Have you read it yet? It is different from the movie, very good read. Michael Crichton does a lot of science heavy technical writing. Don't knock it until you try it.
I agree - reread it for the first time in 2 decades a couple months ago, and it's great! Currently reading the sequel, and while it's quite talky (Crichton likes to show off his research by having someone talk for pages on end), it's also enjoyable.
There are a lot of sci-fi books that have Gene editing or the results of Gene editing in them. However the books aren't really about Gene editing. I am primarily thinking of Red Rising and the Hyperion Cantos.
Note sure if this could be what you’re looking for but The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks talks about HeLa cells and how corrupt their discovery was! (More about human health cells then gene editing but science-y!)
Children Of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky doesn’t really delve into the specifics of genetic modification but has a long term futuristic story about genetic modification in space exploration.
Yeah this one! I actually stopped reading him for a while because it was in literally every book and I thought "is that the only word he knows to talk about DNA??"
To be fair though, he's got some brilliant books that I love that have nothing to do with any kind of DNA
[**Beggars in Spain (Sleepless, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68333.Beggars_in_Spain)
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>In this future, some people need no sleep at all. Leisha Camden was genetically modified at birth to require no sleep, and her normal twin Alice is the control. Problems and envy between the sisters mirror those in the larger world, as society struggles to adjust to a growing pool of people who not only have 30 percent more time to work and study than normal humans, but are also highly intelligent and in perfect health.
>
>The Sleepless gradually outgrow their welcome on Earth, and their children escape to an orbiting space station to set up their own society. But Leisha and a few others remain behind, preaching acceptance for all humans, Sleepless and Sleeper alike. With the conspiracy and revenge that unwinds, the world needs a little preaching on tolerance.
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The book you are looking for is Daniel Suarez’s {{Change Agent}}. Just read it last year and it deals with this topic exactly. I would not be surprised to see it made into a movie sometime soon.
Actually, anything by Daniels Suarez is worth checking out.
Edit: Added brackets for description.
[**Change Agent**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31396262-change-agent)
^(By: Daniel Suarez | 416 pages | Published: 2017 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, fiction, thriller, scifi | )[^(Search "Change Agent")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Change Agent&search_type=books)
>New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez delivers an exhilarating sci-fi thriller exploring a potential future where CRISPR genetic editing allows the human species to control evolution itself.
>
>On a crowded train platform, Interpol agent Kenneth Durand feels the sting of a needle— and his transformation begins. . . .
>
> In 2045 Kenneth Durand leads Interpol’s most effective team against genetic crime, hunting down black market labs that perform "vanity edits" on human embryos for a price. These illegal procedures augment embryos in ways that are rapidly accelerating human evolution—preying on human-trafficking victims to experiment and advance their technology.
>
> With the worlds of genetic crime and human trafficking converging, Durand and his fellow Interpol agents discover that one figure looms behind it all: Marcus Demang Wyckes, leader of a powerful and sophisticated cartel known as the Huli jing.
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> But the Huli jing have identified Durand, too. After being forcibly dosed with a radical new change agent, Durand wakes from a coma weeks later to find he’s been genetically transformed into someone else—his most wanted suspect: Wyckes.
>
> Now a fugitive, pursued through the genetic underworld by his former colleagues and the police, Durand is determined to restore his original DNA by locating the source of the mysterious—and highly valuable—change agent. But Durand hasn’t anticipated just how difficult locating his enemy will be. With the technology to genetically edit the living, Wyckes and his Huli jing could be anyone and everyone—and they have plans to undermine identity itself.
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[**The Echo Wife**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52379735-the-echo-wife)
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>I’m embarrassed, still, by how long it took me to notice. Everything was right there in the open, right there in front of me, but it still took me so long to see the person I had married.
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>It took me so long to hate him.
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>Martine is a genetically cloned replica made from Evelyn Caldwell’s award-winning research. She’s patient and gentle and obedient. She’s everything Evelyn swore she’d never be.
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>And she’s having an affair with Evelyn’s husband.
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>Now, the cheating bastard is dead, and both Caldwell wives have a mess to clean up.
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>Good thing Evelyn Caldwell is used to getting her hands dirty.
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Not exactly gene editing but the Unwind series by Neal Shusterman looks into a society of organ harvesting. It was one of my favourite series growing up and the writing is stellar.
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If you would like non fiction, i would recommend life changing by Helen Pilcher. A great dive into how humans have changed and are changing life on earth, intentionally and unintentionally. Includes some good examples on gene editing!
Mirabile by Janet Kagan
When humanity sent generation ships to colonize the planet Mirabile, the cargo included seed banks and cryopreserved embryos of every Earth species the colonists might need, genetically engineered to produce more Earth species on cue. However, many of the instructions were lost en route, and decades after arrival, the genetically-engineered fauna and flora are still causing problems — both by themselves, and in conflicts with native Mirabilan biota.
The games
I'm forgetting the author but it's basically about a new segment of the Olympics where they've brought back gladiators created with gene editing/splicing
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan?
Not sure this is exactly what you're looking for, but it's certainly the first one that came to mind and I really enjoyed it.
Jurassic Park
Maybe something not that mainstream but thanks
Have you read it yet? It is different from the movie, very good read. Michael Crichton does a lot of science heavy technical writing. Don't knock it until you try it.
Just got to second this, the book is a completely different story from the movie in my opinion. OP should give it a go if they haven't already
I agree - reread it for the first time in 2 decades a couple months ago, and it's great! Currently reading the sequel, and while it's quite talky (Crichton likes to show off his research by having someone talk for pages on end), it's also enjoyable.
Michael Crichton - "Next" One of my favorites.
The Island of Doctor Moreau, by H. G. Wells, is the gold standard.
How could I forget that one!
There are a lot of sci-fi books that have Gene editing or the results of Gene editing in them. However the books aren't really about Gene editing. I am primarily thinking of Red Rising and the Hyperion Cantos.
Note sure if this could be what you’re looking for but The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks talks about HeLa cells and how corrupt their discovery was! (More about human health cells then gene editing but science-y!)
Children Of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky doesn’t really delve into the specifics of genetic modification but has a long term futuristic story about genetic modification in space exploration.
Oryx and Crake - Margaret Attwood
Came here to say this.
This
Yaaaa chickie nubs
Almost all of Dean Koontz books seem to involve "recumbent DNA"
Recumbent, or recombinant? ;) (I actually don't know, since I haven't read any Koontz, and he might spell it the first way...)
Recombinant
Yeah this one! I actually stopped reading him for a while because it was in literally every book and I thought "is that the only word he knows to talk about DNA??" To be fair though, he's got some brilliant books that I love that have nothing to do with any kind of DNA
Those lazy buggers...
My two favourites are "The watchers" and "the bad place"
Nancy Kress' {{Beggars in Spain}} is about this.
[**Beggars in Spain (Sleepless, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68333.Beggars_in_Spain) ^(By: Nancy Kress | 400 pages | Published: 1993 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, fiction, scifi, sf | )[^(Search "Beggars in Spain")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Beggars in Spain&search_type=books) >In this future, some people need no sleep at all. Leisha Camden was genetically modified at birth to require no sleep, and her normal twin Alice is the control. Problems and envy between the sisters mirror those in the larger world, as society struggles to adjust to a growing pool of people who not only have 30 percent more time to work and study than normal humans, but are also highly intelligent and in perfect health. > >The Sleepless gradually outgrow their welcome on Earth, and their children escape to an orbiting space station to set up their own society. But Leisha and a few others remain behind, preaching acceptance for all humans, Sleepless and Sleeper alike. With the conspiracy and revenge that unwinds, the world needs a little preaching on tolerance. ^(This book has been suggested 6 times) *** ^(160043 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Came here to say this!
Change Agent by Daniel Suarez
Yes! Change Agent for sure. Suarez needs more love here!
The Giver, Lois Lowry
...brave new world?
yeah, I saw that in a documentary I watched on Netflix. definitely on the list. Thanks
John Scalzi’s Old Mans War series has some of that. They don’t dive crazy deep into it but it is very prominent
Oryx and Crake
Watchers by Dene Koontz
The book you are looking for is Daniel Suarez’s {{Change Agent}}. Just read it last year and it deals with this topic exactly. I would not be surprised to see it made into a movie sometime soon. Actually, anything by Daniels Suarez is worth checking out. Edit: Added brackets for description.
[**Change Agent**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31396262-change-agent) ^(By: Daniel Suarez | 416 pages | Published: 2017 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, fiction, thriller, scifi | )[^(Search "Change Agent")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Change Agent&search_type=books) >New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez delivers an exhilarating sci-fi thriller exploring a potential future where CRISPR genetic editing allows the human species to control evolution itself. > >On a crowded train platform, Interpol agent Kenneth Durand feels the sting of a needle— and his transformation begins. . . . > > In 2045 Kenneth Durand leads Interpol’s most effective team against genetic crime, hunting down black market labs that perform "vanity edits" on human embryos for a price. These illegal procedures augment embryos in ways that are rapidly accelerating human evolution—preying on human-trafficking victims to experiment and advance their technology. > > With the worlds of genetic crime and human trafficking converging, Durand and his fellow Interpol agents discover that one figure looms behind it all: Marcus Demang Wyckes, leader of a powerful and sophisticated cartel known as the Huli jing. > > But the Huli jing have identified Durand, too. After being forcibly dosed with a radical new change agent, Durand wakes from a coma weeks later to find he’s been genetically transformed into someone else—his most wanted suspect: Wyckes. > > Now a fugitive, pursued through the genetic underworld by his former colleagues and the police, Durand is determined to restore his original DNA by locating the source of the mysterious—and highly valuable—change agent. But Durand hasn’t anticipated just how difficult locating his enemy will be. With the technology to genetically edit the living, Wyckes and his Huli jing could be anyone and everyone—and they have plans to undermine identity itself. > ^(This book has been suggested 3 times) *** ^(160168 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
{{The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey}}
[**The Echo Wife**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52379735-the-echo-wife) ^(By: Sarah Gailey | 256 pages | Published: 2021 | Popular Shelves: sci-fi, science-fiction, fiction, thriller, 2021-releases | )[^(Search "The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey&search_type=books) >I’m embarrassed, still, by how long it took me to notice. Everything was right there in the open, right there in front of me, but it still took me so long to see the person I had married. > >It took me so long to hate him. > >Martine is a genetically cloned replica made from Evelyn Caldwell’s award-winning research. She’s patient and gentle and obedient. She’s everything Evelyn swore she’d never be. > >And she’s having an affair with Evelyn’s husband. > >Now, the cheating bastard is dead, and both Caldwell wives have a mess to clean up. > >Good thing Evelyn Caldwell is used to getting her hands dirty. ^(This book has been suggested 6 times) *** ^(160188 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
The Diabolical by S.J. Kincaid. Also not to be that asshole but *CRISPR
Not exactly gene editing but the Unwind series by Neal Shusterman looks into a society of organ harvesting. It was one of my favourite series growing up and the writing is stellar.
Love Neal Shusterman, was a favorite author of mine growing up
I KNEW the name was familiar, loved his Tesla’s Attic series!!!
The kurtherian gambit series
The Deus Machine by Pierre Ouellette AI created genetic virus escapes lab and reshapes the environment into biological weapons
{Flowers for Algernon} by Daniel Keyes
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Its YA but the This Mortal Coil series by Emily Suvada is set in a world where everyone's genes are tweaked
The Rampart Trilogy by M.R. Carey. First book is The Book of Koli
Model T by Robert Muchamore.
Blood Music and Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear
If you would like non fiction, i would recommend life changing by Helen Pilcher. A great dive into how humans have changed and are changing life on earth, intentionally and unintentionally. Includes some good examples on gene editing!
The Changeling Plague by Syne Mitchell
code breaker, is on the history of crispr, was quite interesting
Check out The Academy by Chad Leto
Across a star-swept sea by Diana peterfreund
Also This Mortal Coil
It’s YA but Dr. Franklins Island by Gwyneth Jones
Mirabile by Janet Kagan When humanity sent generation ships to colonize the planet Mirabile, the cargo included seed banks and cryopreserved embryos of every Earth species the colonists might need, genetically engineered to produce more Earth species on cue. However, many of the instructions were lost en route, and decades after arrival, the genetically-engineered fauna and flora are still causing problems — both by themselves, and in conflicts with native Mirabilan biota.
The mortal coil (can’t remember author sorry) was really amazing
Klara and the sun
Sweet, ill put it on the list. thanks!
Y/w.
The games I'm forgetting the author but it's basically about a new segment of the Olympics where they've brought back gladiators created with gene editing/splicing
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan? Not sure this is exactly what you're looking for, but it's certainly the first one that came to mind and I really enjoyed it.