18 books like Three

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

Morningside Fall Jay Posey · 2014 · ★ 4.1 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Moderate The lone gunman Three is gone, and Wren is the new governor of the devastated settlement of Morningside, but there is turmoil in the city. When his life is put in danger, Wren is forced to flee Morningside until he and his retinue can determine who can be trusted. They arrive at the border outpost, Ninestory, only to find it has been infested with Weir in greater numbers than anyone has ever… Shares: Apocalyptic, Post Apocalyptic, Dystopia, Zombies

Wool Hugh Howey · 2011 · ★ 4.2 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Moderate They live beneath the earth in a prison of their own making. There is a view of the outside world, a spoiled and rotten world, their forefathers left behind. But this view fades over time, ruined by the toxic airs that kill any who brave them. So they leave it to the criminals, those who break the rules, and who are sent to cleaning. Why do they do it, these people condemned to death? Sheriff… Shares: Apocalyptic, Post Apocalyptic, Dystopia, Science Fiction

Clockwork VRDraco · 2015 Clockwork is the inner workings of either clocks and watches (where it is also called the ''movement'') or other mechanical devices that work similarly, using a series of gears driven by a spring or a weight. Shares: Post Apocalyptic, Action

Clockwork VRDraco · 2015 Clockwork is the inner workings of either clocks and watches (where it is also called the ''movement'') or other mechanical devices that work similarly, using a series of gears driven by a spring or a weight. Shares: Post Apocalyptic, Action

Clockwork VRDraco · 2015 · ★ 3.9 Clockwork is the inner workings of either clocks and watches (where it is also called the ''movement'') or other mechanical devices that work similarly, using a series of gears driven by a spring or a weight. Shares: Post Apocalyptic, Action

Dead sea Brian Keene · 2007 · 344p · ≈ 11h · Moderate With zombies taking over the cities, a group of humans escapes the carnage by taking a small Coast Guard ship out to sea, but there's no getting away—even in the wide ocean. Shares: Zombies, Horror

Black House Stephen King · 2002 · ★ 4.1 · 1456p · ≈ 48h · Moderate Shares: Mothers and sons, Horror, Fantasy Shares: Mothers and sons, Horror, Fantasy

The Walking Dead, Vol. 1 Robert Kirkman · 2004 · ★ 4.3 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The world we knew is gone. The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months society has crumbled: no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. In a world ruled by the dead, the survivors are… Shares: Post Apocalyptic, Zombies, Horror

Delirium Susan Kaye Quinn · 2013 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Lirium plays the part of the grim reaper well, with his dark trenchcoat, jackboots, and the black marks on his soul that every debt collector carries. He's just in it for his cut, the ten percent of the life energy he collects before he transfers it on to the high potentials, the people who will make the world a better place with their brains, their work, and their lives. That hit of life energy,… Shares: Dystopia, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Sleeping Beauties Stephen King & Owen King · 2014 · ★ 3.7 · 944p · ≈ 31h · Moderate In this spectacular father/son collaboration, Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men? All around the world, something is happening to women when they fall asleep; they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed, the women become feral and… Shares: Dystopia, Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Boneshaker Cherie Priest · 2009 · ★ 3.4 · 404p · ≈ 13h · Moderate In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold in the frozen Klondike brought hordes of newcomers to the Pacific Northwest. Anxious to compete, Russian prospectors commissioned inventor Leviticus Blue to create a great machine that could mine through Alaska's ice. Thus was Dr. Blue's Incredible Bone-Shaking Drill Engine born. But on its first test run the Boneshaker went terribly awry,… Shares: Mothers and sons, Zombies

Every Sky a Grave Jay Posey · 2020 · ★ 3.7 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate HER WORD IS HER WEAPON. Mankind has spread out and conquered the galaxy by mastering the fundamental language of the universe. With the right training, the right application of words, truth itself can be rearranged. Language is literally power. Peace reigns now. Order reigns. For if a planet deviates too far from what the authorities plan, an agent is sent out to correct that. To quietly and… Shares: Dystopia, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Honourbound Rachel Harrison · 2019 · 359p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Commissar Severina Raine and the 11th Antari Rifles fight to subdue the spreading threat of Chaos burning across the Bale Stars. Little does Raine realise the key to victory lies in her own past, and in the ghosts that she carries with her. ------ Uncompromising and fierce, Commissar Severina Raine has always served the Imperium with the utmost distinction. Attached to the 11th Antari Rifles, she… Shares: Dystopia, Science Fiction, Fantasy

The Running Man Stephen King · 1982 · ★ 3.9 · 251p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The Running Man is a dystopian thriller novel by American writer Stephen King, first published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1982 as a paperback original. It was collected in 1985 in the omnibus The Bachman Books. The novel is set in a dystopian United States during the year 2025, in which the nation's economy is in ruins and world violence is rising. The story follows protagonist Ben… Shares: Dystopia, Horror, Science Fiction

Firebreak Nicole Kornher-Stace · 2021 · ★ 3.9 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Like everyone else she knows, Mallory is an orphan of the corporate war. As a child, she lost her parents, her home, and her entire building in an airstrike. As an adult, she lives in a cramped hotel room with eight other people, all of them working multiple jobs to try to afford water and make ends meet. And the job she’s best at is streaming a popular VR war game. The best part of the game… Shares: Dystopia, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Tarzan the Invincible Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1931 · ★ 3.7 Tarzan, his monkey friend Nkima, and Chief Muviro and his faithful Waziri warriors prevent Soviet communists from looting the lost city of Opar. The story also prominently features Tarzan's lion ally Jad-bal-ja. Goodreads Member: Frank liked it & rated it 3 of 5 stars: ''When I was 10 years old, my father gave me three books for Christmas: Treasure Island, The Swiss Family Robinson, and Tarzan… Shares: Action, Fantasy

Red Rising Pierce Brown · 2014 · ★ 4.4 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. "That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them." "I live for you," I say sadly. Eo kisses my cheek. "Then you must live for more." Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his… Shares: Dystopia, Fantasy

Kentukis Samanta Schweblin · 2014 · ★ 3.6 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate They've infiltrated homes in Hong Kong, shops in Vancouver, the streets of Senegal, town squares of Oaxaca, schools in Tel Aviv, bedrooms in Ohio. They're following you. They're everywhere now. They're us. In Samanta Schweblin's wildly imaginative new novel, Little Eyes, "kentukis" have gone viral across the globe. They're little mechanical stuffed animals that have cameras for eyes, wheels for… Shares: Dystopia, Horror, Science Fiction

About the book Three →