20 Best science fiction books like Primitives by Erich Krauss

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Primitives

By: Erich Krauss

3.88

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Erich Krauss comes Primitives, the story of two unlikely her…

If you liked the science fiction plot in Primitives by Erich Krauss , here is a list of 20 books like this:

1. The Praxis (Dread Empire's Fall, #1)

By: Walter Jon Williams

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

All will must bend to the perfect truth of The Praxis. For millennia, the Shaa have subjugated the … read more

Similar categories in Walter Jon Williams's The Praxis (Dread Empire's Fall, #1) book and Erich Krauss's Primitives

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2. The Kaiju Preservation Society

By: John Scalzi

3.99

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food deliv… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's The Kaiju Preservation Society book and Erich Krauss's Primitives

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I lift things."

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

"So we’re the monster police, too?"

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

"...if you're only reading books because you have to, it becomes much less fun."

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

"My brain said. Just walk away. [...] But even as my brain was saying that, my body was turning back, becaus like puppies we are enculturated to turn when our name is called."

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

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3. Cold People

By: Tom Rob Smith

3.52

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

The world has fallen. Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has claimed the planet for… read more

Similar categories in Tom Rob Smith's Cold People book and Erich Krauss's Primitives

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fantasy
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4. 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

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Starter Villain book and Erich Krauss's Primitives

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"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

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5. The Ferryman

By: Justin Cronin

3.93

Format: 538 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Passage comes a riveting standalone novel about a… read more

Similar categories in Justin Cronin's The Ferryman book and Erich Krauss's Primitives

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
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6. Upgrade

By: Blake Crouch

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You are the next step in human evolution. At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s diffe… read more

Similar categories in Blake Crouch's Upgrade book and Erich Krauss's Primitives

  • mystery thriller
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
"I had extraordinary dreams, and an ordinary mind."

-Blake Crouch, Upgrade

"I could not choose my desires, only whether to pursue them."

-Blake Crouch, Upgrade

"Human nature will be the last part of nature to surrender to man.- C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man"

-Blake Crouch, Upgrade

"It is a supremely cruel thing to have your mind conjure a desire which it is functionally unable to realize. No one teaches you how to handle the death of a dream."

-Blake Crouch, Upgrade

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7. Leech

By: Hiron Ennes

3.60

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

In an isolated chateau, as far north as north goes, the baron’s doctor has died. The doctor’s repla… read more

Similar categories in Hiron Ennes's Leech book and Erich Krauss's Primitives

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Wherever we are, we want to be somewhere else."

-Hiron Ennes, Leech

Cover of Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1) by M.R. Carey

8. Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1)

By: M.R. Carey

4.17

Format: 499 pages, Paperback

 From bestselling author M. R. Carey comes a brilliant genre-defying story of humanity's expansion … read more

Similar categories in M.R. Carey's Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1) book and Erich Krauss's Primitives

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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9. Mickey7 (Mickey7, #1)

By: Edward Ashton

3.75

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Dying isn’t any fun…but at least it’s a living. Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable employee … read more

Similar categories in Edward Ashton's Mickey7 (Mickey7, #1) book and Erich Krauss's Primitives

  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I’ve always believed it’s important to accept the people in your life for who they are. There’s no such thing as a perfect friend, any more than there’s any such thing as a perfect anything, and if y…"

-Edward Ashton, Mickey7 (Mickey7, #1)

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10. Service Model

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

To fix the world they first must break it further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Service Model book and Erich Krauss's Primitives

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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11. Sleepwalk

By: Dan Chaon

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A high speed and darkly comic road trip through a near future America with a big hearted mercenary,… read more

Similar categories in Dan Chaon's Sleepwalk book and Erich Krauss's Primitives

  • mystery thriller
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • science fiction
"There's a rare few that are able to drift through life without being owned by someone."

-Dan Chaon, Sleepwalk

"It was disconcerting to live in a time in which accepting reality required a suspension of disbelief."

-Dan Chaon, Sleepwalk

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12. Aurora

By: David Koepp

3.79

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Cold Storage comes a riveting, eerily plausible thriller, told with the menace a… read more

Similar categories in David Koepp's Aurora book and Erich Krauss's Primitives

  • mystery thriller
  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
"on September 4, 1882, Thomas Edison would turn on the generators at Pearl Street Station, in Lower Manhattan, activating America's first power grid. Human beings were on the path to total electrical …"

-David Koepp, Aurora

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13. Generation Ship

By: Michael Mammay

3.83

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

In this riveting, stand-alone novel from Michael Mammay, author of  Planetside,  the beginning of a… read more

Similar categories in Michael Mammay's Generation Ship book and Erich Krauss's Primitives

  • science fiction
  • fiction
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14. Lost in Time

By: A.G. Riddle

4.20

Format: 455 pages, Kindle Edition

Control the past.Save the future. One morning, Dr. Sam Anderson wakes up to find that the woman he … read more

Similar categories in A.G. Riddle's Lost in Time book and Erich Krauss's Primitives

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
"Our future is written in the past, and it's the adventure of a lifetime."

-A.G. Riddle, Lost in Time

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15. Ascension

By: Nicholas Binge

3.58

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A mind-bending speculative thriller in which the sudden appearance of a mountain in the middle of t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Binge's Ascension book and Erich Krauss's Primitives

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
"There’s something that runs deeper than that – biological instinct, perhaps, that won’t let you go through with mutilating yourself."

-Nicholas Binge, Ascension

"People like to think empathy means being able to imagine how you'd feel in a certain situation,' she said, head tilted, holding my gaze. 'But it really doesn't. It means being able to imagine how the…"

-Nicholas Binge, Ascension

Cover of Wayward (Wanderers, #2) by Chuck Wendig

16. Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

By: Chuck Wendig

4.21

Format: 816 pages, Hardcover

Five years ago, ordinary Americans fell under the grip of a strange new malady that caused them to … read more

Similar categories in Chuck Wendig's Wayward (Wanderers, #2) book and Erich Krauss's Primitives

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fantasy
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17. Walk the Vanished Earth

By: Erin Swan

3.78

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Station Eleven, Severance and The Dog Stars, a beautifully written and emotiona… read more

Similar categories in Erin Swan's Walk the Vanished Earth book and Erich Krauss's Primitives

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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18. Lost Ark Dreaming

By: Suyi Davies Okungbowa

3.69

Format: 179 pages, Hardcover

The brutally engineered class divisions of Snowpiercer meets Rivers Solomon’s The Deep in this high… read more

Similar categories in Suyi Davies Okungbowa's Lost Ark Dreaming book and Erich Krauss's Primitives

  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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19. Primitives

By: Erich Krauss

3.88

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Erich Krauss comes Primitives, the story of two unlikely her… read more

Similar categories in Erich Krauss's Primitives book and Erich Krauss's Primitives

  • mystery thriller
  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
Cover of Child Zero by Chris  Holm

20. Child Zero

By: Chris Holm

3.63

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

From molecular biologist turned Anthony Award-winning author of THE KILLING KIND comes a fact-based… read more

Similar categories in Chris Holm's Child Zero book and Erich Krauss's Primitives

  • mystery thriller
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • science fiction
Cover of Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2) by M.R. Carey

21. Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2)

By: M.R. Carey

4.36

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

Following the critically acclaimed Infinity Gate comes the second and final novel in the Pandominio… read more

Similar categories in M.R. Carey's Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2) book and Erich Krauss's Primitives

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fantasy
  • fiction

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Tom Rob Smith

3.52

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Justin Cronin

3.93

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Hiron Ennes

3.60

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David Koepp

3.79

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Peter Watts

4.01

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Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

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4.51

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