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A breathless, surreal sprint through a disturbing near-future where human life is the ultimate commodity. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Spares.
- disturbing
- tense
- surreal
- dystopian
- 01
One of us
Michael Marshall Smith · 1998
A tense, mind-bending descent into a paranoid nightmare where your own memories might be your greatest threat.
- 02
Only forward
Michael Marshall Smith · 1994
A sarcastic, neon-soaked fever dream that lures you in with weird cityscapes and then breaks your heart with its psychological depth.
- 03
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.
- 04
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.
- 05
Diaspora
Greg Egan
A dizzying, unapologetically cerebral plunge into post-human consciousness and the terrifying, awe-inspiring scale of the multiverse.
- 06
Under the skin
Michel Faber
A masterclass in creeping dread that slowly peels back the mundane to reveal something profoundly alien and devastating.
- 07
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.
- 08
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.
- 09
Six Wakes
Mur Lafferty
A blood-spattered, deep-space puzzle box where everyone is both the victim and the prime suspect.
- 10
Accelerando
Charles Stross · 2005
A relentless, jargon-fueled rollercoaster ride through the technological singularity that will leave your brain feeling overclocked.
- 11
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.
- 12
Infomocracy
Malka Older
A cerebral, high-stakes political thriller where data is the ultimate weapon and democracy is a fragile, hackable experiment.
