Books like The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells reads as dark, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Girl with All the Gifts
M.R. Carey · 2014
Shares the collapse + human thread
83% genome match
The Feet Say Run
Dan Blum · 2016
Shares the human + collapse thread
74% genome match
The Maze Runner
James Dashner · 2009
Shares the collapse + human thread
69% genome match
Y The Last Man, Vol. 5
Brian K. Vaughan · 2005
Shares the human + collapse thread
69% genome match
The Lost World
Arthur Conan Doyle · 1900
Both explore survival
63% genome match
Children of Time
Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2015
Shares the human + collapse thread
69% genome match
Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton · 1990
Shares the collapse thread
69% genome match
The Dark Forest
Liu Cixin · 2008
Shares the human + collapse thread
69% genome match
When Worlds Collide
Philip Wylie · 1932
Shares the collapse thread
69% genome match
Sea of Rust
C. Robert Cargill · 2017
Shares the collapse + human thread
69% genome match
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1
Robert Kirkman · 2004
Shares the collapse thread
69% genome match
Cell
Stephen King · 2006
Shares the collapse thread
69% genome match
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