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24 alternatives to Arcadia by Iain Pears

A novel conceived and written for an app

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Arcadia by Iain Pears launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Infinite Home: A Novel▲60

   An unlikely mix of people bond to form a quasi family

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Arcadia▲4

   The future of digital reading

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   EVE - The Awakening ▲56

   A sci-fi novel by Jenna Moreci

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Paragraphs▲272

   A minimalist writing app for Mac

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Ulysses for iPhone▲165

   Write. Anything. Anywhere.

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Phoenix Project▲61

   A novel about IT, dev-ops, and helping your business win

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Elegance of the Hedgehog▲68

   Beautiful existentialist novel

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Presence▲81

   Science fiction novel about the future of Virtual Reality

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Lord of the Flies▲63

   Some call it the "Hunger Games before Hunger Games"

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Black Swan▲80

    The impact of the highly improbable

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Arcadia▲2

    The third in the Advent Trilogy by James Treadwell.

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Eleanor: A Novel▲72

    A mix of ghost story, time travel and dream worlds.

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Station Eleven▲57

    A lyrical, dystopian tale driven by deep, flawed characters

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Utopia Experiment by Dylan Evans▲73

    Guy tries to create utopia, fails miserably.

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Valley of the Gods▲65

    A Silicon Valley story

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Future Visions▲66

    Original science fiction inspired by Microsoft

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    East of Eden▲61

    The intertwined destinies of two families

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Utopia Experiment▲103

    An attempt to live life as if global society collapsed

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Ancillary Justice▲60

    An AI space opera with surprising emotional depth

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Flight of the Silvers▲63

    A world of time travel and disruption.

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Seveneves▲76

    Neal Stephenson's latest novel about the end of the world

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Oryx and Crake▲108

    Brilliant & rich dystopian vision of the near future

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Technotopia▲96

    A book about how the future is going to be pretty awesome.

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    A Little Life▲71

    An epic about love + friendship in the 21st century

    2015 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →