18 books like Novels

What to read after Novels — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

In the wet Nevil Shute · 1953 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Originally published in 1953, In the Wet is Nevil Shute's speculative glance into the future of the British Empire. An elderly clergyman stationed in the Australian bush is called to the bedside of a dying derelict. In his delirium Stevie tells a story of England in 1983 through the medium of a squadron air pilot in the service of Queen Elizabeth II. Shares English Science fiction, British and irish fiction, Science Fiction

The Poison Belt Arthur Conan Doyle · 1913 · ★ 3.9 · 83p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Being an account of another adventure of Prof. George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Prof. Summerlee and Mr E. D. M alone, the discoverers of "The Lost World". Shares English Science fiction, British and irish fiction, Science Fiction

The War Of The Worlds/The Time Machine H. G. Wells · 1946 · ★ 4.5 · 269p · ≈ 8h · Moderate A compilation of the two stories by H. G. Wells, with original acknowledgements, etc., and no additional commentary. Shares English Science fiction, Space Warfare, British and irish fiction, Time Travel

The Invisible Man H. G. Wells · ★ 3.6 · 124p · ≈ 4h · Moderate This book is the story of Griffin, a scientist who creates a serum to render himself invisible, and his descent into madness that follows. Shares Mentally ill, English Science fiction, Scientists, Time Travel

The Time Machine H. G. Wells · 1895 · ★ 3.9 · 119p · ≈ 3h · Challenging The Time Traveller, a dreamer obsessed with traveling through time, builds himself a time machine and, much to his surprise, travels over 800,000 years into the future. He lands in the year 802701: the world has been transformed by a society living in apparent harmony and bliss, but as the Traveler stays in the future he discovers a hidden barbaric and depraved subterranean class. Wells's… Shares Self-experimentation in medicine, Scientists, Space Warfare, Science Fiction

The Anubis Gates Tim Powers · 1983 · ★ 3.9 · 393p · ≈ 13h · Moderate An ancient Egyptian sorcerer, a modern millionaire, a body-switching werewolf, a hideously deformed clown, a young woman disguised as a boy, a brainwashed Lord Byron, and finally, the protagonist Professor Brendan Doyle, who wanted none of this nonsense. Shares Time Travel, Science Fiction

Doctor Who British Broadcasting Corporation · 1989 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Climb aboard the TARDIS for a journey through space, time, and comedy in the official Doctor Who joke book! -What do we want? -TIME TRAVEL! -When do we want it? -THAT'S IRRELEVANT! Packed with a dimensionally transcendent TARDIS-load amount of jokes, gags and riddles, this is the official Doctor Who joke book! Remember: it's funnier on the inside! Shares Time Travel, Science Fiction

Special deliverance Clifford D. Simak · 1982 · ★ 3.7 · 217p · ≈ 7h · Moderate It all started when Professor Edward Lansing wanted to know who really wrote that great term paper on Shakespeare and learned that his student had bought it from a slot machine. Going to investigate, the good professor found the machine, which gave him two keys and sent him in search of other slot machines. The third machine he tried took his money and transported him to a strange new… Shares Time Travel, Science Fiction

Son of Man Robert Silverberg · 1971 · ★ 3.4 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Moderate 1972 Locus Poll Award nominee, best SF novel IN THE BEGINNING... there was no Brooklyn, no St. Louis, no Shakespeare, no moon, no hunger, no death... IN THE BEGINNING... there were no real men, no real women, nothing but dispassionately passionate ambisexuals of the lowest and highest order... IN THE BEGINNING... the heavens, the seas and the Earth belonged to more intelligent species… Shares Time Travel, Science Fiction

Exiles of the Stars Andre Norton · 1971 · ★ 4.0 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate This is the second in the Moon Singer series featuring “Maelen”, the former moon singer of the primitive planet mythical “Thassa”. Also revolving around the cargo apprentice “Krip Vorland’, now in the body of the “Thassa” and the crew of the free-trader “Lydis” who’s sabotaged ship barely survives its landing on a barren and hostile planet. One by one, the crew of the Lydis and in addition to… Shares Time Travel, Science Fiction

Triplanetary Edward E. Smith · 1948 · ★ 3.7 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Lensman series, Book 1 of 7 Even back before the first bits of this story hit the newsstands, the folks who published it in Amazing Stories (January through April, 1934) knew they were on to something special. "We are sure that our readers will be highly pleased to have us give the first installment of a story by Dr. Smith. It will continue for several numbers and is a worthy follower of the… Shares Scientists, Space Warfare, Science Fiction

Behold the Man Michael Moorcock · 1968 · ★ 3.7 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Karl Glogauer is a disaffected modern professional casting about for meaning in a series of half-hearted relationships, a dead-end job, and a personal struggle. His questions of faith surrounding his father's run-of-the-mill Christianity and his mother's suppressed Judaism lead him to a bizarre obsession with the idea of the messiah. After the collapse of his latest affair and his introduction to… Shares English Science fiction, Time Travel, Science Fiction

Junkyard Planet H. Beam Piper · 1631 · ★ 2.0 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Challenging This novel had its genesis in a much shorter story called "Graveyard of Dreams" (Galaxy, 1958) Piper expanded it to book length, and it appeared in 1963 as Junkyard Planet. Ace later renamed the book The Cosmic Computer for its paperback appearance. This edition returns the book to Piper's original title, Junkyard Planet.Conn Maxwell returns from Terra to his home world of Poictesme, dubbed "The… Shares Scientists, Science Fiction

The food of the gods and how it came to earth H. G. Wells · 1900 · ★ 3.4 The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells that was first published in 1904. Wells called it "a fantasia on the change of scale in human affairs. . . . I had hit upon [the idea] while working out the possibilities of the near future in a book of speculations called Anticipations (1901)". The novel, which has had various B-movie adaptations, is about… Shares English Science fiction, Scientists, British and irish fiction, Science Fiction

The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents H. G. Wells · 1895 · 156p · ≈ 5h · Challenging The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents was H. G. Wells' first collection of short stories, published in 1895. These fantasy and science fiction tales were all written between 1893 and 1895 and published in various periodicals. Shares English Science fiction, British and irish fiction

The Time Traders Andre Norton · 1958 · ★ 3.5 · 174p · ≈ 5h · Moderate DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY OF TIME Intelligence agents have uncovered something which seems beyond belief, but the evidence is incontrovertible: the USAs greatest adversary on the world stage is sending its agents back through time! And someone or something unknown to our history is presenting them with technologies -- and weapons -- far beyond our most advanced science. We have only one option:… Shares Voyages dans le temps, Scientists, Time Travel, Romans

The Reluctant Assassin Eoin Colfer · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Voyages dans le temps, Time Travel, Romans, Science Fiction with this book.

The silver metal lover Tanith Lee · 1981 · ★ 4.0 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Jane feels adrift in the upper class of her dystopian society until she meets a robot built for pleasure she suspects is more than the sum of his parts. Can a girl truly love a machine? And can the machine love her back? Shares English Science fiction, Science Fiction

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