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A darkly funny, fast-paced exploration of identity and survival told by a man who is incredibly tired of dying. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Mickey7.
- claustrophobic
- absurd
- tense
- bleakly humorous
- 01
Six Wakes
Mur Lafferty
A blood-spattered, deep-space puzzle box where everyone is both the victim and the prime suspect.
- 02
The Ghost Brigades
John Scalzi
A high-octane military thriller that smuggles deep existential questions about identity and free will inside a sleek, genetically engineered shell.
- 03
Expendable
James Alan Gardner
A tense, cynical space adventure where a supposedly utopian society's unwanted misfits are sent to face terrible deaths on hostile frontiers.
- 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
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Claire North
A sweeping, time-looping cat-and-mouse thriller that wrestles with the crushing weight of infinity and the fierce bonds of rivalry.
- 06
Saturn's Children
Charles Stross · 2008
A cheeky, high-octane romp through a solar system where humanity is dead but their bureaucratic and capitalist hangovers are alive and well.
- 07
The Ashes of Worlds
Kevin J. Anderson · 2008
A spectacular, high-stakes space opera finale where clashing empires and elemental forces collide in a grand, explosive climax.
- 08
Remnant Population
Elizabeth Moon · 1996
A quietly triumphant science fiction tale about finding your truest purpose and ultimate freedom long after society has written you off.
- 09
Ultima
Stephen Baxter
A mind-bending plunge into the cosmos where the thrill of boundless discovery quickly curdles into existential terror.
- 10
Spares
Michael Marshall Smith · 1997
A breathless, surreal sprint through a disturbing near-future where human life is the ultimate commodity.
- 11
Seveneves
Neal Stephenson
A meticulously engineered, high-stakes thought experiment about the end of the world and the grueling, orbital mechanics of human survival.
- 12
House of Suns
Alastair Reynolds
A mind-expanding journey across millions of years that makes the entire galaxy feel both unimaginably vast and intimately fragile.
