MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Invisible (2014)
James Patterson / David Ellis
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The (somewhat unlikeable) protagonist of this thriller is an FBI agent who loved numbers as a little girl and still prefers statistical analysis of data to time spent with other people. Combining this anti-social behavior with an obsessive desire to find a pattern among a huge number of unsolved murders leads her to begin her own investigation.

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Works Similar to Invisible
According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
  1. The Crimson Cipher by Susan Page Davis
  2. The Last Equation of Isaac Severy by Nova Jacobs
  3. All Cry Chaos by Leonard Rosen
  4. Electric by Chad Taylor
  5. Hickory Dickory Shock! The Tale of Techies by Sundip Gorai
  6. Echoes from the Past by Edward Michel-Bird
  7. Songs My Mother Never Taught Me by Selçuk Altun
  8. Fatal Gambit [Memoria] by David Lagercrantz
  9. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
  10. Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less by Jeffrey Archer
Ratings for Invisible:
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Mathematical Content:
1/5 (1 votes)
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Literary Quality:
2/5 (1 votes)
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Categories:
GenreMystery, Adventure/Espionage,
MotifAnti-social Mathematicians, Female Mathematicians,
Topic
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)