality 🩸 Body Horror

Virtual Society

by Herman Narula • 2022

Virtual worlds built civilization. The metaverse will fix what it broke: making us feel we matter.

3.40

288

🎮 Virtual Worlds 💰 Digital Economy 👷 Future Of Work 📊 Virtual Economies 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation

Virtual Society 87%

Virtual worlds built civilization. The metaverse will fix what it broke: making us feel we matter.

by Herman Narula 2022

3.40

288 ratings

🎮 Virtual Worlds 💰 Digital Economy 👷 Future Of Work 📊 Virtual Economies 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation

The Fabric of Reality

by David Deutsch • 1996

Quantum interference reveals other universes touching ours; the multiverse is not optional.

4.14

6k+

⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🌌 Many Worlds 💻 Quantum Computation 🧬 Evolutionary Epistemology 📜 Popperian Philosophy

The Fabric of Reality 87%

Quantum interference reveals other universes touching ours; the multiverse is not optional.

by David Deutsch 1996

4.14

6k+ ratings

⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🌌 Many Worlds 💻 Quantum Computation 🧬 Evolutionary Epistemology 📜 Popperian Philosophy

Luminarium

by Alex Shakar • 2011

With his twin brother in a coma, a man joins a neuroscience experiment that simulates transcendence.

3.47

851

🏙️ Post-9/11 Literature 🖋️ Philosophical Fiction 👥 Twin Brothers 🖥️ Virtual Reality 🔬 Science And Faith

Luminarium 87%

With his twin brother in a coma, a man joins a neuroscience experiment that simulates transcendence.

by Alex Shakar 2011

3.47

851 ratings

🏙️ Post-9/11 Literature 🖋️ Philosophical Fiction 👥 Twin Brothers 🖥️ Virtual Reality 🔬 Science And Faith

The Girl Who Dared to Fight

by Bella Forrest • 2018

When an immortal founder seizes the Tower to purge thousands, one trapped Champion must stop him.

4.27

4k+

🏴 Dystopian Rebellion 🤖 Ai Governed Society 🏙️ Tower City 💛 Found Family 💕 Human Ai Bond

The Girl Who Dared to Fight 86%

When an immortal founder seizes the Tower to purge thousands, one trapped Champion must stop him.

by Bella Forrest 2018

4.27

4k+ ratings

🏴 Dystopian Rebellion 🤖 Ai Governed Society 🏙️ Tower City 💛 Found Family 💕 Human Ai Bond

Seckry Sevenstars and the City of the Falling Sky

by Joseph Evans • 2011

A boy discovers a virtual game, a girl with no memory, and a destiny already fulfilled.

3.83

2k+

🎮 Virtual Gaming World 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🌟 Chosen One Prophecy 🔍 Mysterious Origins 🫂 Found Family

Seckry Sevenstars and the City of the Falling Sky Summary

Seckry Sevenstars and the City of the Falling Sky 86%

A boy discovers a virtual game, a girl with no memory, and a destiny already fulfilled.

by Joseph Evans 2011

3.83

2k+ ratings

🎮 Virtual Gaming World 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🌟 Chosen One Prophecy 🔍 Mysterious Origins 🫂 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

1.3M+

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

Ready Player One 86%

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

The Cyberiad

by Stanisław Lem • 1965

Two brilliant robots wander the galaxy building machines that turn logic puzzles into cosmic chaos.

4.13

14k+

🧙‍♂️ Science Fiction Fables 🪐 Satirical Sci-Fi 🤡 Absurdist Humor 🧠 Intellectual Hubris 🏚️ Failed Utopias

The Cyberiad 86%

Two brilliant robots wander the galaxy building machines that turn logic puzzles into cosmic chaos.

by Stanisław Lem 1965

4.13

14k+ ratings

🧙‍♂️ Science Fiction Fables 🪐 Satirical Sci-Fi 🤡 Absurdist Humor 🧠 Intellectual Hubris 🏚️ Failed Utopias

The Matrix and Philosophy

by William Irwin • 2002

Plato imagined the cave, Descartes the demon. The Matrix put both on screen and philosophy noticed.

3.90

2k+

🍿 Pop Philosophy 🖥️ Simulated Reality ❓ Skepticism 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🎬 Film And Philosophy

The Matrix and Philosophy 86%

Plato imagined the cave, Descartes the demon. The Matrix put both on screen and philosophy noticed.

by William Irwin 2002

3.90

2k+ ratings

🍿 Pop Philosophy 🖥️ Simulated Reality ❓ Skepticism 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🎬 Film And Philosophy

The Diamond Age

by Neal Stephenson • 1995

A stolen, sentient primer teaches a poor girl to read, then to lead an army.

4.16

94k+

📖 Sentient Book 🤱 Surrogate Mother 👑 Child Leader 🐝 Hive Mind 🕰️ Neovictorian Society

The Diamond Age 86%

A stolen, sentient primer teaches a poor girl to read, then to lead an army.

by Neal Stephenson 1995

4.16

94k+ ratings

📖 Sentient Book 🤱 Surrogate Mother 👑 Child Leader 🐝 Hive Mind 🕰️ Neovictorian Society

Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep

by Paul Tremblay • 2026

Her mother's tech firm pays her to remotely pilot a dead man's body across America.

3.56

893

🧟 Body Horror 🤖 Rogue Ai 💔 Mother Wound 🎭 Dark Satire 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep Summary

Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep 86%

Her mother's tech firm pays her to remotely pilot a dead man's body across America.

by Paul Tremblay 2026

3.56

893 ratings

🧟 Body Horror 🤖 Rogue Ai 💔 Mother Wound 🎭 Dark Satire 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

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 86%

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

El final del metaverso

by Julio Rojas • 2022

A simulation fixer falls for a digital woman; the next update will erase her.

3.83

306

🌐 Nested Worlds 🤖 Self-Aware AI 💔 Human-AI Romance 🌫️ Ambiguous Ending 🍂 Bittersweet Tone

El final del metaverso 86%

A simulation fixer falls for a digital woman; the next update will erase her.

by Julio Rojas 2022

3.83

306 ratings

🌐 Nested Worlds 🤖 Self-Aware AI 💔 Human-AI Romance 🌫️ Ambiguous Ending 🍂 Bittersweet Tone

Zed

by Joanna Kavenna • 2019

A murder the system failed to predict becomes a crack that brings the surveillance state down.

3.12

1k+

🤖 Algorithmic Dystopia 👁️ Predictive Surveillance 💾 Hacker Resistance 🎲 Free Will Vs Determinism 🏢 Corporate Overlord

Zed 86%

A murder the system failed to predict becomes a crack that brings the surveillance state down.

by Joanna Kavenna 2019

3.12

1k+ ratings

🤖 Algorithmic Dystopia 👁️ Predictive Surveillance 💾 Hacker Resistance 🎲 Free Will Vs Determinism 🏢 Corporate Overlord

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 86%

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

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

by Haruki Murakami • 1985

An experiment turns a data processor's mind into a walled town. His real life is vanishing.

4.11

154k+

🪞 Parallel Worlds 🎭 Fragmented Identity 💭 Lost Memories 🧠 Mind As Prison 💤 Dream Logic

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Summary

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 86%

An experiment turns a data processor's mind into a walled town. His real life is vanishing.

by Haruki Murakami 1985

4.11

154k+ ratings

🪞 Parallel Worlds 🎭 Fragmented Identity 💭 Lost Memories 🧠 Mind As Prison 💤 Dream Logic

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 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

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

Snow Crash

by Neal Stephenson • 1992

In a franchise-run America, a hacker discovers a brain-melting virus born from an ancient language.

4.01

300k+

🖥️ Cyberpunk 🦠 Language As Virus 🌐 Virtual Reality 🏢 Corporate Dystopia ⚡ High-Octane Action

Snow Crash 86%

In a franchise-run America, a hacker discovers a brain-melting virus born from an ancient language.

by Neal Stephenson 1992

4.01

300k+ ratings

🖥️ Cyberpunk 🦠 Language As Virus 🌐 Virtual Reality 🏢 Corporate Dystopia ⚡ High-Octane Action

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+

📖 New Wave Science Fiction 👁️ Unreliable Reality 🔍 Secret Societies 🏝️ Isolated Society 🌄 Surreal Landscapes

The Inverted World 86%

A city rolls north to outrun a twisted world. An apprentice bound by secrecy doubts reality.

by Christopher Priest 1974

3.95

11k+ ratings

📖 New Wave Science Fiction 👁️ Unreliable Reality 🔍 Secret Societies 🏝️ Isolated Society 🌄 Surreal Landscapes

Tailored Realities

by Brandon Sanderson • 2025

From designer brains to body-jumping immortals, ten stories that ask what reality is worth.

4.04

7k+

🚀 Speculative Fiction 📚 Short Story Collection 🖥️ Simulated Realities 🧬 Engineered Minds ♾️ Immortality And Empathy

Tailored Realities 86%

From designer brains to body-jumping immortals, ten stories that ask what reality is worth.

by Brandon Sanderson 2025

4.04

7k+ ratings

🚀 Speculative Fiction 📚 Short Story Collection 🖥️ Simulated Realities 🧬 Engineered Minds ♾️ Immortality And Empathy

The Family Experiment

by John Marrs • 2024

Eleven contestants raise AI children on a show where the losers watch their kids erased live.

4.03

63k+

🔮 Near-Future Thriller 📺 Deadly Reality Show 👶 Virtual Parenthood 🕵️ Conspiracy Revenge 💔 Parental Grief

The Family Experiment 86%

Eleven contestants raise AI children on a show where the losers watch their kids erased live.

by John Marrs 2024

4.03

63k+ ratings

🔮 Near-Future Thriller 📺 Deadly Reality Show 👶 Virtual Parenthood 🕵️ Conspiracy Revenge 💔 Parental Grief

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+

🌀 Multiverse Journey 💛 Found Family 🤖 Sentient Machine 🧩 Riddle Game 🐾 Animal Companion

The Waste Lands 86%

A gunslinger's band must out-riddle a psychotic monorail to cross the waste lands.

by Stephen King 1991

4.25

250k+ ratings

🌀 Multiverse Journey 💛 Found Family 🤖 Sentient Machine 🧩 Riddle Game 🐾 Animal Companion

Gone

by Michael Grant • 2008

After the adults vanish, kids in a dome develop powers and two leaders battle for control.

3.87

211k+

🧒 Children Without Adults ⚡ Kids With Powers 🏘️ Isolated Small Town ⚔️ Brothers As Enemies ⏰ Ticking Clock

Gone 86%

After the adults vanish, kids in a dome develop powers and two leaders battle for control.

by Michael Grant 2008

3.87

211k+ ratings

🧒 Children Without Adults ⚡ Kids With Powers 🏘️ Isolated Small Town ⚔️ Brothers As Enemies ⏰ Ticking Clock

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+

🎮 Litrpg 🕳️ Dungeon Crawl 🐱 Talking Cat 🎬 Deadly Game Show 😈 Dark Comedy

The Butcher's Masquerade 86%

Carl and his cat are prey on the dungeon's hunting ground. He's hunting back.

by Matt Dinniman 2022

4.69

117k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg 🕳️ Dungeon Crawl 🐱 Talking Cat 🎬 Deadly Game Show 😈 Dark Comedy

Split Infinity

by Piers Anthony • 1980

A serf flees a game-run world for a magic land where his twin was a wizard.

3.97

18k+

🌀 Parallel Worlds 🔮 Science Fantasy 🎲 Game-Based Society ⚔️ Reluctant Hero 💙 Found Family

Split Infinity 86%

A serf flees a game-run world for a magic land where his twin was a wizard.

by Piers Anthony 1980

3.97

18k+ ratings

🌀 Parallel Worlds 🔮 Science Fantasy 🎲 Game-Based Society ⚔️ Reluctant Hero 💙 Found Family

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 86%

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

Being Digital

by Nicholas Negroponte • 1995

Why your TV, newspaper, and phone are about to merge into one seamless stream of bits.

3.80

2k+

💻 Digital Transformation 📡 Media Convergence 🎛️ Interface Design 🕶️ Virtual Reality 🌐 Ubiquitous Computing

Being Digital 85%

Why your TV, newspaper, and phone are about to merge into one seamless stream of bits.

by Nicholas Negroponte 1995

3.80

2k+ ratings

💻 Digital Transformation 📡 Media Convergence 🎛️ Interface Design 🕶️ Virtual Reality 🌐 Ubiquitous Computing

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 🤝 Prisoner Solidarity 🖤 Bleak Satire

Acide sulfurique 85%

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 🤝 Prisoner Solidarity 🖤 Bleak Satire

How to Predict Everything

by William Poundstone • 2019

The math that gives humanity 760 more years also explains why aliens never call.

3.19

☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Bayesian Epistemology 🔭 Anthropic Reasoning 💻 Simulation Hypothesis 👽 Fermi Paradox

How to Predict Everything 85%

The math that gives humanity 760 more years also explains why aliens never call.

by William Poundstone 2019

3.19

68 ratings

☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Bayesian Epistemology 🔭 Anthropic Reasoning 💻 Simulation Hypothesis 👽 Fermi Paradox

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

by Philip K. Dick • 1968

A bounty hunter chasing six androids discovers his empathy test is failing him.

4.09

519k+

🤖 Android Dystopia 💔 Empathy As Test 🕵️‍♂️ Bounty Hunter Noir 📺 False Reality Religion 🌀 Unreliable Reality

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Summary

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 85%

A bounty hunter chasing six androids discovers his empathy test is failing him.

by Philip K. Dick 1968

4.09

519k+ ratings

🤖 Android Dystopia 💔 Empathy As Test 🕵️‍♂️ Bounty Hunter Noir 📺 False Reality Religion 🌀 Unreliable Reality

DEV1AT3

by Jay Kristoff • 2019

Hunted for her power, Lemon Fresh finds her grandfather and a refuge built on secrets.

4.13

5k+

🤖 Ai Consciousness 🏜️ Wasteland Survival 💛 Found Family 🎭 Manipulative Mentor ⚔️ Gladiatorial Combat

DEV1AT3 85%

Hunted for her power, Lemon Fresh finds her grandfather and a refuge built on secrets.

by Jay Kristoff 2019

4.13

5k+ ratings

🤖 Ai Consciousness 🏜️ Wasteland Survival 💛 Found Family 🎭 Manipulative Mentor ⚔️ Gladiatorial Combat

The Invention of Morel

by Adolfo Bioy Casares • 1940

A fugitive on a deserted island falls for a woman who is only a projection.

3.95

36k+

🖥️ Simulated Reality 🔄 Time Loop 🖤 Obsessive Love 💔 Unattainable Beloved 🏝️ Deserted Island

The Invention of Morel 85%

A fugitive on a deserted island falls for a woman who is only a projection.

by Adolfo Bioy Casares 1940

3.95

36k+ ratings

🖥️ Simulated Reality 🔄 Time Loop 🖤 Obsessive Love 💔 Unattainable Beloved 🏝️ Deserted Island

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+

🎲 Litrpg Dungeon Crawl 🤪 Absurdist Fantasy 🐱 Talking Cat 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Dark Humor

The Gate of the Feral Gods 85%

Four castles, fifteen days, a flying gnome fortress: the fifth floor wants Carl dead.

by Matt Dinniman 2021

4.55

135k+ ratings

🎲 Litrpg Dungeon Crawl 🤪 Absurdist Fantasy 🐱 Talking Cat 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Dark Humor

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 85%

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

The Girl Who Dared to Endure

by Bella Forrest • 2018

To expose the cabal that corrupted her AI Tower, Liana must risk the brother she loves.

4.35

4k+

🧠 Ai Consciousness 🏙️ Enclosed Society 🫂 Found Family 🕵️ Secret Society 💔 Sibling Betrayal

The Girl Who Dared to Endure 85%

To expose the cabal that corrupted her AI Tower, Liana must risk the brother she loves.

by Bella Forrest 2018

4.35

4k+ ratings

🧠 Ai Consciousness 🏙️ Enclosed Society 🫂 Found Family 🕵️ Secret Society 💔 Sibling Betrayal

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

by Brandon Sanderson • 2023

A nightmare painter and a ritual-bound spirit summoner wake up in each other's bodies, worlds apart.

4.43

120k+

🔄 Body Swap Romance 🎨 Art As Magic 💕 Allies To Lovers 🖥️ Simulated Reality 🫖 Cozy Fantasy

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter 85%

A nightmare painter and a ritual-bound spirit summoner wake up in each other's bodies, worlds apart.

by Brandon Sanderson 2023

4.43

120k+ ratings

🔄 Body Swap Romance 🎨 Art As Magic 💕 Allies To Lovers 🖥️ Simulated Reality 🫖 Cozy Fantasy

The Girl Who Dared to Rise

by Bella Forrest • 2017

Accused of murder, hunted by a machine, trapped in a deadly tournament.

4.34

5k+

🏙️ Tower Dystopia 🤖 Sentient Ai ⚔️ Deadly Tournament 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Survivor's Guilt

The Girl Who Dared to Rise 85%

Accused of murder, hunted by a machine, trapped in a deadly tournament.

by Bella Forrest 2017

4.34

5k+ ratings

🏙️ Tower Dystopia 🤖 Sentient Ai ⚔️ Deadly Tournament 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Survivor's Guilt

Masterminds

by Gordon Korman • 2015

Cloned from criminals, raised in utopia. Eleven kids must escape before the experiment ends them.

4.31

14k+

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4.31

14k+ ratings

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Precipice 85%

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by Travis Bagwell 2017

4.42

11k+ ratings

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3.83

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The Escher Man 85%

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

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3.83

434 ratings

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