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A haunting, linguistic puzzle-box of a novel that immerses you in the primal myths of a broken world. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Riddley Walker.
- uncanny
- desolate
- primal
- haunting
- 01
The Chrysalids
John Wyndham · 1955
A quietly chilling tale of hidden identities and creeping paranoia set against the backdrop of a religiously zealous, post-apocalyptic frontier.
- 02
The Postman
David Brin
A wintry, atmospheric journey through a ruined world that slowly warms into a profound meditation on the symbols that bind humanity together.
- 03
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.
- 04
Last and First Men
Olaf Stapledon · 2000
A sweeping, god-like chronicle of humanity's future across billions of years that will leave you staring into the cosmic void.
- 05
The Death of Grass
John Christopher
A chillingly plausible, unsentimental descent into the dark, pragmatic depths of human nature when the food runs out.
- 06
Embassytown
China Miéville
A mind-bending, linguistic puzzle box of a novel that explores the terrifying and transformative power of language.
- 07
Level 7
Mordecai Roshwald · 1959
A chillingly methodical descent into the ultimate bureaucratic nightmare, where the end of the world is just another day at the office.
- 08
Planet of the Damned
Harry Harrison
A gritty, ticking-clock race against planetary annihilation set on a relentlessly hostile world.
- 09
Babel-17
Samuel R. Delany
A trippy, fast-paced space opera that explores how the words we use fundamentally rewire the architecture of our minds.
- 10
Wool
Hugh Howey
A claustrophobic puzzle-box thriller that slowly suffocates you with dread before blowing the lid off a massive conspiracy.
- 11
Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut
A darkly hilarious, bite-sized spiral into the inevitable end of the world.
- 12
Schismatrix
Bruce Sterling · 1985
A dizzying, decades-spanning plunge into a post-human solar system where flesh and machine wage a relentless war for the future of evolution.
