Books like Not the End of the World by Christopher Brookmyre

A dystopian novel about a woman named Offred in a totalitarian theonomic society called Gilead, exploring themes of subjugated women and resistance.

In an elite New England college, a charismatic classics professor lures a group of eccentric students into obsessive study, leading them from intellectual curiosity to corruption, betrayal, and ultimately murder.

Philip Roth’s alternative‑history novel imagines a 1940s America where Franklin D. Roosevelt is defeated by Charles Lindbergh, and follows a Jewish New Jersey family’s struggle with rising antisemitism and the political turmoil of the Lindbergh presidency.

When the Queen stumbles into a Buckingham Palace mobile library, her love of books turns everyday rules on their head—raising questions about power, politics, and the very nature of order.

Elmore Leonard’s fast‑paced crime thriller follows released mobster‑turned‑Hollywood producer Chili Palmer as he navigates the dangerous buzz of the entertainment industry, turning a mid‑day murder into a new film script.

After a post‑World II alien virus granted a handful of survivors superhuman abilities, Wild Cards #2 follows these heroes and villains through the turbulent 1980s.

In an alternate history where Nazi Germany reigns supreme, a young agent named Daniel Carter infiltrates a German secret service to expose a covert plot surrounding a powerful scientific initiative.

In Scotland, Sam Morpeth must protect a younger sister with learning difficulties while facing an online blackmailer who threatens to expose her secrets.

Deputy Valentine Millimaki seeks counsel from the jailed killer John Gload, leading to an intimate bond that spirals into violence, a manhunt, and a shocking revelation that ties their destinies together.

African‑American caddy Train, navigating hostile clientele and rough coworkers, finds an ally in a police detective who supports his ambitions while unraveling a boat‑hijacking mystery that involves a striking widow.

A behind‑the‑scenes exploration of the BBC's 1975–77 post‑apocalyptic drama *Survivors*, detailing its production, characters, and enduring themes.

Psychologist and detective Alex Delaware is drawn back into his past when teen‑turned‑stripper Lauren Teague is found murdered, forcing him to investigate her life and the South California sex trade.

Psychologist Alex Delaware investigates a series of murders in Los Angeles where each victim had a disability, uncovering a neo‑Nazi plot tied to racial purity.

Psychologist and detective Alex Delaware battles his past and a chilling mystery when a mysterious photo album surfaces, forcing him and rookie cop Milo Sturgis to confront a brutal unsolved murder that threatens both their lives.

"In The Battle for God, Karen Armstrong shows us how and why fundamentalist groups came into existence and what they yearn to accomplish.". "We see the West in the sixteenth century beginning to create an entirely new kind of civilization, which brought in its wake change in every aspect of life - often painful and violent, even if liberating. Armstrong argues that one of the things that changed most was religion. People could no longer think about or experience the divine in the same why; they had to develop new forms of faith to fit their new circumstances.". "Armstrong characterizes fundamentalism as one of these new ways of being religious that have emerged in every major faith tradition. She examines the ways in which these movements, while not monolithic, have each sprung from a dread of modernityoften in response to assault (sometimes unwitting, sometimes intentional) by the mainstream society.". "Armstrong sees fundamentalist groups as complex, innovative, and modern - rather than as throwbacks to the past - but contends that they have failed in religious terms. Maintaining that fundamentalism often exists in symbiotic relationship with an aggressive modernity, each impelling the other on to greater excess, she suggests compassion as a way to defuse what is now an intensifying conflict."--BOOK JACKET.

Stone Barrington is in Bel-Air, overseeing a gala attended by socialites and billionaires, with potential international terrorists in the city.

Detective Robert Hunter must confront a chilling new threat when a freshly murdered woman bears the unmistakable mark of the long‑supposedly‑vanquished Crucifix Killer.

In a post-viral London where humanity’s last children struggle to survive, two teens uncover a secret that could end the world—forcing a heart‑wrenching choice between family and all of humanity.

The notorious corner of West Fayette and Monroe Streets in Baltimore is a 24-hour open-air drug market that provides the economic fuel for a dying neighbourhood. Through the eyes of one broken family – two drug-addicted adults and their smart, vulnerable 15-year-old son, DeAndre McCollough – Simon and Burns examine the sinister realities of inner cities across the USA and unflinchingly assess why law enforcement policies, moral crusades and the welfare system have accomplished so little.

In 1930s Tulsa, Deputy US Marshal Carl Webster hunts bank‑robber Jack Belmont, a young outlaw determined to become a public enemy.