Books like In the wet by Nevil Shute

When a global nuclear war has devastated the world, a small group of survivors in Australia must confront the relentless march of radiation as it threatens to reach their beaches.

Two science fiction stories about time travel and invisibility from the author of 'The War of the Worlds'.

During World War II, young Englishwoman Jean Paget endures a brutal Japanese death march in Malaya, survives, and later returns to both Malaya and a remote Australian outpost to honor the villagers who saved her, confronting new challenges with wartime resilience.

A classic tale of aliens in our midst, exploring human responses to superior beings.

A collection of John Wyndham's science-fiction short stories.

In a future Colorado buried by dunes, a family fights to survive and stay together after the father's departure.

Collection of short stories.

A quiet aeronautical engineer investigates a mysterious passenger‑plane crash in Newfoundland, only to find himself aboard the doomed aircraft and facing imminent danger.

A 1975 science fiction novel that brilliantly captures the dystopian world of pervasive surveillance and cybernetic advancements gone awry.

During WWII, RAF flying officer Jerry Chambers and barmaid Mona Stevens navigate love and danger in wartime England, united by loyalty and unexpected courage.

Tom Cutter, an air charter operator after World War II, partners with his close friend Connie Shanklin—a Russian‑American who serves as his co‑operator and a source of faith for many.

When a covert terrorist group unleashes a weapon that triggers earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, the nation spirals into violence and mass suicide. Agent Joe Ledger must stop the terror plot—aimed at igniting Yellowstone’s caldera—and expose the secret superpower behind it.

A true‑life portrait of Nevil Shute’s career as an engineer, senior mathematician on the R100 airship, and co‑founder of the Airspeed aircraft company, set against the backdrop of Britain’s aviation industry.

Mutants is a collection of short stories featuring Isaac Asimov's unique science fiction narratives.

A comprehensive exploration of time travel in fiction and its scientific foundations, suitable for readers with no background in physics but still rich in mathematical elements.

A modest model maker becomes steward of his orphaned niece after a shipwreck, embarking on a perilous ocean voyage to recover a hidden fortune of diamonds and ensure her future.

Dictionaries - essay by Isaac Asimov Too Soon to Die - novelette by Tom Godwin A Museum Piece - short story by Roger Zelazny Why Johnny Can't Speed - short story by Alan Dean Foster Man in a Quandary - short story by Joseph Wesley [as by L. J. Stecher, Jr.] The Cabbage Patch - short story by Theodore R. Cogswell A Touch of Grapefruit - short story by Richard Matheson Answer - short story by Fredric Brown A Gun for Dinosaur - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp A Pail of Air - short story by Fritz Leiber The Odor of Thought - short story by Robert Sheckley The Last Monster - short story by Poul Anderson (variant of Terminal Quest) History Lesson - short story by Arthur C. Clarke The Troublemaker - short story by Christopher Anvil The Game of Rat and Dragon - short story by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger [as by Cordwainer Smith] Let's Be Frank - short story by Brian W. Aldiss The Easy Way Out - short story by G. Harry Stine [as by Lee Correy] All Cats Are Gray - short story by Andre Norton The Man from Earth - short story by Gordon R. Dickson Dream Damsel - short story by Evan Hunter The Underdweller - short story by William F. Nolan (variant of Small World) Top Secret - short story by Eric Frank Russell One Love Have I - short story by Robert F. Young The Snowball Effect - short story by Katherine MacLean The Santa Claus Problem - short story by J. W. Schutz The Ship Who Sang - novelette by Anne McCaffrey No Harm Done - short story by Jack Sharkey There Will Come Soft Rains - short story by Ray Bradbury In the Jaws of Danger - short story by Piers Anthony In the Abyss - (1896) - short story by H. G. Wells Custer's Last Jump - novelette by Steven Utley and Howard Waldrop Game Preserve - short story by Rog Phillips Life Hutch - short story by Harlan Ellison The Silk and the Song - novelette by Charles L. Fontenay Down to the Worlds of Men - novelette by Alexei Panshin Robbie - short story by Isaac Asimov (variant of Strange Playfellow 1940) The Man with English - short story by H. L. Gold [as by Horace L. Gold] Transstar - novelette by Raymond E. Banks Open Warfare - novelette by James E. Gunn The Long Way Home - short story by Fred Saberhagen Skirmish on a Summer Morning - novella by Bob Shaw Gantlet - short story by Richard E. Peck Saucer of Loneliness - short story by Theodore Sturgeon (variant of A Saucer of Loneliness) The Mother of Necessity - short story by Chad Oliver The Great Secret - short story by George H. Smith The Draw - short story by Jerome Bixby For the Sake of Grace - novelette by Suzette Haden Elgin A Death in the House - novelette by Clifford D. Simak Creature of the Snows - short story by William Sambrot A Criminal Act - short story by Harry Harrison The Cage - short story by A. Bertram Chandler