MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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The Company of Strangers (2001)
Robert Wilson
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A bittersweet romance/thriller about a young woman mathematician in Portugal spying for the British during World War II. There is a lot of interesting stuff in this novel if you're looking at the romance or the history (especially the attempts of the Nazis to develop nuclear weapons), but as far as math goes I'm afraid there's not much more than a few uninspired descriptions of why our heroine chose to go into mathematics.

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Works Similar to The Company of Strangers
According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
  1. Enigma by Robert Harris / Tom Stoppard
  2. The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
  3. Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
  4. Sebastian by David Greene (director)
  5. Sekret Enigmy by Roman Wionczek
  6. V2: A Novel of World War II by Robert Harris
  7. En busca de Klingsor (In Search of Klingsor) by Jorge Volpi
  8. Decoded by Mai Jia
  9. Hold Strong by Robert Dugoni / Jeff Langholz / Chris Crabtree
  10. Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
Ratings for The Company of Strangers:
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Mathematical Content:
1/5 (1 votes)
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Literary Quality:
3/5 (1 votes)
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Categories:
GenreHistorical Fiction, Adventure/Espionage,
MotifWar,
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)