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Books like The Running Man 1982
Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About The Running Man
Books closest to The Running Man
Witch & Wizard 1999Also unpretentious, contemporary and grave
The Last Murder at the End of the World 2024Also grave, relentless and contemporary
Blackout 2012Also contemporary, unpretentious and relentless
Heroes die 1998Also grave, relentless and plot-driven
The Bachman Books (Long Walk / Rage / Roadwork / Running Man) 1985Also relentless, grave and bleak
Illuminae 2013Also relentless, contemporary and grave
Exquisite Corposes TP, Vol. 1 2025Also grave, relentless and bleak
Obsidio 2018Also contemporary, grave and relentless
Vengeful 2018Also grave, contemporary and relentless
Crown Me Dead 2026Also grave, bleak and unpretentious
Market Forces 2004Also grave, contemporary and relentless
King Sorrow 2025Also contemporary, grave and plot-driven
The same feel, in other forms
Series
Lucha Underground 2014Also unpretentious, grave and relentless
Gungrave 2003Also grave, unpretentious and contemporary
Banshee 2013Also relentless, unpretentious and contemporary
Films
Repo Men 2010Also grave, contemporary and unpretentious
Red Hill 2010Also unpretentious, relentless and grave
What Happened to Monday 2017Also grave, contemporary and plot-driven
Games
Prototype 2009Also unpretentious, plot-driven and grave
Black 2006Also grave, unpretentious and relentless
Ninja Blade 2009Also grave, unpretentious and relentless
Albums
- Creatures 2010Also relentless, unpretentious and contemporary
- Knives 2009Also grave, relentless and bleak
- Herzeleid 1995Also grave, relentless and contemporary
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