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A tense, upward climb out of the dark, fueled by the desperate hope for a world unseen. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with This time of darkness.
- claustrophobic
- tense
- shadowy
- desperate
- 01
Touching Darkness
Scott Westerfeld
A shadow-drenched descent into small-town secrets where time freezes and the monsters come out to play.
- 02
Shift
Hugh Howey
A methodical, dread-soaked descent into the origins of a ruined world, where survival comes at the cost of humanity.
- 03
The Book of Ivy
Amy Engel
A tense, high-stakes dystopian adventure where a forced union sparks unexpected romantic tension.
- 04
Chasing stars
Helen Douglas
A breathless, time-bending race against the clock where love is the ultimate rebellion.
- 05
The Revolution of Ivy
Amy Engel
A tense, high-stakes dystopian survival story where forbidden love collides with the brutal consequences of rebellion.
- 06
The Darkest Minds
Alexandra Bracken
A high-stakes, superpowered road trip where the greatest danger is learning to trust yourself—and others.
- 07
Alive (The Generations Trilogy)
Scott Sigler
A claustrophobic, adrenaline-fueled plunge into the unknown where every answered question breeds a new nightmare.
- 08
This World We Live In
Susan Beth Pfeffer
A claustrophobic, deeply intimate look at the quiet, devastating realities of surviving the end of the world.
- 09
Wool
Hugh Howey
A claustrophobic puzzle-box thriller that slowly suffocates you with dread before blowing the lid off a massive conspiracy.
- 10
Boy In The Tower
Polly Ho-Yen
A claustrophobic, creeping sci-fi mystery that balances apocalyptic dread with a deeply moving story of a boy's quiet courage.
- 11
This shattered world
Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
A gritty, high-stakes sci-fi romance where sworn enemies must rely on each other to survive a hostile, war-torn planet.
- 12
Children of Time
Adrian Tchaikovsky
A sweeping, deep-time evolutionary epic that will make you root for the most unlikely of sentient species.
