Books like Human.4 by Mike A. Lancaster

Andy Weir’s debut science‑fiction bestseller follows astronaut Mark Watney, stranded on Mars in 2035, as he uses ingenuity to survive.

In 2044, teenager Wade Watts lives for the virtual utopia OASIS, where he hunts legendary puzzles from old pop culture for a hidden prize that could change the world.

William Gibson’s debut Sprawl novel, *Neuromancer*, blends cyberpunk with a visionary digital future, following a hacker’s final job against a powerful AI. It earned Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick awards.

Four‑year‑old physics professor Jason Dessen is abducted and drugged, waking in a dystopian world where his family and reality are altered, forcing him to confront a formidable foe and the darkest parts of himself.

A New York City cop and a neuroscientist race to prevent a reality‑shifting epidemic caused by false memories that threaten to unravel the world as we know it.

Flynne, a young woman living in a drug‑reliant city, helps her veteran brother Burton test a new virtual reality game. When the beta test turns into a murder investigation, she discovers a deadly conspiracy that threatens her life.

Set in a 1985 Britain where time travel and literary conspiracies are ordinary, a detective from the Office of Narrative Crimes must rescue Jane Eyre from a villain who is robbing fiction itself.

When a family moves into a new house, 10‑year‑old Michael discovers a mysterious creature hidden in the garage and learns that caring for it will change his world forever.

In Ealing, Iowa, two best friends accidentally unleash an army of gigantic praying mantises, turning their town into a chaotic battle zone.

A young woman must uncover the secrets of her family and loved ones to prevent the end of the world in an exciting fantasy story.

Sixteen-year-old Travis Coates wakes to a new body after his head is restored in a cryogenics experiment. Though his age remains, he and everyone around him are living in a vastly altered reality.

When his astronaut dad is on the International Space Station, 12‑year‑old Jamie Drake discovers a mysterious signal at his local observatory and sets out to uncover whether nearby aliens are closer than anyone thinks.

The Rook, by Daniel O'Malley, blends science‑fiction, fantasy, and paranormal elements to craft a fresh speculative narrative that invites readers into an imaginative, genre‑crossing world.

Two sixteen‑year‑old strangers meet in an online chat room, sharing loneliness and sisterhood. Their virtual friendship grows deep enough that the girl they never met in real life might soon become more than a soulmate.

A young woman's journey through memory loss and the uncertain future she faces after being 'slated' in a dystopian England.

A fourteen-year-old girl discovers a ghostly girl from 1877 when her family moves into a haunted house.

Twelve-year-old Nat, with help from family, friends, and his "pet" Woody, a wolf that turns into a boy, must face werewolves that have been altered as part of a dastardly plan. A boy who lives with his eccentric grandparents near a strange, apparently cursed wood longs for a dog, but the strange creature finally found by his grandfather hardly fits his image of the perfect pet, and it grows stranger by the day.

An assessment of the revolutionary potential of artificial intelligence and robotics traces how technology arrived at this point and how artificial life, machine consciousness, extreme prosperity, and technological warfare will be hotly debated issues of the near future. "A great turning point in the history of our species is at hand. AI and robotics are poised to redefine what it means to be human. So ... what exactly does that mean for you? In [this book], Byron Reese suggests that technology has fundamentally reshaped humanity just three times in history: 100,000 years ago, we harnessed fire, which led to language; 10,000 years ago, we developed agriculture, which led to cities and warfare; and 5,000 years ago, we invented the wheel and writing, which led to the nation-state. Now, we are on the doorstep of a fourth great change brought about by two technologies: artificial intelligence and robotics. The Fourth Age provides extraordinary background and context on how we got to this point, and how-- rather than what--we should think about the complex web of topics we'll soon all be facing: machine consciousness, automation, drastic shifts in employment and the workforce, creative computers, radical life extension, artificial life, the ethics of AI, autonomous warfare, superintelligence, and extreme prosperity, to name only a few. By asking questions like "Are you a machine?" and "Could a computer feel anything?" Reese leads the reader through a fascinating discussion along the cutting edge of robotics and AI. He provides a framework in which we can all understand, discuss, and act on the issues of the Fourth Age, and grasp how they will transform humanity. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to move beyond the warring viewpoints of techno pundits, as we rocket toward this next species-changing rendezvous with technology."--Jacket.