10 must-read speculative fiction books like The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird

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The End of Men

By: Christina Sweeney-Baird

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Set in a world where a virus stalks our male population, The End of Men is an electrifying and unfo…

"No one handed me any of this. I built this weird, challenging, rewarding life in London for myself. Why not me?"

-Christina Sweeney-Baird, The End of Men

If you liked the speculative fiction plot in The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Prototype (Archetype #2) by M.D. Waters

1. Prototype (Archetype #2)

By: M.D. Waters

3.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The stunning debut that began with Archetype-- and has readers buzzing--concludes in Prototype, whe… read more

Similar categories in M.D. Waters's Prototype (Archetype #2) book and Christina Sweeney-Baird's The End of Men

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of Kuun pimeä puoli by Johanna Sinisalo, Juri Nummelin, Jari Tammi, Jussi Katajala, Christine Thorel, 
Rene Kita
, Juha-Pekka Koskinen, Tiina Raevaara, Heikki Nevala, Tuomas Saloranta, Anne Leinonen, Harri István Mäki, 
Harri Erkki
, Sari Peltoniemi, Miina Supinen, Saara Henriksson, Markus Harju, Merja Leppälahti, Tapani Bagge, Jan Salminen, Hanna-Riikka Kuisma, Kirsti Ellilä, Jussi K. Niemelä, Vesa Sisättö, Matti Kurikka

2. Kuun pimeä puoli

By: Johanna Sinisalo , Juri Nummelin , Jari Tammi , Jussi Katajala , Christine Thorel , Rene Kita , Juha-Pekka Koskinen , Tiina Raevaara , Heikki Nevala , Tuomas Saloranta , Anne Leinonen , Harri István Mäki , Harri Erkki , Sari Peltoniemi , Miina Supinen , Saara Henriksson , Markus Harju , Merja Leppälahti , Tapani Bagge , Jan Salminen , Hanna-Riikka Kuisma , Kirsti Ellilä , Jussi K. Niemelä , Vesa Sisättö , Matti Kurikka

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Puoliksi inhimillinen ihminen, puoliksi verenhimoinen peto - ihmissusi on muodonmuutostarinoiden ha… read more

Similar categories in Johanna Sinisalo's Kuun pimeä puoli book and Christina Sweeney-Baird's The End of Men

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of I Who Have Never Known Men by Ros Schwartz, Jacqueline Harpman

3. I Who Have Never Known Men

By: Ros Schwartz , Jacqueline Harpman

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

"As far back as I can recall, I have been in the bunker." A young woman is kept in a cage underg… read more

Similar categories in Ros Schwartz's I Who Have Never Known Men book and Christina Sweeney-Baird's The End of Men

  • feminism
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Survival is never more than putting off the moment of death."

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

"I thought it was unfair, and then I understood that, alone and terrified, anger was my only weapon against the horror"

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

"Look at them. They’re pretending, they behave as though they still have some control over their lives and make momentous decisions about which vegetable to cook first."

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

"Only now, I tell myself that what I'd felt for her, the trust that slowly built up, the constant preference for her company and the joy each time I was reunited with her after an expedition were prob…"

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

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4. The Echo Wife

By: Sarah Gailey

3.61

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

I’m embarrassed, still, by how long it took me to notice. Everything was right there in the open, r… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Gailey's The Echo Wife book and Christina Sweeney-Baird's The End of Men

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I became an alone-thing, more than I had ever been before."

-Sarah Gailey, The Echo Wife

"No one would look at the seams that held me together and guess that they were scars."

-Sarah Gailey, The Echo Wife

"He was relieved to have told me. He transmuted his guilt into my anger and now I was the one who had to carry it and he had the audacity to be relieved."

-Sarah Gailey, The Echo Wife

"I'll be taking you out for coffee later this week, and you can give me all the details. In the meantime, I'll commence hating him just a little , in case I need material to seed hating him a lot."

-Sarah Gailey, The Echo Wife

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5. 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 Christina Sweeney-Baird's The End of Men

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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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6. The Marriage Act

By: John Marrs

3.81

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

What if marriage was the law? Dare you disobey?Britain. The near-future. A right-wing government be… read more

Similar categories in John Marrs's The Marriage Act book and Christina Sweeney-Baird's The End of Men

  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
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7. Master Class

By: Christina Dalcher

3.76

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Every child's potential is regularly determined by a standardized measurement: their quotient (Q). … read more

Similar categories in Christina Dalcher's Master Class book and Christina Sweeney-Baird's The End of Men

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. The Future

By: Naomi Alderman

3.86

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling, award-winning author of The Power delivers a dazzling tour de force where a handfu… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Alderman's The Future book and Christina Sweeney-Baird's The End of Men

  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"There’s a beautiful world on the far shore,"

-Naomi Alderman, The Future

"The day was new now, as it is new every morning."

-Naomi Alderman, The Future

"There was fog, but behind the fog there was morning."

-Naomi Alderman, The Future

"The most persistent hauntings are the ghosts of lost futures."

-Naomi Alderman, The Future

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9. Vox

By: Christina Dalcher

3.54

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Set in an America where half the population has been silenced, VOX is the harrowing, unforgettable … read more

Similar categories in Christina Dalcher's Vox book and Christina Sweeney-Baird's The End of Men

  • feminism
  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"<>"

-Christina Dalcher, Vox

"you can't protest what you don't see coming."

-Christina Dalcher, Vox

"Everything lately seems to be a choice between degrees of hate."

-Christina Dalcher, Vox

"Evil triumphs when good men do nothing. That’s what they say, right?"

-Christina Dalcher, Vox

Cover of The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird

10. The End of Men

By: Christina Sweeney-Baird

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Set in a world where a virus stalks our male population, The End of Men is an electrifying and unfo… read more

Similar categories in Christina Sweeney-Baird's The End of Men book and Christina Sweeney-Baird's The End of Men

  • post apocalyptic
  • feminism
  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"No one handed me any of this. I built this weird, challenging, rewarding life in London for myself. Why not me?"

-Christina Sweeney-Baird, The End of Men

Cover of Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift

11. Last One at the Party

By: Bethany Clift

4.09

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

It's November 2023. The human race has been wiped out by the 6DM virus (Six Days Maximum - the long… read more

Similar categories in Bethany Clift's Last One at the Party book and Christina Sweeney-Baird's The End of Men

  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

12. How High We Go in the Dark

By: Sequoia Nagamatsu

3.83

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Dr. Cliff Miyashiro arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue his recently deceased daughter's resea… read more

Similar categories in Sequoia Nagamatsu's How High We Go in the Dark book and Christina Sweeney-Baird's The End of Men

  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Death has become a way of life"

-Sequoia Nagamatsu, How High We Go in the Dark

"Life is always easier for boys."

-Sequoia Nagamatsu, How High We Go in the Dark

"She always preferred celestial objects to people."

-Sequoia Nagamatsu, How High We Go in the Dark

"Embrace possibility, but don't let it drag you down"

-Sequoia Nagamatsu, How High We Go in the Dark

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13. Girl One

By: Sara Flannery Murphy

3.72

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Orphan Black meets Margaret Atwood in this twisty supernatural thriller about female power and the … read more

Similar categories in Sara Flannery Murphy's Girl One book and Christina Sweeney-Baird's The End of Men

  • feminism
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Family Experiment by John Marrs

14. The Family Experiment

By: John Marrs

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of The One and The Marriage Act, The Family Experiment is a dark and bril… read more

Similar categories in John Marrs's The Family Experiment book and Christina Sweeney-Baird's The End of Men

  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
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15. Femlandia

By: Christina Dalcher

3.47

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A chilling look into an alternate near future where a woman and her daughter seek refuge in a women… read more

Similar categories in Christina Dalcher's Femlandia book and Christina Sweeney-Baird's The End of Men

  • feminism
  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Curiosity is what we need if we want to know what's real, terrifying or not."

-Christina Dalcher, Femlandia

"Choice is such a tricky concept, maybe a little like freedom. Freedom is fine, until you add another word at the end of it all. You're free to do what you want... but. Sure, go ahead... unless. Some …"

-Christina Dalcher, Femlandia

"Women are shamed for this kind of curiosity, cursed for its devastating, world-ruining effects. Much more than men, I think, as I feel the cool metal of the doorknob in my fist. Where are the Bible s…"

-Christina Dalcher, Femlandia

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16. The Cull: Book One

By: Joanne Roach

4.05

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

Your name has been drawn in the lottery. You will receive your end-of-life date within one month … read more

Similar categories in Joanne Roach's The Cull: Book One book and Christina Sweeney-Baird's The End of Men

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17. The Waiting Rooms

By: Eve Smith

3.93

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

Swinging from South Africa to England: one woman's hunt for her birth mother in an all-too-believab… read more

Similar categories in Eve Smith's The Waiting Rooms book and Christina Sweeney-Baird's The End of Men

  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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18. 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 Christina Sweeney-Baird's The End of Men

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Invisible (Lindsey Ryan thrillers) by Michelle Dunne

19. The Invisible (Lindsey Ryan thrillers)

By: Michelle Dunne

4.05

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

A migrant crisis. A corrupt harbour town. Who will stand for those who have become invisible to the… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Dunne's The Invisible (Lindsey Ryan thrillers) book and Christina Sweeney-Baird's The End of Men

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20. Generations

By: Noam Josephides

4.30

Format: 457 pages, Kindle Edition

FROM AWARD-WINNING SCREENWRITER AND DIRECTOR NOAM JOSEPHIDES, COMES THE 2024 AWARD-WINNING NOVEL ‘G… read more

Similar categories in Noam Josephides's Generations book and Christina Sweeney-Baird's The End of Men

  • science fiction
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21. Beyond Hello

By: Kristi Blakeway

4.80

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

Every one of us has a story worth hearing. In 2009, Kristi Blakeway invited her students to give ba… read more

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17 Best fiction books like The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird

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Prototype (Archetype #2)

M.D. Waters

3.11

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3.34

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I Who Have Never Known Men

Ros Schwartz , Jacqueline Harpman

4.22

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Sarah Gailey

3.61

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Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

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Joshua T. Calvert

4.15

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Peter Cawdron

4.62

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