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Books Like Prey

by Michael Crichton · about this book

Loved Prey by Michael Crichton? If its plot-driven, science fiction and technology and society hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with NO EXIT, Cold Storage and Dungeon Crawler Carl. 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 Prey: Plot-Driven · Science Fiction · Technology and Society · Corporate Greed · Tense and Suspenseful

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   NO EXIT

   Taylor Adams

   Ticking Clock · Race Against Time · Tense and Suspenseful · Isolated Location Horror · Survival Story

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   Cold Storage

   David Koepp

   Creature Feature · Race Against Time · Plot-Driven · Ticking Clock · Tense and Suspenseful

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   Dungeon Crawler Carl

   Matt Dinniman

   Creature Feature · Survival Story · Plot-Driven · Tense and Suspenseful · Fast-Paced

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4. 

   The Pandora Room

   Christopher Golden

   Desert · Isolated Location Horror · Race Against Time · Plot-Driven · Tense and Suspenseful

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5. 

   Dark Matter

   Blake Crouch

   Scientist Protagonist · Race Against Time · Tense and Suspenseful · Plot-Driven · Thriller

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   Ready Player Two

   Ernest Cline

   Artificial Intelligence · Near Future · Ticking Clock · Race Against Time · Technology and Society

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7. 

   The Loop

   Ben Oliver

   Artificial Intelligence · Technology and Society · Science Fiction · Race Against Time · Survival Story

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8. 

   South of Nowhere

   Jeffery Deaver

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

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9. 

   The Water Knife

   Paolo Bacigalupi

   Near Future · Desert · Science Fiction · Thriller · Survival Story

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10. 

    The Running Man

    Richard Bachman

    Near Future · Race Against Time · Thriller · Science Fiction · Short Chapters

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11. 

    Patient Zero

    Jonathan Maberry

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

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12. 

    Cold Eternity

    S.A. Barnes

    Corporate Greed · Isolated Location Horror · Science Fiction · Tense and Suspenseful · Thriller

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13. 

    Project Hail Mary

    Andy Weir

    Race Against Time · Scientist Protagonist · Ticking Clock · Survival Story · Science Fiction

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14. 

    All That We See or Seem

    Ken Liu

    Near Future · Artificial Intelligence · Technology and Society · Science Fiction · Thriller

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15. 

    Sea of Rust

    C. Robert Cargill

    Artificial Intelligence · Survival Story · Desert · Science Fiction · Near Future

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16. 

    Neuromancer

    William Gibson

    Artificial Intelligence · Near Future · Technology and Society · Science Fiction · Conspiracy

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17. 

    The War of the Worlds

    H. G. Wells

    Evolution · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Tense and Suspenseful · Technology and Society

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18. 

    Zero Days

    Ruth Ware

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

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19. 

    The Shining

    Stephen King

    Isolated Location Horror · Tense and Suspenseful · Marriage in Trouble · Thriller · Kids in Danger

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20. 

    The Island of Dr. Moreau

    Herbert George Wells

    Evolution · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Scientist Protagonist · Technology and Society

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