What should I read after Dark Matter?

If you liked Dark Matter, try Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng), The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri) and The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett).

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch: what it’s like, who it’s for

Name: Dark Matter
Author: Blake Crouch
ISBN: 9781101904244

Mystery, thriller & crime Science fiction Contemporary fiction

A quiet family life fractures when philosophical musings escalate into a startling recognition of cosmic insignificance.

Feels like melancholy, curiosity and unease. About identity, time and family.

A page from the book

The moment your routine life becomes fundamentally precarious.

No one tells you it’s all about to change, to be taken away. There’s no proximity alert, no indication that you’re standing on the precipice. And maybe that’s what makes tragedy so tragic. Not just what happens, but how it happens: a sucker punch that comes at you out of nowhere, when you’re least expecting. No time to flinch or brace.

Excerpt from Dark Matter, Blake Crouch, Ballantine Books 2016. Quoted for discovery. Source Rights & removals

Blake Crouch.Blake Crouch often blends high-concept science with deeply emotional, grounded character studies, exploring how big ideas affect small lives.

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Questions readers ask

What is Dark Matter like?: Feels like melancholy, curiosity and unease. About identity, time and family.
What should I read after Dark Matter?: If you liked Dark Matter, try Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng), The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri) and The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett).

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