Closer Than You Think Books in Order

Artist and single mother Petra Mookjai struggles with a toxic future and fragmented feminism. A kit for breeding miniature mermaids, intended for her teenage daughter, becomes an obsession that draws Petra toward an unsettling form of artistic expression.

When George dies, he leaves copies of himself to his friends and relatives. One copy must confront what that status means, raising questions about personal identity and the place of a replicated person among those who knew the original.

His wife's mysterious death returns Glen to memories of four high-school classmates who seemed incapable of failure. One former classmate's seductive interest pulls him toward an old mystery and the tempting promise of a life beyond ordinary limits.

A lonely man spends his days tending a dataherd in a near-future world. A toy from an office party becomes his source of comfort, exposing the distance between technological consolation and the human connections he needs.

After Mindy's death in a boating accident, Antony struggles through grief and discovers a kit for cloning his mother's lost cat. The possibility of cloning Mindy offers hope, but raises difficult questions about what can truly be restored.

In a future filled with advertising airships, baking robots, and machine-written fiction, a writer attracts the attention of heiress Mimsy and her ambitious servant. Their pursuit turns technological eccentricity and romantic complications into a science-fiction screwball comedy.

A small Idaho town struggles to welcome a family whose genetic modifications have made them partly equine. A teenage boy's friendship with one of the newcomers places personal connection against the community's unease and hostility toward difference.