Books Like Dark Matter

Loved Dark Matter by Blake Crouch? If its science fiction, parallel universe and fast-paced hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Project Hail Mary, Jurassic Park and The Final Twist. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Dark Matter: Science Fiction · Parallel Universe · Fast-Paced · Thriller · Twisty

Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir

Scientist Protagonist · Physics · Science Fiction · Plot-Driven · Fast-Paced

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Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton

Scientist Protagonist · Science Fiction · Thriller · Fast-Paced · Plot-Driven

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The Final Twist
Jeffery Deaver

Race Against Time · Thriller · Plot-Driven · Tense and Suspenseful · Fast-Paced

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Kiss the Girls
James Patterson

Tense and Suspenseful · Fast-Paced · Thriller · Short Chapters · Plot-Driven

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The Tenant
Freida McFadden

Tense and Suspenseful · Fast-Paced · Thriller · Twisty · Short Chapters

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Th1rt3en
Steve Cavanagh

Twisty · Short Chapters · Thriller · Plot-Driven · Tense and Suspenseful

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Zero Days
Ruth Ware

Tense and Suspenseful · Fast-Paced · Thriller · Plot-Driven · Twisty

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NO EXIT
Taylor Adams

Fast-Paced · Thriller · Plot-Driven · Race Against Time · Tense and Suspenseful

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The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown

Fast-Paced · Thriller · Twisty · Short Chapters · Plot-Driven

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The Running Man
Richard Bachman

Fast-Paced · Short Chapters · Thriller · Science Fiction · Race Against Time

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Boy Nobody
Allen Zadoff

Fast-Paced · Thriller · Sparse Prose · Plot-Driven · Tense and Suspenseful

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Patient Zero
Jonathan Maberry

Thriller · Plot-Driven · Fast-Paced · Race Against Time · Science Fiction

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No One Saw a Thing
Andrea Mara

Thriller · Twisty · Short Chapters · Tense and Suspenseful · Plot-Driven

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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson

Short Chapters · Plot-Driven · Tense and Suspenseful · Fast-Paced · Thriller

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The Butcher's Masquerade
Matt Dinniman

Fast-Paced · Race Against Time · Tense and Suspenseful · Plot-Driven · Science Fiction

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The Kind Worth Killing
Peter Swanson

Tense and Suspenseful · Thriller · Twisty · Fast-Paced · Plot-Driven

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The 6:20 Man
David Baldacci

Short Chapters · Thriller · Plot-Driven · Fast-Paced · Tense and Suspenseful

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We Used to Live Here
Marcus Kliewer

Tense and Suspenseful · Twisty · Short Chapters · Parallel Universe · Intense

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The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin

Scientist Protagonist · Physics · Science Fiction · Plot-Driven · Intense

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Without Sanction
Don Bentley

Fast-Paced · Thriller · Race Against Time · Plot-Driven · Tense and Suspenseful

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