MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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She is Not Invisible (2013)
Marcus Sedgwick
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In this young adult thriller, a blind teenager and her younger brother search for their missing father, a successful author obsessed with coincidence and the number 354. Although the approach is more supernatural and numerological than mathematical, there is also some flavor of probability and discussion of such things as Benford's Law.

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Works Similar to She is Not Invisible
According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
  1. A Girl Named Digit by Annabel Monaghan
  2. Improbable by Adam Fawer
  3. Drop by Lisa Papademitriou
  4. Mercury Rising by Harold Becker (director)
  5. The Martian by Andy Weir
  6. Game Theory by Barry Jonsberg
  7. White Rabbit, Red Wolf [This Story is a Lie] by Tom Pollock
  8. Double Digit by Annabel Monaghan
  9. Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks
  10. Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
Ratings for She is Not Invisible:
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Mathematical Content:
1.5/5 (2 votes)
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Literary Quality:
3.5/5 (2 votes)
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Categories:
GenreAdventure/Espionage, Young Adult,
Motif
TopicProbability/Statistics,
MediumNovels,

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Where are the new works of mathematical fiction?: As you can see from this chronological listing, this database includes many works of mathematical fiction for each year from 1990 to 2025. Strangely, only two are listed for 2026, so far. Either less mathematical fiction is being published than in previous years or I'm just having more trouble finding it. If you know of any works of fiction that should be added to this list, especially recently published ones, please let me know. (Keep in mind that I do not include self-published works or children's fiction that just covers elementary mathematical concepts.) Thanks!

(Maintained by Alex Kasman, College of Charleston)