Best Mind Control / Hive Mind Books

Blood of the Lost

Rylee Adamson • Book 10

by Shannon Mayer

Tracker Rylee faces her ultimate salvage: rescuing humanity itself when Orion fools the world into believing supernatural beings have vanished. Ten books build to this world-ending confrontation between ancient powers.

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Tracker Rylee faces her ultimate salvage: rescuing humanity itself when Orion fools the world into believing supernatural beings have vanished. Ten books build to this world-ending confrontation between ancient powers.

1984

by George Orwell, Thomas Pynchon

Winston Smith's forbidden love affair becomes a desperate act of rebellion against a regime that demands not just obedience, but enthusiastic self-betrayal.

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Winston Smith's forbidden love affair becomes a desperate act of rebellion against a regime that demands not just obedience, but enthusiastic self-betrayal.

Second Foundation

Foundation (Publication Order) • Book 3

by Isaac Asimov

Both the Mule and the Foundation search for the mysterious Second Foundation, but teenage Arkady may be the only one who knows its true location.

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Both the Mule and the Foundation search for the mysterious Second Foundation, but teenage Arkady may be the only one who knows its true location.

Unleashed (Nick Hall Book 4)

Nick Hall • Book 4

by Douglas E. Richards

Nick Hall can surf minds and control the internet with his thoughts, making him the perfect weapon against the world's worst villains. Richards balances cutting-edge tech with old-fashioned spy thriller tension.

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Nick Hall can surf minds and control the internet with his thoughts, making him the perfect weapon against the world's worst villains. Richards balances cutting-edge tech with old-fashioned spy thriller tension.

Monsters of Men

Chaos Walking • Book 3

by Patrick Ness

The Chaos Walking trilogy explodes into all-out war between species as Todd and Viola confront the monstrous decisions that war demands of ordinary people.

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The Chaos Walking trilogy explodes into all-out war between species as Todd and Viola confront the monstrous decisions that war demands of ordinary people.

Ancillary Mercy

Imperial Radch • Book 3

by Ann Leckie

The former warship AI Breq thought she had Athoek Station under control until someone who shouldn't exist appears and the insane, divided Anaander Mianaai returns. Leckie concludes her groundbreaking trilogy with political intrigue and questions about consciousness.

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The former warship AI Breq thought she had Athoek Station under control until someone who shouldn't exist appears and the insane, divided Anaander Mianaai returns. Leckie concludes her groundbreaking trilogy with political intrigue and questions about consciousness.

Fire

Graceling Realm • Book 2

by Kristin Cashore

Fire possesses devastating beauty and the power to control minds, making her both weapon and target in a kingdom torn by civil war. Cashore explores the burden of dangerous gifts while Fire struggles to use her abilities for good rather than destruction.

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Fire possesses devastating beauty and the power to control minds, making her both weapon and target in a kingdom torn by civil war. Cashore explores the burden of dangerous gifts while Fire struggles to use her abilities for good rather than destruction.

Brave New World

Brave New World • Book 1

by Aldous Huxley

A society that's eliminated pain through genetic engineering, conditioning, and drugs faces disruption when one man questions their perfect misery.

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A society that's eliminated pain through genetic engineering, conditioning, and drugs faces disruption when one man questions their perfect misery.

The Complete Short Stories

by Philip K. Dick, Jonathan Lethem, Chris Malbon, Georgia Hill, Anna Millais, Jeremy Wilson, Raisa Álava, Chris Thornley

Dick's complete short fiction spans from android servants to time-traveling assassins, exploring every corner of his reality-questioning imagination across 118 stories.

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Dick's complete short fiction spans from android servants to time-traveling assassins, exploring every corner of his reality-questioning imagination across 118 stories.

Elysium Fire

Prefect Dreyfus Emergency • Book 2

by Alastair Reynolds

Reynolds returns to his Glitter Band with a terrifying plague causing citizens' heads to literally explode, threatening the stability of humanity's greatest democratic experiment.

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Reynolds returns to his Glitter Band with a terrifying plague causing citizens' heads to literally explode, threatening the stability of humanity's greatest democratic experiment.

The Host

by Stephenie Meyer

Alien soul Wanderer expects easy control of human host Melanie, but the girl's consciousness fights back with memories of love and rebellion against the invasion.

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Alien soul Wanderer expects easy control of human host Melanie, but the girl's consciousness fights back with memories of love and rebellion against the invasion.

Exogene

The Subterrene War • Book 2

by T.C. McCarthy

Catherine appears eighteen but she's a lab-grown super-soldier beginning to question her programming — a lethal weapon discovering what it means to be human in a brutal war.

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Catherine appears eighteen but she's a lab-grown super-soldier beginning to question her programming — a lethal weapon discovering what it means to be human in a brutal war.

Dungeon Madness

The Divine Dungeon [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 2

by Dakota Krout, Patrick Boylan, Michael John Casey, Ryan Haugen, Amanda Forstrom, Danny Gavigan, Tia Shearer, Katie Boothe, Robb Moreira, Nora Achrati, Ryan Carlo Dalusung, Matthew Pauli, Mike Ciporkin, Eric Messner, Rick Rohan, Mike Glenn, Kay Eluvian, Rayner Gabriel, Jessica Lauren Ball, Matthew Bassett, Marni Penning, Mike Carnes, Terence Aselford, Dan Delgado, Anthony Palmini, Elizabeth Jernigan, Ken Jackson, Samantha Cooper, Bradley Smith, Andrew Colford, Nanette Savard, Matthew Schleigh, Christopher Davenport, Scott McCormick

Sentient dungeon Cal plots against Dale, who works to subvert the dungeon's plans while both entities grow exponentially more dangerous. Krout escalates the psychological chess match between dungeon consciousness and human determination.

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Sentient dungeon Cal plots against Dale, who works to subvert the dungeon's plans while both entities grow exponentially more dangerous. Krout escalates the psychological chess match between dungeon consciousness and human determination.

Marvel: Black Panther: The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda: A Novel

The Nameless Republic

by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Adapts Ta-Nehisi Coates' acclaimed run where Earth's peaceful Wakanda has a dark mirror: a galactic empire spanning five galaxies built on theft and oppression.

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Adapts Ta-Nehisi Coates' acclaimed run where Earth's peaceful Wakanda has a dark mirror: a galactic empire spanning five galaxies built on theft and oppression.

The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

by Yohanca Delgado, Eve L. Ewing, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Danny Lore, Sheree Renée Thomas

Liberation through queerness, race, and gender plurality collides with dystopian memory control in these five linked stories expanding Monáe's musical universe. Each tale examines how identity survives technological oppression.

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Liberation through queerness, race, and gender plurality collides with dystopian memory control in these five linked stories expanding Monáe's musical universe. Each tale examines how identity survives technological oppression.

Blake's 7: 2.3 Mindset

by Jacqueline Rayner

Vila searches for the water of life while Cally acts suspiciously, hearing voices only she can perceive. A gift is offered that will cost the Liberator crew dearly.

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Vila searches for the water of life while Cally acts suspiciously, hearing voices only she can perceive. A gift is offered that will cost the Liberator crew dearly.

Man of Two Worlds

by Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert

Lutt Hansen's spaceship accident leaves him sharing his body with an alien consciousness, forcing them to survive assassination attempts and each other.

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Lutt Hansen's spaceship accident leaves him sharing his body with an alien consciousness, forcing them to survive assassination attempts and each other.