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Seven strangers wake up after the end of the world and realize the apocalypse has left behind more questions than corpses.
The Apocalypse Seven
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · First Contact · Time Travel
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Seven strangers wake up after the end of the world and realize the apocalypse has left behind more questions than corpses. With entire populations gone, weather gone feral, and the world turning weirder by the hour, this ragtag group has no choice but to start hunting for answers. The Apocalypse Seven mixes post-apocalyptic mystery, offbeat humor, and found-family into a story that feels equal parts cozy and deeply strange.
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Seven strangers attempt to figure out how they missed the end of the world in this cozy apocalypse story by the author of The Spaceship Next Door.
"Doucette's seven aren't just magnificent—they're also entertaining as hell." —Scott Sigler, New York Times–bestselling author of the Infected trilogy
This is the world ends, not with a bang, but a whatever . . .
The whateverpocalypse. That's what Touré, a twenty-something Cambridge coder, calls it after waking up one morning to find himself seemingly the only person left in the city. Once he finds Robbie and Carol, two equally disoriented Harvard freshmen, he realizes he isn't alone, but the name sticks: Whateverpocalypse. But it doesn't explain where everyone went. It doesn't explain how the city became overgrown with vegetation in the space of a night. Or how wild animals with no fear of humans came to roam the streets.
Add freakish weather to the mix, swings of temperature that spawn tornadoes one minute and snowstorms the next, and it seems things can't get much weirder. Yet even as a handful of new survivors appear—Paul, a preacher as quick with a gun as a Bible verse; Win, a young professional with a horse; Bethany, a thirteen-year-old juvenile delinquent; and Ananda, an MIT astrophysics adjunct—life in Cambridge, Massachusetts gets stranger and stranger.
The self-styled Apocalypse Seven are tired of questions with no answers. Tired of being hunted by things seen and unseen. Now, armed with curiosity, desperation, a shotgun, and a bow, they become the hunters. And that's when things truly get weird.
"The adventure I've been looking for! Never once did I know what to expect, and I loved being proved wrong at every turn. Far more mind-bending than a book this fun has any right to be." —Zack Jordan, author of The Last Human
"[A] riveting postapocalyptic outing. . . . Doucette's vibrant prose and unique premise make for an enticing adventure." —Publishers Weekly
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A disgraced presidential candidate dies and leaves behind a final command that refuses to make sense.
Cleave the Sparrow
Dystopian · Sci-Fi
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A disgraced presidential candidate dies and leaves behind a final command that refuses to make sense. In the aftermath, his apprentice Tom and ruthless campaign manager Shelly follow a trail that bends satire into philosophy and politics into farce. As reality fractures, certainty becomes the enemy. Cleave the Sparrow is a darkly comic literary novel that interrogates power, belief, and the stories people tell to survive chaos.
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The breakout indie sensation that's unlike anything you've read before...
12,000+ COPIES SOLD • 1,000+ FIVE STAR RATINGS • 2,000,000+ PAGES READ ON KINDLE UNLIMITED • 2025 LITERARY TITAN GOLD BOOK AWARD WINNER
"Uproariously funny and incredibly prescient."
—Hollywood Book Reviews
"Daring, unpredictable, and utterly consuming."
—San Francisco Book Review
"Pushes satire to the absolute limit, and then some."
—The Independent Review of Books
Wilder Crick, the worst presidential candidate in history, is dead.
Now his reluctant apprentice Tom and ruthless campaign manager Shelly must carry out his final order—a bizarre, posthumous search for the true, hidden nature of reality.
"Some books tell a story," writes Literary Titan's Priscilla Evans. "Others drag you into a chaotic, unrelenting experience that scrambles your brain and leaves you questioning everything. Cleave The Sparrow is for people who enjoy satire so sharp it draws blood, philosophy so deep it makes your head hurt, and humor so dark you feel guilty laughing. It’s for fans of Catch-22, Infinite Jest, and Dr. Strangelove. It’s for anyone who has ever looked at the world and thought: This can’t be real. Because maybe, just maybe, it isn’t."
TL;DR: Darkly comic, wildly original, and impossible to forget, Cleave the Sparrow is for readers who crave mind-bending fiction that makes you laugh, wince, and question everything you thought was real.
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In a rainforest dictatorship where curiosity is a crime, a restless monkey discovers a truth that could cost him everything.
The Monkey State
Dystopian
Our take
In a rainforest dictatorship where curiosity is a crime, a restless monkey discovers a truth that could cost him everything. The Monkey State blends dystopian fantasy with workplace satire and slow-building rebellion, earning 4.7 stars on Amazon and standing out for its imagination and quiet menace.
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Would you risk everything to escape the office cubicle?
Claude is a restless pichu monkey trapped in a rain-soaked rainforest where curiosity is forbidden, boredom is enforced, and the dictatorship’s minions chant a single law: No Monkey Business.
By day, he works beneath the canopy.
By night, he dreams of escaping it.
So, when he’s offered a chance to assist with (secret) state inspections, it feels like a promotion. A way out. Instead, it leads him to the 👁 of the Toucan and a world beyond the rules, where he uncovers a forbidden truth.
In Tierra Libre, thinking outside the box isn’t encouraged. It’s punished.
The Monkey State explores what happens when work becomes oppression and imagination becomes crime. Ideal for readers of 1984, Watership Down, and Planet of the Apes, with the modern workplace tension of Severance and slow-brewing rebellion notes of Andor.
There is no world beyond the mist.
Believing that keeps you safe.
Questioning it can get you killed.
It may be a little late for Claude Talador…
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After a meteor shower blinds most of humanity, one man navigates a shattered London where trust is dangerous and carnivorous plants rule the streets.
The Day of the Triffids
Horror · Dystopian · Post-Apocalyptic
Our take
After a meteor shower blinds most of humanity, one man navigates a shattered London where trust is dangerous and carnivorous plants rule the streets. The Day of the Triffids is a tense, unsettling classic that blends survival horror with moral dilemma, earning 4.4 stars on Amazon and enduring critical praise.
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The influential masterpiece of one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant—and neglected—science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called “the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced.”—now in development as a miniseries directed by Johan Renck.
“[Wyndham] avoids easy allegories and instead questions the relative values of the civilisation that has been lost, the literally blind terror of humanity in the face of dominant nature. . . . Frightening and powerful, Wyndham’s vision remains an important allegory and a gripping story.”—The Guardian
What if a meteor shower left most of the world blind—and humanity at the mercy of mysterious carnivorous plants?
Bill Masen undergoes eye surgery and awakes the next morning in his hospital bed to find civilization collapsing. Wandering the city, he quickly realizes that surviving in this strange new world requires evading strangers and the seven-foot-tall plants known as triffids—plants that can walk and can kill a man with one quick lash of their poisonous stingers.
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When invisible barriers appear across Earth, ordinary lives are shattered by an impossible mystery.
The Glass
Post-Apocalyptic · Sci-Fi · Alien Invasion · First Contact
Our take
When invisible barriers appear across Earth, ordinary lives are shattered by an impossible mystery. A father, a detective, a journalist, and two lovers are drawn together as they cross the Glass and uncover a truth that could reshape humanity. The Glass: The Complete Series delivers epic science fiction tension and emotional depth, with 4.5 stars on Amazon and Goodreads.
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THE GLASS: THE COMPLETE SERIES is over 1200 pages of thrilling adventure, inspiring characters, and mysterious aliens. With over 5000 ratings, you won’t want to miss out. What’s really behind the Glass?
A hush falls over Earth as invisible barriers appear at random. Cars crash into them; trees are sliced in half, but nothing prepares humanity for what comes next.
As the effects take hold, Ransom learns his young daughter Chrissy is prone to inclinations, which is exactly what he’d feared the most. Drake, a seasoned detective, joins forces with Britt, a brilliant journalist, as well as Peggy and Will, two small town lovers unwittingly thrust into danger.
The road won’t be easy, and they have no choice but to venture past the Glass. What they find on the other side is another story.
From the best-selling author of The Event, First Life, Echoes From the Moon, and Lost Contact.
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An EMP wipes out power and order in Columbus, forcing an ordinary woman to navigate a city unraveling into violence.
Blackout Protocol
Dystopian
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An EMP wipes out power and order in Columbus, forcing an ordinary woman to navigate a city unraveling into violence. As fear replaces law and survival becomes brutal, Avery Westwood must adapt or perish. Blackout Protocol delivers tense, grounded post-apocalyptic suspense, earning 4.4 stars on Amazon and Goodreads.
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When an EMP plunges Columbus into darkness, legal secretary Avery Westwood is thrust into a city spiraling into chaos. With looters on the streets and lawlessness taking hold, survival becomes her only goal. Every step brings new dangers in a world without power, trust, or safety. How far will Avery go to escape the collapse of society?
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A cheerful service robot with misplaced confidence is sent on a delivery that could decide humanity’s fate.
The Wrong Unit
Dystopian · Post-Apocalyptic
Our take
A cheerful service robot with misplaced confidence is sent on a delivery that could decide humanity’s fate. As logic collides with human chaos, The Wrong Unit blends witty science fiction, unlikely heroics, and unexpected warmth. Readers have embraced the novel’s humor and heart, awarding it 4.6 stars on Amazon and strong Goodreads ratings.
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I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE HUMANS ARE SO CRANKY ABOUT. Their enclosures are large, they ingest over a thousand calories per day, and they’re allowed to mate. Plus, they have me.
An Autonomous Servile Unit, housed in a mobile/bipedal chassis. I do my job well: keep the humans healthy and happy.
“Hey you.”
Heyoo. That’s my name, I suppose. It’s easier for the humans to remember than 413s98-itr8. I guess I’ve gotten used to it.
Rob Dircks, bestselling author of Where the Hell is Tesla?, has a “unit” with a problem: how to deliver his package, out in the middle of nowhere, with nothing to guide him. Oh, and with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance. It’s a science fiction tale of technology gone haywire, unlikely heroes, and the nature of humanity. (Woah. That last part sounds deep. Don’t worry, it’s not.)
This heartwarming science fiction comedy has been placed on the "Listens You Love" sale list, garnering a 4.6-star average.
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A beauty company’s miracle lotion begins overwriting human DNA, turning users into living copies of others.
Extreme Makeover
Dystopian
Our take
A beauty company’s miracle lotion begins overwriting human DNA, turning users into living copies of others. Scientist Lyle Fontanelle tries to stop it as corporations and governments race to exploit it. Darkly funny and deeply unsettling, Extreme Makeover: Apocalypse Edition blends satire with speculative horror. 4.0 stars on Amazon with wide critical acclaim.
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Darkly humorous satire about a hand lotion that can overwrite your DNA—from the New York Times–bestselling author of I Am Not a Serial Killer.
Lyle Fontanelle is the chief scientist for NewYew, a health and beauty company experimenting with a new, anti-aging hand lotion. As more and more anomalies crop up in testing, Lyle realizes that the lotion's formula has somehow gone horribly wrong. It is actively overwriting the DNA of anyone who uses it, turning them into physical clones of someone else. Lyle wants to destroy the formula, but NewYew thinks it might be the greatest beauty product ever designed—and the world's governments think it's the greatest weapon.
New York Times–bestselling author Dan Wells brings us a gripping corporate satire about a health and beauty company that could destroy the world in Extreme Makeover.
"Reminiscent of Vonnegut at his most subtly biting, Wells's novel should find favor with speculative and mainstream readers alike." —Publishers Weekly
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In a future where Earth lies in ruins, a boy from the wasteland becomes the architect of its possible rebirth.
The Forever Hero
Post-Apocalyptic · Dystopian · Sci-Fi
Our take
In a future where Earth lies in ruins, a boy from the wasteland becomes the architect of its possible rebirth. Spanning centuries and star systems, this classic science fiction trilogy explores power, endurance, and the cost of saving a world. A sweeping, thoughtful epic with 4.6 stars on Amazon and over 1,600 Goodreads ratings.
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L. E. Modesitt, Jr's first major work was a trilogy of SF adventure novels published as paperback originals in the 1980s: Dawn for a Distant Earth, The Silent Warrior, and In Endless Twilight. Together they form The Forever Hero.
Thousands of years in the future, Earth is a desolate ruin. The first human ship to return in millennia discovers an abandoned wasteland inhabited only by a few degenerate or mutated human outcasts. But among them is a boy of immense native intelligence and determination who is captured, taken in, and educated, and disappears--to grow up to become the force behind a plan to make Earth flower again. He is, if not immortal, at least very long-lived, and he plans to build an independent power base out in the galaxy and force the galactic empire to devote centuries and immense resources to the restoration of the ecology of Earth.
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A concert crowd vanishes into an alien nightmare where humans fight for survival in gladiatorial games.
Encounters
Dystopian · Horror · Military Sci-Fi
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A concert crowd vanishes into an alien nightmare where humans fight for survival in gladiatorial games. One reluctant hero rises inside the arena while Earth braces for invasion. Brutal, darkly humorous, and relentless, this science fiction thriller launches a fan-favorite series with 4.5 stars on Amazon and thousands of Goodreads ratings.
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Our final reckoning; Earth's introduction to the alien race we have always feared would find us. They are bent on our complete enslavement through brutal conquest, and they seem unstoppable. The violent end of all humanity begins at a Widespread Panic concert at Red Rocks. Thousands of humans are suddenly transported to an enormous alien vessel where they are pitted against each other in gladiatorial death matches for the entertainment of a Master Race of reptilian monsters.
Those that are not worthy of battle are eaten.
Enter our unlikely hero, Michael Talbot, a college student taken hostage from Red Rocks. Through nerve, wit, and blind luck, he rises to the top of the Arena Match Rankings, scoring better accommodations and collecting prizes—human women given as "spoils" to the victor of each match.
Meanwhile, on Earth, the U.S. Government cautiously approaches the spacecraft orbiting Jupiter, hoping for a diplomatic solution. But Paul Ginson, Mike's childhood friend, has other plans. He is building a militia, certain that an all-out alien invasion is the more likely outcome.
A great place to enter the Tufo universe, this is the introduction to some of Mark's most endearing characters and one of his best-loved series. The reader is transported through candid, personal anecdote then held spellbound by incredibly heroic, often graphic scenarios. Written with humor and courage, deeply insightful and terrifying, this sweeping epic explores all it means to be human.
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A good pick for readers who like funny, heartfelt sci-fi about artificial intelligence, outsiders, emotional awakening, and what it means to be human.
Set My Heart to Five
Dystopian
Our take
“Science fiction satire in the Vonnegut mold,” Set My Heart to Five follows Jared, an android in 2054 who discovers he can cry and sets out to find others like him before his forbidden feelings make him a target, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 500 Amazon reviewers. A good pick for readers who like funny, heartfelt sci-fi about artificial intelligence, outsiders, emotional awakening, and what it means to be human.
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Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World): "Science fiction satire in the Vonnegut mold." —Cory Doctorow
Set in a 2054 where humans have locked themselves out of the internet and Elon Musk has incinerated the moon, Set My Heart to Five is the hilarious yet profoundly moving story of one android's emotional awakening.
One day at a screening of a classic movie, Jared notices a strange sensation around his eyes. Bots are not permitted to have feelings, but as the theater lights come on, Jared discovers he is crying.
Soon overwhelmed by powerful emotions, Jared heads west, determined to find others like himself. But a bot with feelings is a dangerous proposition, and Jared's new life could come to an end before it truly begins. Unless, that is, he can somehow change the world for himself and all of his kind.
Unlike anything you have ever read before, Set My Heart to Five is a love letter to outsiders everywhere. Plus it comes uniquely guaranteed to make its readers weep a minimum of 29mls of tears.*
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"A beautiful, funny, heartfelt analysis of what it means to be human." —Simon Pegg
"One of the most unique books ever crafted." —Mike Chen, New York Times–bestselling author
"A funny, original, thought-provoking debut . . . It's wistful and sharp, particularly on what it really means to live." —Daily Mail
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Emotional and character driven, Hive earned 4.6 stars on Amazon and was a finalist for the 2025 Hoffer Book Awards Grand Prize, resonating with readers who crave heart…
Hive
Dystopian · Time Travel
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In a dying future, one couple must sacrifice everything to rewrite time itself. This dystopian sci-fi thriller blends love, loss, and impossible choices as fractured timelines collide. Emotional and character driven, Hive earned 4.6 stars on Amazon and was a finalist for the 2025 Hoffer Book Awards Grand Prize, resonating with readers who crave heart and intellect in equal measure.
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The last survivors. The last chance. The last leap through time…
Finalist, 2025 Hoffer Book Awards Grand Prize
Rated 9.5/10 by Publishers Weekly's BookLife Prize in Fiction
For fans of The Murderbot Diaries, The Martian, and Dark Matter comes a fast-paced, emotional journey through love, loss, and redemption set in a future collapsing under its own weight.
Fifty years from now, the last humans hide beneath glass domes while swarms of microdrones tear at the last defenses of a drowning world. Inside Eden-17, a dying scientist and her lifelong love cling to hope—and each other—while a sarcastic, duct-taped AI named Madders keeps the biodome online.
But time is running out. Power is fading. Options are gone. They face one impossible choice: shut down everything—including Madders—to send one of them back in time, leaving the other behind to face the end.
Alone.
Diego refuses to go. But Isabel knows what’s coming. He has to do it. For her.
Thirty-five years earlier, Isabel’s life is unraveling. Her marriage is over. Her future is empty. Then a stranger shows up with a haunted gaze and a warning she doesn’t want to hear. He's not supposed to talk to her, but he knows what’s coming. And what she does next will determine everything.
As the multiverse buckles under the weight of its own contradictions, a far-future Madders peers across timelines: at a physicist chasing the ghost of a time machine, a woman whose quiet choices could ignite revolution, and a man bound to her by love, grief, and time itself.
Rewrite the past without consequences? Go ahead. Try.
Lyrical and unflinching, Hive is the award-winning first book in the Madders in Time series—an emotional, character-driven sci-fi thriller where time travel isn’t a gimmick but a reckoning. Follow the tenuous thread woven through fractured timelines, fragile hearts, and white-knuckle suspense. Step into a world where time is both the enemy and the only option.
Hope’s a hell of a thing to weaponize—especially when it’s all you have left.
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