26 Best fiction books like Recursion by Blake Crouch

Cover of Recursion by Blake Crouch

Recursion

By: Blake Crouch

4.17

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Memory makes reality. That's what NYC cop Barry Sutton is learning, as he investigates the devas…

"I think balance is for people who don't know why they're here."

-Blake Crouch, Recursion

"Is déjà vu actually the specter of false timelines that never happened but did, casting their shadows upon reality?"

-Blake Crouch, Recursion

"With no way out, no endgame in sight, and everyone she loves gone, she is unsure how much longer she will keep doing this."

-Blake Crouch, Recursion

"Consciousness is a result of environment. Our cognitions - our idea of reality - are shaped by what we can perceive, by the limitations of our senses."

-Blake Crouch, Recursion

If you liked the fiction plot in Recursion by Blake Crouch , here is a list of 26 books like this:

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1. Artemis

By: Andy Weir

3.69

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon… read more

Similar categories in Andy Weir's Artemis book and Blake Crouch's Recursion

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Goddamn, it’s annoying to commit crimes in a small town."

-Andy Weir, Artemis

"And like all good plans, it required a crazy Ukrainian guy."

-Andy Weir, Artemis

"The moon is a nice place to pass out. You hit the ground very gently."

-Andy Weir, Artemis

"Hartnell's was for drinking. And you could get any drink you wanted, as long as it was beer."

-Andy Weir, Artemis

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2. The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)

By: Liu Cixin , Joel Martinsen

4.41

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

This is the second novel in "Remembrance of Earth’s Past", the near-future trilogy written by China… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) by Martha Wells

3. All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

By: Martha Wells

4.15

Format: 144 pages, ebook

"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure." In a corporate-dominated space-farin… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) book and Blake Crouch's Recursion

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"On the entertainment feed, this is what they call an “oh shit"

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

"They don't give murderbots decent education modules on anything except murdering, even those are cheap versions."

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

"If the humans see me actually doing my job, it helps keep suspicions from forming about faulty governor modules."

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

"I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without the other."

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

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4. The Gone World

By: Tom Sweterlitsch

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Inception meets True Detective in this science-fiction thriller of spellbinding tension and stagger… read more

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  • time travel
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • science fiction
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5. Dust (Silo, #3)

By: Hugh Howey

3.97

Format: 250 pages,

The much-anticipated final instalment of the Wool trilogy. In the aftermath of the uprising, the pe… read more

Similar categories in Hugh Howey's Dust (Silo, #3) book and Blake Crouch's Recursion

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) by Pierce Brown

6. Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

By: Pierce Brown

4.27

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

"I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. "That they will be what they l… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Break the chains, my love."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

"Rather a drink be my master than a man."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

"Death is easy when you've already tried to find it."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

"Dreamers like your wife are limited, little Helldiver."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

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7. The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin

4.08

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals in… read more

Similar categories in Ken Liu's The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) book and Blake Crouch's Recursion

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It’s easy to be led to the abyss."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"Your lack of fear is based on your ignorance."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"Intellectuals always make a fuss about nothing."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"A woman should be like water, able to flow over and around anything."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

Cover of Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3) by Pierce Brown

8. Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)

By: Pierce Brown

None

Format: 525 pages, Hardcover

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his … read more

Similar categories in Pierce Brown's Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3) book and Blake Crouch's Recursion

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

9. Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)

By: Hugh Howey

4.22

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

This Omnibus Edition collects the five Wool books into a single volume. It is for those who arrived… read more

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10. Children of Time

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A race for survival among the stars... Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find a ne… read more

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11. The Martian

By: Andy Weir

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s s… read more

Similar categories in Andy Weir's The Martian book and Blake Crouch's Recursion

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Hey,"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"Elrond,"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"Do you believe in God, Venkat?"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"WATNEY: Look! A pair of boobs! -> (.Y.)."

-Andy Weir, The Martian

12. Shift (Shift, #1-3; Silo, #2)

By: Hugh Howey

2.00

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platform… read more

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13. None of This Is True

By: Lisa Jewell

4.12

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jewell's None of This Is True book and Blake Crouch's Recursion

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Acting as if there is something wrong with me, when there isn't. It's the world that's wrong, you and I both know that."

-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

"Being with so many people felt right, and afterward at the wake thrown by Nathan's company at a huge bar in Paddington overlooking the canal, with seats outside and bottomless champagne and a playlis…"

-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

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14. First Lie Wins

By: Ashley Elston

4.05

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house w… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Elston's First Lie Wins book and Blake Crouch's Recursion

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

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15. The Only One Left

By: Riley Sager

4.14

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

At seventeen, Lenora Hope Hung her sister with a rope Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Ho… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You're never alone when there's a book,' she used to say. 'Never ever."

-Riley Sager, The Only One Left

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16. Listen for the Lie

By: Amy Tintera

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Men say shit,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"What are you doing here?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"We were all so repressed in our twenties,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"Lucy, didn’t you want to be a writer once?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

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17. Starter Villain

By: John Scalzi

4.16

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

Cover of The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1) by James  Islington

18. The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

By: James Islington

4.63

Format: 639 pages, Kindle Edition

At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secret… read more

Similar categories in James Islington's The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1) book and Blake Crouch's Recursion

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Death is only meaningless if it does not change us, Vis."

-James Islington, The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

"I am curious about no small number of things, but it's not fair to sate my curiosity at the expense of her pain."

-James Islington, The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

"And this is the risk of our world, Diago. The flaw of our system is in its head. In us. The qualities of a king change the kingdom. And not one of us is perfect enough to have a right to lead ... I w…"

-James Islington, The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

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19. The Last Murder at the End of the World

By: Stuart Turton

3.68

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Wat… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Turton's The Last Murder at the End of the World book and Blake Crouch's Recursion

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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20. Sea of Tranquility

By: Emily St. John Mandel

4.07

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

A novel of art, time travel, love, and plague that takes the reader from Vancouver Island in 1912 t… read more

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  • time travel
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It seems like it’s been fairly well contained,"

-Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility

"You should have told me my cat was a time traveler."

-Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility

"There's a low-level, specific pain and having to accept that putting up with you requires a certain generosity of spirit in your loved ones."

-Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility

"What if one were to dissolve into the wilderness like salt into water. He wants to go home. For the first time, Edwin begins to worry about his sanity."

-Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility

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21. Project Hail Mary

By: Andy Weir

4.51

Format: 476 pages, Hardcover

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and… read more

Similar categories in Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary book and Blake Crouch's Recursion

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"No. You no can die. You are friend."

-Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

"Usually you not stupid. Why stupid, question?"

-Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

"He puts his claw against the divider. “Fist my bump."

-Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

"Grumpy. Angry. Stupid. How long since last sleep, question?"

-Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

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22. Recursion

By: Blake Crouch

4.17

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Memory makes reality. That's what NYC cop Barry Sutton is learning, as he investigates the devas… read more

Similar categories in Blake Crouch's Recursion book and Blake Crouch's Recursion

  • mystery thriller
  • time travel
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"I think balance is for people who don't know why they're here."

-Blake Crouch, Recursion

"Is déjà vu actually the specter of false timelines that never happened but did, casting their shadows upon reality?"

-Blake Crouch, Recursion

"With no way out, no endgame in sight, and everyone she loves gone, she is unsure how much longer she will keep doing this."

-Blake Crouch, Recursion

"Consciousness is a result of environment. Our cognitions - our idea of reality - are shaped by what we can perceive, by the limitations of our senses."

-Blake Crouch, Recursion

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23. The Book of Doors

By: Gareth Brown

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

If you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go? In New York City, bookseller Cassie An… read more

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  • time travel
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It's not the number of books that matters, is it? It's what one does with them."

-Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

"One does not look at a dog and assume it is the only animal to exist. ~ Edmund Fox"

-Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

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24. Artificial Wisdom

By: Thomas R. Weaver

4.09

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

It’s 2050, a decade after a heatwave that killed four hundred million across the Persian Gulf, incl… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

25. The Ministry of Time

By: Kaliane Bradley

3.62

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the natu… read more

Similar categories in Kaliane Bradley's The Ministry of Time book and Blake Crouch's Recursion

  • time travel
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"And then when she was given a second chance, she caught the sword and came up singing."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"You'll have lived through heat waves by now, and you'll know that they make time go utterly Dali clocks."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"What was it like, to be the only one who came back? The only one who still had a body to touch, to hurt, to yearn with? The last one still able to die?"

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"He was here, by and with and in my body. He lives in me like trauma does. If you ever fall in love, you’ll be a person who was in love for the rest of your life."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

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26. The Family Experiment

By: John Marrs

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of The One and The Marriage Act, The Family Experiment is a dark and bril… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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27. Middle of the Night

By: Riley Sager

3.74

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

In the latest jaw-dropping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager, a man must … read more

Similar categories in Riley Sager's Middle of the Night book and Blake Crouch's Recursion

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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28. Look Closer

By: David Ellis

4.21

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

"Simon and Vicky couldn't seem more a wealthy Chicago couple with a stable, if unexciting, marriag… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The brilliance of the law is that it's not concerned with one person but with a system applicable to all. It protects the guilty so it can protect the innocent."

-David Ellis, Look Closer

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29. The One

By: John Marrs

4.11

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

How far would you go to find The One? A simple DNA test is all it takes. Just a quick mouth swab… read more

Similar categories in John Marrs's The One book and Blake Crouch's Recursion

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Don't worry, the only skeletons in my closet belong to the mice."

-John Marrs, The One

"Trying to come up with one answer to suit everyone was like trying to push the tide back into the ocean with a broom"

-John Marrs, The One

"Maybe when you took it back to the basics, that's what love really was: just being there for someone when the sun rises and sets.- Jade"

-John Marrs, The One

"Sometimes, the grass is not greener on the other side, and we should stay in the field where we belong. And sometimes we just need to take a gamble and hope for the best."

-John Marrs, The One

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Pierce Brown

4.27

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