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Books like The Electric State
A haunting, visually arresting road trip through the rusted, VR-addicted ruins of an alternate 1990s America. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Electric State.
- eerie
- desolate
- retro-futuristic
- lonely
- atmospheric
- 01
Sea of Rust
C. Robert Cargill
A gritty, dust-choked robot western that explores the heavy burden of a soul in a world where humanity is already extinct.
- 02
Ready Player One
Ernest Cline
A high-octane, nostalgia-fueled treasure hunt through a sprawling digital universe.
- 03
On a sunbeam
Tillie Walden
A breathtakingly gorgeous, slow-burn journey through space that feels like a warm hug from a found family.
- 04
The Peripheral
William Gibson
A gritty, mind-bending plunge into a rusted-out future where virtual gig work bleeds into high-stakes, cross-temporal murder.
- 05
Waking Gods
Sylvain Neuvel
A breathless, documentary-style thriller where the awe of discovery rapidly curdles into apocalyptic dread.
- 06
Void Star
Zachary Mason
A tense, cerebral plunge into a flooded, drone-patrolled future where memory is a commodity and artificial intelligence borders on the incomprehensible.
- 07
QualityLand
Marc-Uwe Kling
A hilarious, terrifyingly plausible romp through a hyper-capitalist future where algorithms know you better than you know yourself.
- 08
Only Human
Sylvain Neuvel
A tense, dialogue-driven exploration of humanity's darkest impulses and the fractured bonds of a found family pushed to the brink.
- 09
Trail of lightning
Rebecca Roanhorse
A gritty, high-octane ride through a drowned world where ancient gods and monsters walk the earth, led by a fiercely broken monster hunter.
- 10
New York 2140
Kim Stanley Robinson
A sprawling, hopeful love letter to a drowned but defiant metropolis.
- 11
Infinite Detail
Tim Maughan
A gritty, hyper-observant plunge into the paranoid twilight of the digital age and the scavenged ruins left in its wake.
- 12
The Future of Another Timeline
Annalee Newitz
A fierce, punk-rock time-travel thriller fueled by female rage and the urgent fight for a better future.
