Books like Hothouse
Hothouse by Brian W. Aldiss reads as surreal, bleak. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Beauty
Aliya Whiteley · 2014
Shares the collapse thread
69% genome match
Borne
Jeff VanderMeer
Both explore survival
56% genome match
The ice schooner
Michael Moorcock · 1969
Shares the collapse thread
69% genome match
The Drowned World
J. G. Ballard
Both explore nature & survival
83% genome match
The Stone Sky
N.K. Jemisin · 2017
Shares the collapse thread
69% genome match
The jaguar hunter
Lucius Shepard · 1987
Same sci-fi feel
58% genome match
Fish
L. S. Matthews · 2004
Both explore survival & nature
61% genome match
The City & The City
China Miéville · 2009
Same sci-fi feel
52% genome match
Alien Sex
Ellen Datlow · 1990
Same sci-fi feel
55% genome match
Non-Stop
Brian W. Aldiss · 1958
Shares the collapse thread
69% genome match
The Night Land Volume 1
William Hope Hodgson · 1976
Shares the collapse thread
69% genome match
Pump Six and Other Stories
Paolo Bacigalupi
Shares the collapse thread
69% genome match
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