18 books like The Sirens of Titan

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An African Millionaire Grant Allen · 1897 · 181p · ≈ 6h · Challenging "A genre classic, Grant Allen's AN AFRICAN MILLIONAIRE is the perfect addition to our mini library of classic crime fiction. Wealthy, confident, and handsome, Charles Van Drift is not accustomed to being swindled and his brush with Colonel Clay both rattles and infuriates him. As his South African diamond fortune takes hit after hit from the quick-witted master of disguise, Allen leaves even the… Shares Classic Literature, Mystery

Life, the Universe and Everything Douglas Adams · 1982 · ★ 4.3 · 222p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Life, the Universe and Everything is the third book in the five-volume Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy science fiction "trilogy" by British writer Douglas Adams. The title refers to the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything. ---------- Also contained in: - [Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts][1] - Hitchhiker's Trilogy - [More Than Complete… Shares Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction

A Dream of Armageddon H. G. Wells · 2003 · 44p · ≈ 1h · Light A mild-mannered 19th Century clerk dreams of being a world leader in an apocalyptic future. But is it just a dream? Shares Science Fiction & Fantasy, Classic Literature

Player Piano Kurt Vonnegut · 1952 · ★ 3.9 · 322p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a super computer and run completely by machines. Paul's rebellion is vintage Vonnegut - wildly funny, deadly serious, and terrifyingly close to reality. Shares Science Fiction & Fantasy, Classic Literature, Science Fiction, Mystery

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 Ciencia-ficción, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Classic Literature, Science Fiction

Starman Jones Robert A. Heinlein · 1953 · ★ 3.9 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate When his stepmother's remarriage drives him from home, Max and a hobo fake their way into the Space Stewards, Cooks, and Purser's Clerks brotherhood to get an opportunity for space travel in an age when only the wealthy are privileged. Shares Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction

Deathworld 1 Harry Harrison · 1960 · ★ 3.9 · 158p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "Deathworld" centers on Jason dinAlt, a professional gambler who uses his somewhat erratic psionic abilities to tip the odds in his favor. He is challenged by a man named Kerk Pyrrus (who turns out to be the ambassador from the planet Pyrrus) to turn a large amount of money into an immense sum by gambling at a government-run casino. He succeeds and survives the planetary government's desperate… Shares Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction

The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury · 1950 · ★ 4.2 · 277p · ≈ 9h · Moderate This is a collection of science fiction short stories, cleverly cobbled together to form a coherent and very readable novel about a future colonization of Mars. As the stories progress chronologically the author tells how the first humans colonized Mars, initially sharing the planet with a handful of Martians. When Earth is devastated by nuclear war the colony is left to fend for itself and the… Shares Ciencia-ficción, Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction

The Paradise Mystery Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 210p · ≈ 7h · Moderate American tourists, sure appreciators of all that is ancient and picturesque in England, invariably come to a halt, holding their breath in a sudden catch of wonder, as they pass through the half-ruinous gateway which admits to the Close of Wrychester. Nowhere else in England is there a fairer prospect of old-world peace. There before their eyes, set in the centre of a great green sward, fringed… Shares Classic Literature, Mystery

Who Goes There? John W. Campbell, Jr. · 1948 · ★ 4.0 · 230p · ≈ 7h · Moderate A remote scientific research expedition at the North Pole is invaded by a monstrous alien, reawakened after lying frozen for centuries after a crash-landing. The alien is intelligent, cunning and a shape-changer who can assume the form and personality of anything it destroys and soon it is among the men of the expedition, killing and replacing them, using its shape-changing ability to lull the… Shares Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Mystery

The Girl and the Gravedigger

The Girl and the Gravedigger Oliver Pötzsch & Lisa Reinhardt Shares Mystery with this book.

To Crown It All

To Crown It All Rhys Bowen Shares Mystery with this book.

Small Mercies

Small Mercies Dennis Lehane · 2023 · ★ 4.5 Instant New York Times Bestseller“Small Mercies is thought provoking, engaging, enraging, and can’t-put-it-down entertainment.” — Stephen KingThe acclaimed New York Times bestselling writer returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic River—an all-consuming tale of revenge, family love, festering hate, and insidious power, set against one of the most tumultuous episodes in Boston’s… Shares Mystery

A Swirl of Shadows

A Swirl of Shadows Andrea Penrose Shares Mystery with this book.

The Drowned

The Drowned John Banville Shares Mystery with this book.

The Dove of Death

The Dove of Death Peter Tremayne Shares Mystery with this book.

Murder at Archly Manor

Murder at Archly Manor Sara Rosett · 2018 · 318p · ≈ 10h · Moderate A high-society murder. An spirited lady detective. Can she out-class the killer before an innocent person takes the fall? London, 1923. Olive Belgrave needs a job. Despite her aristocratic upbringing, she’s penniless. Determined to support herself, she jumps at an unconventional job—looking into the background of her cousin’s fiancé, Alfred.  Alfred burst into the upper crust world of London’s… Shares Mystery

Poisoned Season, A

Poisoned Season, A Tasha Alexander Shares Mystery with this book.

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