11 Best speculative fiction books like Random Acts of Senseless Violence by Jack Womack

Random Acts of Senseless Violence

By: Jack Womack

3.86

Format: None pages, Paperback

With his vivid, stylized prose, cyberpunk intensity, and seemingly limitless imagination, Jack Woma…

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Cover of Count Zero (Sprawl, #2) by William Gibson

1. Count Zero (Sprawl, #2)

By: William Gibson

4.02

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

William Gibson continues the visionary Sprawl Trilogy that began with Neuromancer in this frighteni… read more

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  • cyberpunk
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
"<> es una expresión que usamos, más o menos quiere decir que trabajan en los dos extremos. Blanco y negro, ¿me entiendes?"

-William Gibson, Count Zero (Sprawl, #2)

"Trabajar con las dos manos" es una expresión que usamos, más o menos quiere decir que trabajan en los dos extremos. Blanco y negro, ¿me entiendes?"

-William Gibson, Count Zero (Sprawl, #2)

"In Heathrow a vast chunk of memory detached itself from a blank bowl of airport sky and fell on him. He vomited into a blue plastic canister without breaking stride."

-William Gibson, Count Zero (Sprawl, #2)

"And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human."

-William Gibson, Count Zero (Sprawl, #2)

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2. Aurélien

By: Louis Aragon

4.30

Format: 816 pages, Paperback

Dans cette chronique parisienne de l'entre-deux guerres, Aragon décrit la toute nouvelle société su… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"Aurélien, cette nuit, s'approuve. Tout lui devient logique, signe de son amour."

-Louis Aragon, Aurélien

"La première fois qu'Aurélien vit Bérénice, il la trouva franchement laide. Elle lui déplut, enfin. Il n'aima pas comment elle était habillée."

-Louis Aragon, Aurélien

"Il avait plu le matin de bonne heure, mais Dieu merci il faisait presque beau depuis neuf heures, c'est-à-dire qu'il faisait ignoble mais qu'on ne pataugeait pas."

-Louis Aragon, Aurélien

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3. Nova

By: Samuel R. Delany

3.80

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

These are [at least some of] the ways you can read NOVA: as a fast-action farflung interstellar adv… read more

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  • cyberpunk
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
"The inevitable is that unprepared for."

-Samuel R. Delany, Nova

"How many notes have you made on this book?"

-Samuel R. Delany, Nova

"Wind passed again; the iris shuddered about the diamond chip."

-Samuel R. Delany, Nova

"Right now I'm just a bright guy with a lot to say and nothing to say it about."

-Samuel R. Delany, Nova

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4. Vurt (Vurt, #1)

By: Lauren Beukes , Jeff Noon

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A brilliantly innovative and highly entertaining novel from a literary pioneer. Take a trip in a… read more

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  • cyberpunk
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
"Murdoch's gun was the only thing in my life, the only thing worth living for. It gets like that sometimes, with instruments of death."

-Lauren Beukes, Vurt (Vurt, #1)

"The Haunting was the feeling you got sometimes, in the Vurt, the real world calling you home. There's more to life than this. This is just a game."

-Lauren Beukes, Vurt (Vurt, #1)

"...I pulled the feather out, jerking him away from the dream. Just like he used to do with me, when I went in alone. The play was shifting, and I knew how bad it felt, to have your dream dragged from…"

-Lauren Beukes, Vurt (Vurt, #1)

"He got one finger cut off when he was young... The cafe paid for a replacement, put some nano-plastic in there. The kid got hooked. It happens. You get some plastic in you, you just want some more...…"

-Lauren Beukes, Vurt (Vurt, #1)

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5. Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl, #3)

By: William Gibson

4.01

Format: 312 pages, Mass Market Paperback

William Gibson, author of the extraordinary multiaward-winning novel Neuromancer, has written his m… read more

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  • cyberpunk
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
"He'd grown up in white Jersey stringtowns where nobody knew shit about anything and hated anybody who did."

-William Gibson, Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl, #3)

"está cambiando las cosas. Redistribuye el poder a su conveniencia. Información. Poder. Datos duros y puros. Pon la cantidad suficiente en manos de un solo hombre y..."

-William Gibson, Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl, #3)

"in the blue-white flicker of freeway lights Mona had seen her own hand beside Angie's, and they weren't the same, not the same, not really the same shape, and that had made her glad."

-William Gibson, Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl, #3)

"No,' [Angie] said, 'not like mine. Do you know anything about Africa religions, Porphyre?' He smirked, 'I'm not African.' 'But when you were a child...' 'When I was a child,' Porphyre said, 'I was wh…"

-William Gibson, Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl, #3)

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6. Last and First Men

By: Olaf Stapledon

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

"No book before or since has ever had such an impact upon my imagination," declared Arthur C. Clark… read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
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7. Perdido Street Station (Bas-Lag, #1)

By: China Miéville

3.80

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies the city of New Crobuzon, where th… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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8. The Yiddish Policemen's Union

By: Michael Chabon

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

For sixty years, Jews have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven cre… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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9. The Death of Grass

By: John Christopher

4.88

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

The Chung-Li virus has devastated Asia, wiping out the rice crop and leaving riots and mass starvat… read more

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  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • post apocalyptic
  • fiction
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10. The Vampire Tapestry

By: Suzy McKee Charnas

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Edward Weyland is far from your average vampire: not only is he a respected anthropology professor … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction

11. Random Acts of Senseless Violence

By: Jack Womack

3.86

Format: None pages, Paperback

With his vivid, stylized prose, cyberpunk intensity, and seemingly limitless imagination, Jack Woma… read more

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  • post apocalyptic
  • cyberpunk
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
Cover of The Rise of Darth Vader (Star Wars: The Dark Lord Trilogy, #3) by James Luceno

12. The Rise of Darth Vader (Star Wars: The Dark Lord Trilogy, #3)

By: James Luceno

3.48

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

Throughout the galaxy, it was believed that Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker the Chosen One had died on… read more

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  • science fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
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13. Angels

By: Denis Johnson

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Adazzling and savage first novel' New York Times Angelstells the story of two born losers. Jamie h… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction

14. The Penultimate Truth

By: Philip K. Dick

3.43

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

World War III is raging - or so the millions of people crammed in their underground tanks believe. … read more

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15. Little Children

By: Tom Perrotta

4.20

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

Tom Perrotta's thirtyish parents of young children are a varied and surprising bunch. There's Todd,… read more

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16. Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)

By: Iain M. Banks

4.16

Format: 411 pages, Paperback

Special Circumstances had always been the Contact section's moral espionage weapon, the very cuttin… read more

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  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
"They also,"

-Iain M. Banks, Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)

"Do you want to work with us?"

-Iain M. Banks, Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)

"Can I cuddle up with you when you sleep?"

-Iain M. Banks, Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)

"I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk."

-Iain M. Banks, Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)

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17. Light (Kefahuchi Tract, #1)

By: M. John Harrison

3.61

Format: 310 pages, Trade Paperback

In M. John Harrison’s dangerously illuminating new novel, three quantum outlaws face a universe of … read more

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  • cyberpunk
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction

18. China Mountain Zhang

By: None

3.88

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

With this groundbreaking novel, Maureen F. McHugh established herself as one of the decade's best s… read more

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19. The Closed Circle (Rotters' Club, #2)

By: Jonathan Coe

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

The characters of The Rotters' Club-Jonathan Coe's beloved novel of adolescent life in the 1970s-ha… read more

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20. Shadows of the Empire

By: Steve Perry

3.62

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Here is the untold story of the events that took place between the movies The Empire Strikes Backan… read more

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21. Star Maker

By: Olaf Stapledon

4.33

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Star Makeris a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon, published in 1937. The book describes a his… read more

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22. The Coma

By: Alex Garland

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

After being attacked on the Underground, Carl awakens from a coma to a life that seems strange and … read more

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23. Man with No Name

By: Laird Barron

4.17

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

Nanashi was born into a life of violence. Delivered from the mean streets by the Heron Clan, he mas… read more

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24. Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)

By: John Updike

3.58

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Rabbit, Run is the book that established John Updike as one of the major American novelists of his—… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"You were never in Texas,"

-John Updike, Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)

"They’ve not forgotten him: worse, they never heard of him."

-John Updike, Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)

"If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price."

-John Updike, Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)

"The only way to get somewhere, you know, is to figure out where you’re going before you go there."

-John Updike, Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)

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25. Alien Clay

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . . On the distant world of Kiln li… read more

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  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
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26. Walking to Aldebaran

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.75

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Chilling story of a lost astronaut on an alien artefact from Arthur C. Clarke award-winning Adrian … read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
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27. Rose/House

By: Arkady Martine

3.72

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Dust jacket illustration by David Curtis. Arkady Martine, the acclaimed author of the Teixcalaan… read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
Cover of The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America by Coleman Hughes

28. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

By: Coleman Hughes

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more

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"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

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29. Valuable Humans in Transit and Other Stories

By: qntm

4.34

Format: 101 pages, Kindle Edition

qntm has been writing science fiction for most of this millennium. His works start from elegant, de… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of The Healing (Celebrating Black Women Writers) by Gayl Jones

30. The Healing (Celebrating Black Women Writers)

By: Gayl Jones

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A new edition of a National Book Award finalist follows a black faith healer whose shrewd observati… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
Cover of So Many Doors (Hard Case Crime) by Oakley Hall

31. So Many Doors (Hard Case Crime)

By: Oakley Hall

3.79

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

The legendary lost crime novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Oakley Hall, instructor of Ann Rice, Am… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction

22 best-selling fiction books like Random Acts of Senseless Violence by Jack Womack

Transform Your Habits

Count Zero (Sprawl, #2)

William Gibson

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Aurélien

Louis Aragon

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Nova

Samuel R. Delany

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Vurt (Vurt, #1)

Lauren Beukes , Jeff Noon

4.04

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Transform Your Habits

The Prince of Milk

Exurb1a

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Permutation City (Subjective Cosmology #2)

Greg Egan

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Unsong

Scott Alexander

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Peter Watts

4.01

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