15 Best Books to Read If You Love Black Mirror
The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
Olga RavnAboard a massive interstellar ship, tensions rise as the crew's attachment to mysterious objects from an Earth-like planet leads to mutinous sparks. Ravn's chilling prose and imaginative exploration of the distinction between artificial and natural life will leave you breathless.
The New York Review of Books & Los Angeles Review of BooksPaperback, 2023
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first bookDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. DickThe inspiration for Blade Runner, the book follows bounty hunter Rick Deckard on a quest to kill a rogue group of humanoid androids during a post-apocalyptic 2021 where living animals are coveted like diamonds and the distinction between what is alive and what isn't is blurred.
Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr AFK 'til Sep 5 & Matt Zoller SeitzPaperback, 1996
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookKlara and the Sun: A GMA Book Club Pick
Kazuo IshiguroIn Nobel Prize winner Ishiguro's imaginative 2021 novel, a keenly observant Artificial Friend named Klara yearns for a human connection. From her store window, she watches the world pass by and eagerly awaits the day a customer will finally choose her.
Ezra Klein & The New York Review of BooksPaperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Mad Scientist's Daughter
Cassandra Rose ClarkeIn a crumbling future America, young Cat forms an unexpected bond with Finn, an experimental android dedicated to his duties. As their friendship morphs into love and society becomes more accepting of robots, Finn must grapple with his place in the world and in Cat's life.
Paperback, 2016
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first bookInfomocracy: Book One of the Centenal Cycle
Malka OlderIn a world where an influential search engine monopoly has pushed humanity to transition away from large warring states to a global network of micro-democracies, an upcoming election sparks a battle for power and exposes the dark underbelly of this alluring new system.
Daniel José Older & PROMISES STRONGER THAN DARKNESS is out *now*!Paperback, 2017
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first bookExhalation
Ted ChiangTravel through a portal to ancient Baghdad, witness an alien scientist's universe-altering revelation, and glimpse into alternate universes in these stunningly original stories that delve into humanity's timeless questions and challenge the way we perceive the world.
Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr AFK 'til Sep 5 & Daniel PinkPaperback, 2020
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Power
Naomi AldermanAlderman's provocative tale takes you on a thrilling journey through an alternate reality in which gender dynamics have been turned on their head due to a powerfu new ability that makes women the dominating sex.
Margaret E Atwood & Bethanne Patrick Is Only Here to Signal BoostPaperback, 2019
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Circle
Dave EggersAfter landing her dream job at the world's most powerful internet company, the Circle, everything seems to be going right for Mae Holland. But as the hidden implications of her work become more clear, her life soon devolves into a dystopian nightmare.
Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr AFK 'til Sep 5 & Brad StonePaperback, 2014
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Memory Police
Yoko OgawaIn this Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, an island succumbs to collective amnesia, leading a young writer and her threatened editor to embark on a daring plan to preserve their memories.
Pamela Paul & Motoko RichPaperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first bookNeuromancer
William GibsonIn Gibson's groundbreaking cyberpunk vision of the future, Case, a once-elite data thief, gets a shot at redemption as he's recruited for a dangerous mission involving an unimaginably powerful AI.
Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr AFK 'til Sep 5 & chica marxPaperback, 2000
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book