11 best-selling thriller books like Metronome by Tom Watson

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Metronome

By: Tom Watson

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An eerie, striking debut by an award-winning author for fans of Emma Stonex, Francine Toon and Mega…

If you liked the thriller plot in Metronome by Tom Watson , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. HappyHead (HappyHead, #1)

By: Josh Silver

4.04

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, 2024 Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing, 2024 An Ama… read more

Similar categories in Josh Silver's HappyHead (HappyHead, #1) book and Tom Watson's Metronome

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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2. The Seventh Son

By: Sebastian Faulks

3.60

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

A CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING When a young woman named Talissa answers an adve… read more

Similar categories in Sebastian Faulks's The Seventh Son book and Tom Watson's Metronome

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
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3. In Ascension

By: Martin MacInnes

3.79

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

An astonishing novel about a young microbiologist investigating an unfathomable deep vent in the oc… read more

Similar categories in Martin MacInnes's In Ascension book and Tom Watson's Metronome

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
"I questioned what else I had already missed so far, in my own life, simply through the limits of my character."

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

"Once he had committed to this life, there was no way he could get out of it. He was angry at us, his daughters, because the financial demands of our existence bound him to it."

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

"I kind of love it. It's so macabre. The reason we haven't seen or heard from anything off-world is that reaching off-world status is a civilisational death knell. Life either gets stuck there or dest…"

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

"The air was thick with teeming life, just as the oceans and the rivers were. A spoonful of seawater or a pinch of soil between your fingers held billions of living things. We were blind to this out o…"

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

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4. The Collapsing Wave: The epic, awe-inspiring new novel from the author of BBC 2’s Between the Covers pick THE SPACE BETWEEN US (The Enceladons Trilogy)

By: Doug Johnstone

4.37

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

Ava, Lennox and Heather make contact with alien Sandy and head for a profound confrontation that co… read more

Similar categories in Doug Johnstone's The Collapsing Wave: The epic, awe-inspiring new novel from the author of BBC 2’s Between the Covers pick THE SPACE BETWEEN US (The Enceladons Trilogy) book and Tom Watson's Metronome

  • science fiction
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5. The Woman in the Garden (Eustacia Rose #1)

By: Jill Johnson

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

I've always been better with plants than people . . . Eustacia Rose is a Professor of Botanical … read more

Similar categories in Jill Johnson's The Woman in the Garden (Eustacia Rose #1) book and Tom Watson's Metronome

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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6. Metronome

By: Tom Watson

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An eerie, striking debut by an award-winning author for fans of Emma Stonex, Francine Toon and Mega… read more

Similar categories in Tom Watson's Metronome book and Tom Watson's Metronome

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • suspense
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
  • science fiction
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7. The Stranding

By: Kate Sawyer

4.21

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Ruth lives in the heart of the city. Working, drinking, falling in love: the rhythm of her vivid an… read more

Similar categories in Kate Sawyer's The Stranding book and Tom Watson's Metronome

  • literary fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
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8. The Space Between Us

By: Doug Johnstone

3.86

Format: 276 pages, Paperback

When several people suffer strokes after seeing dazzling lights over Edinburgh, then awake complete… read more

Similar categories in Doug Johnstone's The Space Between Us book and Tom Watson's Metronome

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
  • science fiction
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9. The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley

By: Sean Lusk

3.90

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Zachary Cloudesley is gifted in a remarkable way. But not all gifts are a blessing... Leadenhall… read more

Similar categories in Sean Lusk's The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley book and Tom Watson's Metronome

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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10. The Dictator's Wife

By: Freya Berry

3.34

Format: None pages, Hardcover

'I know you would like to hate me. History is written by the victors, and these are always men...' … read more

Similar categories in Freya Berry's The Dictator's Wife book and Tom Watson's Metronome

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
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11. The Pharmacist

By: Rachelle Atalla

3.62

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the end, very few people made it to the bunker. Now they wait there for the outside world to hea… read more

Similar categories in Rachelle Atalla's The Pharmacist book and Tom Watson's Metronome

  • suspense
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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12. The Collector

By: Laura Kat Young

3.28

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A frightening dystopian horror novel where grief is forbidden and purged from the mind – a nightmar… read more

Similar categories in Laura Kat Young's The Collector book and Tom Watson's Metronome

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
Cover of Tomorrow's Children by Daniel Polansky

13. Tomorrow's Children

By: Daniel Polansky

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From Hugo Award nominated author comes a high-octane post-apocalyptic romp set in the ruins of Manh… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Polansky's Tomorrow's Children book and Tom Watson's Metronome

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
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14. Plutoshine

By: Lucy Kissick

3.88

Format: 410 pages, Hardcover

Terraforming - the megascale-engineering of a planet's surface to one more Earth-like - is now comm… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Kissick's Plutoshine book and Tom Watson's Metronome

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
  • science fiction
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15. Extinction

By: Bradley Somer

3.40

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

"Tale of wilderness survival and pursuit, told in lean, propulsive prose, but with a twist ... Some… read more

Similar categories in Bradley Somer's Extinction book and Tom Watson's Metronome

  • suspense
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
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16. Two Storm Wood

By: Philip Gray

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this thriller set on the battlefields of the Somme after the end of World War I, a woman investi… read more

Similar categories in Philip Gray's Two Storm Wood book and Tom Watson's Metronome

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • suspense
Cover of The Forcing by Paul E. Hardisty

17. The Forcing

By: Paul E. Hardisty

3.90

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Lured by rumours of tropical sanctuary, a disparate group of men and women escape their inhospitabl… read more

Similar categories in Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing book and Tom Watson's Metronome

  • suspense
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
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18. What Survives

By: M. Amelia Eikli

4.46

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

After a devastating global pandemic, the world has gone quiet. She hasn’t seen another living soul … read more

Similar categories in M. Amelia Eikli's What Survives book and Tom Watson's Metronome

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. The Coral Bones

By: E.J. Swift

4.11

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

This is what it looks like when coral dies. Present day. Marine biologist Hana Ishikawa is racin… read more

Similar categories in E.J. Swift's The Coral Bones book and Tom Watson's Metronome

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
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20. Under the Blue

By: Oana Aristide

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A road trip beneath clear blue skies and a blazing sun: a reclusive artist is forced to abandon his… read more

Similar categories in Oana Aristide's Under the Blue book and Tom Watson's Metronome

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
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21. The Last Good Man

By: Thomas McMullan

3.47

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Duncan Peck has travelled alone to Dartmoor in search of his cousin. He has come from the city, whe… read more

Similar categories in Thomas McMullan's The Last Good Man book and Tom Watson's Metronome

  • dystopia
  • fiction

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3.52

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K.J. Parker

4.24

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4.06

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