7 best-selling fiction books like The Recognition by J.G. Ballard

Cover of The Recognition by J.G. Ballard

The Recognition

By: J.G. Ballard

3.00

Format: None pages, None

Short story published in Dangerous Visions, Oct. 1967.

If you liked the fiction plot in The Recognition by J.G. Ballard , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) by Dennis E. Taylor

1. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.28

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate Cover Edition can be found here. Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Above my pay grade!"

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

"Thank God for family. And than GOD for a couple of miles of distance."

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

"Um. Ways in which a sentence beginning with the word "missiles" could be a good thing... Nope. I got nuthin'."

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

Cover of Ubik by Philip K. Dick, Manuel Espín, None

2. Ubik

By: Philip K. Dick , Manuel Espín , None

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Glen Runciter está muerto. ¿O lo están todos los demás? Lo que es seguro es que alguien ha muerto e… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Hey,"

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"One of these days,"

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"Ubik ... Safe when taken as directed."

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"My father told me what it used to feel like, waiting in the dentist's office. Every time the nurse opened the door you thought, It's happening. The thing I've been afraid of all my life."

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

3. Dangerous Visions

By: Isaac Asimov , John Brunner , Robert Silverberg , Carol Emshwiller , Fritz Leiber , Michael Moorcock , Frederik Pohl , Roger Zelazny , Robert Bloch , Damon Knight , Philip K. Dick , Keith Laumer , Norman Spinrad , Harlan Ellison , Larry Niven , Brian W. Aldiss , Theodore Sturgeon , Poul Anderson , Lester del Rey , Samuel R. Delany , J.G. Ballard , R.A. Lafferty , Philip José Farmer , Joe L. Hensley , Henry Slesar , Sonya Dorman , Kris Neville , David R. Bunch , James Cross , None , Miriam Allen deFord , None , None , None

3.45

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

The most honored anthology of fantastic fiction ever published, featuring the works of such luminar… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin

4. The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.25

Format: 387 pages, Paperback

Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestio… read more

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  • fiction
"... “Dangerous!"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Freedom is never very safe."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Who do you think is lying to us?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Where does your soul go when you die in Hell?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

5. The Lathe of Heaven

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.48

Format: 334 pages,

George Orr is a man who discovers he has the peculiar ability to dream things into being -- for bet… read more

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Cover of Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) by James S.A. Corey

6. Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.31

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars … read more

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  • audiobook
"GOODY. MY SPLEEN IS COLLAPSING. HURRY UP."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

"Fish and company start to smell after three days."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

"Nothing like a little shared racism to build ties with the boss."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

"Part of his mind was screaming, but it was a distant one and easy to ignore."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

7. Riders of the Purple Wage

By: Philip José Farmer

2.62

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

A collection of short science fiction takes readers on a voyage through time with St. Francis, into… read more

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8. American Gods

By: Neil Gaiman

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

Now a TV Series produced by FremantleMedia North America available internationally on Amazon, exclu… read more

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9. Carcinoma Angels

By: Norman Spinrad

5.00

Format: 172 pages, online

a short story chronicling the amazing life of Harrison Wintergreen. read more

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10. Ringworld (Ringworld, #1)

By: Larry Niven

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Pierson's puppeteers, three-leg two-head aliens find immense structure in unexplored part of the un… read more

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11. Gonna Roll the Bones

By: Fritz Leiber , David Wiesner

3.96

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Joe Slattermill is about to experience a night he will never forget. Tired of his decrepit house, h… read more

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Cover of Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4) by Martha Wells

12. Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

By: Martha Wells

4.38

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it res… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Why is this ship so old and shitty?"

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"I was having an emotion, and I hate that."

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"But they were humans— who knows why they did anything?"

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"Once I started telling the truth, it was hard to stop."

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

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13. The Jigsaw Man

By: Larry Niven

3.73

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

In a future where immortality can be achieved through the organ transplants, death row criminals be… read more

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  • short stories
  • audiobook
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14. A Toy for Juliette

By: Robert Bloch

4.08

Format: None pages, None

Robert Bloch's work is already one that stirs up the nerve and ensures goosebumps and chills all ov… read more

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  • short stories

15. Evensong

By: Lester del Rey

3.23

Format: 3 pages, None

Originally published in Harlan Ellison's classic anthology, Dangerous Visions , here is Lester del … read more

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  • short stories
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16. The Recognition

By: J.G. Ballard

3.00

Format: None pages, None

Short story published in Dangerous Visions, Oct. 1967. read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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17. The Day After The Day The Martians Came

By: Frederik Pohl

2.95

Format: None pages, Audiobook

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  • short stories

18. Flies

By: Robert Silverberg

3.25

Format: None pages, None

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19. Ersatz

By: Henry Slesar

2.10

Format: 3 pages, Hardcover

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20. Doll-House, The

By: James Cross

3.38

Format: 20 pages, Hardcover

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  • short stories
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21. Eutopia

By: Poul Anderson

2.36

Format: None pages, None

Short story published in the anthology Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison. read more

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6 must-read audiobook books like The Recognition by J.G. Ballard

Transform Your Habits

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

Dennis E. Taylor

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Ubik

Philip K. Dick , Manuel Espín , None

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

James S.A. Corey

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

Martha Wells

4.38

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12 Top short stories books like The Day After The Day The Martians Came by Frederik Pohl

Transform Your Habits

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

Harlan Ellison , Theodore Sturgeon

3.90

Transform Your Habits

I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

Isaac Asimov

4.21

Dangerous Visions

Isaac Asimov , John Brunner , Robert Silverberg , Carol Emshwiller , Fritz Leiber , Michael Moorcock , Frederik Pohl , Roger Zelazny , Robert Bloch , Damon Knight , Philip K. Dick , Keith Laumer , Norman Spinrad , Harlan Ellison , Larry Niven , Brian W. Aldiss , Theodore Sturgeon , Poul Anderson , Lester del Rey , Samuel R. Delany , J.G. Ballard , R.A. Lafferty , Philip José Farmer , Joe L. Hensley , Henry Slesar , Sonya Dorman , Kris Neville , David R. Bunch , James Cross , None , Miriam Allen deFord , None , None , None

3.45

Transform Your Habits

At the Mountains of Madness

H.P. Lovecraft , China Miéville , S.T. Joshi

4.00

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