13 must-read dystopia books like The Rending and the Nest by Kaethe Schwehn

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The Rending and the Nest

By: Kaethe Schwehn

3.59

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When ninety-five percent of the world’s population disappears for no apparent reason, Mira does wha…

If you liked the dystopia plot in The Rending and the Nest by Kaethe Schwehn , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Garden of Small Beginnings

By: Abbi Waxman

3.93

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Lilian Girvan has been a single mother for three years—ever since her husband died in a car acciden… read more

Similar categories in Abbi Waxman's The Garden of Small Beginnings book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • adult
  • fiction
"Now if I sat in one position for more than five minutes, I seized up. I felt like the Tin Man: oil . . . can . ."

-Abbi Waxman, The Garden of Small Beginnings

"I was lounging in the kitchen, enjoying the small fermata between emptying the dishwasher and reloading it. It's a glamorous life."

-Abbi Waxman, The Garden of Small Beginnings

"I filled my mouth with spaghetti and thanked God for the Italians. Spaghetti, pizza, ice cream. If they weren't so busy making love and whizzing around on Vespas, they'd probably rule the world."

-Abbi Waxman, The Garden of Small Beginnings

"I lined the back fence with salvia (kind of a blue-purple color) with something called Scabiosa "summer berries" (kind of pinks and purples, including one that was almost black- so cool, a gothic flo…"

-Abbi Waxman, The Garden of Small Beginnings

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2. The Scar (Bas-Lag, #2)

By: China Miéville

3.80

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Aboard a vast seafaring vessel, a band of prisoners and slaves, their bodies remade into grotesque … read more

Similar categories in China Miéville's The Scar (Bas-Lag, #2) book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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3. On the Beach

By: Nevil Shute

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

After a nuclear World War III has destroyed most of the globe, the few remaining survivors in south… read more

Similar categories in Nevil Shute's On the Beach book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction

4. Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)

By: Jeff VanderMeer

4.34

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2015 Nebula Award. Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades… read more

Similar categories in Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1) book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

5. Frog Music

By: Emma Donoghue

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Summer of 1876: San Francisco is in the fierce grip of a record-breaking heat wave and a smallpox e… read more

Similar categories in Emma Donoghue's Frog Music book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

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6. Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories

By: Kate Atkinson

3.71

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author o… read more

Similar categories in Kate Atkinson's Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Hello, Boy," Franklin said. He liked dogs, they were uncomplicated. "I'm a girl, actually," the dog said."

-Kate Atkinson, Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories

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7. Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder

By: Kerryn Mayne

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Lenny Marks is excellent at not having a life. She bikes home from work at exactly 4pm each day,… read more

Similar categories in Kerryn Mayne's Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • adult
  • fiction
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8. The Last

By: Hanna Jameson

3.53

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

For fans of high-concept thrillers such as Annihilation and The Girl with All the Gifts, this breat… read more

Similar categories in Hanna Jameson's The Last book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"The only meaning we might have left as a species--indeed, the only thing left that might matter, that might keep us motivated to get up in the morning--is in the small acts of human kindness we show …"

-Hanna Jameson, The Last

"A lot of people confuse movement with progress," Dylan said. "I knew it was a bad idea but what were we gonna do, barricade them in? They weren't ready to face any kind of truth." I leaned against th…"

-Hanna Jameson, The Last

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9. The Lager Queen of Minnesota

By: J. Ryan Stradal

4.01

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

A novel of family, Midwestern values, hard work, fate and the secrets of making a world-class beer.… read more

Similar categories in J. Ryan Stradal's The Lager Queen of Minnesota book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • book club
  • fiction
"Young man"

-J. Ryan Stradal, The Lager Queen of Minnesota

"Her mother told her once that the nicest thing you can do for someone is be happy to see them,"

-J. Ryan Stradal, The Lager Queen of Minnesota

"Money allows people to survive their mistakes, she knew from having observed that phenomenon from a distance, and people like her were fucked."

-J. Ryan Stradal, The Lager Queen of Minnesota

"She held the bottle to her lips and tilted, slightly. It tasted the like how she'd imagine dirt would taste if someone burned it on the grill. Nope she said, and handed the bottle back."

-J. Ryan Stradal, The Lager Queen of Minnesota

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10. I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

By: Marisa Crane

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In a United States not so unlike our own, the Department of Balance has adopted a radical new form … read more

Similar categories in Marisa Crane's I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"My head feels the way watercolor looks when it bleeds."

-Marisa Crane, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

"Maybe we wanted another person to join us while we watched the world burn."

-Marisa Crane, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

"Here I was thinking my tears might move her enough to forgive me for not turning my body into a home."

-Marisa Crane, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

"We argued so often we thought we’d made a mistake marrying for love when there were things like fear and loneliness to bind you."

-Marisa Crane, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

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11. The Strange

By: Nathan Ballingrud

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

1931, New Galveston , Mars: Fourteen-year-old Anabelle Crisp sets off through the wastelands of the… read more

Similar categories in Nathan Ballingrud's The Strange book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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12. Hollow Kingdom (Hollow Kingdom, #1)

By: Kira Jane Buxton

3.84

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

One pet crow fights to save humanity from an apocalypse in this uniquely hilarious debut from a gen… read more

Similar categories in Kira Jane Buxton's Hollow Kingdom (Hollow Kingdom, #1) book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Penguins, it turns out, are pretty fucking delightful."

-Kira Jane Buxton, Hollow Kingdom (Hollow Kingdom, #1)

"Murders are forever, and what happens to one happens to all."

-Kira Jane Buxton, Hollow Kingdom (Hollow Kingdom, #1)

"The woods carry sounds in their slow rhythms, sounds that only a heart can hear."

-Kira Jane Buxton, Hollow Kingdom (Hollow Kingdom, #1)

"And everyone on earth knows if you have the respect of a cat it means your soul is worth being around."

-Kira Jane Buxton, Hollow Kingdom (Hollow Kingdom, #1)

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13. Your Utopia

By: Bora Chung

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the … read more

Similar categories in Bora Chung's Your Utopia book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • adult
  • fiction
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14. Five Bad Deeds

By: Caz Frear

3.39

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A gripping tale of revenge, loyalty, and the secrets hidden between the walls of the most beautiful… read more

Similar categories in Caz Frear's Five Bad Deeds book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • adult
  • fiction
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15. Sister, Maiden, Monster

By: Lucy A. Snyder

3.58

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

Sister, Maiden, Monster is a visceral story set in the aftermath of our planet’s disastrous transfo… read more

Similar categories in Lucy A. Snyder's Sister, Maiden, Monster book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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16. A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology

By: Mike Rinder

4.31

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

One of the highest-ranking defectors from Scientology exposes the secret inner workings of the powe… read more

Similar categories in Mike Rinder's A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

"The fear of psychiatry is one of the hardest ideas to shake when you escape from the mind-prison."

-Mike Rinder, A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology

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17. A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

By: C.A. Fletcher

4.15

Format: 365 pages, Hardcover

My name's Griz. My childhood wasn't like yours. I've never had friends, and in my whole life I've n… read more

Similar categories in C.A. Fletcher's A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"I didn't know what to do next. Doing something is always the best way to think"

-C.A. Fletcher, A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

"No one's the monster in their own story. Monsters are just a matter of perspective."

-C.A. Fletcher, A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

"Forewarned is not forearmed. Sometimes you spend so much effort looking for the track that you know is there, that you miss the other one that you didn’t know about."

-C.A. Fletcher, A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

"I realise how much time I used to spend with my head in a book, filling the emptiness of my world and letting the pages distract from the darkness in the shadows behind me."

-C.A. Fletcher, A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

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18. The Book Haters' Book Club

By: Gretchen Anthony

3.47

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

All it takes is the right book to turn a Book Hater into a Book Lover… That was Elliott’s belief an… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen Anthony's The Book Haters' Book Club book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • adult
  • fiction
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19. The Thick and the Lean

By: Chana Porter

3.68

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In Lambda Award finalist Chana Porter’s highly anticipated new novel, an aspiring chef, a cyberthie… read more

Similar categories in Chana Porter's The Thick and the Lean book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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20. Bad Men

By: Julie Mae Cohen

3.66

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Meet the most irresistible serial killer of the year in this twisty feminist thriller that's as wic… read more

Similar categories in Julie Mae Cohen's Bad Men book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • adult
  • fiction
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21. My Murder

By: Katie Williams

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

What if the murder you had to solve was your own? Lou is a happily married mother of an adorable… read more

Similar categories in Katie Williams's My Murder book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
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22. Girl in the Walls

By: A.J. Gnuse

3.37

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A mesmerizing and suspenseful coming-of-age novel about an orphan hiding within the walls of her fo… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Gnuse's Girl in the Walls book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • adult
  • fiction
"Últimamente he intentado cambiar la imagen en mi cabeza. Imaginarme que quienquiera que se esconda ahí tiene el rostro de alguien que recuerdo. Alguien que he perdido. No siempre es fácil, pero creo …"

-A.J. Gnuse, Girl in the Walls

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23. On Earth as It Is on Television

By: Emily Jane

3.64

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

First Contact stories have never been as intoxicating and fun as in Emily Jane’s novel of the sudde… read more

Similar categories in Emily Jane's On Earth as It Is on Television book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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24. Yours for the Taking

By: Gabrielle Korn

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what's left of Brooklyn, and though they love each… read more

Similar categories in Gabrielle Korn's Yours for the Taking book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • adult
  • fiction
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25. Morsels: A Novel

By: Abe Moss

3.81

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

Meeting the family is scary. Surviving them is a nightmare.Connie can’t deny she’s nervous about me… read more

Similar categories in Abe Moss's Morsels: A Novel book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • fiction
Cover of The Day Tripper by James Goodhand

26. The Day Tripper

By: James Goodhand

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

It’s 1995, and Alex Dean has it all: a spot at Cambridge University next year, the love of an amazi… read more

Similar categories in James Goodhand's The Day Tripper book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"People who pursue money are those with nothing better to pursue."

-James Goodhand, The Day Tripper

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27. Trashlands

By: Alison Stine

3.68

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

"This thought-provoking apocalypse noir fires on all cylinders.” – Publishers Weekly starred review… read more

Similar categories in Alison Stine's Trashlands book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
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28. Hum

By: Helen Phillips

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the National Book Award–longlisted author of The Need comes an extraordinary novel about a wif… read more

Similar categories in Helen Phillips's Hum book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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29. One Big Happy Family

By: Susan Mallery

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Please don’t come home for Christmas… Julie Parker’s kids are her greatest gift. Still, she’s no… read more

Similar categories in Susan Mallery's One Big Happy Family book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of Burn by Peter Heller

30. Burn

By: Peter Heller

3.72

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars, a novel about two men—friends since boyhood—who emer… read more

Similar categories in Peter Heller's Burn book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • literary fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
Cover of The Rending and the Nest by Kaethe Schwehn

31. The Rending and the Nest

By: Kaethe Schwehn

3.59

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When ninety-five percent of the world’s population disappears for no apparent reason, Mira does wha… read more

Similar categories in Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest book and Kaethe Schwehn's The Rending and the Nest

  • literary fiction
  • post apocalyptic
  • apocalyptic
  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • book club
  • fantasy

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Transform Your Habits

The Garden of Small Beginnings

Abbi Waxman

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Scar (Bas-Lag, #2)

China Miéville

3.80

Transform Your Habits

On the Beach

Nevil Shute

3.13

Transform Your Habits

Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories

Kate Atkinson

3.71

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Begin Again

Helly Acton

3.80

Transform Your Habits

The Book of Doors

Gareth Brown

4.04

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Scott Alexander Howard

3.90

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Kaliane Bradley

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