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A gripping, documentary-style oral history of a world forever altered by a pandemic, focusing on human ingenuity rather than apocalyptic ruin. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Unlocked.
- tense
- documentary-like
- grounded
- cautiously optimistic
- 01
Lock In: A Novel of the Near Future (Lock In Series Book 1)
John Scalzi
A slick, fast-paced near-future procedural that blends sharp buddy-cop banter with fascinating questions about identity and bodily autonomy.
- 02
Head On
John Scalzi
A snappy, near-future buddy-cop mystery wrapped in a high-octane sci-fi sports thriller.
- 03
Feed
Mira Grant
A razor-sharp, adrenaline-fueled dive into a world where the truth is just as deadly as the infected.
- 04
Contagious
Scott Sigler
A relentless, blood-soaked descent into biological terror where humanity's survival hangs by a fraying thread.
- 05
Infected
Scott Sigler
A relentless, skin-crawling descent into biological terror and visceral paranoia that refuses to let you look away.
- 06
Chimera
Mira Grant
A tense, apocalyptic fight for survival where the greatest threat might be the engineered nature within.
- 07
Patient Zero
Jonathan Maberry
A relentless, high-octane collision of tactical espionage and visceral horror that grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go.
- 09
Invasion
Robin Cook
A chilling, fast-paced descent into medical paranoia where the ultimate alien invasion happens on a cellular level.
- 10
Rise
Seanan McGuire
A tense, journalistic plunge into a viral apocalypse where the pursuit of truth is as dangerous as the infected.
- 11
Seveneves
Neal Stephenson
A meticulously engineered, high-stakes thought experiment about the end of the world and the grueling, orbital mechanics of human 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.
