Books like Upgrade

Upgrade by Blake Crouch reads as fast, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Recursion

Blake Crouch · 2019

Shares the human thread

83% genome match

Fusion

Dave Kemper · 2011

Shares the human thread

69% genome match

Unsouled

Neal Shusterman · 2013

Shares the human thread

72% genome match

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir · 2021

Same sci-fi feel

53% genome match

The War of the Worlds

H.G. Wells · 1898

Shares the human thread

69% genome match

We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

Dennis E. Taylor · 2016

Shares the human thread

69% genome match

Novels (Congo / Jurassic Park)

Michael Crichton · 1991

Same thriller feel

56% genome match

Earth Girl

Janet Edwards · 2012

Shares the human thread

69% genome match

The Maze Runner

James Dashner · 2009

Shares the human thread

69% genome match

Midnight

Dean Koontz

Same thriller feel

66% genome match

Contest

Matthew Reilly · 2000

Same thriller feel

68% genome match

Blood Music

Greg Bear · 1985

Shares the human thread

69% genome match