Books like I'm Thinking of Ending Things

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid reads as unsettling, philosophical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Death in Her Hands

Ottessa Moshfegh · 2020

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

In the house in the dark of the woods

Laird Hunt · 2018

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

Fiskadoro

Denis Johnson · 1985

Shares the human + unreliable thread

70% genome match

I am the Cheese

Robert Cormier · 1977

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

D'entre les morts

Boileau-Narcejac · 1954

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

The houseguest and other stories

Amparo Dávila · 2018

Shares the unreliable + vspare thread

69% genome match

The inverted world

Christopher Priest · 1974

Shares the human + unreliable thread

71% genome match

Old times

Harold Pinter · 1971

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

The Cormorant

Stephen Gregory · 1986

Shares the unreliable + vspare thread

69% genome match

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick · 1968

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

The Dust of Wonderland

Lee Thomas · 2007

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

The Emperor of Gladness

Ocean Vuong · 2025

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match