July Read: Recursion by Blake Crouch

[Malia]

The book I chose for July is the newest book by Blake Crouch. His 2016 publication, Dark Matter is a New York Times Bestselling title and an absolutely mind-bending and thrilling tale. Recursion sounds like it will be equally amazing!

Recursion explores how memories mold us and makes us who we are. It asks, what happens to us when these memories slip away or turn out to be false? Imagine having vivid memories of a family you don't have--a partner you never met or a child you never had...

...and in the first 20 pages I'm already hooked!

[Malia]

I just realized this title may be hard to get so please feel free to choose any title that sounds good to you.

Listed below are titles that NoveList Plus (a resource you can access on our website with your library card!) recommends as read-alikes for Recursion:

Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
False Hearts by Laura Lam
Halting State by Charles Stross
The Cusanus Game by Wolfgang Jeschke
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
Killing Time by Caleb Carr

[Malia]

Finished Recursion. It's a fast and thrilling read. I enjoyed my time zooming through the pages. Now I'm moving on to the 16th book in the Agent Pendergast series of books by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston, The Obsidian Chamber. This is the longest series of books I've ever read!

[Brianna]

I haven't finished Recursion yet but loved Dark Matter also by Blake Crouch! I've never read the Child and Preston books either but they have been recommended to me many times. Do you need to start with the first book or is it a series where you can read them in any order?

[Malia]

Brianna, most of the Pendergast books are complete little packages dealing with one crime, or connected crimes, the entire book and can be read alone without too much difficulty. There are some character details that may be confusing but it doesn't ruin the stories, usually.

However, there are two sub trilogies within the overall series of books which do require reading in order.