Blake Crouch 2019
- What it is
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Moving between parallel worlds · it's hiding a secret
- Genre
- Science fiction Thriller Mystery
Everything below shares at least two of these traits, or sits with it in some reader's stack. We tell you why as you go.
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Nothing is quite what it seems · war lived from the inside
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It messes with your head · it gets under your skin
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It messes with your head · a crime, and the clues to solve it yourself
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Nothing is quite what it seems · full of big ideas
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The truth comes out bit by bit · it ties your stomach in a knot
S.
J.J. Abrams 2013
You'll keep turning it over for days · love in the middle of danger
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You'll keep turning it over for days · a narrator who doesn't tell you the truth
4 books
Parallel worlds and fast-paced
Timeline
Michael Crichton 1999
A reader shelved it with yours in Stories about time travel
The long earth
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Nothing is quite what it seems · it stirs you up inside
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You'll finish it in two nights · odd and endearing
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Only a threat that keeps growing
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It won't tell you everything at once · it'll scare you
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It won't tell you everything at once · it'll scare you
The girl on the train
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The truth comes out bit by bit · you end up rooting for the wrong people
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The truth comes out bit by bit · it ties your stomach in a knot
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It won't tell you everything at once · it stirs you up inside
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Only parallel worlds
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You'll finish it in two nights · fierce and defiant
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You need to know how it ends · a big story that sweeps you along
Space Between Worlds
Micaiah Johnson 2020
A mystery you want to solve · fierce and defiant
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You can't put it down · it'll scare you
Sahara
Clive Cussler 1982
You need to know how it ends · a world to get lost in
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Like yours: outbreak · it ties your stomach in a knot
Oryx and Crake
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In common with yours: outbreak · it stirs you up inside
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig 2020
In common with yours: parallel worlds · odd and endearing
Tender Is the Flesh
Agustina Bazterrica 2015
In common with yours: outbreak · it leaves you shaken
6 books · Alike in just one
Only fast-paced
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Michael Crichton 1980
You need to know how it ends · in search of a lost world or a treasure
The Da Vinci Code
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It messes with your head · a twist at the end that changes everything
Seven Deadly Wonders
Matthew Reilly 2005
You can't put it down · in search of a lost world or a treasure
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It messes with your head · nobody is entirely good
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