11 best-selling speculative fiction books like The Forcing by Paul E. Hardisty

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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…

If you liked the speculative fiction plot in The Forcing by Paul E. Hardisty , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of HappyHead (HappyHead, #1) by Josh  Silver

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 Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing

  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • dystopia
  • fiction
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2. Now We Are Animals

By: R.P. Nathan

4.30

Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition

What would you do if the human race suddenly got deposed by a higher species who set about colonisi… read more

Similar categories in R.P. Nathan's Now We Are Animals book and Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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3. The Silence Project

By: Carole Hailey

3.76

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

On Emilia Morris's thirteenth birthday, her mother Rachel moves into a tent at the bottom of their … read more

Similar categories in Carole Hailey's The Silence Project book and Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing

  • dystopia
  • fiction
Cover of Donate (Eyes Forward #1) by Emma   Ellis

4. Donate (Eyes Forward #1)

By: Emma Ellis

4.10

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

Mae finds herself pregnant in a world where the global population has hit twenty billion, and gover… read more

Similar categories in Emma Ellis's Donate (Eyes Forward #1) book and Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing

  • dystopia
  • fiction
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5. The Sentence

By: Christina Dalcher

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A law intended to end capital punishment. Prosecutors who seek the death penalty put their lives… read more

Similar categories in Christina Dalcher's The Sentence book and Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
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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 Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing

  • suspense
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
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7. 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 Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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8. Off Target

By: Eve Smith

4.03

Format: 357 pages, Paperback

When a one-night stand leads to a long-desired pregnancy, Susan will do anything to ensure her husb… read more

Similar categories in Eve Smith's Off Target book and Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing

  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • dystopia
  • speculative fiction
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9. 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 Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
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10. The After Days

By: Amy Ginsburg

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

In a world without power, you need the power of friendship and love to survive."This is far and awa… read more

Similar categories in Amy Ginsburg's The After Days book and Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing

  • dystopia
  • fiction
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11. 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 Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing

  • apocalyptic
  • suspense
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
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12. The Last Woman in the World

By: Inga Simpson

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Award-winning novelist and nature writer Inga Simpson terrifies and enthralls with this truly remar… read more

Similar categories in Inga Simpson's The Last Woman in the World book and Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
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13. Beautiful Shining People

By: Michael Grothaus

4.10

Format: 431 pages, Kindle Edition

A damaged teenage tech prodigy meets an enigmatic waitress in a tiny Tokyo café, sparking an epic j… read more

Similar categories in Michael Grothaus's Beautiful Shining People book and Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"Mob mentality rules when people are anxious and scared, and looking for someone to blame for their unhappiness and hurts and fears."

-Michael Grothaus, Beautiful Shining People

"The splotches of sun breaking through the gaps in the maples sway across her face. It’s as if luminous beings live just beneath her skin."

-Michael Grothaus, Beautiful Shining People

"Being out here, me and Neotnia, under those stars, I realize that even though we’re so small, our differences are as vast as the spaces between them."

-Michael Grothaus, Beautiful Shining People

"Let people misjudge you – condemn you, even,’ she says for Goeido as he speaks again. ‘Smile at them, then carry on with your life. Their faults weaken only them."

-Michael Grothaus, Beautiful Shining People

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14. End of Story

By: Louise Swanson

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Too much imagination can be a dangerous thing It's the year 2035 and fiction has been banned b… read more

Similar categories in Louise Swanson's End of Story book and Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Forcing by Paul E. Hardisty

15. 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 Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing

  • apocalyptic
  • thriller
  • suspense
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • climate change
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of What Survives by M. Amelia Eikli

16. 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 Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing

  • dystopia
  • apocalyptic
  • fiction
Cover of One by Eve   Smith

17. One

By: Eve Smith

4.12

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

A powerful, prescient speculative thriller: a woman’s job of enforcing climate-emergency Britain’s … read more

Similar categories in Eve Smith's One book and Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing

  • suspense
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
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18. The Treatment

By: Sarah Moorhead

3.40

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

The future of law enforcement has arrived, courtesy of private health contractor Janus Justice. The… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Moorhead's The Treatment book and Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing

  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • dystopia
  • fiction
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19. 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 Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing

  • dystopia
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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20. Evergreens

By: Liam Brown

3.80

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

What if you could stay young forever? What if you never had to grow old? Ben has no qualms abou… read more

Similar categories in Liam Brown's Evergreens book and Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing

  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of This Fragile Earth by Susannah Wise

21. This Fragile Earth

By: Susannah Wise

3.38

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

What would you do to protect your family if the world stopped working?Not long from now, in a recog… read more

Similar categories in Susannah Wise's This Fragile Earth book and Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction

20 must-read fiction books like The Forcing by Paul E. Hardisty

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HappyHead (HappyHead, #1)

Josh Silver

4.04

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Now We Are Animals

R.P. Nathan

4.30

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The Silence Project

Carole Hailey

3.76

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Donate (Eyes Forward #1)

Emma Ellis

4.10

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HappyHead (HappyHead, #1)

Josh Silver

4.04

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The Seventh Son

Sebastian Faulks

3.60

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In Ascension

Martin MacInnes

3.79

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Jill Johnson

3.62

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