Books like The Fold
Loved The Fold by Peter Clines? Here are 9 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.
About The Fold →9 books
- 1The Andromeda Strain
The Andromeda Strain
Michael CrichtonA scientific team races to contain a deadly outside threat in a sealed high-tech facility, with the procedures and problem-solving as the main pull.
- 2The Martian
The Martian
Andy WeirA stranded engineer uses science and improvisation to solve one problem after another, with the technical detail carrying the suspense.
- 3Dark Matter
Dark Matter
Blake CrouchA physicist is pulled into a mystery about alternate versions of his own life, with the science-based premise driving the plot forward.
Books like it → - 4Recursion
Recursion
Blake CrouchA detective and a scientist investigate a memory-altering phenomenon that spreads through the present, with the mystery built around the science.
- 5Daemon
Daemon
Daniel SuarezA dead programmer's automated system begins to act in the world, and investigators try to trace who controls it, in a thriller grounded in current technology.
- 6The Relic
The Relic
Lincoln ChildResearchers at a New York museum are hunted by an unseen creature, and the scientific investigation becomes a chase through a closed building.
- 7The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity
Robert LudlumA man with no memory of his past works out who he is while being hunted, with the conspiracy unfolding through his own investigation.
- 8The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code
Dan BrownA symbologist and a cryptologist follow a trail of puzzles through one night, with short chapters and a secret society at the center.
Books like it → - 9Killing Floor
Killing Floor
Lee ChildA drifter is arrested for a murder he did not commit and has to work out the conspiracy around him, with a fast pace and a lone hero.
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