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  • Cover of Sprawl Trilogy
    Sprawl TrilogySeries

    series · 10 books · 1981

    Cyberpunk, about artificial intelligence and virtual reality, set in near future.

    “Johnny Mnemonic, an early short story set in the same fictional milieu, predates the novels and introduces the courier Molly Millions before her role in the trilogy.”

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    Start with Neuromancer →

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  • Cover of The Terminal Man
    The Terminal ManNovel

    Michael Crichton · standalone novel · 1972

    Thriller & suspense, about artificial intelligence and madness, set in north america.

    “In 1974, it was made into a film of the same name.”

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  • Cover of The Yiddish Policemen's Union
    The Yiddish Policemen's UnionNovel

    Michael Chabon · standalone novel · 2007

    Alternate history and mystery & detective, about murder investigation, set in north america.

    “Michael Chabon's Hugo- and Nebula-winning noir, told as hardboiled alternate history.”

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  • Cover of Rats
    RatsSeries

    series · 4 books · 1974

    completed

    Horror, about survival, set in british isles.

    “The Rats, James Herbert's 1974 debut novel, imagines a plague of giant mutant rats overrunning London, told through a rotating cast of victims and survivors in the tradition of British disaster horror.”

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    Start with The Rats →

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  • Cover of Zoo City
    Zoo CityNovel

    Lauren Beukes · standalone novel · 2010

    Mystery & detective, set in africa.

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  • Cover of Rosemary Reilly
    Rosemary ReillySeries

    series · 2 books · 1967

    completed

    Horror, about demons and parenthood, set in north america.

    “Rosemary's Baby follows a young wife in a Gothic Manhattan apartment building who grows increasingly convinced that her elderly neighbors, and even her own husband, are part of a conspiracy surrounding her pregnancy.”

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    Start with Rosemary's Baby →

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