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24 alternatives to Then We Came to the End

A satire about work, "the great American pastime."

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Then We Came to the End launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The End of Jobs▲98

   Money, meaning and freedom without the 9-to-5

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Sellout▲66

   Satire remarking on race issues in the US

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   End of Jobs▲71

   Money Meaning and Freedom without the 9-5

   2015 · taylorpearson.me · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Financial Lives of the Poets▲68

   A Great Recession novel - clever, poignant, funny

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The End of Money▲84

   The coming cashless society

   2015 · audible.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   But What If We're Wrong?▲62

   Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Unfinished Business▲60

   Women, men, work, family

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The End of Absence▲82

   Reclaiming what we've lost in a world of constant connection

   2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Booklights▲169

   Make America Read Again 📖

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The End of Average▲63

    How we succeed in a world that values sameness

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The End of Alchemy▲60

    Money, banking, and the future of the global economy

    2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Raising the Floor▲70

    What happens when machines take half our jobs?

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The End of Mr. Y▲53

    A conscious tale of time-travel on a different scale.

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Knockoff▲124

    Wickedly funny novel of fashion in the digital age

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    924 Observations: An Alien's Perspective On The 21st Century▲56

    The Andy Warhol soup cans of books? The end may be near.

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Andy Grove▲76

    The life and times of an American

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Misfit Economy▲81

    Innovation on the fringe...

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Unscientific America▲54

    How scientific illiteracy threatens our future

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Not Our Job▲60

    How college has destroyed a generation of workers

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Lost Art of Finding Our Way▲78

    Brings our own world into sharper view

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Folded Clock▲70

    Diary of a modern writer

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    BoBos in Paradise▲56

    The New Upper Class and How They Got There

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Revisionist History Podcast by Malcolm Gladwell: Ep 10▲62

    The Satire Paradox

    2016 · pushkin.fm · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Feed▲59

    Satire about the future where people put chip on their heads

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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