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A darkly hilarious and deeply unsettling front-row seat to the slow-motion collapse of a society that forgot how to die. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The postmortal.
- apocalyptic
- chaotic
- dread-soaked
- claustrophobic
- 01
The Incrementalists
Steven Brust and Skyler White
A witty, philosophical urban fantasy about immortal meddlers arguing their way through history and trying to save the world one tiny nudge at a time.
- 02
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.
- 03
How to stop time
Matt Haig
A bittersweet, time-hopping meditation on the courage it takes to stop hiding from the past and finally risk living in the present.
- 04
Methuselah's children
Robert A. Heinlein
A sweeping, pragmatic space opera about the price of outliving your neighbors and the endless frontier of the cosmos.
- 05
The hike
Drew Magary
A profane, hallucinatory fever dream of a midlife crisis that hides a devastatingly beautiful core.
- 06
The boat of a million years
Poul Anderson
A sweeping, melancholic journey through human history experienced by those burdened with living forever.
- 07
Heiliges Feuer
Bruce Sterling · 2001
A chilling and poignant exploration of a near-future where the ultimate medical triumph breeds a suffocating, stagnant dystopia.
- 08
Secondhand Souls
Christopher Moore
A hilariously macabre romp through San Francisco where the afterlife is just another bureaucratic nightmare managed by lovable misfits.
- 09
Parasite
Mira Grant
A creeping, biological nightmare wrapped in the sterile, reassuring packaging of a corporate medical miracle.
- 10
The People in the Trees
Hanya Yanagihara
A chilling, humid descent into the darkest corners of scientific arrogance and human depravity, disguised as an academic memoir.
- 11
The punch escrow
Tal M. Klein
A snarky, high-octane sci-fi thriller that wraps a classic philosophical paradox in a fast-paced tale of corporate espionage and survival.
- 12
Soon I Will Be Invincible
Austin Grossman
A witty, melancholic love letter to comic book tropes that peeks behind the capes to reveal the messy, deeply human insecurities of heroes and villains alike.
