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The Dark Future Books in Order

by John MarrsLiterature & Fiction

5 books from The One (2018) to The Family Experiment (2024). Rated 4.5 across 10,773 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. The One

    Book 1 2018 4.5 (6.8k)

    ***Over 1M Copies Sold!*** Now on Netflix! The USA Today bestseller A Wall Street Journal Best Science Fiction Book of 2018 “Just try to put this gripping thriller down once you pick it up.” —AARP “A shock on every other page.” —Wall…

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  2. The Passengers

    Book 2 2019 4.4 (1.9k)

    You’re riding in your self-driving car when suddenly the doors lock, the route changes and you have lost all control. Then, a mysterious voice tells you, “You are going to die.” Just as self-driving cars become the trusted, safer norm,…

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  3. The Minders

    Book 3 2021 4.2 (447)

    In this electrifying near-future thriller, five strangers guard government secrets, but only four can be trusted. In the 21st century, information is king.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  4. The Marriage Act

    Book 4 2023 4.3 (627)

    What if marriage was the law? Dare you disobey? Black Mirror meets thriller with a dash of Naomi Alderman’s The Power in this dark, high-concept novel by the bestselling author of The One, now available as an expanded edition. Britain.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  5. The Family Experiment

    Book 5 2024 4.5 (1k)

    From the acclaimed author of The One, now available in an expanded edition, The Family Experiment is a dark and brilliant speculative thriller about families: real and virtual.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for The Dark Future is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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