If you loved
Books like City
A gentle, mythic journey through deep time, where the fading echoes of humanity are remembered only in the fireside legends of uplifted dogs. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with City.
- pastoral
- wistful
- serene
- contemplative
- haunting
- 01
All Flesh Is Grass
Clifford D. Simak
A quiet small town unravels as beautiful purple flowers reveal a gateway to an eerie, musical alternate dimension.
- 02
Cities in Flight
James Blish
A sweeping, melancholic journey across deep time and space, exploring the ultimate destiny of humanity as it drifts among the stars.
- 03
Way station
Clifford D. Simak
A gentle, pastoral meditation on humanity's place in the cosmos, viewed from the quiet porch of an isolated farmhouse.
- 04
Assignment in Eternity
Robert Anson Heinlein
A retro-futuristic thrill ride through secret societies, alternate dimensions, and the untapped powers of the human mind.
- 05
The End of Eternity
Isaac Asimov
A mind-bending temporal puzzle that asks whether a perfectly safe, engineered reality is actually a cage.
- 06
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.
- 07
Schismatrix Plus
Bruce Sterling · 1996
A dizzying, idea-dense plunge into a post-human future where biology and machinery wage a relentless war for the next stage of evolution.
- 08
The Stars My Destination
Alfred Bester · 1999
A furious, hallucinatory revenge thriller that rockets through a deeply unequal solar system on the sheer willpower of an unkillable anti-hero.
- 09
Tunnel in the sky
Robert A. Heinlein
A pragmatic, thought-provoking survival story that explores the heavy burden of leadership and the fragile roots of civilization.
- 10
Beyond This Horizon
Robert A. Heinlein
A restless romp through a genetically perfected utopia where the ultimate luxury is finding something worth fighting for.
- 11
Dhalgren
Samuel R. Delany
A massive, hallucinatory labyrinth of a novel that traps you in a burning, shifting city where time and identity dissolve.
- 12
Cristal Express
Bruce Sterling · 1991
A dazzling, cerebral plunge into a future of ceaseless change, where humanity evolves through technology, conflict, and wit.
