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Books Like Sphere

by Michael Crichton · about this book

Loved Sphere by Michael Crichton? If its science fiction, first contact and plot-driven hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Project Hail Mary, The Three-Body Problem and One by One. 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 Sphere: Science Fiction · First Contact · Plot-Driven · Ensemble Cast · Isolated Location Horror

1. 

   Project Hail Mary

   Andy Weir

   First Contact · Scientist Protagonist · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Space Exploration

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   The Three-Body Problem

   Liu Cixin

   First Contact · Scientist Protagonist · Science Fiction · Technology and Society · Plot-Driven

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   One by One

   Ruth Ware

   Locked In Together · Tense and Suspenseful · Psychological Thriller · Plot-Driven · Fast-Paced

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   The Pandora Room

   Christopher Golden

   Plot-Driven · Isolated Location Horror · Tense and Suspenseful · Psychological Horror · Thriller

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5. 

   Shroud

   Adrian Tchaikovsky

   First Contact · Survival Story · Scientist Protagonist · Isolated Location Horror · Science Fiction

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   Dark Matter

   Blake Crouch

   Scientist Protagonist · Tense and Suspenseful · Plot-Driven · Science Fiction · Thriller

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7. 

   Never Lie

   Freida McFadden

   Locked In Together · Tense and Suspenseful · Plot-Driven · Thriller · Short Chapters

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8. 

   We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

   Dennis E. Taylor

   First Contact · Scientist Protagonist · Science Fiction · Space Exploration · Short Chapters

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9. 

   Cold Eternity

   S.A. Barnes

   Isolated Location Horror · Psychological Horror · Science Fiction · Tense and Suspenseful · Thriller

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10. 

    The Never Game

    Jeffery Deaver

    Plot-Driven · Tense and Suspenseful · Technology and Society · Survival Story · Thriller

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11. 

    NO EXIT

    Taylor Adams

    Locked In Together · Tense and Suspenseful · Plot-Driven · Survival Story · Isolated Location Horror

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12. 

    The 6:20 Man

    David Baldacci

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

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13. 

    The Shining

    Stephen King

    Isolated Location Horror · Locked In Together · Tense and Suspenseful · Psychological Horror · Thriller

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14. 

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    Arthur C. Clarke

    First Contact · Science Fiction · Space Exploration · Scientist Protagonist · Eerie

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    Dungeon Crawler Carl

    Matt Dinniman

    Survival Story · Plot-Driven · Tense and Suspenseful · Science Fiction · Short Chapters

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16. 

    The Vault of Dreamers

    Caragh M. O'Brien

    Science Fiction · Technology and Society · Psychological Thriller · Tense and Suspenseful · Thriller

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17. 

    A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

    Holly Jackson

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

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18. 

    Godfall

    Van Jensen

    First Contact · Science Fiction · Plot-Driven · Thriller · Conspiracy

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19. 

    No One Saw a Thing

    Andrea Mara

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

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20. 

    Something in the Water

    Catherine Steadman

    Ocean and Ships · Tense and Suspenseful · Psychological Thriller · Plot-Driven · Thriller

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