If you liked
Books like 2001 1968
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 2001
Books closest to 2001
The Earth after us 2008Also epic, contemplative and earnest
The Hindus 2009Also epic, grave and earnest
Black Sea 1995Also epic, earnest and grave
The mushroom at the end of the world 2015Also earnest, contemplative and grave
The Art of Not Being Governed 2009Also earnest, grave and cool
Empires of the Indus: From Tibet to Pakistan - The Story of a River 2008Also earnest, epic and grave
Storia notturna 1989Also grave, earnest and epic
Earth abides 1949Also epic, earnest and grave
The Source 1900Also epic, earnest and grave
The making of the English working class 1963Also earnest, grave and epic
The Dawn of Everything 2021Also epic, earnest and grave
Childhood’s End 1952Also epic, earnest and grave
The same feel, in other forms
Films
Gandahar 1987Also epic, grave and plot-driven
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968Also contemplative, epic and earnest
A Touch of Zen 1970Also grave, earnest and contemplative
Games
Order of the Sinking Star 2026Also contemplative, epic and grave
Out There 2014Also epic, grave and earnest
Saira 2009Also epic, grave and contemplative
Series
Legend of the Galactic Heroes 1988Also epic, earnest and grave
Three-Body 2023Also epic, earnest and grave
Albums
- Scheherazade and Other Stories 1975Also epic, grave and plot-driven
- The Second Brightest Star 2017Also earnest and grave
- Enya 1986Also earnest, grave and contemplative
Rate a few things and every title shows the odds you’ll like it, from your own taste.
Find your taste
