If you loved
Books like Apex
A relentless, mind-expanding plunge into the chaotic birth of a post-human world. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Apex.
- tense
- electrifying
- apocalyptic
- mind-bending
- 01
Change agent
Daniel Suarez
A relentless, identity-swapping techno-thriller that plunges you into a paranoid near-future where your own DNA is a weapon.
- 02
Accelerando
Charles Stross · 2005
A relentless, jargon-fueled rollercoaster ride through the technological singularity that will leave your brain feeling overclocked.
- 03
Waking Gods
Sylvain Neuvel
A breathless, documentary-style thriller where the awe of discovery rapidly curdles into apocalyptic dread.
- 04
Permutation City
Greg Egan
A dizzying plunge into the deep end of hard science fiction that will leave you questioning the fundamental nature of your own consciousness.
- 05
Rapture of the Nerds
Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross
A hyperactive, satirical rollercoaster ride through a post-singularity world that is as absurd as it is technologically overwhelming.
- 06
Void Star
Zachary Mason
A tense, cerebral plunge into a flooded, drone-patrolled future where memory is a commodity and artificial intelligence borders on the incomprehensible.
- 07
After on
Reid, Robert
A sharp, chaotic satire where Silicon Valley hubris collides with the hyper-caffeinated energy of a sentient, internet-obsessed AI.
- 08
Proxy
Alex London
A breathless, adrenaline-soaked sprint through a brutally unequal world where every choice carries a lethal price tag.
- 09
Kill Decision
Daniel Suarez
A terrifyingly plausible, adrenaline-fueled race against a faceless, automated threat that will leave you looking nervously at the sky.
- 10
Infomocracy
Malka Older
A cerebral, high-stakes political thriller where data is the ultimate weapon and democracy is a fragile, hackable experiment.
- 11
Empire
Orson Scott Card
A tense, action-heavy plunge into the terrifyingly plausible mechanics of a modern American civil war.
- 12
Walkaway
Cory Doctorow
A fiercely optimistic, idea-dense joyride through a post-scarcity apocalypse where building a better world means fighting the billionaires who want to live forever.
