Books like Brimstone by David Niall Wilson

Douglas Adams’s debut in the science‑fiction hexalogy introduces Arthur Dent and the eccentric envoy Ford Prefect as they navigate interplanetary travel, guided by the sarcastic, encyclopedic Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

Neil Gaiman’s American Waters combines Americana, fantasy, and ancient and modern mythologies into a story of a mysterious traveler who awakens city‑wide enigmas and the timeless clash of gods.

Nothing, in all it's entirety.

During a Boy Scouts weekend in the Canadian wilderness, a thin, pale intruder appears, carrying a bioengineered horror that spreads faster than fear and forces the young scouts to face unimaginable choices.

Captain Vorpatril's Alliance in the Vorkosigan Saga series by Lois McMaster Bujold.

After 57 years, Ellen Ripley is revived from hypersleep and dismissed when she reports a deadly alien encounter. Donned in a new mission, she and a squad of Colonial Marines revisit LV‑426 to confront the threat again.

NASA engineers, led by scientist Paula Benacerraf, launch a one‑way expedition to Titan to seek signs of organic life, facing a decade‑long interplanetary journey that includes a Venus slingshot, a solar storm, and relentless technical challenges.

A suspenseful tale of a professor and his 12-year-old daughter in Venice, where they uncover a terrifying secret.

In 1920s Scotland, Dandy Gilver and her family unwind at the Laidlaw Hydropathic Hotel in Moffat, only to find the weekend marred by mysterious illnesses, a perplexing guest, and a series of dangerous secrets.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

A tense interplanetary expedition turns into a race against a cunning killer as scientists hunt an alien species, but the murderer could be a hostile alien—or a colleague.

Marcus Walker, a Chicago commodities trader, is abducted while camping and tossed onto a starship. Forced into a cargo role for alien companions, he refuses to surrender and vows to fight his way back to freedom.

A thrilling space adventure set in the Humanx Commonwealth, exploring the consequences of contact with the mysterious Argus V inhabitants.

"The agents of Supernatural Protection & Investigation (SPI) know that fighting evil is a full-time job, especially when a new designer drug hits the streets. It's called Brimstone. After the first few hits, you'll see every supernatural beast sharing the sidewalk, train, or office with you. After that, you'll start seeing the really scary stuff. I'm Makenna Fraser, seer for SPI. And the collateral damage caused by Brimstone is something I'd like to unsee: dead drug dealers missing their hearts--and souls. Because your local pusher doesn't stand a chance against the new cartel muscling its way into New York. Plus, since the drug can only be produced with magic and molten brimstone fresh from Hell, a rift to the underworld must be open somewhere in the city."--Back cover.