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A chilling, fragmented exploration of what it means to be alive, told through the sterile lens of a corporate performance review. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with De ansatte.
- eerie
- sterile
- claustrophobic
- quietly devastating
- 01
Severance
Ling Ma
A deadpan, eerily calm apocalypse where the end of the world looks a lot like another day at the office.
- 02
Embassytown
China Miéville
A mind-bending, linguistic puzzle box of a novel that explores the terrifying and transformative power of language.
- 03
Dept of Speculation
Jenny Offill
A glittering, fragmented mosaic of a mind unraveling under the quiet pressures of marriage, motherhood, and thwarted ambition.
- 04
Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro
A quiet, sunlit meditation on devotion and what it truly means to possess a human heart, told through the earnest eyes of an artificial being.
- 05
Mickey7
Edward Ashton (Science fiction writer)
A darkly funny, fast-paced exploration of identity and survival told by a man who is incredibly tired of dying.
- 06
Bieguni
Olga Tokarczuk · 2007
A fragmented, restless journey through airports, anatomy museums, and the transient nature of the human body.
- 07
The Warehouse
Rob Hart (Fiction writer)
A chillingly plausible, fast-paced descent into a corporate dystopia where next-day delivery costs you your soul.
- 08
The Electric State
Simon Stålenhag
A haunting, visually arresting road trip through the rusted, VR-addicted ruins of an alternate 1990s America.
- 09
Anxious People
Fredrik Backman
A hilarious, big-hearted comedy of errors that sneaks up on you with profound truths about the messy business of being human.
- 10
Then we came to the end
Joshua Ferris
A brilliantly deadpan, hive-mind chronicle of the absurdities, anxieties, and unexpected intimacies of modern office life.
- 11
A stranger in Olondria
Sofia Samatar
A lush, dreamlike love letter to language that haunts the reader long after the final page is turned.
- 12
Kentukis
Samanta Schweblin
A chilling, voyeuristic journey into a hyper-connected world where the desire for intimacy paves the way for unimaginable terror.
