Books like Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
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Genre
- Fantasy
- Science fiction
- Apocalyptic fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Paranormal fiction
Story type
What it is about
- Discoveries in geography
- Scientists
- Women scientists
Kind of book
- Novel
Ages
- Adult
Awards
- Shirley Jackson Award for Novel
About this book
Its Library of Congress subjects: Discoveries in geography, Scientists, Women scientists. It is book 1 of the Southern Reach Series series and listed for an audience of adults.
Where this comes from: Library of Congress · Wikidata · Open Library subject
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Why: Both are science fiction and fantasy books.
What both books share
- science fiction
Annihilation: "Science-Fiction" (OL subject); "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
A Princess of Mars: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, science fiction" (OL subject) - fantasy
Annihilation: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
A Princess of Mars: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
- science fiction
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Why: Both are science fiction and fantasy books.
What both books share
- science fiction
Annihilation: "Science-Fiction" (OL subject); "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
The Time Traveler's Wife: "science fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre) - fantasy
Annihilation: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
The Time Traveler's Wife: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy fiction" (LoC 655)
- science fiction
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Why: Both are science fiction books.
What both books share
- science fiction
Annihilation: "Science-Fiction" (OL subject); "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
The Road: "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
- science fiction
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What they share, at a glance
Annihilation next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Science fiction | Fantasy | Paranormal |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Princess of Mars | shared | shared | not shared |
| The Time Traveler's Wife | shared | shared | not shared |
| The Road | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Martian | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Project Hail Mary | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Red Rising | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Rocannon's World | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Dark Matter | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Station Eleven | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Wind Through the Keyhole | shared | shared | not shared |
| From Dead to Worse | not shared | shared | shared |
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Annihilation: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published on February 4, 2014. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Edition checked
- The edition checked here is a 195-page paperback from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026.
9780374104092 ... Paperback ... 195 pages ... Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Awards and honors
- It received the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2015. Source: Wikidata, citing nebulas.sfwa.org, checked November 6, 2026.
- Awards and honors
- It received the Shirley Jackson Award for Novel. Source: Wikidata, citing Internet Speculative Fiction Database, checked November 6, 2026.
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